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Melissa Flores

@melissafloresphd.bsky.social
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R00 MOSAIC Asst Prof studying resilience/risk factors for CVD in Latinx populations. Quant. Chicana. Coffee/fashion enthusiast. Opinions my own. She/her

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STAT @statnews.com · 07/06/2026
Thousands of HHS staff who shape policy, including on public health, federal health insurance programs, and health data privacy, have had their employment status changed to a designation that makes it easier for them to be fired. www.statnews.com/2026/06/05/s...
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What stripping civil service protections for thousands of federal workers will mean for HHS
Thousands of HHS staff who shape policy have had their employment status changed to a designation that makes it easier for them to be fired.
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Melissa Flores @melissafloresphd.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
The Health Equity Analytics Lab (HEALab) is hiring a research coordinator to run two community studies focused on social networks and health in Latino(x)s. Must be Spanish speaking; great for post-bacs! Come work with us! #AcademicBlueSky #Psychology #ClinicalPsych arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Laboratory Coordinator II, Psychology (ETE)
Study Operations & Regulatory Compliance:Develop and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) for lab activities.Manage and prepare Instituti...
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Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Men are more likely to take aspirin if a male friend took aspirin (OR 1.48) and women more likely if a brother took aspirin (OR 1.35). Men are more likely to take aspirin if a brother recently had a cardiovascular event (OR 1.41) and women more likely if a female friend had an event (OR 2.85).
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Aspirin use and cardiovascular events in social networks
We tested whether friends’ and family members’ cardiovascular health events and also their own aspirin use are associated with the likelihood that an …
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ICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
New data release: a database of public art in Detroit from the former NEA Research Lab initiative on how residential public art may help reduce youth firearm injury. Access the data and learn more: myumi.ch/kPeGD #UMich #artsresearch #NationalEndowmentfortheArts #nadacArtsData
Graphic announcing a new data release: “Detroit Public Art Database,” over a Detroit street map with multiple location pins and a statue icon; includes “www.icpsr.umich.edu/NADAC” and NADAC/National Endowment for the Arts logos.
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Melissa Flores @melissafloresphd.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Had a wonderful time presenting with a rockstar lineup @connectsbsm.bsky.social! #sbsm2026
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ICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
💘 Calling all data lovers! From pun-filled notes to clever data jokes, you’ll find customizable Valentines at ICPSR for your Love Data Week celebrations. myumi.ch/ICPSRLoveDataWeek #LoveData26
Image with text that says, "I only have data for you, Valentine!" and "Love Data Week #LoveData26"
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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
The Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota (@minnpop.bsky.social) is hiring a postdoc in Population Health. Happy to chat about the MPC, UMN, and the Twin Cities, which are all awesome in my humble opinion! pop.umn.edu/training/pos...
APPLY NOW:
Postdoctoral Fellowship Available
Population Health Training Program

JOIN OUR INNOVATIVE PROGRAM!

Fellows in this Population Health Science Training Program work closely with academic mentors in social and health science fields to build skills in interdisciplinary population health research to prepare them for academic careers focused on addressing pressing public health problems. We seek
exceptional candidates in either social science or health science fields who have earned a PhD to join our diverse and accomplished cohort of trainees, and we particularly welcome candidates from backgrounds underrepresented in research.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Excellent story from @aniloza.bsky.social and colleague at STAT on the MOSAIC program. www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t... 1/4
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NIH shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs
Special Report: The NIH has shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs.
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Aleksandra Lazić, PhD @alelazic.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Who gets to teach about #OpenScience, and who learns? With our new workshop plan, we want to flip the script. Grateful to co-lead the creation of the plan (V1 👀) with @nscorralfrias.bsky.social & our amazing @abrir.bsky.social team Details 👇 www.linkedin.com/posts/abrirp... @orca-open.bsky.social
Square poster. The main text reads:
“Our first ABRIR workshop plan is here!
With ORCA’s support, we’re piloting a new way to strengthen DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) in open science — by reversing who gets to teach and who learns.
To make open science truly global and equitable, we need to learn from the strengths of Majority World researchers.”
Smaller text reads: “Developed with support from the Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA) and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (Award Number: #20160-2025-10).”
The poster also includes the ABRIR logo and a QR code leading to  https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17244026
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Melissa Flores @melissafloresphd.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
📢 The HEALab at UArizona is recruiting a Clinical Doctoral Student for Fall 2026! Interested in Latino/e health, social networks, and data-driven approaches to understanding health resilience? Join us! #LatinoHealth #HealthEquity #PhD #ClinicalPsych #AcademicBlueSky
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Zachary Cohen @depressionlab.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
We’re recruiting a Director for @uarizona.bsky.social's newly renovated Behavioral Health Clinic, a core member of our clinical faculty who will help lead grad clinical training. Review starts soon and will continue until we fill the position. Please share widely! arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Melissa Flores @melissafloresphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
@rileym-oneill.bsky.social perhaps worth looking into for upcoming things!
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Take it from scientists: These are authoritarian lies. Trump and Project 2025 are destroying American science. They already have done great damage. American science has been forever changed and diminished. 🧪
Mr. Trump "is a threat to bureaucracy, not democracy," said Paul Dans, the architect of Project 2025, the right-wing blueprint for Mr. Trump's presidency. "He has an
extremely high regard for science."
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
I just sent this email to Director Bhattacharya and am sending him a hard copy by registered mail. 1/14
August 22, 2025

Dear Director Bhattacharya:

I write to you regarding your plans after the Supreme Court ruling yesterday. As you know, the Supreme Court did allow a stay on the required grant reinstatements based on a controversial jurisdictional issue but also found that the grant termination processes used were likely illegal.

I know you are deeply concerned about public trust in NIH. I hope that you understand that proceeding to fail to reinstate or to re-terminate grants that had been found to have been illegally terminated will not increase the public trust in NIH. This would also be substantially damaging to science.
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A. Susana Ramírez, PhD, MPH @susanaramirez.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Feeling this hard today. #AcademicSky
Woman on beach staring at giant wave (tsunami?)
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Diane Chen, PhD @drdianechen.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
American Psychological Foundation released a call for applications for crisis funding to support early career researchers who had grants terminated. Looks like a great opportunity! ampsychfdn.org/funding/dacf/
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Direct Action Crisis Funding - American Psychological Foundation
The APF Direct Action Crisis Funding grants are for activities to address immediate needs following grant cancellations, including completing a wave of data collection, analyzing already collected dat...
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Brendan Ch'ng, PhD @brendanchng.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
This initiative is led by @nscorralfrias.bsky.social y.social and @melissafloresphd.bsky.social, in collaboration with the amazing ABRIR Team (@alelazic.bsky.social, @almajeftic.bsky.social, Sergio Barbosa de la Torre, & many others from @abrir.bsky.social).
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Extremely proud to (finally) announce that @abrir.bsky.social will be collaborating with the University of Arizona (@melissafloresphd.bsky.social & @nscorralfrias.bsky.social) thanks to the ORCA Catalytic Award! Follow us for more great news! Let's keep advancing open science! #RepresentationMatters
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Art Walaszek, MD @walaszek.art · 20/06/2025
Former NIH director Francis Collins speaks out about why he left NIH: “I didn’t feel I could raise alarms about the harms that were being done to medical research. I was prohibited from speaking about it.” #medsky www.aamc.org/news/former-...
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Former NIH chief calls research cuts “careless” and “heartless”
Francis Collins, MD, PhD, lauds lifesaving research supported by the National Institutes of Health, explains why he left, and warns of scientific brain drain.
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Maria Glymour @mariaglymour.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
I wish some of the folks with terminated grants- especially Harvard, Columbia folks - would post the summary statements from NIH study sections about their grants. The public should know what independent scientists thought about the projects that are being terminated. #PublicHealth #EpiSky #EndAlz
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/06/2025
BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity. This is a major win for public health.
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Melissa Flores @melissafloresphd.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
We're hiring! The Health Equity Analytics Lab (HEALab) is seeking a full-time Research Technician III, ideal for a post-bac applying to grad school in Fall 2026. Bilingual, research-savvy, and detail-loving? Join us! 🔗 arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Research Technician III
Coordinate and implement all phases of human subjects research, including IRB submissions, amendments, and continuing reviews; monitor study timelines...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 31/05/2025
Cutting $20 billion to NIH over 25 years may save $500 billion on paper, but it’d end up costing $8.2 trillion in lost human health. But NIH isn't the only thing being cut. The budget also slashes all NSF-funded science by 73 percent. NASA faces “the biggest single-year cut to NASA in history."
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Donald Trump’s proposed budget would gut American science
It would slash cancer research, drug trials, space exploration, and so much more.
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Melissa Flores @melissafloresphd.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
"A life's worth of work" lost. I can relate! www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/n...
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A Harvard scientist built a database of 2,100 NIH grant terminations. Then his own funding was cut
Harvard's Scott Delaney helped build a database of NIH grant terminations that is being used in litigation against the Trump administration.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 29/05/2025
Jennica Bellanca trained mine workers to stay safe. Her job was cut in massive layoffs at NIOSH, the federal agency that protects worker health. Jennica warned, “When we’re gone, there’s nobody left to get this vital safety info out.” She was protecting American workers—now millions are at risk.
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Trump’s safety research cuts heighten workplace risks, federal workers warn
Layoffs at US occupational safety and health agency leave people vulnerable to illness and injury, ex-workers caution
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JAMA @jama.com · 22/05/2025
Understanding how “bad cholesterol” interacts with its receptor could lay the foundation for new therapies to prevent atherosclerosis and cardiac events. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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New Insights On LDL Cholesterol
This Medical News article discusses recent landmark work to visualize the structure of the cholesterol-carrying low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particle bound to its cell surface receptor.
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Melissa Flores @melissafloresphd.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Check out this great paper by @rileym-oneill.bsky.social! Nice work!!
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Sherry Pagoto, PhD @drsherrypagoto.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024. That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved. Show me a better investment than that. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 14/03/2025
Six award-winning female scientists told Nature about the women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others. #WomenInStem 🧪
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Behind every great woman in science, there’s another great woman in science
To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others.
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Seth Judson @sethjudson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
A whole generation of early career scientists and physician-scientists, including colleagues and myself, are particularly vulnerable to these funding freezes and cuts, with jobs and careers depending on federal grants. #IDsky #Medsky #Episky www.science.org/content/arti...
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U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos
Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard
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Suzanne Segerstrom @segerstrom.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
The BSAM @psychosommed.bsky.social Early Career Editorial Board provides a pathway for outstanding early career researchers around the globe to gain experience in reviewing and editorial functions. Apply by April 15. Please share with colleagues and rebleat! journals.lww.com/bsam/Documen...
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Journal of the American College of Cardiology: "preprints are a cornerstone of modern scientific publishing. Our commitment extends beyond just accepting preprints—we want to actively encourage their use" via @hmkyale.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Preprints: A Revolution in Cardiovascular Science
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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Among the many reasons the list is bananas is the lack of recognition of how basic science produces unexpected directions and benefits. My own and others work on implicit bias and examining how social systems intersect with identity fundamentally shaped mine and COS's work on science reform.
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NPR @npr.org · 04/02/2025
There's widespread confusion and fear among scientists and doctors on the sprawling National Institutes of Health campus and at institutions dependent on the agency's funding.
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A sense of foreboding hangs over the National Institutes of Health
There's widespread confusion and fear among scientists and doctors on the sprawling National Institutes of Health campus and at institutions dependent on the agency's funding.
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