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Ya'el Courtney, PhD Profile picture
Ya'el Courtney, PhD
@ScienceYael
postdoc in immunology @ Stanford Robinson lab | 2024 Harvard neuro PhD @LehtinenLab • @HHMINews Gilliam Fellow • NSF Fellow • 53/100 📚 in 2025
Nov 19, 2024 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Just watched the full House hearing & testimony of NIH Director Dr. Monica Bertignolli.

A few takeaways:
• the proposed budget, in addition to not increasing for inflation, wants to condense NIH from 27 to 15 institutes. The NIH does not think this is a good idea.

🧵1/? • representatives are concerned about the applicability of NIH funded research to Hispanic, Black, and rural populations.
• some republican representatives are concerned about the disproportionate allocation of NIH funds (75% of funds to 10% of institutions)

🧵 2/?
Mar 27, 2024 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
1/ 🧵 Long COVID: A Deep Dive into the Shadows of Post-Acute Infectious Syndromes. What scientists have uncovered may change how we view post-viral conditions forever. Dive in with my latest article for @SITNboston.

sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2024/lon… 2/ Over 17 million Americans aged 18-65 report long COVID symptoms that linger far beyond their initial infection, impacting their ability to work and live. 💔 It's not just a statistic; it's a nationwide crisis costing billions.