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Quantitative Epidemiology and Infectious Disease Ecology, Director @ciddpsu, He/Him

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If you're working on home lesson plans for your kids -- or just stuck at home watching bowling re-runs -- here's a link to all the content from our #MOOC on epidemics:
On Coursera: https://t.co/Mdq2CaOZGf
On Youtube: https://t.co/8vjpP9HL4z

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Hey @DaveMcCormickPA -- Trump's announcement of 15% indirects on NIH grants reneges on $1.22b in contracts with PA universities and businesses. That's money not going into salaries for Pennsylvanians. You might consider pushing back on that.

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Hey @CongressmanGT -- Trumps announcement of 15% indirect rate on NIH grants reneges on $122 million in contracts with Penn State ... the largest employer in your district. That seems like something you might want to push back on.

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Hey @SenFettermanPA and @CongressmanGT USAID supports Pennsylvanians. If you support Pennsylvanians, you should support USAID.

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@SenBillCassidy @SenBillCassidy The gutting of USAID will one-up this. USAID provides $1.58b in funding for Gavi, the vaccine alliance that supports childhood vaccinations in low and lower-middle income countries. Removing this funding will cause avoidable deaths and make America less safe.

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Dear @CongressmanGT
Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district received $89m in funding from NSF in 2024. That $ paid for salaries, state income tax, rents, property taxes, and sales taxes. Federal shut downs hurt PA communities and cost PA jobs.

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This paper is finally out!!

https://t.co/tdRuhLlZ5f

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The last several years have driven home the feedback between activity & disease transmission. We wanted to know if we could find general rules about how activity might change as vaccination reduces disease burden. We were surprised … follow along 🧵

https://t.co/sIE0stuu8V

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NIH RePORTER gives a higher number: $2.8b.

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Hey, @SenFettermanPA @DaveMcCormickPA
Pennsylvania receives $2.23b in NIH funding that pays salaries, state income taxes, rents, property taxes and sales taxes in the Commonwealth.
https://t.co/4aHkDlYhr2

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Dear @CongressmanGT,
The Commonwealth receives $2.8b in NIH funding. PA-15 receives $122m. That pays salaries, state income taxes, rents, property taxes, sales taxes in your district. Please stand up for Pennsylvanians.

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If Lucy can do it, so can you

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@vectorgen I didn’t know she hired you. She was a brilliant scientist and an absolutely wonderful person.

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Coming to Penn State v. Ohio State with a bunch of red hats ... yeah, that makes sense.

https://t.co/TMVrpkFDKP

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this place has officially become Icanhascheezburger

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It's time again to have that harm reduction conversation

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Fall weekends in PA are deeply underrated.

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Whether in industry, academia, or government, "leadership" has become a title to defend rather than an activity to be carried out. We all suffer the consequences through stagnation, at best, and exploitation, at worst.

https://t.co/9JEn2KTf6U

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I’m just going to let them lie

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After a very stimulating visit to ⁦@ciddpsu⁩ seminar to hear Dr. Liliana Salvador talk about bovine TB, Lucy is taking a well deserved nap.

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talking with a colleague this AM and we described academia as a nearly insurmountable obstacle course full of barriers that we put in front of ourselves

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@SDMaundu @Ethnography911 This was the only response.