Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 24/09/2026@schuessler-iu.bsky.social @iusociology.bsky.social @iaphs.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social 000
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 24/09/2026📢 Oh hey, another job ad just dropped. Come join us in the rolling hills of Bloomington at Indiana University! We’re hiring a sociologist specializing in organizations, open rank. Submit apps by 10/16. 133
Reposted by Elaine HernandezInterdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science @iaphs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026👀 Don’t miss the #IAPHS2026 plenary sessions! 🎤 This year’s plenaries bring together researchers and practitioners to explore trust, influence, public-facing communication, research impact, and how population health science reaches the public. iaphs.org/conference/c... 011
Reposted by Elaine HernandezInterdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science @iaphs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026👀 Don’t miss the #IAPHS2026 plenary sessions! 🎤 This year’s plenaries bring together researchers and practitioners to explore trust, influence, public-facing communication, research impact, and how population health science reaches the public. iaphs.org/conference/c... 011
Reposted by Elaine HernandezInterdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science @iaphs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026👀 Don’t miss the #IAPHS2026 plenary sessions! 🎤 This year’s plenaries bring together researchers and practitioners to explore trust, influence, public-facing communication, research impact, and how population health science reaches the public. iaphs.org/conference/c... 022
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It was really interesting to talk about it with Jelly, I’ve never watched the show! She legit said being a sociologist helped. 000
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 21/09/2026*for a place on the show … @asanews.bsky.social @iusociology.bsky.social @schuessler-iu.bsky.social @idsnews.bsky.social 000
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Sociology skills for the win!* Cheering on our colleague Dr Loblack (Jelly) as she competes on this season of survivor. She said her interview skills gave her an edge when she inquired about her competitors families! www.idsnews.com/article/2026...idsnews.comFrom classroom to castaway: IU postdoctoral fellow competes on Survivor 51Angelica Loblack is a visiting assistant sociology professor at IU. 240
Reposted by Elaine HernandezRebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 08/08/2026My jaw literally locked open when I first saw this piece of news 25516
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Side eye 👀 for the health demographers in the room 000
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Raise your hand if, like me, you’ve sat through countless conversations about women’s life expectancy being longer than men’s but the quality of their life being worse without any mention of the word MENOPAUSE. Inspired by this @ologies.bsky.social episode podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...podcasts.apple.comEmmenology (MENOPAUSE & PERIMENOPAUSE) Part 1 with Monica Christmas, Mary Claire Haver and Lara DurgavichPodcast Episode · Ologies with Alie Ward · July 15 · 1h 5m 1292
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Thank you also for comments and thoughts @pamherd.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @victorerikray.bsky.social as well as colleagues at U Minnesota, U Chicago & Cornell U. 030
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Gratitude to a very large team who supported and helped us refine this work: our community leadership board across the state, the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (and the entire Interdisciplinary Research Leaders team). @rwjf.org 110
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 15/06/2026What happens to racial inequities in Medicaid enrollment when we roll back the red tape required of beneficiaries? We used the ‘20-23 pause on administrative burdens to test if they narrowed. Spoiler: They do! But primarily after a concerted effort to ensure equal access. doi.org/10.1111/1475... 24414
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I get my kicks from watching powerful women invest wisely: more than $600 million for women’s health over the past two years. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Melinda French Gates: Women, We Deserve Better Than This 010
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Join us for a discussion about medical polarization in health care: MIT campus, Friday, June 5th 2:30-4:30 020
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 17/05/2026I have to laugh because the rest of it is truly depressing. Worth a read. 050
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 17/05/2026As a prof this whole op-ed is, just, really more than I’d post publicly. But this got me: “Because of A.I., most of us now take our tests by writing in blue books, like students a century ago, scribbling out answers by hand under keen observation.” A CENTURY ago! www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What A.I. Did to My College Class 192
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Knock, knock, higher ed, is this a good time? Future enrollments here … www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/u...nytimes.comU.S. Schools Face a Crisis as the Number of Children Drops 040
Reposted by Elaine HernandezJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 07/05/2026Kind of surprised that this hasn't been bigger news. It's finals week for a whole lot of universities, and yet, Canvas (a learning/grading platform used by ~9,000 schools globally) is currently inaccessible because of a pay-or-have-your-data-leaked hack. www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...insidehighered.com“PAY OR LEAK”: Hackers Target Big Higher Ed VendorThe criminal extortion group ShinyHunters breached Instructure last week. The hackers, who have also attacked individual universities, demanded the ed-tech giant pay up or face a data leak. 8620581025
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 08/05/2026UT-PRC, UMN-MPC…starter packs? @minnpop.bsky.social @capsutaustin.bsky.social 000
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 08/05/2026It’s a great day to follow a demographer, starter packs here @popassocamerica.bsky.social #PAA2026 120
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Flash flood on W 3rd under the BLine, almost drove though it before I saw the car stuck and people on top. The whole area is a mess. 010
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 27/04/2026That‘s a wrap on my medical sociology graduate spring seminar. As disheartened as I feel about the state of [insert topic] I‘m also inspired by the future sociologists I’m teaching & mentoring. My goal now is to inspire them to feel empowered to lead us in the future. 040
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 24/04/2026That time of year when Bloomington is dripping with flowers 010
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Let me get this straight, we exclude women from biomedical research for decades & then defund hundreds of NIH grants mentioning women? And after ignoring AND defunding them, we wonder why our maternal mortality rate is so high? Why women don’t *want* to become pregnant? Shocking. 05717
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 14/04/2026If I have a chance to bring it up sometime I will! 010
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 14/04/2026This is a great idea! Have you brought it up to anyone on council? Seriously. 100
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Mostly I feel like if there are major problems, step up and work to fix them. Do the work. It’s not easy. Leading, especially now, is HARD. And those leading our associations need to make careful decisions for the short and long term. 010
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Steve Ruggles recently gave a talk at IU about the Census and I was struck by how the PAA leadership shifted from being largely connected to these affiliated with the Census to those with NIH funding and pop centers. 340
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 14/04/2026I‘ve not been following closely, but this is exactly what I think when I hear people disparage ASA for [insert reason]. We are stronger together (see also: the AMA). Do I appreciate other associations? Yes. But giving up on ASA will undermine us in so many ways, as *sociologists*. 110
Reposted by Elaine HernandezJohn Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset. 168183416899
Reposted by Elaine HernandezEdwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social · 25/03/2026New @urbaninstitute.bsky.social estimates of two H.R. 1 cuts targeting #Medicaid expansion: work reporting requirements & 6 month renewals. Depending on state mitigation, expansion enrollment falls 5 to 10 million (27-55%) in 2028 compared to 18 million under prior law. www.urban.org/research/pub... 089
Reposted by Elaine HernandezMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Call for Nominations: The 2026 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity @mcgill.ca @mcgillspgh.bsky.social www.mcgill.ca/spgh/about-u...mcgill.caCall for Nominations: The 2026 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health EquityThe McGill School of Population and Global Health (SPGH) is now accepting nominations for the 2026 Paul Farmer Award for Global Health Equity. Submit your nomination by the deadline of Friday, June 12... 11815
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 15/03/2026So delicious! Only had frozen cherries but they worked well www.seriouseats.com/fresh-cherry...seriouseats.comThe Best, Easiest Cherry Pie Uses Fresh or Frozen FruitHere's how to make a flawless cherry pie every time, regardless of whether you use fresh or frozen fruit! It's always crispy on the bottom, flaky on the top, and perfection inside. 110
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Rolled up my sleeves for my once a year baking attempt to celebrate Pi Day, a mix of sweet and sour cherries 2766
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 08/03/2026@irsay-iu.bsky.social @iusociology.bsky.social @schuessler-iu.bsky.social 020
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Relatable: hasslers harm your health. Oh wow, they may make you age faster too. Wait, it’s work by @letitbk.bsky.social & Brea Perry, with quotes by Deb Umberson. wapo.st/3OVL3kKwapo.stDifficult people in your life might make you age faster, study suggestsNew research suggests that difficult people, a.k.a. “hasslers,” contribute to chronic stress and elevate epigenetic biomarkers associated with aging. 252
Reposted by Elaine HernandezIU Sociology @iusociology.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Our department is hiring! Consider applying for those who have research areas in medicine, health and/or well-being. Follow the link to apply: careercenter.asanet.org/job/1311234/... 1106
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 26/10/2025@iusociology.bsky.social @schuessler-iu.bsky.social @irsay-iu.bsky.social @iaphs.bsky.social 000
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Oh hey, little update. Indiana University Department of Sociology is hiring this fall. Keeping you on your toes deadline is 11/16. We’re looking for an assistant professor specializing in sociology of medicine, health, and/or well-being broadly defined. indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30984 1109
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 08/09/2025It’s here, time to celebrate the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Sciences 10 year anniversary! #IAPHS2025 050
Reposted by Elaine HernandezInterdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science @iaphs.bsky.social · 10/08/2025🏆 We’re excited to announce our 2025 award winners! 🏅 Recipients will be honored at our conference in Pittsburgh, September 8–11, 2025. Congratulations to all! 🎉 #pophealth #IAPHS2025 iaphs.org/congratulati... 031
Reposted by Elaine HernandezChris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 27/08/2025As we mourn today's Annunciation Church shooting, the reporting and photojournalism are almost too much to take in; sharing this gift link for those seeking good local coverage from Minneapolis. www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...startribune.comLive: Neighbors describe volley of gunfire in attack that killed two children, wounded 17Sources identified Robin Westman, 23, as the shooter, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene. One source told the Star Tribune Westman’s mother once worked at Annunciation. 05124
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Eager to read, great work here to the full team! 030
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Teaching this fall? Consider saving time for in-class office hours. Mine are only 5-10 min at the very end of class but I have a line of students asking questions they’d otherwise skip.media.tenor.coma man wearing glasses stands in front of a blackboard that says " neolithic " on itAlt: a Harrison Ford in wearing glasses stands in front of a blackboard that says " neolithic " on it - from the Indiana Jones series 1111
Reposted by Elaine HernandezKFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 13/08/2025Across rural America, Medicaid is a lifeline, especially for people who wouldn’t otherwise have easy access to health care. With Medicaid cuts looming, people are bracing for the impact. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...kffhealthnews.orgMedicaid Cuts Could Have Vast Ripple Effects in This Rural Colorado Community - KFF Health NewsIn rural Colorado and across rural America, Medicaid is a lifeline, especially for people who wouldn’t otherwise have easy access to health care. That includes low-income seniors who need supplemental... 01614
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Will there be a spread of pies at the welcome reception? I feel like that would truly motivate (even if it’s not your pie) 030
Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 12/08/2025An excellent summary of the ripple effect this will have on us all: The hidden costs of cutting Medicaid www.npr.org/sections/pla...npr.orgThe hidden costs of cutting MedicaidCutting Medicaid can seem like an easy way to slash the budget. But, the costs can spread to all of us. 040