Dr. James K Gibb

Our new paper is now out in SS&M! In a sample of US youth attempting weight loss, we found that those motivated to lose weight because of teasing engaged in riskier weight loss strategies and had higher BP and CRP compared to those citing other motivations authors.elsevier.com/a/1ltOu-CmV5...

Exposure to conversion therapy is associated with high blood pressure and increased systemic inflammation, according to a new paper from Northwestern researchers @jameskgibb.bsky.social, @mustanski.bsky.social, et al.

Conversion Therapy Exposure and Elevated Cardiovascular Disease Risk This cohort study assesses whether exposure to sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts is associated with cardiovascular disease risk in sexual and gender minority young adults assigned ...

The Supreme Court has decided to hear a case challenging local and state laws banning so-called “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ youth. Our new study in
@JAMANetworkOpen
is first to show these discredited practices increase risk for later heart disease. Free article: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

📣 NIH reinstating some terminated grants

Exclusive via @chronicle.com 🔗👇 confirms what we’ve seen for weeks

Piece asks: what’s “secret sauce”? As an early-impacted PI, I know strategy matters

Now I'm advising orgs on appeals, “orderly” closeout & reinstatements: brittanycharlton.com/consulting

50 years of US economic change linked to poorer health, shorter lives for less-educated Americans Fifty years of economic change have taken a heavy toll on some Americans, especially those with less education who not only have been left behind but also are sicker and living shorter lives, accordin...

New from Arline Geronimus: “findings suggest that structural economic changes over the past half-century have had profound, long-term effects on health—especially for less-educated workers”

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Support the Kinsey Institute at IU For nearly 80 years, the world-renowned Kinsey Institute at Indiana University has been the trusted source for scientific knowledge and research on critical issues in sexuality, gender, and reproducti...

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🚨 Scientists: If your NIH grant was terminated like all of mine, help us uncover why 👇👇👇

We've been monitoring terminations from the start & are now diving into the data 🔍

Your research is crucial for health & a thriving democracy! ✊

#HealthEquity #MedSky #PublicHealth #NIH #Autocracy #Democracy

The NIH’s Grant Terminations Are ‘Utter and Complete Chaos’ The Trump administration is rapidly canceling hundreds of grants, in the most aggressive attack yet on American science.

Grateful to @katherinejwu.com of @theatlantic.com for being responsive, thorough, and reflective when I asked if she'd tackle this story!

In the hours since publication, however, our work has entirely changed...

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very likely that they’re about to find a constitutional right to forced conversion therapy

Americans (myself included) tend to laugh off the Trump noises about annexing Canada as obvious nonsense, but the rest of the world is taking the threat seriously.

Our media should reflect that reality and hold him accountable for the serious damage he’s causing.

Congrats Robin!!!

Again please share our study on the executive orders in academia

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6/ 🏳️‍🌈 Same-sex marriages aren’t new but often sidelined in evolutionary research. From Igbo women in Nigeria marrying wives to male-male unions in the Azande of Central Africa, diverse family forms have long existed - despite modern biases in research.

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Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...

I know everyone is talking about Matt Gaetz but please don't miss this:

Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...

Ops thanks Lance ☺️

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Beyond the binary: How my intersex identity shaped my path in evolutionary biology | Royal Society Claudia Astorino (she/her, they/them) discusses how her intersex identity motivated her to explore intersex variation through the lens of evolutionary biology.

I am proud to be one of several #LGBTQIA scientists featured by the Royal Society for Int’l #LGBTQIAinSTEMDay! 🌈

I talk ab how being #intersex has informed my research interests as an evolutionary biologist & biological anthropologist and how I do science 🟨🙆‍♀️🟨 #IntersexInSTEM #QueerInSTEM

Trends in Oral and Injectable HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Prescriptions in the US, 2013-2023 This study examines the prescribing trends of 3 oral preexposure prophylaxis medications and a long-acting injectable option from 2013 to 2023.

"New PrEP medications are heavily marketed, yet, generic PrEP dominated the market... This could be attributed to a 2021 fed. guidance directing insurers to cover the cost of generic PrEP medication w/o pt cost-sharing, suggesting that effective health policy can result in lower... expenditures." 🛟📈

A new Bluesky starter pack listing biological anthropologists. Let me know if you want to be added go.bsky.app/CnJLf95

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A reminder that the wonderful @prideinstem.bsky.social has created two starter packs of LGBTQIA+ People in STEM:
part 1: go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf
part 2: go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ

We have started a second Starter Pack - if you are LGBTQ+ in STEM and want to be in it do let us know #QueerinSTEM

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Deadline Dec 1