Atheendar Venkataramani

My new article in @jhppl.bsky.social situates the current attacks on public health in a historical perspective.

What I found surprised me. We've seen this before, and it's not as unprecedented as it feels.

Thanks to @sarahgollust.bsky.social @oberlanderunc.bsky.social for editing! Read free below.

You can 100% do high-quality, controlled research about patients’ perceived mistreatment in healthcare.

In fact, we should. It’s a major barrier to keeping all Americans healthy.

Watch Dr. Green’s video!

The #income-#health gradient among working-age adults in the United States in areas with high vs. low economic opportunity

@oppforhealthlab.bsky.social

Great new paper in The Review of Economic Studies using randomized incentives to detect non-response bias, using administrative data to provide ground truth for comparison. While incentives increased participation, they didn't reliably reduce NR bias

academic.oup.com/restud/advan...

Identification K9 puts professional ethics over personal attachments

Time to repost some causality memes #IdentificationK9

Congratulations Kate!!! Incredible placement!

This is old school good politics. Clear the garbage. Clear the snow. Make like easier.

Beautiful!

A watercolour painting I did for the February 2026 Bird Whisperer challenge of two black-cheeked lovebirds sitting side by side on a branch. The lovebird on the right side of the photo has its beak slightly open and is nuzzling the lovebird on the left. The birds have mostly bright green plumage with yellow/orange necks and darker cheeks while red/brown on their crowns. Beaks are red and white at the top and hooked. The background is a mixture of soft bright yellows, pinks and greens representing the love between the pair.

Here is my entry for the #BirdWhisperer February 2026 art challenge. These two black-cheeked lovebirds found only in South-west Zambia are classified as vulnerable due to loss of habitat.
#art #watercolour #painting #sketch #drawnfreehand #lovebirds #birds #birdlover #africanbirds #nature

XVIII Premio Fronteras del Conocimiento en Economía a Charles Manski por incorporar la incertidumbre en la investigación económica y su aplicación al análisis de las políticas públicas

Congratulations to Charles Manski on winning the BBVA Frontiers Award for his foundational contributions to partial identification, semiparametric methods, subjective expectations, social interactions and policy decision-making under uncertainty
www.premiosfronterasdelconocimiento.es/noticias/xvi...

Such a good paper!! I was surprised by the finding initially and then thought its par for our course in the U.S.

"Holiday card" - study and final.

What is child stunting — and how has it changed over the last 200 years?

Stunting means being too short for one’s age due to chronic undernutrition and disease in early life.

It’s one of the clearest markers of cumulative deprivation in childhood.

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AI-integrated research; a novel tradeoff and partial solution (part 1 of n) Moving all your project ideas forward by "one step" but also adding a new bottleneck

My Substack: AI-integrated research; a novel tradeoff and partial solution (part 1 of n) open.substack.com/pub/jasonmfl...

He will love to hear it. Thank you!

It's the best thing to collaborate and find joy with the littles :)

I unironically love this so much.

Our sketchbooks look a lot like this. We discovered that we’re a #didsystem quite recently, and lately we’ve been relearning how to enjoy #art —together. The littles love to come out & make #messyart, and the bigs are learning to find beauty in the chaos. #plural

Lol that's awesome

Just showed my son who called it "beautiful" and loved he palette!

I'll let him know! He will be so happy

That's awesome

A green tinted watercolor painting of trees and a flower

My daughter is also a painter, she’s 8 and loved his and asked me to share one of hers

This is BEAUTIFUL!!!

Thanks so much! It will mean a lot to him!

Really appreciate it! I will tell him you said that!

Thank you! I will let him know

YES!!

I'll let him know!