Elle

SUD Research @ SBU

[ASAM @ASAMorg]

Addiction medicine experts are on Capitol Hill today advocating for legislation to support addiction treatment professionals as they care for patients and save lives. #AMAC25 #TreatAddictionSaveLives

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[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

If Congress approves the science grant cuts proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%: from 95,700 students and postdocs this year to 21,400 in 2026 https://t.co/ktfYUEArY4

[Olivier George @brainaddiction]

Assuming similar lab size and personnel compositions at NSF vs NIH-supported research, it would make the planned NIH cut lead to the layoff of roughly ~930,000 people ($5 vs. $20 billion cut). The repercussions will set back NIH's scientific advancement by decades.

[Olivier George @brainaddiction]

Two weeks ago, they found a tumor in my abdomen. imagine a big, juicy orange just sitting there. Routine exam, totally unexpected, and yeah, it’s scary as hell. I’d be lying if I said otherwise.

Tomorrow’s the big day: a long surgery to cut this thing out, along with part of my small intestine. I don’t know if it’s malignant yet, I’m very nervous, but I’ve got confidence it’s going to go well. I’m in the hands of one of the best surgical oncologists @UCSDHealth seriously, I lucked out.

I’ been thinking a lot lately obviously and I can’t say enough about my brilliant colleagues @UCSD and @NIH researchers and clinicians who pour their hearts into advancing science and fighting diseases. I’ve gone from being an NIH-funded researcher to a patient trusting my life to an NIH-funded surgeon. It’s a full-circle moment that hits hard.

None of this—none of the research, the treatments, the hope—would exist without a robust healthcare infrastructure and the significant indirect costs from NIH that make it all possible.

Slashing those funds to 15% IDC, doesn’t just threaten my lab and my research to find a cure for addiction, it threatens my life right now, and the lives of so many others counting on this system to survive.

This is one of the toughest challenge I have ever faced. But I’m ready. Let’s kick this tumor’s ass!