Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettMark Histed @markhisted.org · 20/09/2026“The arrangement would give Vought, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, a direct role in determining how NIH distributes its $48 billion in congressionally-appropriated money.” Bypassing the many checks and balances at NIH on grant funding decisions. 8271193
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettMark Histed @markhisted.org · 20/09/2026“Trump on Friday asked NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya to cut Harvard’s funding but Bhattacharya refused, the officials said” A lot is riding on /how/ Trump did that. NIH can and is already slowing down Harvard’s funding. And most addl cuts now would draw legal action. So what did Trump ask for? 1547
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettJohn Guilaran @johnguilaran.com · 20/09/2026This must be a sign to start knitting a sweater. 172
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettThe Journal of Rheumatology @jrheumatol.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Research Article Stressful Life Events in the Year Prior to Diagnosis and Associations With Rheumatoid Arthritis Characteristics at Presentation and 1 Year Later 📖 www.jrheum.org/cgi/content/... @mcgill.ca @susanbartlett.bsky.social #Stress #RheumatoidArthritis 022
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.propublica.orgEctopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ... 34776164458
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettTrish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Looking forward to going to Australia soon to deliver the Ian Webster Oration at UNSW on why we need a new philosophy of inquiry for researching health systems. Come in person if you're Sydney-based. Watch online if you're not! www.eventbrite.com.au/e/unsw-icfhs...eventbrite.com.auUNSW ICFHS Ian Webster Oration 2026UNSW International Centre for Future Health Systems Ian Webster Oration 711231
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettChickadee 🇨🇦 @rusty-17.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The pharmacists are randomly asking people if they are up to date with their tetanus shots because there are whispers that it may not be much longer. #abpoli #abhealthcare 2118
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettTrish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 10/08/2026If you asked me for one story that sums up the moral recession we’re currently in, this would be it. 1023291
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/08/2026Pakistan is one of the world’s top producers of red chile peppers, and the traditional ways of cultivating the peppers may not survive the challenges of climate change and soaring costs. So Pakistani farmers are trying to adapt.nyti.msExtreme Heat Comes for the Red Chile Capital of PakistanThe traditional ways of cultivating the peppers may not survive the challenges of climate change and soaring costs, so Pakistani farmers are trying to adapt. 36825
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettCheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Canadian produce is safe to consume. No cyclospora. In order to operate, greenhouses are subject to rigorous standards, which differ from field-grown produce #Canada Cases in Canada were all traced back to produce eaten DURING TRAVEL to the US and Mexico. www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/arti...ctvnews.caOntario greenhouse growers say their produce is safe amid cyclospora outbreakAt the same time Windsor-Essex is seeing an increase in cyclosporiasis cases, the association representing Ontario’s greenhouse growers is urging residents to remain confident in their products. 18478193
Dr. Susan Bartlett @susanbartlett.bsky.social · 10/08/2026A very well written piece summarizing different approaches to therapy and the current plethora of minimally trained ‘therapist influencers’. 💯Therapy Needs to Get Help www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Therapy Needs Therapy. Neuroscience Can Help.The good news is that the neuroscience of perception can pave the way out. 020
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 09/08/2026In America, one health care company can own: Your doctor Your pharmacy Your insurance AND the middleman between your pharmacy and insurance. That means more profits for giant companies and higher costs for you. That's not right — and I have a bill to stop it. 37477742582
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I did a bit of data analysis to inform considerations of this proposal. This is not completely simple since the number of grants a PI holds varies over time as grants start and end, and because this includes MPIs (multiple PIs) in addition to Contact PIs. 1/7 54723
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettEmily Hahn, MD @ehahnmd.bsky.social · 11/06/2026You’re getting into some pretty esoteric sub specialties when you get into the double digits… 3143
Reposted by Dr. Susan Bartlett🦋Dr. Natalia🕊🌻🪬 @solnatamd.medsky.social · 11/06/2026Why do you need 22 specialists for a checkup? 🤔 41710
Reposted by Dr. Susan Bartlett🦋Dr. Natalia🕊🌻🪬 @solnatamd.medsky.social · 11/06/2026"Measles running rampant, public health destroyed, a trillion dollars ripped from Medicaid, inadequate physician payment, stupid immigration rules,” Fryhofer told AMA members in promising to call out Kennedy and the Trump administration on all of it. And yes, we did! 👇🏻politico.comAmerica’s doctors just voted for war with RFK Jr.The American Medical Association has sought a working relationship with the health secretary. Members saw moral compromise. 13311
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettArthritis Research Canada @arthritisresearch.bsky.social · 05/06/2026What should the future of inflammatory arthritis care look like? Our study presented at #EULAR2026 by Dr. @susanbartlett.bsky.social led in collaboration with Dr. @dlacaille.bsky.social is guiding the development of #FlexCAre, a new care model that meets the diverse needs of people with arthritis. 131
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 04/06/2026👏🏽👏🏽 Melinda French Gates donates $215 million to improve women’s health worldwide apnews.com/article/meli...apnews.comMelinda French Gates donates $215 million to improve women's health worldwideMelinda French Gates is expanding her efforts to improve women's health worldwide, pledging $215 million for contraceptive access and maternal care, as well as initiatives for middle-age women. 25915
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettTrish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 01/06/2026This will not save a single visit. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comShared NHS patient records could cut 20,000 A&E visits a year, ministers claimModernisation bill would require GPs and hospitals in England to share data, reducing errors and duplication 158722
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettOutspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 01/06/2026ICYMI:, I did: The Alexander brothers, luxury real estate brokers who worked with Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, were convicted on sex trafficking charges in Manhattan federal court. 721008435
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettNigel Goldenfeld @nigelgoldenfeld.bsky.social · 28/05/2026🧪More information will be forthcoming about this *critical* development, and the Federal Register website will be open for public comments tomorrow. Thanks to @standupforscience.net for sounding the alarm. Background: an op-ed from @cdelawalla.bsky.social et al www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comTrump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it | Colette DelawallaThe new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way for state-controlled science 23933
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettKeri Crewson, M.D. @kericrewsonmd.medsky.social · 23/05/2026Moves completely at the end of June. Booked his one week holiday time at the end of June to get a place/hopefully get moved. Had some stuff already sent to a friend’s garage for storage. Two exams to take in that period of time. He’s going to get through this with your help. It’s going to be tight. 22715
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettSphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · 27/05/2026"trainees who rely on AI during the early formative years of clinical education may fail to develop the foundational reasoning skills that safe, independent practice requires" 23019
Reposted by Dr. Susan Bartlettryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 22/04/2026here’s a wonderful story to get the day started off on the right foot 018738
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettArghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 20/04/2026At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years. Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.” wapo.st/4euUt1c 191058538
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/03/2026I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing. Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service: cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...cardcatalogforlife.substack.comGoogle Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it. 287116694865
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettCarolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Unemployment for new workers just hit a 37-year high—worse than the Great Recession. The jobs they were promised? Vanishing. Tech & finance are cutting roles. Entry-level hiring is drying up. Meanwhile: • 57% of Gen Z have side hustles • Grads are more unemployed than the overall workforce • AI isfortune.comThe entry-level job market is the worst it's been in 37 years. Stop blaming Gen Z | FortuneFor the first time since the federal government started tracking data, college graduates have lost their employment advantage over workers without degrees. 162
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettArghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 21/03/2026I’m being forced out of my job bc of DOGE. I’m one of two researchers funded by the NIH in 2022 to address sexual harassment. If we don’t address SH in science, we’ll continue to lose people who could have revolutionized care for cancer, diabetes, dementia, etc. But eliminating “DEI” matters more. 69346
Dr. Susan Bartlett @susanbartlett.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Super helpful tips to improve searches and avoid ai slop 010
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettAlyson Smith @pedsaly.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Let this joyous Canadian pup start your morning off right 🐾🇨🇦 063
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettJack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Pulmonary and critical care clinicians 🩺 (among others) do you know the implications of these being deployed in your patients' communities? Especially for our patients, with reactive airways or limited pulmonary reserve? 0152
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettRhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Thank you to all the lovely folks acknowledging my culture in their New Year wishes, but- hold your horses! 🤣 It isn't the Year of the Horse until Chinese New Year, beginning Feb 17 this (Gregorian) year. Until then, we're still in a Snake year. 0172
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettAndrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 15/12/2025Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things 13039551264
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Managing federal awards just feels like living inside a salad spinner right now 2374
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettAndré Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Plans to lower training requirements for psychologists in Ontario worry clinicians, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.comtheglobeandmail.comPlans to lower training requirements for psychologists in Ontario worry cliniciansCollege of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts says proposed changes would improve patient access 2167
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettArghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 28/10/2025Lots of interesting data at the Action Collaborative meeting on sexual harassment in higher ed—these data suggest leaders have a poor insight on their own level of inclusivity. The least inclusive leaders overestimate themselves, and the most inclusive underestimate. Quelle surprise! 0151
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettConrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Conducting tasks while receiving e-mails and phone calls reduces a worker’s IQ by about ten points relative to working in uninterrupted quiet. That is equivalent to losing a night’s sleep, and twice as debilitating as using marijuana.economist.comAre digital distractions harming labour productivity?The evidence is mixed; it seems clear, however, that they are making us unhappier 2026895
Reposted by Dr. Susan Bartlettwestbypt.bsky.social @westbypt.bsky.social · 18/07/2025📣 ARP members! Great opportunity to work with team of expert arthritis clinicians as Scientific Editor to update ACR’s Advanced Rheumatology Course! New August 16 deadline to apply! @susanbartlett.bsky.social @rheumcat.bsky.social 021
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettEmily McDonald @dremilymcd.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Get ready for the next International Conference on Deprescribing! #ICOD2026 in Montreal, Canada April 27-29, 2026!! 083
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettAndré Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Why, in 2015, is the New York Times still using the outdated and incorrect term "commit suicide"? The @nytimes.com editors should check out the Mindset Guide chapter on covering #suicide. static1.squarespace.com/static/60c0d... via @mindsetguide.bsky.social #journalism #WordsMatter 5254
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettAndré Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Hollowed out: Ontario public hospitals and the rise of private staffing agencies. Hospitals are being privatized through the costly use of for-profit staffing agencies, by @alonghurst.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... via @policyalternatives.capolicyalternatives.caHollowed out: Ontario public hospitals and the rise of private staffing agencies - CCPAOntario’s hospitals are being privatized through the costly use of for-profit staffing agencies 36342
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettNoah Rosenblum @narosenblum.bsky.social · 18/05/2025On the Amtrak, watching the kid in front of me ask Chat GPT to write his personal statement for graduate school about a time he faced an ethical dilemma and how he handled it, what are we doing here people 2050178
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettAndré Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Obituary: Visionary Dr. Henry Friesen re-invented Canada’s premier health research funding agency. He also did groundbreaking work isolating and purifying the hormone prolactin, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.comtheglobeandmail.comVisionary Dr. Henry Friesen reinvented Canada’s premier health research funding agencyDr. Friesen did groundbreaking work isolating and purifying the hormone prolactin, and went on to distinguish himself as a leader, establishing the influential Canadian Institutes of Health Research 25432
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettAndré Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 07/05/2025The return of #measles is an outbreak of failure. Ontario alone has the biggest measles outbreak in North America, 1,383 cases. Per capita, that's 21X worse than the U.S.: Globe and Mail editorial www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit... via @theglobeandmail.com #vaccinationtheglobeandmail.comGlobe editorial: The return of the measles is an outbreak of failureVaccination rates have been falling for years, but Ontario and Alberta are only reacting now that it’s too late 13258147
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettTanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 08/05/2025As a German I will forever be grateful to all who fought for the liberation of Europe. But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵 318114513003
Reposted by Dr. Susan BartlettOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/05/2025An anniversary worth marking. I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism. 175101562754