Many people are aware of a serious situation that occurred between Johns Hopkins University and me from September 2024 to December 2025. I have not provided a public update since May 2025. I am providing this summary for transparency regarding what occurred from June 2025 to December 2025. I’ve resolved this matter from my perspective, and I am providing this record as a final public summary of the events.
I encourage readers and journalists to contact any individuals named here or Johns Hopkins University officials for their own statements and documentation. I do not encourage harassment, bullying, or doxxing in any form. The descriptions below are supported by direct documentation, which I am willing to provide upon request. There are many incidents to cover, but first, here is a brief recap:
I began a postdoctoral fellowship on an NIH T32 training program at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in September 2023. My first year was excellent. I was highly productive and formed strong relationships with mentors and colleagues. Then, from September 2024 to May 2025, the following occurred without warning or justification:
1. I was encouraged to apply for a faculty position in the department (10/03/2024), given advice on my application that I followed, then reprimanded for that same application. I then did not hear back about the position for seven months. When I followed up, Nicholas Ialongo rejected me (04/09/2025). My qualifications for that position are publicly available on my clinical professional website.
2. Communication from nearly all faculty mentors and colleagues sharply changed. There were times when I reached out seven times (to David Yaden) and still received no response. They derailed entire projects as a result (11/18/2024).
3. My mentors, Johannes Thrul and Brion Maher, with colleagues such as Ryan Vandrey, inflamed conflicts, rumors, unnecessary restrictions, and quiet abandonment that limited my interactions with fellow students/collaborators and fostered competition (11/13/2024).
4. On (02/02/2025), the first false mental health narrative began with my mentor, Johannes Thrul (involving Dean MacKinnon). When I ignored it, they dropped the matter without explanation.
5. I had direct professional ties through my mentors to colleagues on the CPDD board (Kelly Dunn). In 2024, I submitted an abstract that was accepted for a main-stage talk. They rejected my CPDD grant application 28 minutes after my main stage talk (06/17/2024). The following year, I submitted two abstracts on the same topic, using the same data and co-authors. One was rejected (03/10/2025), which was unusual for the Department of Mental Health, and I never received a decision on the other.
6. My mentors gradually disengaged, and I have not heard from either of them in nearly a year (last contact for Johannes was May 2025, for Brion was April 2025). They withdrew me from projects and meetings without warning or justification.
There are additional details and smaller events not listed here, but this recounting is a summary context for those who are unaware. Below are the primary events from June 2025 to December 2025:
1. On 05/05/2025, Jennifer Howes, through the Behavioral Health Crisis Support Team, contacted both of my emergency contacts without documented justification. The calls stopped after I requested my clinical file (05/07/2025). To obtain my own file, they required that I complete and fax a release of information form for myself (05/08/2025-05/09/2025). They then delayed the file for forty (40) days (06/18/2025). When I received it, I found no justification and no documentation of all the phone calls. The file also showed that their own clinicians stated a threat assessment was not warranted because of my lack of threatening or violent speech (5/21/2025).
2. On 06/05/2025, Pamela Collins, Michael Ward, and Valeria Culotta required me to complete a Fitness-for-Duty examination justified by a missed meeting they scheduled with 23 hours’ notice during a period of internal server errors preventing me from logging into my account. When I requested documentation or a policy basis for this action, they provided none (06/06/2025, 06/09/2025). Then, they placed me on what they described as ‘paid administrative leave’ and removed me from my federally funded research, colleagues, and mentors. This ‘paid administrative leave’ was not supported by any policy nor involved any NIH channels. To date, they have not provided a policy basis or formal justification for these actions. By then, I had made a protected disclosure to the NIH and informed Johns Hopkins University twice that I had done so, but they continued to send me half a dozen FFD letters via email, mail, and FedEx Overnight (06/05/2025, 06/09/2025, 06/13/2025). I never attended the FFD, and they dropped the matter altogether.
3. On 06/26/2025, I was copied on an email revealing that Johns Hopkins University, via Julie Weierbach, had repeatedly submitted a Leave of Absence request to NIH concerning my award without my knowledge or consent. I have repeatedly requested a copy of that LOA, and they have not provided one (08/20/2025, 11/03/2025). At that time, I was ahead of my F32 Aims by an entire year and had no qualifying incidents to justify an LOA.
4. On 08/16/2025, they delayed my RPPR for over a month past the deadline. The RPPR is a required NIH progress report needed for continuation of the second year of my F32 funding. I completed it and informed both Johns Hopkins University and NIH. To date, Aida Edwards (08/25/2025), the grants administrator for my award, has neither submitted it nor explained why she has not, despite multiple requests (09/15/2025, 10/01/2025). Without the RPPR, I lost my income, healthcare, and housing stability from September 2025 to right now.
5. On 09/26/2025, JHU locked me out of my institutional account without prior notice, warning, or justification. They did not respond to my requests for clarification and the restoration of access. They locked me out while I was a student completing credit hours that the NIH funded. Then, instead of submitting my RPPR, on 09/30/2025, their Office of Institutional Equity, via Lauren Wyatt, harassed my family.
6. On 10/13/2025, Gregory Kirk accused me of violating data policy by completing and posting my Aim 2 manuscript as a preprint online and threatened me with legal action. JHU provided the data for my F32; the manuscript was part of that F32; and the preprint followed standard ethical practices for authorship and disclosure. On 10/14/2025, they removed the federally funded manuscript from OSF following an ethical complaint they submitted. To date, they have not provided the policy basis, factual basis, or full explanation for that removal. I did not comply with their demand to remove the preprint from ResearchGate by 10/21/2025, and they did not take further action.
7. In that same communication on 10/13/2025, and without any correction from my mentors, Gregory Kirk misrepresented the obstructed RPPR as a legitimate termination on 09/16/2025. I repeatedly requested documentation supporting that claim, including a formal notice or institutional basis, and he did not provide it (11/03/2025, 11/05/2025). Note that I was a student, not an at-will employee, so I did not even qualify for FFD exams or termination.
8. I repeatedly (06/10/2025, 11/05/2025) asked the HR Director, Cynthia Payne, for policy justifications given her endorsement of several actions, but she never responded.
9. On 11/09/2025, I invited Tiffany Wright from the Office of General Counsel and the President’s Office to comment on the conduct of their faculty and staff. I received no response, even when presented with this factual summary.
These are the principal events. There were additional incidents and communications not listed here.
From 11/03/2025-11/14/2025, I sent a series of emails requesting documentation and policy justification for the actions JHU took against me. These emails included individuals across NIH and JHU. I did not receive a response.
Instead, on 12/12/2025, the NIH notified me that Johns Hopkins University unilaterally relinquished my F32 award (without my involvement or notice). NIH subsequently provided me with a full transfer window. My professional record remained intact throughout, and I was found to have engaged in no unprofessional behavior or misconduct.
To date, I have submitted five (5) OIG complaints documenting these events (October 2025 - January 2026), and NIH has been aware since my June 2025 protected disclosure. I waived confidentiality on all protected disclosures. I am committed to continuing to support the federal oversight investigations and will be pursuing legal action. I will continue to be transparent about these processes as appropriate.
Their motivations are irrelevant to their conduct. What occurred was a catastrophic institutional failure.
I appreciate your interest in this case. Please contact me at TheEvidenceArchive@gmail.com for comments, questions, or documentation requests.
Disclosed Publicly on March 15th, 2026
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