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Terri Armstrong

@tsarmstrong.bsky.social
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NIH Scientist Emeritus Mom, Feminist trying to see the good who believes in patient-centered care, kindness matters, and that your character is your destiny

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Governor Wes Moore @govwesmoore.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Today, I’m announcing the Governor’s Redistricting Advisory Commission. I’ve been clear from Day One: If other states are determining whether or not they have fair maps, so will Maryland.
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Terri Armstrong @tsarmstrong.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Peonies from my farm remind me of my grandmother and great grandmothers front yard that had their sidewalks lined with peonies. Thinking of Genevieve, Bessie, and my own mother and her two sisters all who were lost to cancer this coming Mother's Day. NCI funding is critical for our mothers. #NCI
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Maria Geffen @geffenlab.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
If you, like me, have spent some time squinting at the leaked NIH reorganization plan, squint no more! Here is a summary of the proposed reorganization courtesy of chatGPT. www.science.org/do/10.1126/s...
 NIH Reorganization Summary from the FY 2026 HHS Budget Proposal
🔄 Eliminated Institutes and Centers (ICs)

The following ICs will be eliminated entirely:

    National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

    National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    Fogarty International Center (FIC)

    National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

🏗️ New NIH Structure

The NIH will be reorganized into eight Institutes. Three existing ICs will remain intact, while others will be consolidated:

Institutes Remaining As-Is:

    National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

    National Institute on Aging (NIA)

New Consolidated Institutes: 4. National Institute on Body Systems
Combines: NHLBI, NIAMS, NIDDK

    National Institute on Neuroscience and Brain Research
    Combines: NIDCR, NINDS, NEI

    National Institute of General Medical Sciences
    Combines: NIGMS, NHGRI, NLM, NIBIB

    National Institute of Disability-Related Research
    Combines: NICHD, NIDCD

    National Institute of Behavioral Health
    Combines: NIAAA, NIDA, NIMH

🔄 Institutes Moved Outside NIH

    ARPA-H (Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health) and NCATS (National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences) will be moved to the Assistant Secretary for Innovation

    NIEHS (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) will move to the new AHA Environmental Health section
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tinsal.bsky.social @tinsal.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Despite its cancer-fighting mission, NCI starts to feel Trump administration budget ax. Large scale closure of key programs. www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/t... via @statnews.com
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Despite its cancer-fighting mission, NCI starts to feel Trump administration budget ax
Trump cuts are hitting the National Cancer Institute, affecting a hotline for patients, cancer.gov, advisory panels, clinical trial recruitment.
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Terri Armstrong @tsarmstrong.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Great and important work in this impact. I experienced this firsthand as a provider to those with brain tumors-who would look for me in the waiting room .
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Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO @fumikochino.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Deeply saddened that the ENTIRE TEAM at NCI PDQ Cancer Information has been eliminated. Our evidence-based summaries were updated throughout the year with the latest research and supported informed decision making between clinicians & patients with cancer across the US. 🇺🇸
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 04/05/2025
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/04/2025
Anyone else find it strange that a man with a 14-year heroin addiction is railing against Narcan—the lifesaving drug that helped drive a sharp drop in overdose deaths after a federal distribution program? No one said Narcan cures addiction. It prevents funerals. That’s the point. The facts 👇🏾
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
If we’re serious about more efficient government and better everyday life in America - which we all should be - that means actually improving government, not cutting health care for poor people and slashing support for veterans.
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Dr.rer.pol. Sabine Schwab @sabine-nj.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Congratulations to the awardees. I tried to tag them but could not find them here on #bsky. If anyone knows their handle, please share the handle(s). #btsm
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Maryland Democratic Party @mddems.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Hell yeah! Andy Harris finally showed up in his district tonight…to beg for money from millionaires in exchange for cutting their taxes… …while hundreds of Marylanders showed up to voice their anger at the chaos and corruption he’s supporting in Washington DC.
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Maryland Democratic Party @mddems.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The Chair of the Freedom Caucus is scared of his own constituents and had to sneak out the back door of his fundraiser with his millionaire pals 🤣🤣🤣 People with popular agendas definitely hide from voters
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Nicole Tersigni @nicsigni.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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Terri Armstrong @tsarmstrong.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
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Terri Armstrong @tsarmstrong.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
#Financialtoxicity has real effects on health. Sleep-related impairments occur in 20% of those with primary brain tumors-and can be predicted by FT. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 13/02/2025
The authors of a Comment article in Nature Human Behaviour propose six actionable steps of allyship that researchers, faculty members and educators can engage in to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive academia. #Academicsky 🧪
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Cultivating allyship for a diverse, equitable and inclusive academia - Nature Human Behaviour
We propose six actionable steps of allyship that researchers, faculty members and educators can engage in to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive academia: listening to marginalized voices, challenging one's own biases, speaking up to include disadvantaged groups, speaking out to confront bias, advocating for inclusive policies and dismantling institutional biases.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
UPDATE: A purge of experienced career staff has begun at NIH. The staff was just informed that Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak, who has worked at NIH for 25 years is "retiring." Grant funding remains frozen, in violation of two federal court orders.
Dear Colleagues,
With gratitude for his strong leadership and commitment, I announce National Institutes of Health (NIH) Principal Deputy Director Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D., retired from federal service effective Feb. 11, 2025, after 25 years of service. Dr. Tabak has held critical NIH leadership roles since 2000, most notably in his current role as the second in command since August 2010, and two years as the Acting NIH Director from December 2021-November 2023. He has helped shape important policy decisions at NIH over four administrations. He has guided NIH through complex issues and will be sorely missed.
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Terri Armstrong @tsarmstrong.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
This👇 thank you @mishellbaker.bsky.social
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/01/2025
The bishop at President Trump’s inaugural prayer service implored him to “have mercy” on gay, lesbian and transgender children, as well as undocumented immigrants. “I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” asked Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.
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Bishop Tells Trump to ‘Have Mercy’ on Immigrants and Gay Children
The direct appeal to President Trump at the start of the first full day of his presidency was a remarkable moment at a National Cathedral event that has not historically been political.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 18/01/2025
With the Declaration of Helsinki now mandating community engagement, Nature Medicine asks three winners of the Nature Awards for Inclusive Health Research to share their tips. #Medsky 🧪
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How citizen scientists and community engagement boost the impact of health research
With the Declaration of Helsinki now mandating community engagement, Nature Medicine asks three winners of the Nature Awards for Inclusive Health Research to share their tips.
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Everyone in this picture would be able to walk if the polio vaccine had existed in time for them.
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William Douglas Figg, Sr @wdfigg.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I have a new editorial that has just been published.
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Terri Armstrong @tsarmstrong.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
@neuroonc.bsky.social thank you for featuring my @NCI NOB outcomes section work exploring differences in the experience of #AYA young adults & older adults w/CNS tumors in the SNODigest. Key differences in clinically significant anxiety and cognitive complaints warrants attention & management.
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Terri Armstrong @tsarmstrong.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Proud to share our experience in supporting scholarships and research grants at The Ohio State and get to meet our undergraduate scholarship recipient Cole and his parents #PayItForward
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Terri Armstrong @tsarmstrong.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
If at #SNO2024-check out presentations from Armstrong lab staff scientist Dr Vivian Guedes and postbac fellow Emory Hsieh on our work exploring biomarkers of cognition and neurological symptoms and walking interference in Glioma patients
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/11/2024
Republicans in Congress are eyeing cuts to Medicaid, which could threaten health coverage for tens of millions of poor Americans.
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Medicaid May Face Big Cuts and Work Requirements
Republicans in Congress are eyeing cuts to Medicaid, which could threaten health coverage for tens of millions of poor Americans.
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Terri Armstrong @tsarmstrong.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
What’s Up
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