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Cason Schmit, JD

@casonschmit.bsky.social
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Public health professor, legal empiricist, wannabe ethicist at the intersection of law, health, and technology

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Cason Schmit, JD @casonschmit.bsky.social · 13h
Policy research is health research. Understanding the health consequences of policy is not peripheral to NIH’s mission. It is central to it. Read the warning against funding cuts from leading researchers in Health Affairs Forefront: www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
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Policy Research At The National Institutes Of Health: An Imperative In Peril | Health Affairs Forefront
Understanding the health consequences of policy is not peripheral to NIH’s mission. It is central to it.
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Cason Schmit, JD @casonschmit.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I am guest editing an upcoming BMC Medical Ethics special collection on "Digital determinants and ethical AI in global health." I welcome papers from all my wonderful colleagues on this important topic! #bioethics #globalhealth #AI #Digitalhealth link.springer.com/collections/...
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Digital determinants and ethical AI in global health
BMC Medical Ethics invites submissions to our new Collection, Digital determinants and ethical AI in global health. The integration of digital technologies ...
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Cason Schmit, JD @casonschmit.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Data collected to help people should never be used to prosecute them. www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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ICE and Palantir: US agents using health data to hunt “illegal immigrants”
US immigration agents are using an app developed by Palantir that draws on the health records of millions of Americans to find and detain people they deem illegal immigrants. The revelation comes as ...
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Cason Schmit, JD @casonschmit.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Strongly agree! www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Major Academic Press Calls for “Publish or Perish” Reform
Just one-third of researchers, publishers, funders and librarians believe academic reward and recognition systems are working well, according to a survey from Cambridge University Press.
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Cason Schmit, JD @casonschmit.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Better policies require better reporting of policy evaluation research. See our new commentary in the American Journal of Public Health @amjpublichealth.bsky.social ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...
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A Call for Formal Reporting Standards for Legal Research in Public Health Studies | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 11
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
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Cason Schmit, JD @casonschmit.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Excited to share: I was promoted to Associate Professor and granted tenure by Texas A&M University @tamu.bsky.social When I left government (CDC) to start this new career, I wasn't sure how it would work. I am so grateful for all the love and support from my wife, family, colleagues, and TAMU.
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