Emily Mendenhall

Take a look at this bit about: How to talk with people you disagree with! I did not realize this was video podcast before we started rolling--a very summered look but a great conversation. #unmasked #talkingacrosspoliticaldivides

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New piece on thinking about innovative solutions for addiction care in the USA, drawing from south-north learning. Fun DC-area collab in GMH! #globalmentalhealth #peercounselors

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Engineering Expansion – Penn Press Engineering Expansion examines the U.S. Army's role in U.S. economic development from the nation's founding to the eve of the Civil War. William D. Adler sta...

Also, if you want to learn about the Department of War and its origins, you should read my book: www.pennpress.org/978081225348...

Community health workers play critical roles in #healthsystems globally. Check out this important conversation! @ethnography911.bsky.social @emendenhall.bsky.social @globalhealthde.bsky.social @rahallclifford.bsky.social @msf.ca @jonshaffer.bsky.social @busph.bsky.social @philipverhoef.bsky.social

From Long Flu to Long COVID: A Brief History of Postviral Illness | Think Global Health Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy

From the Cough of Perinthus in ancient Greece to Long COVID in the modern world, societies have toiled under post-viral illnesses.

@emendenhall.bsky.social and Phil Fink describe the history of these conditions, which have struggled to breach mainstream policy.

Love this review of Unmasked.

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The Global Health Politics Podcast Hosted by Joseph Harris, the Global Health Politics podcast features intimate, one-of-a-kind conversations with leading scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and activists working on critical issues ...

The #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast for inspiring & powerful conversations on issues that matter with scholars, activists & policymakers @dadakim.bsky.social @victorroy.bsky.social @jlynch13.bsky.social @emendenhall.bsky.social @ethnography911.bsky.social globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com

Professor Megan Lickley Awarded $4M to Strengthen Global Monitoring of Potent Greenhouse Gases - STIA Dr. Megan Lickley, Assistant Professor at Georgetown University’s Earth Commons Institute for Environment & Sustainability and the Science, Technology and International Affairs (STIA) Program, has bee...

We are so proud of our colleague Megan Lickley in the STIA Program at Georgetown University who was awarded a multimillion dollar grant to strengthen monitoring of potent greenhouse gases! Congrats Megan!

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For centuries, we’ve seen long-term illness follow viral infections – yet health policy still acts like it’s a new discovery.

Great read on the history of post-viral illness!

"Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy."

Millions of Mysterious Deep-Sea Nodules Offer Clues to Life—And Riches to be Mined When researchers discovered evidence of “dark oxygen” last year, the news spread around the world, but the biggest challenge to the science comes from its funders

I'm often blown away by the ingenuity and impact of our STIA alums. Our community is bright and bold! Check out this fantastic new film about deep sea mining. STIA scientific comms at its best!

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From Long Flu to Long COVID: A Brief History of Postviral Illness | Think Global Health Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy

"Time and again, society has failed to reckon with these conditions, relegating their sufferers to the fringes of medical understanding and societal concern":

@emendenhall.bsky.social
Via @rfh1955.bsky.social

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From Long Flu to Long COVID: A Brief History of Postviral Illness | Think Global Health Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy

Take a look at my new piece on the history of post-viral syndromes and get a sneak peak into some of the topics in my new book!

www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...

#pwME #pwLC #NEISVoid #GreatestMEdicalScandal (!!!) @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @davetuller1.bsky.social @polybiorf.bsky.social

From Long Flu to Long COVID: A Brief History of Postviral Illness | Think Global Health Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy

Take a look at my new piece on the history of post-viral syndromes and get a sneak peak into some of the topics in my new book!

www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...

Five questions about Long COVID and patient activism online - SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University SFS Professor Emily Mendenhall answers questions about Long COVID, vaccine politics and how digital activism has helped Long COVID patients find resources and community.

How are online communities changing the conversation around Long COVID? SFS Prof @emendenhall.bsky.social shares insights on Long COVID, vaccine politics and digital activism.

Read the full Q&A: bit.ly/4nCaEfr

Five questions about Long COVID and patient activism online - SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University SFS Professor Emily Mendenhall answers questions about Long COVID, vaccine politics and how digital activism has helped Long COVID patients find resources and community.

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Building a resistance to US assaults on public health The administration of US President Donald Trump has launched a full-fledged assault on science and public health;1 its “flood the zone” strategy created chaos and initially overwhelmed potential oppos...

Hot off the presses in The Lancet: Building a resistance to US assaults on public health. With Alicia Ely Yamin and Emma Joanna Lengle. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Adding to my to-read list and should be helpful background for my project looking at covid public health signs in Korea.
Book looks fascinating, grim, and important overall too.

Philly’s largest city workers' union is on strike. Here’s what to know AFSCME District Council 33 represents 9,000 employees ranging from sanitation workers to crossing guards. Trash pick-up, pools and 911 calls are among the services impacted.

This is the union's first major strike in nearly 40 years, when a 20-day work stoppage led to trash piling up on city streets. Leaders say the workers can't afford to live in the city they serve. (via ‪@whyy.org)

Change in the air.

Ep 1: Welcome Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 06/13/2025 · 35m

Loving this podcast with @kenworthy.bsky.social. Check it out, in the meanwhile!

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Unmasked – Vanderbilt University Press Unmasked is the story of what happened in Okoboji, a small Iowan tourist town, when a collective turn from the coronavirus to the economy occurred in the COV...

Unmasked: COVID, Community, and the Case of Okoboji... what happened in the early pandemic in rural Iowa when COVID denialism was common and businesses put profits over people. Good primer for the next four years--lean into the grey areas. www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/978082650452...

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News VIRAL MOMENT: NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Confronts Border Czar Tom Homan

legend.

I rarely post personal things. But I need to talk about my 4-year-old niece, Hope.

She has a rare disease. A drug called elamipretide has helped her survive.

But the FDA recently denied its approval.

Now, her health hangs in the balance.

Please share her story & urge the FDA to reconsider. 🧵

Zohran Kwame Mamdani & @ZohranKMamdani Follow Good evening from Inwood Hill Park, the very top of Manhattan. For the first time in a long time, I'm wearing my sneakers because tonight we're walking the whole island. See you in the streets.

Zohran doing the “from the tippity top to the tippity bottom” broad city walk is peak millennial mayor content

Seven Decades An anthropologist uncovers new evidence for the evolutionary origins of human longevity—and explains why growing old is an opportunity, not a burden

Your next Fall read, my new book: SEVEN DECADES: HOW WE EVOLVED TO LIVE LONGER

Longevity is shaped by our evolutionary past—imagine aging as opportunity rather than burden.

Out Sept 16, preorder w/ code PUP30 for 30% discount: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

@princetonupress.bsky.social

I am excited to share that @standupforscience.bsky.social is growing!

We are looking to hire several positions including:
- Event and volunteer coordination
- Copywriting (press releases, emails, website, blogs, some social media)
- Data analytics and research (marketing, not science 😉)

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📢BREAKING: Just left the courthouse for our NIH grant termination case

Judge ruled terminations are “VOID & ILLEGAL”

As a plaintiff, I felt a wave of relief & hope; he acknowledged the discrimination & harm

Closed by asking, ‘Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?’

BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity.

This is a major win for public health.