This week was a lot. And even though it’s been an overwhelming week in the world, we want to take a second to digest what far-right Republican politicians are doing in our own backyard. Here's what went down in the legislature this week.🧵👇

Our turn

More than 50 people showed up at Railroad Park today for a rally in support of Ukraine. This comes days after Russia's invasion of the country.

Black History is American History Good morning

The bills prohibiting teaching "divisive concepts" in Alabama schools are vague and threatening to educators. We need to teach everyone's history and present.

Alabama Dems denounce a bill banning the teaching of certain "divisive concepts" in public schools. “This is ridiculous if this is a priority for us with all the other issues that we have going on,” House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels said. #alpolitics trib.al/w8jg1TV

A Black Alabama lawmaker asked her white colleague and the sponsor of a CRT ban whether he knew what the Middle Passage was. His answer: “Like, 1619 maybe?” al.com/news/2022/04/l…

What happened yesterday in Montgomery was meant to drive anyone *different* from Alabama. Don't let them win. al.com/news/2022/04/w…

In addition to their cruelty & ignorance, efforts to criminalize ethical & evidence-based care will compromise ability to recruit/retain top talent UAB Medicine UAB Heersink School of Medicine UAB Infectious Diseases Division UAB Department of Pediatrics al.com/educationlab/2…

Alabama GOP gubernatorial candidate Tim James has blasted an LBGTQ-friendly charter school for having a drag show. So I took a look at his high school yearbook. Yep. Every accusation is a confession. al.com/news/2022/04/t…

I’m recruiting a post-doc! Please share widely! DCEG is a great place for training in epidemiology, cancer research, and large-scale microbiome studies #epitwitter #scitwitter dceg.cancer.gov/fellowship-tra…

As a researcher studying long COVID and someone with ME/CFS-like long COVID symptoms, I am eagerly (and not very patiently) awaiting answers about why ME/CFS and related syndromes occur and more importantly how to treat them. cdc.gov/me-cfs/resourc…

Wonderful kickoff of our Ending the Epidemic R01 with MCHD and Alabama Public Health in Mobile, Alabama this week. Can’t wait for our next trip down to work with this amazing team! UAB CFAR Lynn T. Matthews Dr. Emily Levitan Larry Hearld Mariel Parman, MPH

The RECOVER Initiative is recruiting people who have never had COVID, as well as people who have had COVID in the past 30 days. Do you fit into one of these categories? In the Birmingham area, call 205-934-7502 or email [email protected] to join the study.

#LongCovid remains a threat! If you've never had #COVID19 consider our NIH sponsored #RECOVERCovid study UAB Department of Medicine UAB Infectious Diseases Division City of Birmingham City of Mountain Brook City of Hoover UAB Medicine Nathan Erdmann Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Consortium Dr. Emily Levitan

If you've recently had covid or never had covid, consider joining the RECOVER study. You could help us understand long covid and ultimately how to prevent and treat it. Jeanne Marrazzo, Dr. Bertha Hidalgo, Nathan Erdmann, UAB Heersink School of Medicine, @uabSOPH wbrc.com/2022/12/13/uab…

We are recruiting postdocs at Weill Cornell, UAB, and Duke to join the REGARDS-MI team studying incidence of, aging with, and recovery from CVD. Happy to chat about the opportunities!

📣 post-doc opportunity UAB Infectious Diseases Division, @UABheersink studying implementation science, HIV prevention, HIV care in Alabama with @aadiaMd, Lynn T. Matthews, twitter-free LElopre. Dr. Emily Levitan Jeanne Marrazzo UAB CFAR

Happy to announce that I'll be giving a seminar at my alma mater next month. This will be a special one. @uabSOPH UAB