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Dominique Heinke, ScD

@epidnique.bsky.social
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Epidemiologist | Alum: Harvard, Northwestern | Neurodivergent AF | Owner of an over-active fight/flight response | Well trained by pets | Just making it through the day| previously @Epi_D_Nique

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
So much of academia runs on silent, collaborative service, requiring mutual goodwill to sustain it. That a few universities would sign letters to get them better deals w/ a corrupt administration… I don’t see how those universities survive in the long run. The rest of us just need to say no.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
A moment that calls for collective action… to reject this transparent attack on academic freedom.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Not in my name. I won’t work for a school, I won’t give a talk at a school, I won’t write a letter or a review for a school, that signs this.
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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Not to pile on, but this is important & not getting enough discussion in the wake of the vaccine and Tylenol debates! It got me thinking about a piece I wrote about how Dobbs would make it even more difficult to enroll participants who are pregnant or capable of pregnancy in clinical trials…
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Jennifer Oliva @jennoliva.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Totally agree @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social and finally wrote an essay about this topic last year that I had disgracefully neglected in my earlier academic days (and citing your great work!). Available here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Reforming Clinical Trial Pregnancy Exclusions
This essay argues the exclusion of pregnant people from drug and biologic clinical trials is paternalistic, unjust, and counterproductive because the failure to
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
There is a particular place in my heart for this category of historical photographs: the ones where not even time and/or the medium can stop the dog’s goofy and/or loving personality from shining through I collect these whenever I can get them.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Shocker. The judge knows he'll be fired if he rules in favor of Mr. Abrego Garcia. The system is rigged.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
And in the process, whites made money selling their homes to desperate black buyers, fled to the suburbs where govt programs lifted them up, and took a lot of the municipal tax base with them, leaving behind cities that spiraled into decay. But yes, Helen Andrews, they are the Real Victims here.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Whites fled integrating cities because of their own racism, often ruining their old neighborhoods as they left through arson and bombings as well as dropping industrial rezoning and interstate highway placements across once nice areas in a vain effort to build up racial barriers.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
As someone who wrote a book literally titled WHITE FLIGHT, I’d just like to say that the argument that *whites* were the victims of violence in neighborhood transitions is so laughably racist it’s almost insane.
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Vae Victis @vaevictis67.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
To put that in perspective, in Canada at $50k salary, you pay about $15k a year in taxes. For only $3k more in taxes we get 2 forms of pension, unemployment insurance, Healthcare and fund both federal and provincial governments... US is a giant ponzi scam
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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 01/10/2025
I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year. Republicans in Washington did this. This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
If you live in Illinois, we need your help. This will take less than five minutes and will truly pressure your local elected officials to stand with the people rather than ICE.
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Amy Johnston, PhD CPH @amydjohn.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I am looking for a uterus-bearing person between the age of 18-24 years (inclusive) with lived experience of endometriosis to support a population-based study on this condition (led by me). 🇨🇦 Canadian resident(s) preferred! Please re-post and share widely! #Endometriosis #MedSky #EpiSky
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 28/09/2025
a weird place a lot of people accidentally dox themselves in when showing their pet’s tags on the internet and then i text them a screenshot and say oh no friend! you’ve posted your number on the internet!
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
We are a government ruled by viral video fiat now. You aren't even allowed to research which viral video has whipped the regime into a mania and how they came to believe it, because the research of the systems themselves is viewed as "censorship." This how you end up randomly invading Portland.
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 27/09/2025
Portland doesn’t need the military. Portland has its own defenses.
The Unipiper, a Portland institution, shown here wearing utilikilt, coconut shell bra, and Darth Vader mask with brightly colored snorkel, while riding a unicycle and carrying a beach ball and, of course, trademark flaming bagpipes.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Exactly. The problem isn’t just Makary, Prasad, Bhattacharya and Kulldorff. It’s the doctors who acted as their defense attorneys, shielding them from all criticism.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Yup, exactly that—we have a HUGE problem in the US: the MAGA/MAHA men in charge of the health system are dismantling it, while spouting damaging BS, but because they were at Hopkins (Makary) or Stanford (Bhattacharya) or Harvard (Kulldorff) or UCSF (Prasad), apparently the world should believe them😢
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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
As academics we need to get a lot better at calling out the bullshit and bullshitters from our own institutions. When a Hopkins Professor of Medicine can point to the words of the Harvard Dean of Public Health to support their BS, it's hard for people to disregard that.
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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
If you’ve been following the RFK Jr autism news, then you’ve probably heard that there’s a systematic review “proving” Tylenol causes autism. Here’s my review of that paper👇🏼 open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
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The best evidence Tylenol causes autism isn't great
On Monday, RFK Jr announced Tylenol ‘causes’ autism referencing three studies as evidence. Let's dive in.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Thanks, Gregg. It is a blessing to be able to help and to get to know so many outstanding people who are committed to facts and who have principles for which they are willing to stand.
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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Something you might note about this Nobel Prize article is there's a side bar on women and the Nobel Prize: www.snexplores.org/article/nobe... Noting how few women have won science prizes. My editor asked me hey: what are the stats for Black scientists? There is no sidebar....
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What’s so noble about the Nobel Prize?
The Nobel Prize might be the one science prize you’ve heard about. But does it really recognize the most important science?
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Dominique Heinke, ScD @epidnique.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Gotta wonder what values bright him to HSPH… bsky.app/profile/hsph...
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
The Harvard School of Public Health’s dean says he charged $150,000 because it took him 200 hrs to prep to be a witness—so he charges…wait for it…750 per hour 😳 The judge ruled: “He cherry-picked & misrepresented study results & refused to acknowledge the role of genetics in the etiology” 🤯
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2025
Highly normal. Nothing to see here, folks.
Pregnant Women, DON’T USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DON’T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON, BREAK UP THE MMR SHOT INTO THREE TOTALLY SEPARATE SHOTS (NOT MIXED!), TAKE CHICKEN P SHOT SEPARATELY, TAKE HEPATITAS B SHOT AT 12 YEARS OLD, OR OLDER, AND, IMPORTANTLY, TAKE VACCINE IN 5 SEPARATE MEDICAL VISITS! President DJT
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Scott Barolo @sbarolo.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
When times are tough and we’re stressed out, we have to take extra care to not make other people’s lives unnecessarily hard, especially if they don’t have the freedom to easily avoid us (e.g., employees, students, family). Don’t let your shit roll downhill
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Dominique Heinke, ScD @epidnique.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Worse, it seems he was in contact with and maybe even encouraging administration officials in making unfounded claims that harm pregnant ppl by seeding doubt about a necessary medication. An administration which pulled so much funding from HSPH barely still exists! hsph.harvard.edu/news/funding...
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Funding cuts create ‘existential crisis’ at Harvard Chan School | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
In the wake of the cancellation of federal grant funding for more than 130 researchers at Harvard Chan School, faculty, staff, and students are speaking out about the havoc enveloping the School.
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Dominique Heinke, ScD @epidnique.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Thanks to @epiellie.bsky.social for this clear and beyond fair review of this hot mess of a paper! epiellie.substack.com/p/time-to-re...
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The best evidence Tylenol causes autism isn't great
On Monday, RFK Jr announced Tylenol ‘causes’ autism referencing three studies as evidence. Let's dive in.
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Dominique Heinke, ScD @epidnique.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
As an @hsph.harvard.edu alum (SM & ScD in reproductive epidemiology) I’m absolutely horrified by Dean Baccarelli’s choices. What an absolute disgrace. He should resign immediately.
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Dominique Heinke, ScD @epidnique.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Yes please!
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Megaholt 𓅃 @megaholt.medsky.social · 26/09/2025
I had a patient I used to take care of when I was running a school-based health center…she died at age 19 from an asthma attack. She was in her second semester of her freshman year of college. One of the sweetest, smartest kids I knew from that job-gone b/c she couldn’t afford the meds.
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Dominique Heinke, ScD @epidnique.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
As an @hsph.harvard.edu alum (SM & ScD in reproductive epidemiology) I’m absolutely horrified by Dean Baccarelli’s choices. What an absolute disgrace. He should resign immediately.
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Brent Stahl @brentstahl.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Baccarelli acted irresponsibly here and really is not fit for the Dean's position at Harvard Public Health. If he did 200 hours of actual work reviewing literature then he would have known that he could not claim any causal relationship involving Tylenol.
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Elizabeth Arkema @elizabetharkema.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
“Don’t look for certainty in the science of uncertainty- it’s like looking for snow in the dessert” - Nicola Orsini ending his talk on statistical thinking in public health #episky
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Pandemic 𓅃. Index @panaccindex.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
One of the most common traits amongst RFK Jr's lackeys - Bhattacharya, Makary, Prasad - was their regular habit of disgusting misogyny on social media. Dismissing COVID-induced chronic illness, mocking disabled women, female journalists and scientists, etc etc. So this isn't surprising.
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Nicole E. Basta @nicolebasta.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Serving on the Vaccine Integrity Project Scientific Team @cidrap.bsky.social alongside so many epidemiology/medicine/public health colleagues is an honor and a daily reminder of the commitment that so many of us have made to shining a light on the rigorous evidence we all need to protect our health.
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
U.S. intelligence has removed "T" from "LGBT" in their reports - including those intended to warn of threats to the community. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-disap...
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Feds Disappear Trans People from “LGBT”
Intel reports on threats to Pride events reveal campaign to stamp out the word “transgender”
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Ray Taylor @raytaylor.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Agreed. This from a folate researchers is excellent for ASD parents who want to understand the cerebral folate hypothesis, and what studies are underway, and why they should NOT buy the supplements or get a MTHFR test this week: kcklatt.substack.com/p/folate-and...
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Folate & Autism, Unpacked
Prep for the upcoming HHS report
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Dominique Heinke, ScD @epidnique.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Not only has Trump never mentioned the CDC shooting (incl. killing of Officer Rose) but RFK Jr almost immediately went back to demonizing CDC employees and spreading the same disinformation that motivated the shooter. It's not hard to get the underlying message being sent to CDC employees...
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Tim Williams Art @timwilliamsart.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
It was Officer David Rose. He worked for the DeKalb County Police Department. He deserves a lot more praise and recognition than he is receiving. My wife worked at the CDC for 30+ years until her retirement a couple of years ago. All of us here in Atlanta appreciate Officer Rose.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
The absolutely predictable thing that will happen is that lots of Dems will denounce the violence at the ICE facility in a way that largely did not occur with the attack on the CDC among Republicans. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
It is too early to know what motivated the shooter in Dallas, but it is not sustainable for government officials to selectively emphasize that some forms of political violence are bad, but others barely merit a mention. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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A gunman shot at the CDC, killing an officer. Trump hasn’t said a word.
Trump has said nothing about the police officer killed by a gunman who shot at the CDC, an example of how selective he can be amid his daily torrent of words.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
RfK Jr. did not call the head of the CDC at the time, but ordered her back to DC to lecture her about how awful CDC employees were. The shooter shared RFK Jr's views. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
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After the shooting at CDC, RFK Jr. criticizes agency's pandemic response
President Donald Trump’s Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., also described political violence as “wrong” and said his job is to protect employees.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
A police officer was killed in the attack on the CDC by an antivaxxer. Trump did not mention it. Use this as a benchmark to compare how the Trump administration responds to an attack on an ICE facility to judge which federal employees are deemed worth protecting. abcnews.go.com/US/1-week-af...
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1 week after deadly shooting at CDC, some employees feel Trump and RFK Jr. have moved on
In the days after a deadly shooting, CDC employees said they feel frustrated with federal leaders due to a lack of statements and for the peddling of vaccine skepticism.
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Dominique Heinke, ScD @epidnique.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
In news that the HHS should be shouting from the rooftops: Availability of the RSV vaccine for pregnant people and RSV shots for infants lead to a 50% reduction in RSV-associated hospitalization of newborns during the last year! 🥳 Spread the good word, folks! #Episky
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Interim Evaluation of Respiratory Syncytial ...
This report describes RSV-associated hospitalization rates among infants and young children during the 2024–25 respiratory virus season.
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