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Colleen Reynolds

@colleenareynolds.bsky.social
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Postdoc @ErasmusMC.bsky.social | Former postdoc @ Harvard PopMed | PhD Epidemiology @Harvard Chan | Health equity researcher| queer | she/they

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Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's infuriating how the U.S. is treating our international researchers. We are so incredibly lucky that talented people want to come to our country to study, research, work, and build. Trump, Musk, and their cronies are destroying the best parts of science in the U.S.
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Ben Harrap @bharrap.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Five panel meme featuring the same person saying

Causal inference?

Regression

Prediction? Regression

Description?

Believe it or not, regression
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
There is a major problem with how applied health (equity) researchers think about covariate control. I often read research papers where the paper is trying to answer an important question....But the adjustment set doesn't make sense. #episky 1/3
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
NIH grants have been under political scrutiny since early 2025. But what does the screening process actually look like? What is being flagged? I spent a month digging into leaked docs and emails. We've published the 235-word list that are being flagged by an internal AI tool. And so much more. 🧵
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Inside the new political screening that’s stalling NIH grants
Mandatory reviews by top health officials and checks for 235 disfavoured terms have left hundreds of vetted grant applications in administrative limbo.
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
A beautiful close to #SER2026, discussing the path forward for health equity research during a DEI crackdown. I am so grateful for my colleagues who are finding ways to resist, carry the work forward, and care for their colleagues and mentees.
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Jeremy is a joy to work with! 10/10 would recommend.
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
This is alarming. Is the NIH banning co-authorship and collaboration with international scientists, including international "researchers temporarily working in the U.S." and "scientists who moved abroad after conducting the work in the U.S."? What is the goal? Scientific isolation from the globe?
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U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators
NIH, NASA grantees are confused and concerned amid agencies’ piecemeal communication
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
One of my dissertation papers was recently published in @amjepi.bsky.social We show DAGs can be a useful tool to guide covariate adjustment & argue that LGBTQ health disparities research: (1) is often descriptive & adjustment should be minimal, e.g. weighting for study design/sampling. 1/4
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Covariate adjustment in LGBTQ+ health disparities research: aligning methods with assumptions
Abstract. In 2016, the National Institutes of Health designated LGBTQ+ individuals (ie, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and all sexual and gend
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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
A serious issue with the peer review system (for papers and grants) is expert methodologists are often only assigned "where needed". So a target trial emulation is sent to an expert in target trial emulations. Meanwhile, the crappy associational studies are not subjected to the same oversight!
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I am always proud of my Dad, for my teaching me my values and for challenging us to stand up for them. In his words,"Opposing immigration enforcement tactics that undermine human dignity and constitutional protections is one way we can live these values." @lemwick.bsky.social
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Human costs of current immigration enforcement tactics | Commentary - Mercer Island Reporter
Last week, the Mercer Island Reporter published an opinion piece by a community member titled “Thoughts on immigration enforcement and...
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Grateful for the Boston Globe is shining a light on how the Trump administration's actions are disrupting science. When I first spoke to them five months ago, I had just made the life changing decision to quit my job at Harvard and move across the globe for a postdoc position in the Netherlands. 1/3
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Wow. This is devastating. www.science.org/content/arti...
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U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Academic Pet Peeve. Don't make me pay to do *free labour.* I love peer reviewing things. I will not pay to do it.
Sceeenshot reading, "Being a reviewer is an exclusive APHA member benefit. Click to join now to take advantage of this career development opportunity!"
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Are you or a loved one LGBTQ+? Or does your work serve LGBTQ+ communities? Take this Survey from The Cancer Network and share how this past year has impacted you! I took it and am looking forward to seeing how the data can and will be used to advocate for our community.
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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
You can do this right now: Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better. Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Such an important piece highlighting the impacts of recent events on trans and nb researchers. We are at risk of losing lot of incredible talent from the academic pipeline. The ripple effects will be felt for decades.
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Early-career trans researchers reconsider their futures amid lost funding and fear
The chaos created by the freezing and termination of billions of dollars of research grants has left trans academics especially vulnerable.
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Happy to share a new paper from one of my mentees, Nick Andrysiak: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Nick started this project in @payalc.bsky.social and my class on applied LGBTQIA+ epidemiology. With coauthors coauthors: @albeccia.bsky.social and @britshmit.bsky.social 1/3
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Inequities in eating disorder diagnoses in college students: An intersectional multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA)
Eating disorders contribute significantly to negative health outcomes across a broad range of domains. Despite their often-debilitating effects, they …
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
I deeply appreciate this new piece by two friends, Dougie Zubizarreta & @albeccia.bsky.social, on the potential impacts of attacks on LGBTQ+ health on research and ECRs. ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...
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Short- and Long-Term Potential Impacts of Ongoing and Escalating Legal and Political Attacks on LGBTQ Health and Health Equity | AJPH | Vol. Issue
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
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Brittany Charlton @britshmit.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
📢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?’
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
I am so happy and grateful for this win for science!
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I've seen several faculty post about how scientists should just tough this period out. As if it were a moral imperative. Most junior scholars (including postdocs!) can't afford to wait several years. For many, the choice will be whether to leave academic research or leave the country.
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ANSIRH @ansirh.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Pregnancies, as it turns out, are complicated and can go wrong in so many painful ways. Every time legislators try to limit access to abortion care, they make being pregnant far more dangerous.
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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 14/05/2025
Queer People Nearly Twice as Likely To Terminate Pregnancy—New Study
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Queer People Nearly Twice as Likely To Terminate Pregnancy—New Study
"Abortion is an LGBTQ+ issue."
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 11/05/2025
NSF is undergoing a massive shake-up: over 80 senior staff cut, remote work banned, the equity-in-STEM division eliminated, and hundreds of research grants scrapped. This isn’t budget efficiency—it’s a direct attack on U.S. science, education, and equity. www.eenews.net/articles/nsf...
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NSF initiates more layoffs amid major agency shake-up
The agency will also reassign all remote employees to in-person work at its Alexandria, Virginia, headquarters.
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LGBTQ Health Center of Excellence @lgbtqhealthexce.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
📣Abortion is an LGBTQ+ issue. In our latest research pub: LGB+ people are more likely to use abortion compared to their heterosexual peers. 📄@jama.com OPEN #episky #reprosky #medsky #LGBTQ #queersky #publichealth 🧵1/8
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Differences in Abortion Use by Sexual Orientation in 3 National Cohorts
This cohort study uses data from the Nurses' Health Study 2 and 3 and Growing Up Today Study to assess differences in use of abortion care by sexual orientation.
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Brittany Charlton @britshmit.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
🚨 BREAKING: I'm suing #RFKJr @ #HHS & #JayBhattacharya @ #NIH Canceling medical research grants threatens innovations benefiting ALL Americans, no matter your politics! 🇺🇸 Thanks to my lawyers @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org & @cspi.bsky.social Long 🧵 on why I'm suing 👇 1/
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 23/03/2025
So many training grants have been terminated, making it likely we lose at least one generation, if not more, of scientists bsky.app/profile/albe...
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Dr Slaughter-Acey @drslaughter99.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Together, we can advocate for the support & continuation of research that addresses the health needs of all mothers & babies, and work towards a healthier, more equitable society.🪡 #HealthEquity #BlackMaternalHealth #PublicHealth #ResearchMatters #HealthDisparities #JusticeForMothers #SaveOurBabies
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Dr Slaughter-Acey @drslaughter99.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I urge everyone to #StandUpForScience, #publichealth, #maternalhealth and #infanthealth. This is a #calltoaction for reporters, the public, and all those who care about #justice, #humanity, and the right for mothers and infants thrive. 🪡
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I've spent the last decade preparing for this career (I defended my dissertation one year ago). I never could have imagined how quickly academic public health would unravel. I don't know what's next for us, but I know that my commitment to health equity is unwavering.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I was interviewed this week for a major US news show. My interviewer asked me why so few of my colleagues are willing to talk. It’s not just fear of losing funding, but of being singled out by a regime that wants to purge scientists from society. That’s why I do speak out. I wish more people would
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The fall out from these grant terminations will be immeasurable. Important, life saving work will immediately stop. Brilliant scientists will be pushed out of the field or the country, ensuring that even if NIH funding is restored, the US will be worse off for generations to come.
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Brittany Charlton @britshmit.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Having our NIH-funded research halted is a double whammy. It’s not just that the administration is shutting down research designed to improve health. They are also harming health with rhetoric that seeks to erase our entire community from existence. 8/🧵
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Devastating news for my team, our research, the field. It is a scary time to be a public health researcher. We do this work because we are committed to dedicating our lives to producing evidence to inform policy and practice that can improve people's lives.
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
To be clear, this is the digital equivalent of book burning. Everyone should care about this.
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Jessica Pieklo @hegemommy.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
It’s a constitutional crisis yes. But it’s also theft. They’re looting public resources for private gain.
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Craig Reynolds @lemwick.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The cancellation of grants and the removal of relevant data from government websites is going to ultimately harm the health of the general public. Canceling midstream projects ensures that little value will be received from the dollars spent so far. It is not in taxpayer or societal interest.
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
So many incredible public health researchers are going to be pushed out of the field because of the federal chaos and grants being canceled.
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Brittany Charlton @britshmit.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
With a new year ahead, we’re ready to fight for LGBTQ health equity within the LGBTQ Health Center of Excellence at @harvardchanschool.bsky.social and @deptpopmed.bsky.social Full video: hsph.me/lgbtq-videos #LGBTQHealthExcellence #LGBTQHealth #QueerEpi
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Harvard Epidemiology @harvardepi.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Welcome to our Bluesky page 👋 Are you an #undergraduate student with a passion for #publichealth? Join us for the '25 Summer Program in Epidemiology! 🗓️ June 2 - July 11, 2025 🏙️ Boston, MA ➡️ Deadline to Apply: February 7, 2025 To learn more visit our website: www.hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology...
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RISE Program Application
Join us for a summer filled with learning, networking, and hands-on experience in the field. We can’t wait to welcome new participants and make this a memorable and rewarding experience for e…
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Since I bsky is growing: Hi! I'm Colleen. I am am repro health researcher focused on health equity, LGBTQ+ people, and epi methods. I defended my diss, "Achieving Conceptual Clarity in LGBTQ+ Health Research: Measurement, Methodology, and an Application in Reproductive Epidemiology" in April.
A photo of Colleen wearing doctoral graduation robes in front of a sparkly red background.
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Payal Chakraborty @payalc.bsky.social · 02/07/2024
📣 Our team’s article, “Sexual orientation disparities in gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy,” was just published by Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology! Article 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #episky #queerepi #reprosky (1/6)
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Sexual orientation disparities in gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Background Sexual minority (SM) individuals (e.g., those with same-sex attractions/partners or who identify as lesbian/gay/bisexual) experience a host of physical and mental health disparities. Howe...
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 01/04/2024
#episky #reprosky #queerepi
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
Excited to present part of my dissertation at my first IAPHS! Come say hi if you care about queer epi or repro health! #episky
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Colleen Reynolds @colleenareynolds.bsky.social · 24/08/2023
Let me introduce myself. I'm a PhD candidate in reproductive epidemiology at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health.   I study LGBTQ+  reproductive health disparities and am interested in causal inference, structural cisheterosexism, and intersectionality. I❤️teaching, sewing, cats, & more.
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