Ryan Whitacre, PhD @rwhitacre.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Right. Looks like she has a private account. 010 0
Ryan Whitacre, PhD @rwhitacre.bsky.social · 01/05/2025We need to strengthen the human rights based approach for the HIV response to protect queer and trans refugee communities. www.instagram.com/reel/DJE54TH...instagram.comLogin • InstagramWelcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. 120 0
Reposted by Ryan Whitacre, PhDMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 22/03/2025From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA 708319668471 0
Reposted by Ryan Whitacre, PhDJon Rauch @jonrauch.bsky.social · 20/03/2025A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled. 1592229359680 0
Reposted by Ryan Whitacre, PhDMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Some federal workers are going back to work. The USDA has been ordered to temporarily give over 5,000 workers their jobs back. Dozens of CDC scientists have been reinstated after being illegally fired. The National Science Foundation has rehired half of the workers it fired. 785215934825 0
Ryan Whitacre, PhD @rwhitacre.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Government spending has been flat for a decade, and now it’s sharply declining. Who’s going to fill the gap? Domestics? Maybe, but how? It won’t be fast enough. I’m just saying, there are bigger fish to fry. 000 0
Ryan Whitacre, PhD @rwhitacre.bsky.social · 04/03/2025I’m more keen to understand where any money will come from to meet global health goals. 100 0
Ryan Whitacre, PhD @rwhitacre.bsky.social · 04/03/2025I’m all about critiquing financialization of health, but I have no confidence that blended finance is the boogie man. 110 0
Reposted by Ryan Whitacre, PhDWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Just noticed that there's a 2.5-year STS postdoc position available at @edinburghuni.bsky.social, to work in the excellent Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society. Closing date very soon: March 7! #STS #histstm #medanthroelxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.comResearch FellowThe Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society (CBSS) at the Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, is looking for a Research Fellow (working within science and technology studies (STS)/medical s... 13129 0
Reposted by Ryan Whitacre, PhDKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 11/02/2025JUST IN: Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...storage.courtlistener.com 14735191713634 0
Ryan Whitacre, PhD @rwhitacre.bsky.social · 09/02/2025The financialization of healthcare is among the greatest epidemics facing the US today. 030 0
Reposted by Ryan Whitacre, PhDMatthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 07/02/2025If anyone tries to sell you a ‘for profit / health insurance’ healthcare system… 1184 0
Reposted by Ryan Whitacre, PhDMatthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025For the past 21 years the U.S. through PEPFAR has: 👉 Enabled 5.5 million babies to be born HIV-free 👉 Provided 20 million people with lifesaving HIV treatment 👉 Supported 7 million orphans and vulnerable children. Ending this support will end lives. #SaveHIVFunding www.unaids.org/en/topic/PEP... 56431 0
Reposted by Ryan Whitacre, PhDDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 08/02/2025“A sane government would never do this.” — the former dean of Harvard Medical School Universities are reeling. Elon Musk’s allies are celebrating. Looking at the major cut to federal research funding — which many scientists predict will be devastating With @lenasun.bsky.social and Carolyn Johnsonwashingtonpost.comNIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediatelyThe move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. 571527613 0
Reposted by Ryan Whitacre, PhDJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 04/02/2025So all that’s left to research is guilt, complicity, and shame then? 64814 0
Ryan Whitacre, PhD @rwhitacre.bsky.social · 31/01/2025CDC removes data on sexual orientation, gender identity from website www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c... via @statnews.com 100 0
Reposted by Ryan Whitacre, PhDSHARE Collaborative @shareeastlondon.bsky.social · 31/01/2025We are very proud of our Director @profchloeorkin.bsky.social profile in the @thelancet.bsky.social today! 0125 0
Ryan Whitacre, PhD @rwhitacre.bsky.social · 28/01/2025This has always been an epidemic of discrimination. www.poz.com/article/supr...poz.comSupreme Court to Hear Health Care Case on No-Cost Access to Preventive ServicesCurrently, insurance must cover certain preventive care, such as cancer screenings, heart statins and PrEP for HIV. Will the law stand? 010 0
Reposted by Ryan Whitacre, PhDJoe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Who will rebuild Los Angeles? Immigrants. And many of them will be doing it under threat of family separation. "Similarly, immigrant workers were instrumental in rebuilding Florida after Hurricane Ian hit in 2022." (Gift link while I still have them) wapo.st/4gNCEZwwapo.stOpinion | Who will rebuild Los Angeles? Immigrants.And many of them will be doing it under threat of family separation. 161182384 0
Reposted by Ryan Whitacre, PhDSara Silverstein @sarasilverstein.bsky.social · 11/01/2025RFK Jr made over $20,000 per week from Children’s Health Defense, a group that promotes vaccine denialism globally, works against sex education in Africa, and questions the link between HIV and AIDS, as RJK Jr has done himself. RFK Jr profited from making people sick www.statnews.com/2024/12/03/r...statnews.comRFK Jr. was paid six figures by his vaccine-challenging group before presidential runChildren's Health Defense, a nonprofit that has challenged vaccines, doubled Kennedy's pay rate for a shorter tenure. 2114 0
Ryan Whitacre, PhD @rwhitacre.bsky.social · 26/11/2024The first research article from our ongoing study on #forced-displacement and #transactional-sex, spotlighting the hardships and survival strategies of #queer-refugees. academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-...academic.oup.comLiminality and transactional sex among queer refugees: Insights from Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, and SwitzerlandAbstract. People of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions who have been forcibly displaced (hereafter referred to as ‘queer refug 171 0
