There aren’t many things worse one can imagine than the loss of a child.
But the loss of a child to a vaccine preventable disease is a pain no parent or family should ever have to bear.
Sowing distrust about vaccines, arguably the greatest public health success of all time, is pure evil.
Team ID #meal-iodosis says they’ll take anyone who believes in vaccines so if that’s you, donate and log at HCWvsHunger.org
#HCWvsHunger
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
Mark your calendars because #HCWvsHunger 2025 starts in just one week…
And if you donated early due to the shutdown keep those receipts because we are going to find a way to count them.
Let’s feed some more people 🍎
hcwvshunger.org
In this scoping review, @pngumich.bsky.social researchers highlight key methodological trends and gaps in the literature on the associations between DNA methylation and internalizing or externalizing traits or behaviors in children and adolescents.
A reminder that I will be giving this webinar today as part of ICPSR’s #SBECCC. This is the first time that I’ll be introducing this work, which we believe has great potential to improve the quality of imputations in a variety of settings. Would love to hear thoughts! Link below.
Calling all former #GeSS participants! We are hosting our NIA sponsored Genomics for Social Scientists- Epigenetics workshop January 20-23, 2026 VIRTUALLY🎉 Applications are now open through 10/31, so dust off your CV & please share with your colleagues: myumi.ch/P3QAe
More sad news. I spent a good bit of time working with the CSCAR experts during my dissertation. They are a valuable resource at this university.
So sad for this news and the scholars who will miss the opportunity for a world class education.
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Is there an issue with feeding copyrighted material into AI?
And the good news continues — paper 1 from my dissertation is officially out!
We found living in a redlined neighborhood is associated with lower breast cancer survival, regardless of treatments or health insurance. More evidence that neighborhoods matter for health and breast cancer.
🌸 @maggielevenstein.bsky.social is the discussant in the #PAA2025 session where @colterm.bsky.social will present Longitudinal Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health and Socioeconomics Outcomes in a Vulnerable Population with @helenmeier.bsky.social & @christophermonk.bsky.social myumi.ch/XydmW
🌸 New research Farah Ammous, @helenmeier.bsky.social , Jessica Faul & @colterm.bsky.social #HRS indicates that physical activity is associated with lower inflammation levels, along with a diminished risk of chronic disease in older adults. #PAA2025. @um-psc.bsky.social myumi.ch/A1dXx
Sarah Laurent, @colterm.bsky.social, Luke Hyde, @christophermonk.bsky.social, @helenmeier.bsky.social et al. find redlining - discriminatory lending practices from the early 20th century - continues to impact present day neighborhood poverty, resulting in increased adolescent stress. myumi.ch/61r26
Y'all.
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#uglydogs
Your sidewalk is icy
I fell on my ass
You tell me wear Yaktrax
Or walk in the grass
#a2council
Good, clear explanation 👇
Join @um-psc.bsky.social for an excellent opportunity to ask SRC affiliates @erinware.bsky.social & @helenmeier.bsky.social about genomic and biosocial approaches to health inequality and aging.
Tune in to our "Ask Me (almost) Anything" drop-in Zoom office hours on Wednesday-- a free, weekly resource offered to pop scientists by rotating mentors. Please share! Next up Jan. 29: @erinware.bsky.social and @helenmeier.bsky.social. #Demography pdhp.isr.umich.edu/resources/
The panic you're seeing on social media about this reflects how critical NIH funding is for most scientific research in the US, and relatedly the funding of universities, healthcare systems, and research organizations. Health spending constitutes 18% of GDP. NIH funding is deeply enmeshed in it.
Second verse, same as the first, a little bit louder and a whole lot worse…
A thread on the research and science that is done at the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan @um-src.bsky.social. I think many people think we just collect surveys--but we are so much more! Our focus is on interdisciplinary social science to understand human behavior through surveys
Ohio State looking great makes the Game even funnier, just the best thing
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Ah yes, the time honored holiday tradition of being asked to review for a journal on Christmas Eve Eve and reminded on Christmas that you haven’t responded yet 😒
📌 Population scientists: Mark your 2025 calendar for the new "Ask Me (almost) Anything" drop-in Zoom office hours. Hosted by rotating mentors: Free and open to all. Weds at 1 ET starting Jan. 15 with @erinware.bsky.social and @helenmeier.bsky.social. #Demography pdhp.isr.umich.edu/resources/
New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social UM_SRC affiliate @helenmeier.bsky.social in BMJ Public Health
Association between coexisting hypertension, dyslipidaemia and elevated C reactive protein with cardiovascular disease and mortality
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