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Annals of Epidemiology @annalsofepi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Gun Violence Exposure Linked to High Blood Pressure A newly published article found black adults in areas with more shootings had twice the odds of high blood pressure. Findings also demonstrate cardiovascular consequences of gun violence exposure. doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

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Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions @jhucgvs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

New national study led by @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social and Vanderbilt University researchers found domestic disturbance calls, warrant service, investigative stops were more likely to be labeled "suicide by cop" than calls specifically about a mental health crisis.

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New Study Finds "Suicide by Cop" Labels are Shaped More by how a Police Encounter Unfolds than by Mental Health History | Center for Gun Violence Solutions

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JAMA Network Open @jamanetworkopen.com · 01/08/2026

Among US women, 41.1% reported that personally owning a gun would make them safer, but only 21.3% reported they would feel safer if more people were allowed to legally carry guns. ja.ma/4wF2w1Y

Bar chart displays agreement for two statements: 'Owning a gun makes me safer' (blue) and 'Safer if more could legally carry' (orange). X-axis shows categories: Total, Gun owner, Gun in home (not owner), No guns (not owner). Gun owners show highest agreement for both.

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Joshua Sharfstein @drjoshs.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

It is appalling that the State of Tennessee is poised to pull hundreds of children off of ventilators, stop their chemotherapy, etc. as a result of an apparently unintended consequence of state immigration law. Learn what's happening in this podcast @ameracadpeds.bsky.social

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Julie Ward @julie-a-ward.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Fatal and non-fatal shootings and hypertension in 100 US cities: A cross-sectional analysis of the add health cohort - is now available online in @annalsofepi.bsky.social 🛟 Gift link here! authors.elsevier.com/c/1nFtZ3k7xG...

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Julie Ward @julie-a-ward.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

New research with @ryanbk.bsky.social, Phillip Smith, & @kristamehari.bsky.social examines links between views on guns & gun policy generally and support for 6 specific gun policies. Some surprising findings in here! rdcu.be/e5BFe (🧵 1/2)

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Julie Ward @julie-a-ward.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I am one of those early career researchers (described at the end of this piece) whose work has been possible because of these projects. I’m grateful for the risk folks took to prioritize such investments. This is a huge loss.💔

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Julie Ward @julie-a-ward.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Did Americans’ reasons for gun ownership differ in 2025 vs 2023? Yes. In ways that signal an important warning for public safety and for democracy. Read the full (but brief!) report here: rdcu.be/e3EJD (or check out this 🧵) @vuartsci.bsky.social @jhucgvs.bsky.social

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Gun ownership for political protection or armed political expression: a nationally representative analysis of differences in 2025 vs. 2023

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Gun ownership for political protection or armed political expression: a nationally representative analysis of differences in 2025 vs. 2023 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Every time I talk to someone outside of Minnesota, we always spend time on *really* basic things they have don’t understand about what is happening here. So let’s do a Q&A. What are your most basic questions about what’s going on in Minnesota?

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John Shjarback @shjarback-ccj.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I wrote this last year. Seems incredibly relevant today in light of the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good: open.substack.com/pub/johnshja...

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Constraining policy language was associated with fewer police shootings at vehicles

A low-hanging fruit measure to reduce a sub-set of police shootings of citizens

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John Shjarback @shjarback-ccj.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The best use of force/firearms policies should severely restrict shooting at moving vehicles (terrorist/ramming attacks notwithstanding), while instructing officers to do everything possible to move out of the path of a moving vehicle.

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Julie Ward @julie-a-ward.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

New Research: Using virtual reality to understand gun owner decision-making doi.org/10.3389/fpub... 🛟🧪 @jhucgvs.bsky.social @vuartsci.bsky.social

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Julie Ward @julie-a-ward.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

New research out today. We describe the injured people & the situational characteristics involved in shootings by police during mental or behavioral health involved policing responses in the US. …Almost 2500 shootings over a 6-yr period - all carefully reviewed (twice!) by my very hard working team.

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Mental and behavioral health characteristics among individuals injuriously shot by police in the United States

Criminalization of people experiencing mental illness is systemic, but the conditions surrounding police use-of-force in such encounters are under-examined.To describe mental or behavioral health (...

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Mental and behavioral health characteristics among individuals injuriously shot by police in the United States

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

I have a list of things we can do to change this tempo of tragedy The proposals are based on real data They have had signals of efficacy It may feel hopeless today but: I refuse to give up. Because - Our babies & our communities deserve better than a rolling litany of horrors.

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Janessa Goldbeck @janessagoldbeck.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input. See what public lands would be available for sale: www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

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120 million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package

The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 120 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...

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UC Davis Centers for Violence Prevention @ucdaviscvp.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

⏳ There is just over a week left to apply for our #postdoc in violence prevention research, with apps due June 15. Please send yours in or share the posting with a qualified applicant! cvp.ucdavis.edu/get-involved...

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Julie Ward @julie-a-ward.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Home from #SAVIR2025 and pleased to share that “Characteristics of Behavioral and Mental Health Involved Injurious Shootings by Police in the US” was recognized with the Early Career Outstanding Science Presentation award! #InjuryResearch #GVP #ScienceMatters 🛟 @thesavir.bsky.social

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Julie Ward @julie-a-ward.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Really timely new research about the possible role of agency policy in preventing shooting-related harms, particularly in light of the current Barnes v. Felix SCOTUS case. It was great to collaborate with @shjarback-ccj.bsky.social on this one!

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Constraining policy language was associated with fewer police shootings at vehicles

A low-hanging fruit measure to reduce a sub-set of police shootings of citizens

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

"When a civilization is limited to work that produces profit... we distance ourselves from the values of care and generosity—and the simple but profound belief that what happens to one of us affects all of us." A marvelous piece by @annehelen.bsky.social.

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This is How We Fall Out of Love with the World

The Twilight of the American Passion Job

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Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions @jhucgvs.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Study underscores the critical need to identify and develop effective public health + policing strategies aimed at reducing the number of young people shot by law enforcement each year. Read more: publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-g...

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Study Finds More Than 300 Juveniles Were Shot by Police Between 2015 and 2020, One-Third of Them Fatally | Center for Gun Violence Solutions

Study thought to be the first national accounting of both juvenile injuries and deaths from shootings by police in U.S.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/02/2025

they are stealing data from the american people and depriving us of the transparency that we are entitled to by law. none of this is legal and not a single federal employee has any reason to comply.

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Ditto to academics

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I'm keeping a running list of disappearing federal data in the 🧵 below. If there are others I missed let me know. crampell[at]washpost[dot]com or Signal username crampell.13

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Janelle Shane @janelleshane.com · 31/01/2025

Okay, this is pretty great. I didn’t realize how much friction it was to look up each phone number until this app had them ready to go, one after another. Plus it tells you how many other people used the app to call about the issue (14,700 on the federal funding freeze alone!)

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.” University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 28/01/2025

American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12

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Dan Semenza @daniel-semenza.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

New open access article out today in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities w/ a fantastic team. In a nationally representative sample of Black Americans, we find that just anticipating police + community violence is harmful to various aspects of health. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Anticipatory Violence and Health Among Black Adults in the United States - Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

This study analyzes the relationship between anticipatory community and police violence and health outcomes including mental and physical well-being, sleep problems, and functional disability. Using d...

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Julie Ward @julie-a-ward.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

UW School of Nursing, Dept. Of Child, Family, & Population Health Nursing is hiring 2 TT faculty! 👀 Assistant Professor: apply.interfolio.com/159379 Professor (Open Rank): apply.interfolio.com/159582 Spread the word! Would love to see more great folks in this former department of mine. 💜💛

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/11/2024

What happens inside America's vast network of privately run deportation flights? Earlier this year, ProPublica's @mckenziefunk.com‬ reported on a group of Washington activists and researchers who use a live video feed from the tarmac to document these flights at Seattle’s Boeing Field.

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At Seattle’s Boeing Field, Real-Time Video Offers a Rare Glimpse of America’s Troubled Deportation Flights

Key details about what happens inside ICE Air would still be hidden if not for a group of Washington activists and researchers, who are now using a live video feed from the tarmac to document the…

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Julie Ward @julie-a-ward.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Thanks @khudejha.bsky.social! Grateful to have had you join my Foundations of Population Health students again this semester! Your global health expertise and thoughtful, interactive teaching style has been a real gift to our MHS Vanderbilt students. 🙏

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Dan Semenza @daniel-semenza.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Even one shooting of a child is devastating, but more than 50 per year is a national tragedy. We support stringent accountability policies and better de-escalation techniques among police working with young people. This is not normal and we should not accept it as our reality.

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Julie Ward @julie-a-ward.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Re-upping for the new folks (welcome!) - A just-released, national look at what social and policy characteristics are linked to higher vs lower rates of injurious shootings by police locally. 🔬🧪🛟 Look up your area and read more about our prevention recommendations here: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

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Joanna Schwartz @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Over the next 4 years, any steps forward on police accountability/transparency will be at the state & local levels. If you're interested in thinking about what role you can play, sign up for this book club sponsored by Institute for Justice: cophttps://instituteforjustice.quorum.us/campaign/75060/

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Walter @walterkatz.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

After the 2008 win by Obama, there wasn’t a lot of sulking by the GOP and little finger-pointing. We also didn’t see the Tea Party coming. Since 11/5, only AOC’s emails have read strategic. Build quietly from ground up. Decentralize. Focus on issues that will matter to families, like health & safety

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/11/2024

anyway you should read me on the stakes of this election for our constitutional order (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/o...

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Opinion | Donald Trump Is Done With Checks and Balances

You aren’t just choosing a candidate. You’re choosing a theory of power.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

“We were not given a democratic Constitution; we made one. We unraveled the elitist & hierarchical Constitution of the founders to build something that works for us… [but] what’s made can be unmade. And at the foundation of Donald Trump’s campaign is a promise to unmake our democratic Constitution.”

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Opinion | Donald Trump Is Done With Checks and Balances

You aren’t just choosing a candidate. You’re choosing a theory of power.

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 01/11/2024

🧵 Election Day is quickly approaching — and the stakes for American gun policy are high. Here’s what you need to know:

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Julie Ward @julie-a-ward.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

New research! 🛟 56% of US counties had 1+ shootings by police in 2015-2020. Linked to ⬆️ county incidence: ✔️Income inequality ✔️Residential segregation ✔️Gun availability & weaker licensing systems ✔️Undermanaged substance use ✔️Overspending on police vs health authors.elsevier.com/a/1k1H0-CmV1...

A map of the United States showing prevalence and incidence of people fatally or nonfatally injured in shootings by police from “Social and policy characteristics associated with injurious shootings by police in US counties: A multilevel analysis, 2015–2020,” now available in Social Science & Medicine

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Julie Ward @julie-a-ward.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

ICYMI - still time for excellent health practitioners & educators to submit their application to our Professor of the Practice position in to the Department of Medicine, Health, & Society at Vanderbilt!

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Julie Ward @julie-a-ward.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

Day 2 of American Public Health Association Annual Meeting: Grateful to all the folks who stopped by to talk about our research on unhoused people who were injured in shootings by police nationally. #APHA2024

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