Kelsey Schwartz, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of Iowa. Vascular physiologist with a focus on women’s health. Posts are my own.
- Check out one of our recently published clinical trials! We found that 6 weeks of losartan improved microvascular endothelial function and reduced angiotensin II-mediated vasoconstriction in healthy women with a history of preeclampsia.
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- Stand Up with Us this Friday on the Pentacrest on the UIowa campus!! We have speakers, live music from local band One More Hour, and information from local organizations about the threats to high education and how you can get more involved! @standupforscience.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Kelsey Schwartz, PhDHarvard redid its whole homepage to push back against the administration’s demands. I mean, this is just a website but I think it’s kind of a great PR move: www.harvard.edu
- University of Iowa friends: mark your calendars for May 9th. More details to be released very soon!
- 📣 GET IN, DORKS! We are going protesting...AGAIN! 📣 This time we are standing up for our core value of academic freedom and asking university leadership to STAND UP WITH US against Trump's attack on higher ed ✊ #StandUpWithUS Register/find an event: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
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- Iowa district 1 friends! Join me TODAY at 2 pm at the (empty chair?) town hall for Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks at the Iowa City Public Library I’ll be speaking as a concerned constituent about how devastating the threats to biomedical research funding are, and will continue to be, to IA citizens.
- Wonderful short bluetorial on how and why you should contact your elected reps to fight for scientific funding. Every single letter/email/call/meeting can have an impact on your representative. Call them today!!
- Amazing time at #StandUpForScience in Chicago on Friday. Thank you to the IL team for letting me help organize!! Reminder: call your representatives!! Use 5calls.org for a streamlined process to make your voice heard.
- TOMORROW!!! Me and a car full of science homies will be traveling to Chicago for their rally! Staying in Iowa? Make sure you walk out at noon!!! (I see you UIowa, ISU, and Grinnell College registered on the map!)
- SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING! To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
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- Fun news: I’m officially joining our neighbors in #Chicago to #standupforscience on March 7 at noon at the Federal Plaza! Iowa friends—join me, I have room in my car or you can bring a car full of people, too! Chicago info: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f... @standupforscience.bsky.social
- Reposted by Kelsey Schwartz, PhDFreezing out the NIH's funding means freezing out American innovation. Research into curing cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's all delayed. And ultimately it won't just cost us advancements in life-saving research, it will cost us lives.
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- I just called the Iowa AG! Happy to pass on the script I made (IA specific but you can replace with your funding $). Check replies in this thread for examples if you want to make your own, too.
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- Reposted by Kelsey Schwartz, PhDDisruptions to the NIH impact more than just science; they will hit all Americans in our wallets. I spoke yesterday with Becky Fogel from @kutnews.bsky.social about the important role NIH-funded research plays in the economy. 🧵 1/n www.kut.org/education/20...
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