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Sociologist & demographer @ UMass Boston Gerontology studying minority aging. Previously @ Princeton Office of Population Research + @ Harvard Center for Population & Development Studies. 2nd gen Korean American. Views are mine alone. www.sungspark.org

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29.09.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Page Up - UMass Boston

Come work with me! UMass Boston Gerontology is hiring a full-time faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor. Review of applications will begin October 15th. Please see the full position description:
employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us...

29.09.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why do cuts to Medicaid matter for Americans over 65? 2 experts on aging explain why lives are at stake When people over 65 lose Medicaid coverage, they stop seeing their doctors for preventive care due to high costs. This in turn leads to worse health outcomes and higher health care costs.

"While the debate about how to reduce the budget focuses largely on dollars and cents, we believe that cutting federal spending on Medicaid would harm the health and well-being of millions of Americans by reducing their access to care."
-Jane Tavares & Marc Cohen, LeadingAgeLTSS Center @UMass Boston

14.05.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Social Science?

Fantastic, helpful, hopeful content to share from "Why Social Science" www.whysocialscience.com thanks to @cossa.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social @popresearchctrs.bsky.social

01.05.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for this! Would love to be added.

28.04.2025 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
History Repeats? Faced With Medicaid Cuts, States Reduced Support For Older Adults And Disabled People | Health Affairs Forefront Cutting federal Medicaid spending would have such negative consequences on older adults and people with disabilities because reductions in Federal reimbursements to states would leave states with toug...

β€œFederal Medicaid cuts could force up to three million people aged 50 or over to seek institutional care rather than being able to get the Home and Community Based Services they would otherwise receive in their homes.”
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...

16.04.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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12.04.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Faces in Aging Gallery – Sigma Phi Omega

Our PhD students in Gerontology continue to do great work in service of older adults. Check out 7 profiles of diverse experiences in aging captured by UMass Boston doctoral student @visualgerontology.bsky.social Nicholas Bradley blogs.umb.edu/spo/faces-in...

12.04.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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