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Dani Adams @daniadams.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I joined Dr. Leopoldo Cabassa on That Implementation Science Podcast to talk about psychedelic‑assisted therapy: how do we expand access while staying rooted in rigorous evidence and ethics? With FDA review likely soon, it's time to plan. thatimplementationsciencepodcast.podbean.com/e/psychedeli...

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Dani Adams @daniadams.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

My first year as an Asst. Prof at Mizzou flew by! Grateful to co-found the Collaborative for Missouri Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy with MSW student Greg Williams. We’re building a community to advance equitable psychedelic therapy in MO. Follow us here: healthsciences.missouri.edu/social-work/...

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I’m considering putting together a panel for APPAM on either mental health policy or policies affecting access to health care. Please email me if you have an abstract you’d be interested in contributing.

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away. They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.

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Bat 🦇 Borus @matthewborus.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

New from me: A look at four (of many) areas where Trump and his GOP allies threaten to roll back disability policy: -Disability rights at work -Cuts to the federal workforce -Education -Health care, both in terms of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Please check it out!

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Cutting Medicaid and federal programs are among 4 key Trump administration policy changes that could make life harder for disabled people

Tracking disability policies has long been challenging − this will become a harder task under the Trump administration.

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Also true for Medicare. It’s actually private health insurers, that Medicare and Medicaid contracts with, that are taking the government for a ride—up to 75 billion healthpolicy.usc.edu/article/over...

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Overpayments to Medicare Advantage Plans Could Exceed $75 Billion in 2023, USC Schaeffer Center Research Finds

Overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans now exceed 20% annually, underscoring the urgent need for reform.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

antivaxx is a luxury belief that only was able to fester because vaccines were so effective that people forgot how horrible these diseases are

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

This is what House Republicans voted for tonight. Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.

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Dani Adams @daniadams.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Call your reps!! Hands off Medicaid!

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Republican House Budget Resolution’s Potential $880 Billion in Medicaid Cuts by Congressional District Republican House budget resolution would cost congressional districts an average of $2 billion each and could eliminate coverage for 15.9 million people www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

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The Republican House Budget Resolution's Potential $880 Billion in Medicaid Cuts by Congressional District

The Republican House budget resolution would cost congressional districts an average of $2 billion each and could eliminate coverage for 15.9 million people.

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

"The majority of traffic fatalities happen in what transportation researchers call high-injury networks. These are typically locations where people walk or bike on or near roads with speed limits set at 35 to 45 miles per hour..." harvardpublichealth.org/policy-pract...

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“When you design roads, that is public health.”

Vision Zero has helped some cities eliminate traffic deaths, but the program continues to face roadblocks to wider implementation.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Medicaid is important for Missouri

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

This is a reminder for myself as well as anyone else who needs it: amidst all this chaos and confusion, pick your lane. Find something to do that will provide agency, educate those in your community and push back against what is happening

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/02/2025

ProPublica found that some of the largest health insurers have created a playbook that prevents people from getting the mental health care they need. Join us tomorrow, Feb. 20 at 4 p.m. ET for a virtual conversation as we discuss barriers to care. RSVP: propub.li/4k4GYWm

Text on graphic: Barriers to Care: Navigating the U.S. Mental Health Crisis. A discussion about the systemic barriers to accessing mental health care, which leave many without critical treatment. Thursday, Feb. 20. 4 p.m. Eastern time. Register at propublica dot org slash events. Image: A woman in a floral blazer stepping through the entryway of a therapist office.

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Dani Adams @daniadams.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Great mayoral forum tonight on transit issues in St Louis. Feeling empowered that change can still happen at the local level

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 11/02/2025

They're dismantling the Institute for Education Sciences to create the illusion of meritocracy. Because no data means no evidence of systemic inequities.

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St. Louis Urbanists @stlurbanists.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Join us TONIGHT for a Mayoral Forum on Transportation Infrastructure and make your voice heard! 🕕 Time: 6-7:30 PM 📍 Location: Paraquad's office, 5240 Oakland Ave. Come hear our mayoral candidates' plans for improving our city. #STL #StreetsForAll

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 06/02/2025

This article--on the systematic dismantling of the NIH, NSF, and CDC--is a must-read not only for researchers and clinicians but for anyone who has ever gotten a vaccine, taken medication, read the results of a research study, or gotten tested for Covid, flu, or STIs. www.science.org/content/blog...

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Revised and Extended: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF

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Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

The #Medicaid work requirement train is revving up again. Let's be clear about this: Medicaid is a health insurance program, not a jobs program. There is no evidence that Medicaid work requirements improve health or produce other benefits. They are a barrier to care & a driver of inequity (1/n)

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Aaron - Thorgi's Haunted Arcade @thorgisarcade.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I used to work for an elected official as the person who answered their emails. I can tell you from personal experience, if even twenty or thirty people all call an official in a day, they start panicking. This stuff does help.

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Dani Adams @daniadams.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Timeline cleanse! Please enjoy this timeline of photos of my orange boy,Teddy, annoying my awnry cat, Biscuits

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

the resounding success of congestion pricing has been the lone bright spot over the past week’s horrors from the Trump administration New York City has successfully cut traffic, increased transit ridership, sped up buses, reduced car crashes, and raised billions to fund MTA improvements all at once

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Dani Adams @daniadams.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

The effect — and I believe purpose — of these pardons is to encourage vigilantes and militias loyal to the president, but unaccountable to the government. There is great value to him in having members of these groups released and silence his critics through violence www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...

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Opinion | I Prosecuted the Capitol Rioters. I Know Why Trump Pardoned Them.

Trump’s pardons will encourage more violence.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 23/01/2025

1. Sabotage public institutions. 2. Claim they don’t work efficiently. 3. Eliminate them. — That’s the playbook.

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH. No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts. And no indication how long the pause will last. With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.

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Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review

The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.

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Dani Adams @daniadams.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

The ASWB exam for licensed clinical social work has major racial disparities in pass rates. States that have removed the exam req (like IL) have seen double the rate of applications w/o an increase in workplace violations. ASWB poorly defends exam in this article www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

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Dispute reignites over social worker licensing exam

Lawmakers hope to address the shortage of social workers by lifting the state’s current exam requirement.

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Dani Adams @daniadams.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I am so proud of my mentor and friend Dr. Leopoldo Cabassa for presenting the Aaron Rosen Lecture at #SSWR2025! “Social workers are connectors of knowledge and actions” and I know no better example of this than Leo!!

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

1. Biden got to $183 billion in student loan forgiveness, in large part by making loan forgiveness on the books actually work. 2. The programs are created by Congress - but Trump and McMahon could simply decide to make the programs dysfunctional again by adding admin burdens.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

This paper is a great example of solid evidence of systemic discrimination: "Black taxpayers are audited at 2.9 to 4.7 times the rate of non-Black taxpayers." This reflects a series of choices built into the IRS audit algorithm: focus on the EITC, and overclaiming of credits.

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Pavithra Suryanarayan @pavisuri.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

The idea here is not just predatory looting by the billionaire class, but to cut the informational, administrative and coercive capacities of the state for *future* governments. If you hollow out the state bureaucratically it is rendered useless when your opponents come to power.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 07/12/2024

Newly elected Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar is already cooking www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

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"The progressive movement needs to change. We need to re-emphasize core economic issues every time some of these cultural war issues are brought up," Casar said. "So when we hear Republicans attacking queer Americans again, I think the progressive response needs to be that a trans person didn't deny your health insurance claim, a big corporation did - with Republican help. We need to connect the dots for people that the Republican Party obsession with these culture war issues is driven by Republicans' desire to distract voters and have them look away while Republicans pick their pocket."

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Daniel S. Goldberg @profgoldberg.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs. Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this? #PHEthx

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Infant Mortality Increases Across US Following Dobbs Decision

The Dobbs decision was associated with a 7% absolute increase in overall infant mortality—equivalent to 247 excess deaths—and a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies, corresponding to 2...

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Bat 🦇 Borus @matthewborus.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

If you think that Trump is all-powerful and there’s no point in fighting any of his cabinet picks, I feel like you should remember a creepy guy with a large forehead who is no longer his pick for AG. Authoritarians want you to believe that they’re inevitable. Don’t give them that victory.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Today seems like a good day to share this Scientific American story on how vaccines have saved more lives throughout history than any other intervention

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Dani Adams @daniadams.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Great time at @abctnow.bsky.social presenting research on administrative burdens and barriers to accessing mental health services and connecting with colleagues new and old!

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

New research on the costs of administrative burdens: proponents of work requirements say they are a path from dependency to stability. New research shows the opposite: work requirements generate financial instability. samueldodini.com/files/Dodini_Larri…

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

This is also true in other wealthy countries. What is different is that US life expectancy, even for those with higher education, is shorter than in peer countries. We're all being hurt by massive inequality, a dysfunctional health care system, and a miserly welfare state.

Figure showing gap in life expectancy between those with and without college degrees, which has growing since 2000. And for both groups has declined precipitously since 2020.

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Jay Ford, PhD @jhfordii.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

New to bsky.app so looking to connect with others who are interested in dissemination, implementation and sustainability research in behavioral health and long-term care with a focus on the implementation of interventions to adopt evidence based practices or increase access to medications.

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Dani Adams @daniadams.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

Trying to learn GIS, and in the process remembering how hard it is to learn a new skill….

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Dani Adams @daniadams.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

Anyone have an extra invite code for this app? I have a friend who would like to join. DM me!

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