The Epidemiology of Murder-Suicide in the US, 2016-2022
This cross-sectional study examines rates and characteristics of murder-suicides in the US between 2016 and 2022.
New paper out today: we show that while rare, murder-suicide events in the US are more frequent than previous research indicated; over half of homicide decedents were current or former intimate partners of the perpetrator; nearly 90% of deaths involved firearms jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Childhood Suicide Risk in the Emergency Department
This cohort study examines electronic health records from children presenting to the emergency department (ED) for suicide thoughts and behaviors to identify risks of return ED visits.
Our new paper is out in @jamanetworkopen.comnow
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
We used the amazing HCUP dataset to analyze >600K electronic health records from 8-12-year-olds in the emergency room for mental health or suicide risk. This covered a decade of data from 12 states in the US.
28.07.2025 15:58 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
I have a Shiny Epi People shirt!! My favorite gym shirt. Can confirm it is real…
13.06.2025 01:00 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
"It should go without saying that scientific inquiry cannot flourish in a society dominated by fear, censorship and hate."
@danielmalinsky.bsky.social says all the things that should go without saying this week in the Guardian
26.05.2025 10:04 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
So curious what 'exposure to mental disorders' means...
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Academic Search and Recruiting
We are hiring a post-doc for a study on the impact of temperature and access to shade on adolescent mental health. Please circulate and if you looking for a post-doc, consider joining us at Columbia! academic.careers.columbia.edu#!/157951?key...
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This has been one of the most meaningful and rewarding (and sobering) collaborations I have been involved in, especially the integration of advanced stat methods and deep substantive expertise. Crucial empirical data and results that we hope can inform policy discussions.
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Our review is out today - bottom line: the risk of dying from alcohol use begins at low levels of average use
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Check out our new paper in JAMA showing that reported diversions of undistributed pharmaceutical ketamine are on the rise: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39636617/
06.12.2024 15:47 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Why stop at 10? Let's go for the ultimate: personalized Americas
25.11.2024 10:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The basic principle is that reviewers are tired, they're rushed, they're reading your and 10 other grants on top of their normal workload.
Anything you can do to make it easy for them will help.
Here's a list of my suggestions.
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The tools I've played around with are very hit or miss (mostly miss) for psychiatry too - maybe same issue??
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Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at Columbia.
I study causal inference, graphical models, machine learning, algorithmic (un)fairness, social + environmental determinants of health, etc. Opinions my own.
http://www.dmalinsky.com
Scientist, runner, Canadian still trying to figure out how to live in the US.
Psychology Prof and Associate Dean at UCI, who sometimes writes about why we should trust science and avoid panic to really help our kids.
Personality psych & causal inference @UniLeipzig. I like all things science, beer, & puns. Even better when combined! Part of http://the100.ci, http://openscience-leipzig.org
PhD candidate communication science @ifpmainz.bsky.social @unimainz.bsky.social
digital disconnection | social media | self-regulation | well-being
Husband, Father and grandfather, Datahound, Dog lover, Fan of Celtic music, Former NIGMS director, Former EiC of Science magazine, Stand Up for Science advisor, Pittsburgh, PA
NIH Dashboard: https://jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.github.io/index.html
Writing a book. Doing the work. Loving my people. Making some pies. Skiing while there is still snow. Co-author (w Shamus Khan) of #SexualCitizens (@wwnorton)
switch(
sample(x = 1:3, n = 1, prob = c(.05, .1, .85)),
tweet_joke(),
tweet_plot(),
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)
President of @crisesnotes.bsky.social (crisesnotes.com)
Book: [About Undetermined], under contract with Viking Books
email: crisesnotes@gmail(dot)com
Signal: NathanTankus.01 (only for reporting... Okay on weekends you can confess crushes)
Epidemiologist and Public Health Professor @uofleatlab.bsky.social | #EatingDisorders #DigitalMentalHealth #HarmReduction #EpiSky #SDOH
Research Professor & Associate Director, Survey Research Center
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
Research on substance use and health
Slowly making the transition from Tw*tter while trying to be a little less online overall. Wish me luck. Mostly posting about #harmreduction, #homelessness, and #healthcare. And sometimes pitbulls.
Emergency physician & researcher. Health x Housing Lab Co-Director. Tweets my own / not my employer’s. RT ≠ endorse.
PhD/MHS Epidemiology: Infectious Diseases, Digital Health, Substance Use, Science Communication|Thoughts are my own| #Episky #IDsky
www.bethlinas.com
your favorite epidemiologist's favorite epidemiologist
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https://www.mixcloud.com/acim_883fm/ 🔮🎶💫
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Professor of Human Behaviour and Technology at the University of Oxford ▦ Father ▦ Gamer ▦ Psychologist ▦
Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology & Biostatistics, SSEHS, Loughborough University
Assistant Professor of Political Economy at Leiden University College, FGGA | research social policy and housing vulnerability in East Central Europe, teach research design and stats
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/kristin-makszin
