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APHA @apha.org · 30/09/2026

Join us on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 1 p.m. ET for Rethinking How We Talk About Public Health and Democracy, a free workshop with Jennifer Messenger, public health lead at Metropolitan Group: vist.ly/5kgzw

A grey event graphic for a webinar is titled, "Rethinking how we talk about public health and democracy." The date and time of the webinar is Oct 20 from 1-2 p.m. ET. The speaker is Jennifer Messenger, Public health lead at Metropolitan Group. At the bottom of the graphic are logos for the Campaign for the Public's Health, an Initiative of the American Public Health Association on the left and Metropolitan Group on the right.

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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Excited for this conversation in a few weeks on public health, health policy, and the election, featuring a few friends. You can register to tune in live!

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Americans' attitudes towards public health headed into the midterms | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

As the midterm elections approach, how are Americans thinking about public health.

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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Suicide is a serious public health issue. Beyond caring for individuals in crisis, reducing this devastating toll means thinking about prevention through a public health lens.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Got An Editor's Decision For A Paper I Reviewed But I Thought It Was For A Paper I Wrote: A Memoir

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KFF @kff.org · 27/08/2026

The latest edition of The Monitor examines how states are taking different approaches to regulating AI mental health tools. Some laws restrict how the tools are allowed to be advertised, while others emphasize privacy, disclosures, and patient consent. on.kff.org/4gnKyLG

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Different State Regulatory Approaches Reflect Open Questions About AI Mental Health Tools — The Monitor | KFF

States are taking different regulatory approaches to AI mental health tools in response to concerns about chatbots providing inaccurate or potentially dangerous advice. Laws and pending legislation in...

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Super interesting paper (and with a fellow Utahn author!) about gentrification and segregation. I’m so curious what implications this might have for investment in community resources like health care facilities.

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Nature @nature.com · 20/08/2026

The US National Science Foundation will award about 30% fewer new research grants this fiscal year than in the last one, Nature has learnt. go.nature.com/3UcGoNW

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Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades

The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The whole Black Mozart album is great, but this track absolutely rocks.

A screenshot of a music streaming app showing the album artwork for Jon Batiste’s Black Mozart. The song ‘Country Zart’ is playing in the image.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Me: I need to tie up annoying loose ends on all these projects before the chaos of the new academic year takes over everything. Also me: Ooh, maybe I should put in an IRB protocol to kick things off with this other project too.

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Disco Ball: Shiny Object Over Here!

ALT: Disco Ball: Shiny Object Over Here!

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I can’t figure out how to account for the autocorrelation. This analysis is rapidly getting a bit beyond what I’ve done before.

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Any R users out there with lots of experience doing complex time series regressions? I’m looking at wildfire smoke and daily ED utilization data that’s got day of week effects, long-term seasonal patterns, the smoke association, and residual daily autocorrelation.

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

NEW: The NIH is quietly restricting funding for research that evaluates how public policy impacts human health. According to internal documents I obtained, the agency no longer considers policymakers "mission relevant" — a massive shift for the biomedical funder. My latest for @nature.com:

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NIH limits funding for research on the health effects of public policy

US biomedical agency no longer considers policymakers as ‘mission relevant’, leaving dozens of grants in limbo.

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

great article, all-time classic diagram

Flowchart illustrating relationships between The Odds Ratio, The Risk Ratio, and The Risk Difference, centered around “20% more likely.”

The image is a triangular flowchart diagram depicting relationships among three statistical measures: "The Odds Ratio," "The Risk Ratio," and "The Risk Difference." At the center of the triangle is the phrase “20% more likely,” which connects with each of the three measures through lines. Each corner of the triangle features one of the measures, with text indicating their relationship to the center phrase, labeled as "Is" and "Is Not." The outer text at the bottom reads, "Ritual schematic to summon reviewer #2." The diagram uses black lines on a white background, contributing to a clear, concise presentation of the information.

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Ritual schematic to summon reviewer #2.

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Dan Ly @meddly.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🚨New paper!🚨Who orders more testing: male physicians or female physicians? And what are the implications on patient outcomes? We examine these questions in the emergency department (ED) in @jamainternalmed.com .🧵1/

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The takeaway: Efforts should be made to measure SUD sympathy or stigma in nationally-representative datasets. The knowledge derived from such data could be used to increase SUD sympathy and reduce SUD stigma

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Some of these were previously known and others are potentially newly identified predictors of sympathy around substance misuse and, potentially, disorders.

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Those with past-month marijuana use, higher education, and current poor mental health were significantly more likely than their counterparts to express this sympathy.

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

We looked at these attitudes in UT as a way to explore this question, and found that older age, Hispanic race/ethnicity, affiliation with several Christian religions, residence in rural counties, and lack of health insurance were negatively related to sympathy toward individuals misusing substances.

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Attitudes toward individuals with substance misuse may have important population health, policy, and economic consequences, but they've rarely been studied in a comprehensive way.

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Lynne Cotter @lynnemargalit.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

18–24-year-olds, make up 36% of enrollees with mental health hospitalizations, much higher than the 14% of all enrollees with employer-sponsored insurance who are 18–24 years old. Read more in our new report: www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/cost-a...

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Had some workday animal encounters, recently!

A moth that my phone tells me is a polyphemous moth sits on the sidewalk. It has wide brown and tan stripes in its wings.

A deer looks toward the camera from under the shade of a short tree in a garden.

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I totally agree. My work involves a lot of writing. I think that writing is thinking, at every stage from brainstorming and outlining to editing. I could use AI to do that work, and the work itself may not obviously suffer for it, but *I* would and I care about that.

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I'm not at all, and would be interested to read more!

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Hanging out at the AcademyHealth conference!

Elise with her poster on firearm suicide death among U.S. Hispanics/Latinos

A sign says “research is my love language”. Another sign below it says #ARM26.

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The institute has opportunities to increase its impact by expanding rare services, improving perceptions of people with SUDs, and further reducing ED utilization.

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The main takeaway? HMHI provides high impact mental health services to Utah patients, saves money for both them and their insurers by reducing ED utilization, and contributes meaningfully to the local economy by bringing federal research dollars to Utah.

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Our project was a companion to this. Where Sorenson Impact looked at the social and economic impact of the behavioral health care provided at Huntsman Mental Health Institute, we focused on some potential highlights. bsky.app/profile/sore...

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

My first policy report is finally in the world! This policy report takes a look at some places where the University of Utah's Huntsman Mental Health Institute 1) currently impacts, or 2) might impact society and the local economy. matheson.utah.edu/_resources/d...

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AcademyHealth @academyhealth.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Headed to #ARM26? Start here. The Attendee Resource Center has everything you need—agenda, app info, registration details, networking opportunities, and more. Bookmark it before you go: buff.ly/w4MHsFl

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Jason Ukman @jasonukman.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Robust, original, independent journalism isn't cheap to produce, and isn't cheap to consume. But if you're interested in health and medicine — as well as the business of health and medicine — 66 cents a day for @statnews.com is a discount worth considering. marketing.statnews.com/stat-plus-md26

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 30/04/2026

Nice brief... Among many topics covered: About 1 in 3 adults report using AI for health advice, with Black and Hispanic adults more likely to use AI for mental health advice. 🛟 health policy 😷 sociology demography 📉 polisky idsky 🧭

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The Growing Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care and Implications for Disparities | KFF

This brief examines the implications of the growing use of AI for racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care and discusses factors that can help reduce AI-related bias in health care.

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JAMA Network Open @jamanetworkopen.com · 24/04/2026

Among US Army #Firearm owners, unsecured (loaded and unlocked) storage and carrying any weapon were associated with increased risk of suicide ideation and attempts after controlling for confounders. ja.ma/48hD1tl

Two forest plots showing odds ratios(OR) with 95% confidence intervals(CI) and P values, for lifetime and past 12-month variables, including exposure to violence, mental health, and firearm storage methods.

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STAT @statnews.com · 29/04/2026

A report released Wednesday highlights successes in reducing health disparities in U.S. states between 2022 and 2024. www.statnews.com/2026/04/29/h...

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New report shows some health equity wins. Experts fear they will be short-lived

A report released Wednesday highlights successes in reducing health disparities in U.S. states between 2022 and 2024.

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IPUMS @ipums.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

🚨New Data alert! 🚨 The 2024 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) and Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS) data are now available on IPUMS USA. usa.ipums.org

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IPUMS USA

IPUMS USA collects, preserves and harmonizes U.S. census microdata and provides easy access to this data with enhanced documentation. Data includes decennial censuses from 1790 to 2010 and American Co...

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Mason Roberts @masonroberts.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Continuing on the Vivian Ho fest from yesterday, let's talk about her paper "Nonprofit Hospitals: Profits and Cash Reserves Grow, Charity Care Does Not," Health Affairs, June 2023. Between 2012 and 2019, mean nonprofit hospital operating profits grew from $43M to $58.6M, but

Bar chart titled "Allocation of Hospital Profits to Charity Care and Cash Reserves (2012–2019)" showing the estimated association between a $1 increase in hospital profit and changes in charity care spending versus cash reserves, broken out by hospital type. For charity care, all three groups show near-zero allocation: nonprofit hospitals $0, for-profit hospitals $0.04, and combined $0. For cash reserves, all three groups show allocations well above $1: nonprofit hospitals $1.73, for-profit hospitals $1.92, and combined $1.74. Source: Jenkins & Ho, Health Affairs, June 2023.

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JAMA Network Open @jamanetworkopen.com · 14/03/2026

A structured #HealthEquity consult service supported patient-centered care, increasing awareness of social determinants and informing clinical decisions and institutional policies across diverse hospital settings. ja.ma/4bawS47

Table 2: Health Care Equity Consult Service (HECS) Case Summaries and Interventions. It lists patient demographics like Adult male (C1), Pediatric male (C2), Adult female (C3) & Adult male (C4), reason for referral, clinical condition, health equity factors, HECS interventions & outcome.

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. “Of course, I can add that and run the analysis again. I don’t mind.” “Please let me know if you think the article is ready for submission.”

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Well I’m jealous! I’m going on 7 weeks in pre-review.

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Excited that this paper is out! We applied co-location multivariate local join statistics & Generalized Additive Models to assess the joint vulnerabilities to dimensions of environmental injustice at the nexus of income, race, and disability across the U.S. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Seasonal green space, air pollution, and temperature in the United States: Spatial disparities among people with disabilities

This paper advances research on environmental justice through analysis of multiple concurrent environmental exposures (green space, air pollution, tem…

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Went with 'other' under Health Equity after way too much internal debate lol

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I'm torn mostly between the 'other' subtopic under Health Equity, or the same under Mental Health.

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I'm submitting an abstract on Hispanic/Latino firearm suicide deaths and their preceding circumstances as a late breaker at AcademyHealth and have come to the perennial debate: which topic and subtopic to submit it under. What would you guys do? academyhealth.confex.com/academyhealt...

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JAMA Health Forum @jamahealthforum.com · 06/03/2026

This study of nearly 1 million US households from 2000 to 2023 found racial disparities in #FoodInsecurity among both higher- and low-income groups, highlighting the continued role of structural racism and the value of federal nutrition programs. ja.ma/4sqtSpI

JAMA Health Forum: Research Letter on 'Racial Disparities in Food Insecurity for High- and Low-Income Households' by Cordelia Kwon, Yifan Liu, Deidra C. Crews, et al. Published March 6, 2026.

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Went to refill my water bottle and came back to find a chair stealer. Tempted to let him have it and be done with work for the day!

A light orange cat with green eyes sits on a grey office chair and looks up at the camera.

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

They’re huge cats too, so the food costs are astronomical!

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Elise V. Bailey @evbailey.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

John Green might be cool. He has written fiction involving disease before (cancer) and recently wrote a non-fiction book about tuberculosis. His memoir also included a chapter about plagues, if I remember correctly.

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