Annabelle Rodriguez Oquendo MD

White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s... Please don’t forget about our great American scientists!

Inflammation Keeps Us Alive. It's Also Making Us Sick. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... My lab identified deficiency of the immune checkpoint LAG3 and its association with increased risk for heart disease and mortality. All supported by the American taxpayer through the NIH.

Wow.

The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...

Tell the Senate: Not a penny more for ICE brutality! #ICE #MPLS actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Appeals Court Upholds Prohibition on Trump’s Medical Research Cuts www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...

The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

A very strong & powerful resignation letter from Dr. Daskalakis calling out RFK jr. “I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health.”

cen.acs.org/policy/resea... I sincerely hope Jay won’t be the NIH director for much longer.

@murray.senate.gov A big, heartfelt thanks for supporting the NIH.

🧪 Senate appropriators say: NIH's budget gets a... boost! Rather than 40% cut, NIH gets a $400M *increase* in the Senate committee bill for FY26 (about +1%). "Congress has your back," said @murray.senate.gov. ADVOCACY MATTERS! There's still a long road (esp in the House), so keep up pressure.

@vanhollen.senate.gov Thanks for supporting the NIH

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share.google/VdFUlaBpvc3z... I’ll let you know how my grant application fares in this new environment. I’m working on another one for the October deadline.

@kyla.bsky.social Do you have a perspective on the challenges of cuts to biomedical research and how academics can capture the attention of Gen Zers to improve healthcare for all?

Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/s...

Timeline cleanser ✊🏽🫶✊🏽🫶✊🏽🫶✊🏽

BOSTON — In a major victory for public health, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts today struck down the National Institutes of... A step closer to restoring sanity in biomedical research. But expect Trump to appeal and delay, delay, delay. They need to be found in contempt.

Over 100 days after Mahmoud Khalil was unjustly arrested and detained because of his advocacy for Palestinian rights, he has been released on bail. We celebrate that Mahmoud will finally be home with his wife and newborn son while his case proceeds.

The Reagan-Appointed Judge Fast-Tracking Trump to Trial www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...

🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️

Today I’m leading 152 House Democrats in challenging Trump's devastating cuts to life-saving NIH research grants. Congress—not Trump—controls federal spending. Trump must do his job, “faithfully execute” the laws and stop violating the Constitution to undercut public health.

Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers sign letter criticizing agency policies: ‘We dissent’ We all need to dissent. Your life and that of your loved ones depend on it.

From 2020 to 2024, universities contributed patents underpinning 50% of FDA-approved drugs. 87% of those academic breakthroughs came from American institutions.

South Florida meteorologist @johnmoralestv.bsky.social told his viewers live on air that he can no longer accurately predict hurricane season, due to federal government cuts.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Please read and then contact your Senators. Stop these NIH cuts. I’ll keep you posted on what happens to my grant.

@maddow.msnbc.com NIH Director will be testifying in front of Senate Appropriations Committee on June 10. The biomedical research community needs more support from the American people to stop drastic cuts to the NIH. Please consider using your influential voice to help us get more support.

My grant was just submitted to the NIH. The topic is on deficiency of an immune protein and increased risk of death. I hope the Senate fights hard to save the NIH. Many lives depend on it. Very surreal to even have to say this.

Yup.

Excited to share that our abstract for #EULAR was selected as one of the Top 10 Abstracts at EULAR 2025 by EMEUNET! 🙌🥰 Huge thanks to the committee, I’m truly honored! Hope to see you in Barcelona! #EMEUNET #EULAR2025

Thanks Harvard, for taking a stand. Perhaps we should all stand together….

@harvard.edu Where can I send a donation to resist Trump?

I’m pretty sure DOGE has all my info. I’ve been getting emails to my work and personal email requesting personal information. I’ve deleted the emails.

When we get through this despicable period in America—and we will get through it—Americans will have learned why and how important government is to making life better.

Source: CNN Trying to keep the faith while writing a NIH grant for submission on June 5th.

A new analysis shows which National Institutes of Health centers and outside institutions were hit hardest.

@cooperandersonn.bsky.social Saw the Amy Sherald exhibit at the Whitney yesterday. One of my favorite portraits is the Cowboy. Do you own it? Is there a story about it you would be willing to share?

The modern day "Gestapo" are at work and are eagerly pursuing people of color in the state of Florida. ABC news is reporting a combined effort by ICE, Local law enforcement and Customs in launching their despicable action title "Operation Tidal Wave".

How to survive 1361 days?

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/s... I love his latest album. I have it on a loop while writing a grant application on the intersection of immunology and heart disease. Homage to my ancestors!

The first good idea he's had in years

Good job team America www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

"I fought for it once, I'll fight for it again"