Bluesky Wrapped

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women. More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications. I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

Happy Bastille Day! A national holiday that celebrates an armed crowd storming a prison that held people jailed by an autocratic leader with no due process, kicking off a revolution that did not end well for wealthy elites but did lay the groundwork for western liberal democracy

I am at a global health conference this week. I do not think Americans fully understand the degree of harm we have done to our international reputation and to our ability to wield soft power for decades to come.