"Black applicants would, on average, need credit scores approximately 120 points higher than white applicants to receive the same approval rate, and about 30 points higher to receive the same interest rate."
The cover of The Lancet with this quote from our commentary: "If we in academic medicine give in to the campaigns against diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, the consequences will include resegregation and fewer opportunities for marginalised groups."
Holy smokes! Our article is on the cover of The Lancet!!!!!!!!!! Nbd 💅
A photo of Viola Ford Fletcher with her hands clasped
Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
Chopped salad with cali Gold BBQ sauce as a salad dressing is the best Friday night pickup!
BREAKING: Reports that Trump would try to cut NIH's budget by 40% have come true.
The request released moments ago would:
- Cut $18 BILLION to NIH's $47b budget
- Eliminate NIMHD, NCCIH, FIC
- Collapse ICs into five 'focus areas'
There's also a long screed about NIH's deficiencies.
Thank you to @ascbiology.bsky.social for standing up for what is right!
So PROUD of the accomplishments of my COMPASS scholars! Our first cohort of students are graduating and presented their two years of work at our first COMPASS symposium. Thank you to @cirmnews.bsky.social for your support of our program!
@stemcell.keck.usc.edu
⛔ NIH ended ALL of my grants mid-project, given LGBTQ health focus 🏳️🌈
⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr.
As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“
#SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth
This makes a lot of sense and I think the best explanation I’ve seen so far. Part of why the people who benefit the most from nepotism are so afraid of DEI 🙄
See it in IMAX. The cinematography deserves it.
A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
Listening to these MOSAIC/PREP/IMSD, etc. scholars talk about how limited their options have become, I’m going to ask that more of you ‘put your money where your mouth is’
Losing them because of these grant cancellations IS an actual example of policy discrimination.
"The lack of any justification or explanation...for these terminations is highly concerning. 1st - and most importantly - these terminations deprive the NIH (and the American people) of the expertise needed to perform a balanced and thorough review of the intramural biomedical research enterprise"
Good job LAUSD!
After some really rough times, today there are glimmers of positivity...
1. My grad student’s F31 was FUNDED!
2. A new patient for our biorepository of rare mutations relevant to diabetes was consented and collected today.
Finally, it feels like I’M WINNING TODAY!
#keepthefaith #ibetonme
This is why having real scientists in public debate is so important. The public deserves the truth, not the glossy 1-pager.
Thank you @newscientist.com
Wow.
At least you are still having admissions!
Buying any capital equipment for your lab/institution will not just be cost prohibitive, but impossible, because tariffs push up the prices dramatically. If a grant can’t support a 25% increase in the price, where will it come from? Supplies? Salaries? Who will do the experiments? With what?
The termination of the NIH MOSAIC program is a critical loss. As one of the 5 societies supporting MOSAIC scholars, ASCB remains dedicated to supporting early-career scientists & broadening the biomedical workforce. We'll continue our mentorship & development efforts through the end of the grant.
An important point getting overlooked:
When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.
They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.
This type of courage deserves support.
I am so sorry.
I have learned that the directors of ALL: PREP, IMSD, and IRACDA programs across the country have received similar cancelation notices. This follows previous cancellations of MARC and URISE programs. This further dismantles the mechanisms that enable scientific training opportunities for SO MANY.
YES YES YES!!!
This is who is leading us into a healthier future?
If not you, then who?
Thank you Senator Booker.
Signed, A proud Jersey Girl living in CA.
"Private investors in the life sciences tell C&EN that their coffers don't compare to a juggernaut like the NIH, with its nearly $48 billion budget. Even if they did, industry players say their role is to fund science with immediate applications"
cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...
