Erik Faber MD PhD
@fabermdphd
Onc fellow @MSKCancerCenter | #medchem 💊 PhD | 🐶 dad | ex-HS teacher 🧑🏫 | @OslerResidency @umnmstp @dartmouth alum | 🏳️🌈 he/him | #mdphd #doubledocs
“From 2020 to 2024, universities contributed patents underpinning 50% of @US_FDA-approved drugs. Even more stunningly, 87% of those academic breakthroughs came from American institutions.” statnews.com/2025/06/06/us-… via @statnews
‘Soul crushing’: What’s at stake for defunded NYC researchers and their projects? - Gothamist gothamist.com/news/soul-crus…
Insane
The R01 Grant pay-line is at the 4th %-ile at @theNCI (4 out of 100 reviewed grants will be awarded this year) “expect to fund through the 4th percentile for those EI/NI applications” Funding Policy NCI Full Year Funding Policy for RPG Awards FY 2025 cancer.gov/grants-trainin…
Program Director’s Note - Personal Statement Pitfalls A #ProgramDirectorsNote to my @TradIMYale residents now that fellowship applications are in. My @YaleIMed are great writers, but there are always pitfalls to avoid. open.substack.com/pub/siegelmark…
By putting a carbon atom in place of a core oxygen, chemists constructed an opioid that blocks pain with less respiratory depression in mice cen.acs.org/synthesis/medi…
A powerful new piece in @NatureMedicine by APSA past presidents & board members discusses how funding cuts could disrupt the physician-scientist pipeline and future of biomedical innovation, and outline urgent solutions to safeguard the next generation. rdcu.be/etaiE
US self-reported race and ethnicity are poor proxies of genetic ancestry, researchers say. cell.com/ajhg/fulltext/… Learn more in @AJHGNews
“One of the biggest tragedies I've observed in my professional life.” @davidrliu, winner of the @brkthroughprize in Life Sciences and professor at the @broadinstitute and @Harvard, describes the cost of government cuts to science research at universities. @WalterIsaacson
It is disappointing & very concerning to read there may be a purposeful delay in appointing an NCI Director to strongly advocate for preserving and enhancing @theNCI’s vital role in the war on cancer. It’s too important. @AACI_Cancer @ASCO @AmericanCancer @AACR @NIHDirector_Jay
Trump administration is removing the mainstays of NCI and the federal government’s cancer program. Peer review, registries, and evidence-based patient information take a big hit. cancerletter.com/the-cancer-let…
Leenus Martin @PlexiumTx shares details of their CDK2 CRBN-engaging molecular glue degrader program (in pre-candidate LO stage) at #AACR25 @AACR. Targeting cyclinE amplified tumors, interesting early data comparing to CDK2 inhibitors.
As a Jewish student at Harvard, I can tell you first-hand that cutting cancer research doesn’t do anything about antisemitism. It’s clear that antisemitism is a cover for the Trump administration’s dangerous agenda of attacking institutions of learning and critical research.
Thrilled to welcome the next generation of Oslerian physicians — welcome to the Osler Medical Residency and the Osler family! We cannot wait to have you join us #oslerpride
I’m just a millennial… …standing in front of the U.S. economy… …asking it not to crash… …for the third time in my life.
This was one of RFK Jr.’s first orders after being sworn in. Just an astonishing denial of science and will cause so much pain to the 45 million Americans facing mental health challenges.
A “largest” R01 is now capped at 575k/year incl 15% indirect. NIH CUTS total 4 BILLION dollars/year So that SHOULD mean 7000 more grants/yr? Twice the current # of R01s. BUT THEN WHY NOT MENTION in the NIH statement? BECAUSE THE PLAN IS JUST TO CUT, NOT TO DO MORE RESEARCH.
1) Since there is a lot of confusion about the reduction of the overhead rate on NIH grants to 15% (see here: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/n…) I'll do a little tweetorial (or X-torial?) about it.
This kills biomedical research
Last year, $9B of the $35B that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) granted for research was used for administrative overhead, what is known as “indirect costs.” Today, NIH lowered the maximum indirect cost rate research institutions can charge the government to 15%, above…
No study section...no grant reviews No grant reviews...no grants awarded No grants awarded...no research No research...no functional NIH And if your salary was funded by NIH, no paycheck either if this lasts indefinitely
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research. Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Happy Holidays from our Longcope family to yours🎄 @OslerResidency