Luisa N. Borrell

Cities, food, and health: Managing urban transitions - CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy Associate Professor Nevin Cohen and colleagues published a policy brief that examines how urbanization is reshaping global food systems and creating new health challenges for cities. This article is…

🌆🥦 In a new policy brief, #CUNYSPH Associate Professor Nevin Cohen and colleagues explore how urbanization is reshaping global food systems and creating new public health challenges for cities.
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Hard agree 💯💯 Feedback should specific and direct without the ‘idiot’ word. It should provide solutions not more problems and confusions.
#AcademicSky #PhDSky

Same here! Never run for the train, there will be another one coming soon (hopefully!).

Congrats! Thank for sharing! What about your AI tool?

RFK Jr. Has Been Handed a Very Dangerous Weapon How a bigoted doctor, an extremist judge, and the Supreme Court all combined to give the secretary a powerful new way to undermine public health.

My latest for @thenation.com. RFK Jr. Has Been Handed a Very Dangerous Weapon: how a bigoted doctor, an extremist judge, and the Supreme Court all combined to give the secretary a powerful new way to undermine public health. @jsalomon.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/soci...

🗣️Abierta la preinscripción para una nueva edición del Máster de Promoción de la Salud y Salud Comunitaria (@ehu.eus)

Más información e inscripciones: 🔗https://ehu.eus/es/web/graduondokoak/master-promocion-salud-comunitaria
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DAGs are there to tell you what you SHOULDN'T do.

Opinion | How to Wreck the Nation’s Health, by the Numbers The administration's cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services are going to do irreparable harm to the nation’s health.

This @nytimes.com OP underscores the damage done to the health of the US population by cutting research funds. #Epidemiology #EpiSky #HealthEquity

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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454 Hints That a Chatbot Wrote Part of a Biomedical Researcher’s Paper

This is an interesting offering cues we should be paying careful attention given that AI is here to stay and is becoming a ghostwriter.
#Epidemiology #EpiSky #AI #Editor #Publication

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/h...

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NIH will reinstate 900 grants in response to court order Projects touching on sensitive topics such as DEI had been illegally terminated, judge found

This seems to be a step forward and underscore the importance of speaking out. #Epidemiology #EpiSky

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An open letter to the American public on respiratory virus vaccines Read an open letter to the general public from the AMA and medical societies reaffirming support for vaccination to protect against flu, COVID-19, and RSV.

This is unprecedented. The AMA and other medical professional societies speak as one on respiratory virus vaccines and in their own way, say the Trump Administration cannot be trusted with your health. www.ama-assn.org/delivering-c...

The economic effects of federal cuts to US science — in 24 graphs Is US science facing a recession? Growing evidence points to a looming downturn.

This piece underscores the effects of the federal cuts to US science in funding, lab equipment, conferences, employment, etc.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Judge orders NIH to restore hundreds of grants cut under Trump William Young calls terminations illegal, berates agency for discrimination

Judge Young said that the NIH grant terminations were rooted in discrimination against racial, sexual, and gender minority groups: “I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out.” #HealthInequity #DEI

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What would Len say?

Considered to be the father of social epidemiology, Len Syme died earlier this year at the age of 92.

In this month's SSM-Population Health, Berkman & Krieger pen a tribute asking: “What would Len say?”―as public health faces multiple threats in the U.S.

#SocialEpi #EpiSky

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NIH restores DEI prohibition for grant recipients within hours of rescinding it The NIH rescinded a 7-week-old DEI directive on Monday, only to reinstate it hours later without explanation.

As @aniloza.bsky.social says so well, "File it under bureaucratic whiplash." NIH rescinds anti-DEI policy only to reinstate it hours later. Was it a mistake? Will it be rescinded again? HHS not answering questions, leaving researchers only more confused. www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/n...

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Very interesting and thank you for the link to the PDF! 🙏

Massive NIH study challenges use of race as a proxy for genetic ancestry in research A large government study shows that Americans’ self-reported race is a poor proxy for their genetic ancestry.

“The clear message here is that these are two distinct constructs [race/ethnicity and genetic ancestry], they mean different things, and they should not be used interchangeably,” said Luisa Borrell
@cuny.edu @cunysph.bsky.social
#EpiSky #SocialEpi
www.statnews.com/2025/06/05/n... via @statnews.com

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Benefits of Patient-Clinician Communication for Timely Health Care Visits in Patients Perceiving Discrimination.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.0053

📣📣 “This isn’t just about one university. It’s about whether America still values the institutions that made it strong. It’s about the future of scientific research, business leadership, and the global talent pipeline that drives U.S. innovation.”

NSF’s grant cuts fall heaviest on scientists from underrepresented groups Projects to broaden participation were cut disproportionately—and were often led by Black scientists, women, and those with disabilities

NSF’s canceled grants heavily affect women, Hispanic and Black PIs although they represent <34% of PIs in active grants.
#DEI #Diversity #Inequity

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📣📣 “This isn’t just about one university. It’s about whether America still values the institutions that made it strong. It’s about the future of scientific research, business leadership, and the global talent pipeline that drives U.S. innovation.”

Indeed this is terrible for women and minoritized junior faculty