Nick Ringelberg

MD/PhD Student @UNC_SOM. Circuit/behavioral neuroscientist turned neurodevelopment. Enjoys singing, lattes, dogs. @Cornell '16. He/him/his.

[Olivier George @brainaddiction]

Last night my brilliant friend with 20 years of expertise in Neuroscience including a decade at NIDA was fired because she was recently promoted for her outstanding performance and it triggered the probation period.

This is not making NIH more efficient, this is not making us healthier, this is not punishing the people who misled the public, this is destroying America’s talent.

Her work is instrumental for testing whether new medications to fight addiction are safe and efficacious before they are tested in humans. now that research is at risk.

She was the backbone of the lab the most senior person. So much knowledge, talent, know how, wasted, so much science destroyed for the wrong reason.

Sigh…

[Nick Ringelberg @nick_ringelberg]

It may never stop being wild to me that NC voters would do this and also elect him on the same ballot.

[Janine Kube @KubeJ9]

Some good news out of NC, at least, we not only beat Mark Robinson and Michele Morrow, we elected:
-(D) Josh Stein for Governor
-(D) Rachel Hunt for Lt. Governor
- (D) Jeff Jackson for At. General
-(D) Mo Green for Superintendent
-(D) Elaine Marshall for SOS

and we broke the supermajority!

#ncpol

[Roxana Daneshjou MD/PhD @RoxanaDaneshjou]

I hate having to share this, but I know I’m not alone. I had a miscarriage post-Roe while visiting family in Texas in 2022. I almost died — after 7-8 hours of begging, I got an emergency D&C and transfusion. They don’t mind letting women die. https://t.co/2LzCD12XNC

[Andy Specht @AndySpecht]

SCOOP:

As Helene approached N.C., Gov. Roy Cooper asked top officials for emergency powers as he mobilized response efforts.

Every Council of State member voted yes, except one:

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who didn’t respond to the request at all. #ncpol
https://t.co/LRi9W6Yigs

[deray @deray]

I think of this Toni Morrison quote all the time. She’s right.

[Josh Stein @JoshStein_]

.@MarkRobinsonNC and his wife operated a child care center that endangered children and was unsanitary. If this is how he cared for children, how can we trust him to care for our state?

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

We knew about loss of smell and taste with Covid infections. A nationwide report from S Korea found a 3.5-fold increase in hearing loss among young adults
https://t.co/pLwJkPLlDq

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

🆕 @NEJM Major #LongCovid report by @zalaly @Biostayan @WUSTLmed
Good news: The rate is dropping with vaccination and infection-induced immunity
Bad news: It's still affecting 3.5% of people who get Covid, significant disability
https://t.co/sBOLoV4Bf1

[Nick Ringelberg @nick_ringelberg]

@noah_miller_sci @NIMHgov @JoseRodRoma @mbruchas @PJensen_Lab @UNC_Optics What a star!

[Bryan H. @X_BryanH]

The Supreme Court has:

-Overturned Roe v. Wade (50+ years of precedent)

-Overturned Chevron (40 years of precedent)

-Overturned affirmative action (60+ years of precedent)

-Allowed cities to criminalize homelessness

And this is all because 1 man became president in 2016.

[Nick Ringelberg @nick_ringelberg]

I have once again landed at RDU and yearned for a world where the research triangle has a light rail…

[Nick Ringelberg @nick_ringelberg]

@MadScientistPhD I plan to wear a mask at the airport/ on airplanes forever....

[Nick Ringelberg @nick_ringelberg]

Am I seriously going to be arrested for wearing a mask at the grocery store or pharmacy?

[Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD]

As a physician I am deeply concerned about North Carolina's potential total ban on mask-wearing. It’s disturbing to think immunocompromised and cancer patients could be deemed criminals for following medical advice aimed at safeguarding their health. 😞 https://t.co/Dj0WD9J68f

[Diana Cejas, MD, MPH @DianaCejasMD]

Let's think about the implications of this for multiply marginalized (read: Black, Indigenous, Latine, LGBTQAI+) disabled people in our state. Let's talk about the factors that may influence law enforcement to choose to enforce this law against some disabled people and not others

[Edward Nirenberg 🇺🇦 @ENirenberg]

CDC doesn't really have the means to enforce any of its public health recommendations, but, if anything, that's all the more reason that recommendations made should reflect the science subject to the constraints of what is feasible. Shortening the isolation period from COVID-19 when people will knowingly be contagious will be used as justification to make people to work or be in school while sick, which will facilitate additional transmission and disproportionately affect those who are most vulnerable both medically and socioeconomically. It's true that COVID-19 isn't the same emergency it was in 2020, but that doesn't mean it's benign either and people should have the opportunity to recover. It's disappointing to see and it further erodes trust in the organization.

[Nick Ringelberg @nick_ringelberg]

@doc_becca I think our lab’s main conclusion was to do HCR instead…. 😬

[Nick Ringelberg @nick_ringelberg]

@drsilvershana You are a star!! So excited for you!

[Nick Ringelberg @nick_ringelberg]

After an initial submission in April 2022, I'm excited to receive a Notice of Award from NICHD for my F30! Couldn't have done it without @PhilpotLab, @UNCmdphd, @AuditoryNeuro, @MichelleItano, @JoJoYangMD, @AdamHantman, and @snisitha.

[Nick Ringelberg @nick_ringelberg]

@VicVijayakumar @JillianDURM Ah yeah that makes sense