Saúl Urbina-Johanson, MPH

As a social epidemiologist, I often use data from Bureau of Labor Statistics to study health impacts of economic policies. As Trump fires head of #BLS and justifies decision with false reasons, I worry about quality and politicization of data we use to inform policies. @aeainformation.bsky.social

04.08.2025 18:51 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Hi Kate :) Nice to see you too! Recently hosted a Pride movie night. We watched Zero Patience, and I thought of you! :) Hope you're doing well and enjoying the Midwest!!

11.07.2025 12:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Folks have started reaching out again, so here’s your reminder: I will be reviewing PhD applications this fall!

📅 Deadline: Nov 15, 2025
🔗 Info: publish.illinois.edu/healthequity...
📨 Questions? vjrodrig@illinois.edu
🔵 @vjrp.bsky.social

#PhDChat #HealthEquity #ClinicalPsych

28.05.2025 19:49 — 👍 11    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1

Donald Trump is attacking Harvard for refusing to carry out his political agenda. Now, innocent students are caught in the crossfire.

Harvard is right to fight back.

But this isn't just about Harvard — anyone who crosses Trump could be punished. It's a threat to all of us.

23.05.2025 15:14 — 👍 2520    🔁 493    💬 128    📌 18

In the past month 4 trainees in my lab lost: NIH diversity supplement, MARC, & STEP-Up funding. NSF SBE meeting (incl. ECRs) indefinitely postponed. Pipeline cuts disproportionately affect underrepresented scholars. Individual lives & our collective future impacted. #ScienceMatters

25.04.2025 02:32 — 👍 103    🔁 34    💬 0    📌 0

<em>Child Development</em> | SRCD Journal | Wiley Online Library Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are highly impactful stressors that increase individuals' risk for a plethora of negative developmental and health outcomes. Furthermore, minoritized groups and u...

‼️ New paper @ Child Development discussing why it is inappropriate to use traditional common factor models to model adverse childhood experienced (ACEs) and other stressor inventories ‼️

Read full (brief) paper at srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

@srcdorg.bsky.social #PsychSciSky

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22.04.2025 14:24 — 👍 104    🔁 37    💬 10    📌 4

The NIH called my health equity research ‘antithetical to scientific inquiry’ The NIH canceled Logan Beyer’s health equity research, saying it was “antithetical to scientific research.” That’s completely wrong, she writes.

When the NIH cut funding for my research on food and housing insecurity, they sent a letter stating my work was “antithetical to the scientific inquiry”

They couldn’t be more wrong. I explain why in @statnews.com

#PublicHealth #Pediatrics #DEI

www.statnews.com/2025/04/15/n...

15.04.2025 13:09 — 👍 11    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

Alexa, play “ENERGY” by Beyonce.

15.04.2025 01:08 — 👍 569    🔁 41    💬 5    📌 3

Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions, among other things. Harvard called the demands unlawful.

Yay Harvard!!!!!!! Well done! Other universities should do the same.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...

14.04.2025 18:48 — 👍 98    🔁 20    💬 0    📌 1

🚨🚨 Here we go! 🚨🚨

@protectdemocracy.org, @cspi.bsky.social, and @aclu.org have sued RFK and his cronies at HHS to halt illegal grant terminations.

www.courtlistener.com/docket/69835...

02.04.2025 19:01 — 👍 1116    🔁 265    💬 16    📌 16

The entire National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) team at SAMHSA was terminated today.

Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.

01.04.2025 13:44 — 👍 559    🔁 296    💬 19    📌 42

Disappeared Tufts Human Dev. PhD student Rumesya Ozturk is also a graduate of Teachers College - she’s a dev. psychologist studying children’s media & prosocial development. She also bakes without recipes and binge-watches cartoons. She is our colleague & she was abducted on the street w/ our tax $.

27.03.2025 02:51 — 👍 5534    🔁 2387    💬 64    📌 75