Hannah Stewart, MPH

Mental health advocate. Mad Scientist. #madpride PhD student in Texas. Mostly RT people better at Tweeting.

[Dr. Cait S. Kirby (she/her) @caitskirby]

Don't argue with RFK Jr's dehumanization of autistic people by saying, "Well I'm autistic/my son is autistic and I/he can do those things!"

You're feeding into eugenics when you do that.

Discard RFK Jr's argument wholesale: we don't measure human value that way.

[Alexander Harris @dr_alexharris]

First they came for my diversity grant, and I did not freak out - because I still had an R01. Then they paused federal funding, and I did not freak out - because I had a start up package with central funds. Then they cut indirects, & there was no research left to freak out over

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

If you want to “Make America Healthy Again,” one of the worst things you can do is slash the budget of the world's largest public funder of biomedical research, the National Institutes of Health.

[Michael 英泉 Eisen @mbeisen]

“Why don’t universities pay research costs with their endowments” is a bad argument.

Grants aren’t charity. These are contracts where universities are being paid to carry out work on behalf of the public. Why shouldn’t the government be expected to pay the full cost of the work being done on their behalf?

Universities shouldn’t get everything they ask for - the government should absolutely only pay legitimate expenses, and I would fully support any effort to make sure that is happening.

And many university endowments are absurd, and the push to accumulate large endowments has poisoned universities. If the government doesn’t like how much money they’re sitting on, they can tax them. But don’t ruin science to punish rich universities.

If the issue is that people don’t want the government to fund biomedical research, well then don’t fund grants at all. Funding them, demanding that grantees do the work they’ve said they will, and then not paying for it is bullshit.

[Emma J Chory @chorye]

Imagine running a restaurant & suddenly only having budget for ingredients & chefs—no rent, electricity, heat, water, support staff, insurance, trash, toilet paper.

This is what 'cutting indirects' did to every major biomedical center & hospital in the US.

[Hannah Stewart, MPH @HStewartMPH]

People seem to not know/forget that the US economy gets a decent ROI on NIH funding. In 2023, every dollar of NIH funding generated more than $2 of economic activity. So, if you think you're going to cut government waste by slashing research dollars, idk what to tell ya.

[Macrophysiological System🐀 @InVitroFuture]

Worth emphasizing that the NIH's "diversity" criteria included applicants who grew up in a rural area, whose parents didn't go to college, or who were eligible for free or reduced school lunch as a kid.

Sorry, Forgotten Man! Trump doesn't want people like you in science anymore

[Hannah Stewart, MPH @HStewartMPH]

@planturss @arghavan_salles No - they are specific funds for trainees who fit the NIH’s criteria for being an underrepresented group - from a rural area, grew up low-income, those who were homeless or grew up in foster care, folks with disabilities, and people of color.

[Alejandro L. Vázquez, PhD @ALVazquezPhD]

CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System data can be found through link below. Share widely so folks can find it. 🙏🏼

https://t.co/ktIR3gz0Qb

[Stephen Murray, MPH, NRP @stephenHRNRP]

Introduced into the Oklahoma Legislature - abolishing the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and transferring all duties to the State Department of Corrections

The plan is just jail everyone with a mental health or substance use disorder. Embarrassing.

[Symone D. Sanders Townsend @SymoneDSanders]

A lot of people in this country including the President sound like Research Guy right now. I have some advice:

Do not allow these people to run you out of the room.
Do not stop working.
Do not give them the benefit of the doubt.

They have no idea of your power.

Show them.

[Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe]

A personal story about how the potential grant funding freeze might affect science. Right now, I'm in my fourth year of a 5-year NIH grant and my last year of funding is supposed to start February 1st. I'm supporting a postdoc, two graduate students, and two lab managers

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

...to be clear, when I said I'm open to feedback on my draft I meant that you could give me a nice compliment

[Hannah Stewart, MPH @HStewartMPH]

I am mentoring a motivated HS student doing a project on adolescent mental health. They are doing short (30-45 min) informational interviews w/ licensed MH professionals re: trends in adolescent MH. Recruitment has been a struggle. If you/someone you know is willing, please DM!

[chris @chrislevan24]

this.

[bridget 🌸🐝 @wholemilkbitch]

i know i didn’t text back despite “being on my phone for seven hours straight” but you have to understand i was on the escapism phone. the responding to texts phone is different.

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

The hill I will die on: STEM grad programs MUST teach PhD students how to communicate their science to the public and legislators alike. This is 💯 not a drill.

[Stephanie Papes Strong @stephpstrong]

Today, the DEA announced another 1-year extension of telehealth prescribing flexibilities. This is a win for millions of Americans who rely on remote care — but we won’t stop pushing for change until public policy permanently protects access to life-saving addiction medicine.

[Associate Deans @ass_deans]

To decrease the size of the university, we need a dean of university efficiency. We’ll fix everything by creating a new dean!

[Brian Gaar @briangaar]

"Fuck your feelings" but also please come to thanksgiving, we miss you and our vote had nothing to do with you, honey.