Cindy Veldhuis, PhD

Cindy Veldhuis, PhD

@cbv.bsky.social

NIH-funded LGBTQIA+ health researcher. Asst Prof @ISGMH @MSSatNU @NorthwesternU. Pronounced "Veld-hice." Views my own. http://soqir.org 🌈

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This is devastating for science and individual scientists. The k99/R00 has been such an important mechanism for diversifying our pipeline.

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In August, Jay Bhattacharya said “Training future biomedical scientists” was the 1st priority for his version of NIH. But talk is cheap. Let’s see how JB’s doing. 🤔 NIH supports trainees mostly via fellowship (F), training (T), and career development (K) awards. Here are funding curves for each.🧵

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Just got an email from my SRO for the study section that was missed in October. Good news is that they are trying to reschedule ASAP (Dec/Jan). The bad news is that CSR is mandating that only the the top third (not half) of applications will get discussed for the next 2 rounds.

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I am looking for a postdoc to join my ERC StG project DIVREP to work on global, quantitative analyses of fertility and reproductive behaviour. The post is based in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford. Let me know if you have any questions. More details below👇

Sociology at Oxford@sociologyoxford.bsky.social

🚨 New Job Alert! 🚨 Join Dr @ewabatyra.bsky.social as a Postdoc Researcher in Demography! Contribute to a global study on disparities in reproductive behaviour, focusing on childbearing age & fertility levels 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Apply now 👉 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...

Just got an email that the NIH Early Independence award is "not going forward." This was an award that catapulted promising PhD students into faculty positions and is part of the High-Risk High-Reward grant program in the NIH Office of the Director. Deadline was 9.6.25!

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On Thursday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to grant them a stay on the Massachusetts vs Kennedy/ APHA vs NIH ruling. This decision will occur on the shadow docket, with no formal hearing.

When chatGPT just gets you: Me: What is a better word to use in this sentence than normalize? I dislike that word for various and likely obvious reasons. ChatGPT: Totally fair to dislike "normalize"—it can feel clinical, loaded, or imply that things were previously “abnormal.”

(suggests affirm, legitimize, etc.) Me: thank you - this was very helpful. ChatGPT: You’re so welcome! I’m glad it helped. If you ever need to detox other overused or loaded words (looking at you, “resilience” and “empower”), I’m always ready with a thesaurus and a mild attitude problem.

📣 Big Announcement! 📣 🚨 It’s here! Agenda's up & registration's open for our Data Design Workshop! Join us for a hands-on workshop that will transform how you design charts, posters, and presentations. 🗓️ Sept 8 & 22 & Oct 8 & 15, 2025 📍 Virtual REGISTER: bit.ly/4k7JgTH AGENDA: bit.ly/4eykTNR

Cindy Veldhuis, PhD@cbv.bsky.social

🎨 Calling all health researchers! Tired of confusing graphs, chaotic slides, and posters no one reads? 📊📈📉 💡Join us for “Visualizing Health Research” — a hands-on workshop that will give you a toolbox 🧰 to level up your design game. 🧵👇 🧠 Email MSS_education@northwestern.edu to get on email list.

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📣 Big Announcement! 📣 🚨 It’s here! Agenda's up & registration's open for our Data Design Workshop! Join us for a hands-on workshop that will transform how you design charts, posters, and presentations. 🗓️ Sept 8 & 22 & Oct 8 & 15, 2025 📍 Virtual REGISTER: bit.ly/4k7JgTH AGENDA: bit.ly/4eykTNR

Cindy Veldhuis, PhD@cbv.bsky.social

🎨 Calling all health researchers! Tired of confusing graphs, chaotic slides, and posters no one reads? 📊📈📉 💡Join us for “Visualizing Health Research” — a hands-on workshop that will give you a toolbox 🧰 to level up your design game. 🧵👇 🧠 Email MSS_education@northwestern.edu to get on email list.

🎨 Calling all health researchers! Tired of confusing graphs, chaotic slides, and posters no one reads? 📊📈📉 💡Join us for “Visualizing Health Research” — a hands-on workshop that will give you a toolbox 🧰 to level up your design game. 🧵👇 🧠 Email MSS_education@northwestern.edu to get on email list.

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🗓️ Save the Dates: Sept 8 & 22; Oct 8 & 15 📍 Virtual!!! 📌 Registration info coming soon. 🎯 Designed for researchers, faculty, grad students, and health communicators. 🧠 Email MSS_education@northwestern.edu to get on the email list. Elevate your visuals. Strengthen your science. Amplify your impact.

🎨 Calling all health researchers! Tired of confusing graphs, chaotic slides, and posters no one reads? 📊📈📉 💡Join us for “Visualizing Health Research” — a hands-on workshop that will give you a toolbox 🧰 to level up your design game. 🧵👇 🧠 Email MSS_education@northwestern.edu to get on email list.

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🎤 Ideal for researchers, faculty, graduate students, and health communicators working across disciplines. 🧑‍🎨 No design background required — just a commitment to making your work more accessible and policy-relevant.

🎨 Calling all health researchers! Tired of confusing graphs, chaotic slides, and posters no one reads? 📊📈📉 💡Join us for “Visualizing Health Research” — a hands-on workshop that will give you a toolbox 🧰 to level up your design game. 🧵👇 🧠 Email MSS_education@northwestern.edu to get on email list.

This workshop will cover: 📊 Best practices for visualizing quantitative & qualitative data 🖼️ Designing academic posters for maximum engagement 🗣️ Creating presentations that enhance your message All grounded in the interaction between design principles and health equity.

The label on my Noosa yogurt this morning promises "a delightful escape." Not sure how that is possible given [gestures to everything everywhere all at once], but am willing to try and will report back. Stay tuned.

Sad to report, I was not transported to a "delightful escape." I am still at my desk trying to get the non-science parts of R01 #2 done. It is also very grey outside. Oh wait - I can no longer see the hotel that bears the current president's name due to FOG. Well, thank you Noosa yogurt!

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Replying to @maxkozlov.bsky.social

Our analysis shows that, looking at just the projects terminated so far, a whopping 29% are related to HIV/AIDS and 24% to trans health. 17% are related to COVID-19.

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Replying to @maxkozlov.bsky.social

NIH-funded LGBT+ health work has been obliterated. This denies “a small but real percentage of the population answers to critically important questions about their health”, says Shirley Tilghman. “You cannot eliminate a segment of the population by executive order, but you can harm them greatly.”