Our second #RadOnc Annual Report is out! This edition highlights several key milestones – the 20-year journey with @DukeMedPhys; the dept's central role in @DukeMets; success in the Lafata Lab; two decades of leadership from Dr. Willett; and more 🔗https://t.co/nGvKy2m0iB
Two of our incredible @DukeCancer physicians retire today – Dr. David Brizel (with us for 38 years) and Dr. W. Robert Lee (with us for 19 years). We'll miss them dearly!
Duke is one of the largest biomedical research enterprises in the country. A cut of this magnitude (15% cap on F&As/indirect costs) would result in thousands of lost jobs at Duke & potentially tens of thousands across NC.
Sources: https://t.co/AF7ePMDTjA and @research65664
Know what ‘Indirect Costs’ are? Learn how they enable advanced #research and scientific discovery. A strong partnership between universities and the federal government (@NIH) is essential to economic growth, technological innovation, and #medical advances.
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This approach to suddenly cutting @NIH grant indirect costs will cause chaos and harm biomedical research and researchers in hospitals, schools and institutes nationwide. A sane government would never do this.
Trump's proposal is ILLEGAL & amounts to an indiscriminate funding cut for research centers of all sizes, NOT just Ivies. It will mean shuttering labs across the country, layoffs in red & blue states, & derailing lifesaving research on everything from cancer to opioid addiction.
🧵 Many “hot takes” about the reduction of @NIH indirect grant costs to 15%.
Let’s lay out the facts about the university grant management process & accounting. And then use this to project likely short and longer term impacts of the policy.
Another deep wound inflicted against American medicine, science and health by Musk’s juvenile night crew of data thieves following the Project 2025 playbook, which Trump disavowed in the campaign.
https://t.co/aCtrBkLLP0
The NRG-CC013 trial recently activated. In our January newsletter, we highlight this new study that will enroll patients with head & neck squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx, larynx, hypopharynx, nasopharynx, or oral cavity. Read more: https://t.co/JtQes5pCxb @sueyom
The NIH announced it will slash billions of dollars of support to universities and research centers.
This is one of the biggest attacks on science we have ever seen. It could dismantle the biomedical research system, shut down clinical trials, and halt development of treatments.
Donald Trump is making a deliberate attempt to overwhelm the system, and to overwhelm you. It can be difficult to keep up. And that’s by design.
But we can keep up – and respond. Here’s what he’s doing, and what it means for you. Just the facts. 🧵⤵️
I am not normally an alarmist, but these are not normal times. This change would cripple research infrastructure at hundreds of US institutions, and threatens to end our global superiority in scientific research.
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NIH indirect costs fund the backbone of research: maintaining labs, ensuring safety, and supporting admin work. These are essential for groundbreaking discoveries. Drastic cuts to NIH indirect rates are detrimental to academic biomedical research.
⏱️ The next cancer cure is on hold.
@NIH grants invest in future science gains that pay back for our citizens at a rate of more than 2:1 in economic activity.
We are losing the battle for discovery. https://t.co/mewXfuw7RM
🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Tammara Watts for receiving R01 grant for project: "Disparate Survival, Disparate Workforce: An Integrated Approach to Improving Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes and Diversity in the Oncology Workforce". @DukeCancer https://t.co/geiFHlVnO6