Reposted by Candice JohnsonProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If you train medical students or residents who are interested in global health, please let them know about our course, open to all students worldwide (Duke runs it, but it's not just for Duke students); we recently had a resident ENT surgeon join us, he was fab) Also: MPH & global health students! 093
Reposted by Candice JohnsonTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Thread. (It’s a new world, fellow academics.) 418647
Reposted by Candice JohnsonMcGill School of Population and Global Health @mcgillspgh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (@healthsciences.mcgill.ca) invites applications for the position of Chair of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health. Learn more & apply by Nov 1: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.comCHAIR OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, BIOSTATISTICS, AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTHPlease refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ... 135
Reposted by Candice JohnsonErin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The fiscal year is over. The dying Social, Behavioral, and Economic division of NSF ended up awarding 90 total grants this year, as opposed to ~700-800 in recent past years. Source: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses... 9489304
Reposted by Candice JohnsonProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I see some folks asking: what motivates RFK Jr to tell such horrific, dangerous, repulsive lies about the HPV vaccine? Well, he has made $856,559 from suing the HPV vaccine maker (his vaccine adviser, Dr Kulldorff, also got rich the same way) Always follow the 🤑! www.npr.org/sections/sho...npr.orgRFK Jr. plans to keep a financial stake in lawsuits against the drugmaker MerckRFK Jr. plans to keep collecting referral fees in lawsuits against the drug company Merck even if confirmed as HHS secretary, according to new filings with the Office of Government Ethics. 26701272
Reposted by Candice JohnsonDaniel Westreich @epidbydesign.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hey scientists - has anyone else gotten email from purported headhunters trying to recruit you to a too-good-to-be-true job? (I've now gotten 2 for jobs that do not exist. Clearly genAI-produced content, clearly SOME kind of scam - but I can't figure out the angle.) 352
Candice Johnson @cyjohnson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Haha, apparently we both called the same place today. Accurate description of the experience. 000
Reposted by Candice JohnsonAlicia Ault @aliciaault.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A fifth person has died from measles in Pennsylvania. #IDsky #EpiSky #pediatrics #MMR #vaccinesnbcnews.comPennsylvania reports 5th measles-related death in the stateThe state’s outbreak is the largest in the U.S. 01021
Reposted by Candice JohnsonJeffrey Wooldridge @jmwooldridge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In case anyone is interested, here is a new working paper on non-binary treatments with staggered interventions. Essentially, I show under what assumptions it is valid to estimate cohort x time dose-response functions. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comA Heterogeneous Slopes Approach to Difference-in-Differences with Non-Binary TreatmentsI extend the approach of Wooldridge (2023, 2025) to allow for heterogeneous gains to treatment in the context of staggered interventions for non-binary treatmen 211135
Reposted by Candice Johnsonpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"Of the 109 public health officials, 76% experienced what researchers called “extraordinary backlash” such as threats and harassment." 25615
Reposted by Candice JohnsonLarry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026In what world is it the purview of the President/Executive branch “to force conservative cultural changes on academia‘? And why end the paragraph without noting that there is no legal justification whatsoever for Trump and his minions to “force cultural change” on institutions of higher education. 7696166
Reposted by Candice JohnsonAmy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026CDC is reporting one US measles death in 2026, but won't say when or where. Pennsylvania clearly reports that four people have died with measles in their state. The obstruction of public health data serves no one (except for an administration hellbent on saving face). 011735
Reposted by Candice JohnsonThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 26/09/2026Three Florida counties have declared states of emergency as a growing outbreak of dengue has infected hundreds across the state this year.washingtonpost.comFlorida counties declare emergency over ‘wildly unusual’ dengue outbreakMosquito-borne disease has infected hundreds statewide and killed one woman in Tampa. 1214272
Reposted by Candice JohnsonKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“As of May 2026, the C.D.C. had 30 percent fewer employees than it did before the layoffs…Interviews with more than 30 current & former employees reveal the agency is now tightly controlled by Mr. Kennedy and his associates, and its scientists are finding it increasingly difficult to do their jobs”nytimes.com‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific MissionThe agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control. 410865
Reposted by Candice JohnsonMaryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If you were transfixed by THE HOT ZONE when you were young, or then read SPILLOVER and trusted it, then as a career scary diseases reporter, I urge you to read this thread. Science moves on. People discover fresh stuff. The work careers were built on becomes outdated. Be open to the new. Please. 414062
Reposted by Candice JohnsonArrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If you're preparing a NIH grant submission, you may have to re-download and re-certify your biosketch if you updated on/prior to Sept 18. And make sure NOT to change the file name. 52817
Reposted by Candice JohnsonKaren Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026UNC Sociology is hiring an OPEN-RANK position for a Population Health and Aging scholar! We are especially interested in more advanced and senior scholars. Full position details, qualifications, and application instructions are available at: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/325... 02017
Reposted by Candice JohnsonDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Unions give individual federal employees a means of sharing information with the public when the government is covering up its failures, which is happening a lot right now. In many cases, their interests in maintaining state capacity are the interests of the public. 18217
Reposted by Candice JohnsonAlexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026👀👀👀 Tenure-Track Faculty (Open Rank) - R159104 The Ohio State University: College of Public Health: Division of Epidemiology apply.interfolio.com/193631apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 035
Reposted by Candice JohnsonDorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026States can now access covid vaccines for low-income children, after delay wapo.st/4xLxLI5 via @lenasun.bsky.social @rachelroubein.bsky.social @washingtonpost.comwapo.stStates can now access covid vaccines for low-income children, after delayThe Vaccines for Children program, which serves nearly half the nation’s youths, had been in limbo for almost a month, with doctors unable to obtain the shots. 04022
Reposted by Candice Johnsonanil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Confirming the White House’s planned EO to exert more political control on NIH seems to be “dead” www.statnews.com/2026/09/23/n...statnews.comWhite House plan to increase control of NIH grants appears 'dead'A planned EO that would have greatly enhanced White House influence over grants at the NIH is “looking dead,” a source said. 713360
Reposted by Candice JohnsonSociety for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research @spercomms.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The SPER Virtual Meeting is returning on March 15th, 2027! This year, the abstract submission deadline for the virtual meeting will be the same as the annual in-person meeting. More details to come. 001
Reposted by Candice JohnsonSociety for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research @spercomms.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Our 40th Annual Meeting is June 14-15, 2027 in Detroit, MI. sper.org/annual-meeti... Deadlines: Symposium submissions: September 23 – October 28 Abstract submissions: November 23 – January 28 Award nominations: December 2 – February 3 Registration will open on January 13 #EpiSkysper.orgAnnual Meeting – SPER 105
Reposted by Candice JohnsonDaniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Petition to replace “wrote” with “prompted” in any discussion about the use of AI in generating papers. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...washingtonpost.comUsing AI, a professor wrote 200 papers this year. Researchers are alarmed.An online platform removed 257 papers written or co-written by the University of Chicago’s Nicholas Polson after other academics raised questions. 64919
Reposted by Candice JohnsonLiz Essley Whyte @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social · 23/09/2026NEW exclusive from me: Health officials moved money out of the Office of Minority Health to help pay for the ballooning costs of RFK Jr.'s security gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 1012971
Reposted by Candice JohnsonMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you. 340250634786
Reposted by Candice JohnsonMark Histed @markhisted.org · 23/09/2026Can confirm (see 🧵 ). But let me share some optimism. A NIH colleague said today that against all odds, NIH has been…winning. “We made this EO a necessity. We fought hard. We threw sand in all the gears. All the lowdown ways of blocking grants failed to produce the results Vought et al wanted.” 217876
Reposted by Candice JohnsonJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What. A. Day. NIH grant-making was paused for several hours today. Not sure who gave the order. But in light of the Friday night Bhattacharya-Vought feud & threatened EO to implement #ScienceDeathPanels, my money is on Russell Vought. I learned of the pause from a colleague around 11:30. 🧵 7340171
Reposted by Candice JohnsonBrady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The University of Michigan National Survey Panel (M-Panel) is now openly accepting questionnaire content from researchers. Would you like to ask questions to a national probability-based panel of adults in the U.S., with an oversample from Michigan? Tap below! mpanel.isr.umich.edu/for-research...mpanel.isr.umich.eduFor Researchers | M-Panel: National Survey PanelFor Researchers – M-Panel: National Survey Panel 12118
Reposted by Candice JohnsonWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Bhattacharya getting any kind of grace from academics after promoting conspiracy theories, misinformation, and mass COVID infection in the service of the right’s political agenda—and then allying with and working for RFK Jr., overseeing the political degradation of the NIH—is, frankly, unbelievable. 35410
Reposted by Candice JohnsonDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“DOGE proved the model worked” - my man on what planet are you living? DOGE proved the model did not work! We have gone from memory-holing DOGE to outright revisionism. Bezos and Murdoch are here to help with that process. 1037571
Reposted by Candice JohnsonTerry Bouton @terrybouton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The article is brutal. Great student reporting. The chef's kiss is that the reporters found that the provost's letter defending his use of AI for witting op-eds and academic papers was 100% written by AI. 6494149
Reposted by Candice JohnsonMark Histed @markhisted.org · 21/09/2026I just want people to tell the truth. Don’t print lies in medical journals, about today’s US politics and media and SCOTUS and oligarchy problems. Don’t engage in magical thinking. Realistic optimism: embrace reality then choose optimism. 0123
Reposted by Candice JohnsonPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Need new examples for teaching confounding and reverse causality to my undergrads. Send any published statistical crimes my way please. 7238
Reposted by Candice JohnsonSheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026NEW: Jay Bhattacharya and Russ Vought have been fighting for months over White House plan to take control of N.I.H. Grants . It got so bad that Vought refused to meet with Bhattacharya. Things finally blew up on Friday. Now Trump is preparing an EO www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...nytimes.comWhite House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending. 12012
Reposted by Candice JohnsonColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026all of this is exactly correct, and what i would add is: no person has ever spent 100 hours writing a scientific paper hoping, hoping with all their heart, that potential readers will skip that step to go straight to some mangled summary you didn't even write 013744
Reposted by Candice JohnsonBrendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026When you spend enough time in academia you will notice class based distinctions on career outcomes that have more to do with culture than with talent or work. You’ll also notice the improbably high share of faculty members who had at least one parent who is/was a faculty member.  1247273
Reposted by Candice JohnsonAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 20/09/20267/ Ok, yes, this is technical and jargonny and in the weeds…. and also really important. www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va... gives some great examples of what to write, depending on if you’re a parent, a clinician, a pharmacist. (See screenshot 👇) 14917
Reposted by Candice JohnsonScott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026So many things took so much damage in 2025. Good to see this on AHRQ, the agency for research on health care quality, which the Trump administration pretty much shut down despite congressional appropriations for it and a bipartisan agreement that health care should indeed be safer and more efficientacpjournals.orgAHRQ on the Brink: The Trump Administration's Assault on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | Annals of Internal Medicine 11310
Reposted by Candice JohnsonDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 19/09/2026New: Officials battled over NIH in the Oval Office today, per people familiar. RUSS VOUGHT criticized NIH "woke" spending and floated executive order to review its grants. JAY BHATTACHARYA defended NIH's alignment with Trump. TRUMP appeared to side with Vought. with @rbeggin.bsky.socialwashingtonpost.comVought pushes for scrutiny of NIH grants in Oval Office clashA heated debate took place in the Oval Office on Friday, with some Trump officials accusing the National Institutes of Health of funding grants that conflict with the president’s agenda. 1512993
Reposted by Candice Johnsonpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026this is why i get so annoyed when people call MAHA a movement. public health needs to stop ascribing to them power and popular support they do not have. 3482117
Reposted by Candice Johnsonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026RFK Jr. wants people to get sick. He wants them to get sick and he thinks it is a good thing if they die, since those who live will have "natural immunity" and emerge stronger and fitter. 39867231671
Reposted by Candice JohnsonRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is eugenics 301657775
Reposted by Candice JohnsonDeb Houry @drdebhoury.bsky.social · 18/09/2026One year ago today I testified about the dismantling at CDC under RFK. Today, I was asked about his comments on chemtrails and health.... this was not on my bingo card. Our country deserves health leadership grounded in evidence, not conspiracy theories. www.cnn.com/2026/09/17/h...cnn.comRFK, Jr. ‘looking at chemtrails,’ a debunked conspiracy theory | CNNHealth and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing intense scrutiny after announcing that his agency is officially investigating “chemtrails”. While scientists emphasize that the line... 36718
Reposted by Candice JohnsonI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026“New students enrolling at the University of Texas at Austin can no longer major in studies focusing on Africans and the African diaspora, Mexican Americans and Latinos, or women and gender.” Puts a lot of “regain trust” rhetoric into proper relief.texastribune.orgMajors related to race, gender cut at University of TexasThe University of Texas at Austin rejected a department’s plan to keep the majors, a decision that came without public knowledge, an interim department chair told faculty. 24677282
Reposted by Candice JohnsonJed Kolko @jedkolko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The 2025 American Community Survey should have come out today. But it has been delayed because of unusual political encroachment at Census. ACS drives business and policy decisions, especially in local communities, and is the primary input to Census’s immigration estimates. 118381
Reposted by Candice JohnsonMaggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026BREAKING: RFK Jr. appointed 8 new members to the US Preventive Services Task Force, after more than a year of stymieing its work. I'm diving into their backgrounds now and will update soon. The selection process was opaque and HHS didn't provide required public access to the nomination materials.nytimes.comKennedy Names New Members to Powerful Health Panel Whose Work He Has Blocked (Gift Article)Mr. Kennedy has repeatedly interfered with the work of the United States Preventive Services Task Force, whose recommendations guide insurance coverage for many Americans. 610455
Reposted by Candice JohnsonMwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026You know what's also interactive? Reading the paper. Talk to your colleagues about the paper you just read. Tell them why you loved it. Tell them why you hated it. And even better: invite the authors to talk about their paper 🧪 1621761
Reposted by Candice JohnsonDeb Houry @drdebhoury.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Really helpful website with information by sector and state on funding for programs that has been cut or frozen: Clawson, J., Kaczmarek, U., Ross, N., et al (2026). Lost Funds: A States United and Grant Witness Project Tracking Funding Disruptions under the Trump Administration lostfunds.orglostfunds.orgLost Funds — $177 Billion GoneTrack the Trump administration’s federal funding disruptions state by state — what was cut or frozen, who it hurts, and how states are fighting back in court. 05028
Reposted by Candice JohnsonHansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Have information you think the public should know about the Census Bureau or the U.S. Postal Service? I'm a @npr.org correspondent, and you can reach me on Signal at hansi.01 (please use a nonwork device) 13924