Luisa N. Borrell

How pediatricians found themselves at war with RFK Jr. The AAP has become a leading opponent of MAHA and RFK Jr.'s vaccine agenda.

American doctors are ignoring vaccine guidance from the U.S. government and making the AAP the most visible opposition to the MAHA vaccine agenda. www.statnews.com/2026/02/13/a...

CORRECTION: This is happening February 11th at 5pm EDT. See info below...

Coffee and Tea Intake, Dementia Risk, and Cognitive Function This prospective cohort study investigates whether coffee and tea intake are associated with dementia risk and cognitive function in female participants from the Nurses’ Health Study and male particip...

Coffee lovers! Let's keep sipping our coffee to keep our brain working: "Higher caffeinated coffee intake was associated with more favorable cognitive outcomes."
#EpiSky #SocialEpi #HealthEquity

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Happening today 2/11 @ 5pm EDT.
See free registration information below...

#MAIHDA #Intersectionality #HealthEquity #SocialEpi

@clarerevans.bsky.social @albeccia.bsky.social @intersectionalitytraining.com

Congrats! 🍾🎉🎊

How The Shingles Vaccine Protects Against Dementia The mechanisms behind varicella zoster virus-induced dementia pathology

Nice explainer for anyone curious about how exactly the shingles vaccine can protect against dementia.
open.substack.com/pub/profbuba... #idsky #episky #medsky #neurosky

CORRECTION: This is happening February 11th at 5pm EDT. See info below...

Happening today 2/11 @ 5pm EDT.
See free registration information below...

#MAIHDA #Intersectionality #HealthEquity #SocialEpi

@clarerevans.bsky.social @albeccia.bsky.social @intersectionalitytraining.com

Must attend if you want to hear the story behind MAIHDA directly from the source Dr. @clarerevans.bsky.social on February 11 at 5pm EDT

#SocialEpi @EpiSky #MAIHDA

#Intersectionality #HealthEquity

Info below for free registration...

a banner

Plagiarism is a widely acknowledged problem in research, but the line between deliberate copying and accidental failure to cite properly can often be confusing.

Find out how to deal with the plagiarism grey-zones: spkl.io/63326AUyP2

#Elsevier #PhDsky #AcademicSky

Must attend if you want to hear the story behind MAIHDA directly from the source Dr. @clarerevans.bsky.social on February 11 at 5pm EDT

#SocialEpi @EpiSky #MAIHDA

#Intersectionality #HealthEquity

Info below for free registration...

This training is designed to teach #quantitative #intersectionality researchers how to conceptualize, measure, and analyze structural forms of #discrimination to assess their joint impacts on #populationhealth and #healthinequities.

#academicsky #publichealth #blacksky

Voting is a stronger social determinant of health than education #Vote #SDoH #EpiSky #SocialEpi #PublicHealth #HealthEquity

a banner

#Elsevier #ResearcherAcademy is excited to continue supporting researchers worldwide in 2026.

Wishing all researchers a new year of success, innovation, and fulfillment!

#PhDsky #AcademicSky

It has been a privilege to be among 20 CUNY faculty and staff members serving on the mayor's transition committees, and the University is excited to play its part in the city's next chapter.

Actually the coarser era has always being here, it is just found the power to have a voice in US society, and thus, it is becoming normalized.

Inequities in antibiotics use persist despite pandemic decline - CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy A study by CUNY SPH doctoral student Eslam Abousamra and Distinguished Professor Luisa N. Borrell found major disparities in antibiotic use across age groups, sex, race/ethnicity, education levels, insurance status, health conditions, and geographic regions...

A study from #CUNYSPH doctoral student Eslam Abousamra and Distinguished Professor Luisa N. Borrell shows that despite pandemic declines, significant inequities in antibiotic use remain across demographic and socioeconomic groups in the U.S.
cunysph.me/49lZAym

❗❗Call for Papers – Science, Interrupted❗❗

Annals of Epidemiology seeks manuscripts on the epidemiologic, ethical & methodological challenges of prematurely terminated studies for a special issue:

“Science, Interrupted.”

Deadline: July 31, 2026
tinyurl.com/8vafx4cx #CallForPapers #Epidemiology

Feliz de nuestra publicación #interseccionalidad @pgullon.bsky.social @iaguilar.bsky.social #ManuelFranco #LucasPlatero #IsabelSalcedo #CarmenRomeroBachiller #LuisaNBorell
#MaríadelRío #ClaraBenedicto #AmaiaBacigalupe #SolJuarez #MariaFdezElorriaga

La interseccionalidad: factor clave para estudiar e intervenir sobre las desigualdades sociales en salud.
Artículo especial ya accesible en Gaceta Sanitaria: doi.org/10.1016/j.ga...

📣📣 Free membership until 9/30/2026! 👀

📌 Talk at Hunter College on M 11/17, 1-2:30pm. Hybrid: in-person at Hunter College, West 1631, or you can join via Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/8357788906...

📣📣 Free membership until 9/30/2026! 👀

Study reveals BMI disparities among immigrants in Spain - CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy A new study led by Distinguished Professor Luisa N. Borrell found significant inequities in body mass index (BMI) among adults in Spain, driven by age, sex, immigration status, and education. The research, which used data...

🌍📊A new study led by #CUNYSPH Distinguished Prof Luisa N. Borrell reveals significant BMI disparities in Spain tied to age, sex, immigration status, and education—highlighting the need for intersectional public health strategies.
🔗 cunysph.me/4pSTpaT

Body mass index inequities among adults in Spain: An intersectional multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy of age, sex/gender, immigration status, and education We aimed to examine intersectional BMI inequities across age, sex/gender, immigration status, and education among adults in Spain.We analyzed data fro…

Delighted to share our paper with E. Rodriguez, N. Lanborena, S. Yago and J. Diez examining intersectional BMI inequities across age, sex/gender, immigration status, and education among adults in Spain using I-MAIHDA. @cunysph.bsky.social @uahes.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Body mass index inequities among adults in Spain: An intersectional multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy of age, sex/gender, immigration status, and education We aimed to examine intersectional BMI inequities across age, sex/gender, immigration status, and education among adults in Spain.We analyzed data fro…

Delighted to share our paper with E. Rodriguez, N. Lanborena, S. Yago and J. Diez examining intersectional BMI inequities across age, sex/gender, immigration status, and education among adults in Spain using I-MAIHDA. @cunysph.bsky.social @uahes.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Sorry you and your family had to experience that situation.

🤣🤣

Oh my! How do you bring all of them? 🙈🙈

Very interesting read: “​solidarity-based [epid] is the explicit practice of [epid] aimed at dismantling structural inequities in health through the promotion of shared interests, with the goals of overcoming domination and exploitation and, ultimately, of achieving justice.” #EpiSky #SocEpi