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Steffanie Strathdee, PhD

@superbug-slayer.bsky.social
2.3K followers 74 following 12 posts

Infectious disease epidemiologist. Harold Simon Distinguished Professor @UCSanDiego. Phage wrangler @IPATH. Author of The Perfect Predator. ThePerfectPredator.com

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Interesting backstory…
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 11/06/2025
Amazing to watch the United States of America turn it back on vaccines.
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
"These are scientists, physicians, epidemiologists & other experts who are honored to serve their country because they care deeply about public health." @richbesser.bsky.social in defense of #ACIP and on the risks posed by political interference in its critical work. www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/a...
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RFK Jr.’s attack on vaccine experts endangers every American
“Our nation’s top health official cannot be trusted to protect America’s children and their families,” writes Richard Besser, pediatrician and president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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MedPage Today @medpagetoday.com · 21/05/2025
In a new #OpEd, Daniel Pham, MD, discusses the debate surrounding Casey Means’ nomination for U.S. Surgeon General, weighing concerns about her medical background against the broader responsibilities of the role in public health leadership. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | Does It Matter if the U.S. Surgeon General Never Practiced Medicine?
Their leadership must be grounded in sound public health priorities
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NPR @npr.org · 21/05/2025
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
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Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I want a president who is tougher on Putin than he is on Harvard.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/04/2025
Seth Rogen said President Trump had “single-handedly destroyed all of American science” while presenting an award at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony — sometimes called the “Oscars of Science” — where Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg were in attendance. Rogen's comments were cut from the broadcast.
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Seth Rogen’s Trump Jokes Are Edited Out of Awards Broadcast
While presenting an award at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony this month, Mr. Rogen said President Trump had “single-handedly destroyed all of American science.”
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Joe Allen @joeallenjoe.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
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NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns — Harvard Gazette
Report finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development.
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MedPage Today @medpagetoday.com · 26/02/2025
AP: #Utah appears to be the first state ready to put a full ban on #fluoride in public water systems under a bill that doesn't allow cities or communities to decide whether to add the cavity-preventing mineral. #medsky www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
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Utah Close to Becoming First State to Fully Ban Fluoride in Water
Measure would strip cities' ability to decide whether to add the cavity-preventing mineral
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
New article up in The Scientist the-scientist.com/federal-empl...
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Federal Employee Firings Threaten the Future of American Research, Scientists Fear
After widespread government layoffs, scientists worry about the uncertain future of research and advocate action to rise above the situation.
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Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
The #NIH funding fiasco, cont'd @nytimes.com. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...
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President Trump’s Cuts to Medical Research
How government cuts are slowing research.
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Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
#Scientists need to speak up to save the institutions that fund #scientific #research like #NIH, the largest public funding agency supporting #science in the world. That's why I spoke to @medpagetoday.bsky.social. www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
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Federal Register Blackout Blocks NIH Funding
New strategy is like pouring 'cement in the pipes of the federal funding infrastructure'
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Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · 17/08/2023
This is my first post here. I'm an #infectiousdisease #epidemiologist who studies #HIV prevention & #harmreduction. I also co-direct IPATH, a nonprofit that is advancing #phagetherapy to combat #AMR. Give me a follow!
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Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · 17/08/2023
I'm an #infectiousdisease #epidemiologist w/ >24,000 followers on #Twitter hoping to find y'all & more like-minded folx here!
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