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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈

@drheatherfarmer.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of HDFS at the University of Delaware. I study stress-related biopsychosocial mechanisms underlying health inequities across the life course.

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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Has anyone had recent contact or updates from NIH LRP program? I haven’t had payments or even received emails in quite some time.
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
I also decided to lean into my style and dyed my hair orange (my daughter’s inspiration).
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
This year, I have grown my lab and found my groove in terms of mentoring. I’m so proud of what I (and we) have accomplished so far and will continue to do.
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
I need to use this platform more often. Alas, I’m here. I’ve been soaking up all the fun fall moments in this final year before going up for tenure.
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I’m training a PhD student who is so great to work with. I get random messages about how excited they are to see my publications using intersectionality. 🥲
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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 13/10/2025
A new NBER working paper by @jscottclayton.bsky.social and colleagues shows that about two-thirds of the unexplained gap in post-college earnings by family income may be due to challenges in finding that first job. Family connections and resources matter.
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Who Rides Out the Storm? The Immediate Post-College Transition and its Role in Socioeconomic Earnings Gaps
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
(2) An Assistant/Associate Professor specializing in population health unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
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Open Rank Population Health
This Assistant Professor or Associate Professor, depending on the selected candidate's qualifications and experience, position will teach undergraduate and graduate courses, conduct research in the fi...
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Duke University School of Medicine @dukemedschool.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Thanks to an initiative led by Duke Health emergency medicine physicians, EMS teams in Wake & Durham counties now offer buprenorphine in the field turning overdose response into a gateway to recovery. 🔗 Read more: medschool.duke.edu/stories/opioid-a…
Two paramedics from North Carolina are sitting on the back of an ambulance, smiling at the camera. Gear is stored neatly in the background.Two emergency medical technicians standing confidently between two ambulances in a garage, wearing uniforms with visible patches indicating their association with medical services.
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Does anyone here know about the Aging with Pride study and if they’re still collecting data and/or granting access to their data?
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I wanna signal boost this - I am looking to recruit a prospective PhD student to join my Stress and Health Equity lab at the University of Delaware in HDFS. My research concerns biopsychosocial mechanisms of health across the life course with an emphasis on stress and coping.
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Ashley Thomas @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Interested in applying to graduate programs or research positions in psychology? Want more information and feedback on your submission materials? Then Harvard’s Prospective Ph.D. & RA Event in Psychology (PPREP) Is for you!! psychology.fas.harvard.edu/pprep More info in the link!! Please retweet!
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PPREP Program | Department of Psychology
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I am excited to share that I’m looking to recruit a PhD student to join my Stress and Health Equity lab in Fall 2026. We are located in the HDFS department at the beautiful University of Delaware. Feel free to share! ☺️
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Chuck Geier @geierbrainlab.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Faculty position announcement! Assistant/Associate Professor in Human Development and Family Science and Center for Developmental Science at the University of Georgia @universityofga Find me @FluxSociety #Flux2025 meeting to talk and learn more!! www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/448...
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Assistant/Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health
The Department of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS) at the University of Georgia is seeking applicants for the position of assistant or associate professor, with an anticipated start date of...
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Today is such a big day for my lab! Two of my students are presenting findings from their summer projects at the UD Undergraduate Research Symposium!
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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
As Alzheimer’s disease & related dementias become more common, understanding risk factors is crucial. Research using the Health & Retirement Study finds food insecurity (affecting 13% of participants) negatively impacts executive functioning myumi.ch/R3dZ5 @umisrcps.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social
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Food insecurity and cognitive domains among older United States adults: Findings from the health and retirement study
INTRODUCTION The number of cases of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) is expected to triple in the United States in the next three decades. Food insecurity may be a risk factor for co...
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
How’s everyone doing? I am tending to some areas that I had to get stitches on and also searching for my chemical romance tickets that are less than $200. I’m also still so happy from seeing my favs The Dollyrots on Friday with my kiddo!
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Twyla wants you to have a great Friday. She says you can do this!
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
And because I can only (1) never post at all or (2) post multiple times consecutively…look at this sticker I got for my car at a punk rock flea market. I couldn’t not get it.
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Kids are great. Even when they assume that movies were only in black and white when you were a kid.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 07/08/2025
From the administration that erased trans people from Stonewall's history:
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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 05/08/2025
I grew up hearing relatives describe feeling brushed off in clinics and spoken to like their concerns were a nuisance. Those stories pushed me toward a PhD in Population Health Sciences and my 1st project on discrimination in healthcare. @journalgim.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Factors Associated with Perceived Discrimination in Healthcare Among United States Middle-aged and Older Adults - Journal of General Internal Medicine
Background Discrimination in healthcare settings impedes quality care, leading to poorer health outcomes. Objective To examine racial differences in perceived discrimination in healthcare settings acr...
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Julie Lasselin @julielasselin.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
‼️🚨 postdoc position 🚨‼️ I am looking for a postdoc in psychoneuroimmunology - come join our group to work on sickness behavior in humans 🤒🦠 at Karolinska Institutet @ki.se !! ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/... deadline July 31st @pnirs.bsky.social #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #interoception
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Psychoneuroimmunology
Do you want to contribute to improving human health? Join a dynamic and inclusive research group at the forefront of psychoneuroimmunology, where we investigate the interplay between behavior, brain f
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I know I have great collaborators when I’m excited to set up recurring meetings with them and counting down till we meet. @jeffstokes.bsky.social 🥲 I cherish our friendship and working together. Sorry I hid from you that time at GSA so u didn’t have to be social with a new person.
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
🧪 Attention those with terminated grants, including for NSF, NASA, EPA, NIH, etc: Let Congress know about the impact of terminations via this form: democrats-science.house.gov/grantcancela... Only Dem staff on the House Science Committee will have access (unless if you explicitly state otherwise).
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
I’m recovering from another surgery and have fallen into the labubu craze. I love them and want some of the energy ones and the pumpkin one.
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Dr. Donna Wilcock @wilcocklab.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
A rare and honest statement from @alzassociation.bsky.social about the dangerous myths being perpetuated by RDK Jr about Alzheimer’s disease and our incredible research and progress. Please read. www.alz.org/news/2025/ke...
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Contrary to Clear, Verifiable Facts, Secretary Kennedy Continues to Repeat Harmful Myths About Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research
The Alzheimer's Association calls on HHS Secretary Kennedy to stop dangerous fabrications about the state of Alzheimer’s and dementia research.
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
My glasses are breaking and @warbyparker.bsky.social is not being as helpful about it as I’d hope. Who’d yall recommend that’s got great selection, high quality, and not overly expensive?
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
I had a very big adhd moment at work where I spent an obnoxious amount of time looking up the history of the mullet
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Can confirm
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Ironically I learned about and tasted malort last weekend
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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Alarming new study in JAMA modeling measles in the US: If we stay at CURRENT vaccination rates, measles will become endemic again over roughly 20 years. If rates drop by even 10 percent (and they're sliding), there would be 11 MILLION cases over the next 25 years. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Modeling Reemergence of Vaccine-Eliminated Infectious Diseases Under Declining Vaccination in the US
This study estimates the number of cases and complications in the US under scenarios of declining childhood vaccination for measles, rubella, poliomyelitis, and diphtheria.
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
And just like that, the RCMAR grant was terminated.
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
You all deserve Ruby on your feed this morning 🌈
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I decided to change up the hair this spring break 🔮
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Rin Reczek @rinreczek.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The field of gender and sexual minority (LGBTQ) health is being erased. Hundreds of ongoing NIH grants being immediately terminated. Deb Umberson and my decade long longitudinal study on marriage and health joined the termination list last night.
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Anyone have ideas for a fun in-class activity to reinforce course material on marriage and cohabitation? Ruby for tax
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
New paper alert 🚨 in The Gerontologist! This was a paper with @jeffstokes.bsky.social where I got to extend my line of research in some interesting ways - by studying married dyads and focusing on loneliness doi.org/10.1093/gero...
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Longitudinal Dyadic Associations Between Perceived Discrimination and Loneliness Among Midlife and Older Married Couples
AbstractBackground and Objectives. Loneliness is a public health concern facing older adults. Although marriage protects against loneliness, a significant
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Woohoo!!!
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
My favorite thing is to see a dog unexpectedly. Even better when it’s a giant dog. Anyone else still call these dogs “Beethoven”? I texted my partner after seeing this beauty and said “I saw a Beethoven!!!”
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Trying to do my 1st graders math is the worst 🥴
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Q (my toddler) is such a vibe. Today a security guard at Target said “have a good day!” on the way out of the store and he replied “no thanks”
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Toddlers are hysterical. Mine (Q) is 3 and instead of just screeching when he’s annoyed or doesn’t like/want something, he says “no thanks.” After putting him to bed, I hear him getting his toys set up and a “no thanks” to something in there 😆
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Matt Barber @biobarber.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings. But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
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Direct Economic Contributions
NIH directly supports the economy through investments in research institutions and job formation.
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Aleksandra Lazić, PhD @alelazic.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Directory of free, open psychological datasets docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Psychological stimulus sets and datasets
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 01/02/2025
The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Everyone, we need to make sure we contact our senators!
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 31/01/2025
What the NSF is doing this week is damaging *generations* of scientific researchers and American investments in science. Billions of US tax payer dollars in investment, being thrown away, because of a fucking fishing expedition that is intended to terrorize and set the stage for a real witch hunt.
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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
If anyone here needs Girl Scout cookies, my kiddo is selling some *and* they can be shipped 💁🏻‍♀️🌈💯🤯
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vanhookjenny.bsky.social @vanhookjenny.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Early career scholars: Consider @pop.psu.edu's External Scholar program. Prepare a NICHD grant over 4 days of intensive grant-writing training, networking, and mentorship at the start of the first year of the program, May 13-16, 2025. Apply: pop.psu.edu/resources/si...
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Signature Activities | Population Research Institute
Past symposia have focused on issues such as: emerging methods in family research, African American families, diverging destinies of families in an era of increasing inequality, transitions to adulthood, and Hispanic children in immigrant families.
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