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Krista Harrison, PhD

@kristalynharrison.bsky.social
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Social scientist | how to make end-of-life less terrible | hospice, pal care & home care for older adults with serious illnesses, dementia | policy & aging research at UCSF | All views my own profiles.ucsf.edu/krista.harrison

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UCSF Geriatrics @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Drs. Lauren Hunt, @kristalynharrison.bsky.social, & colleagues published in Am J Hosp Palliat Care on how the Care Ecosystem model impacts end-of-life outcomes in dementia care. #geriatrics pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40827842/
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The Effect of the Care Ecosystem Collaborative Care Model on End-of-Life Outcomes for People With Dementia and Their Caregivers - PubMed
ContextCollaborative care models that feature care navigation have been found to have a range of benefit for people with dementia (PWD) and their caregivers, but their effect on end-of-life (EOL)…
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 30/07/2025
How have you been impacted by the changes we've seen under the current administration? What would you want to say to those in charge? I'm launching a new research initiative to collect and share anonymous stories of the human toll. And I'd be very grateful for your help. tinyurl.com/thehumantoll
The Human Toll

The US is undergoing rapid social, economic, and policy change. 

If you've been impacted, we want to hear your story!

To participate, visit: https://tinyurl.com/thehumantoll

Study sponsored under University of Wisconsin-Madison IRB Protocol #2025-1096. PI: Dr. Jessica Calarco

Participants must be at least 18 years of age and reside in the US

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UCSF Geriatrics @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
📢 UCSF is recruiting Asian, Black, & Latino former caregivers for a study to improve end-of-life care for those with dementia. Share your story & earn up to $160. Learn more: [geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/recruiting…] #dementia #caregiving
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UCSF Geriatrics @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
🎓 Huge congrats to our graduating T32 fellows! 👏 Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson, DrPH, MS 👏 Angela Suen, MD 👏 Lingsheng Li, MD, MHS @lingshengli.bsky.social‬ We’re thrilled they’ll continue advancing care for older adults—two as UCSF faculty and one at SF General & Chinese Hospital! 💙 #geriatrics
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Katrina Green, MD FAAEM, FAMWA (she/her) @kgreenmd.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
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Ranking Member Sanders Asks Health Care Providers for Information on Republicans’ Budget Bill | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), requested...
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
🚨 Action alert: Two days left!! Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference. 👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees. ➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
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Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...
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Lingsheng Li, MD MHS @lingshengli.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
#AGS25 Geri Lit Review @amergeriatrics.bsky.social Thank you @kencovinsky.bsky.social @alexsmithmd.bsky.social @ewidera.bsky.social for an incredibly fun and memorable learning+sing-along experience about all things #Geriatrics! @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social
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Jessica Eng, MD @jessicaengmd.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
What language do you use when talking about deprescribing? Fabulous research from Nancy Schoenborn #AGS25 showing what resonates more with patients
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Krista Harrison, PhD @kristalynharrison.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Callback to the @geripal.bsky.social #thickenedliquidschallenge #ags2025 #WeAreGeriatrics #litreview Commonly used but data sparse for dysphasia in hospitals and nursing homes. “Thin” evidence for mortality reduction and patients dislike
Picture of conference ballroom with presenters at the frontSlide summarizing outcomes for observational study on thickened liquids in hospitalized older adults with dementia
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Krista Harrison, PhD @kristalynharrison.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Sing-along state of the science at #AGS2025 by @alexsmithmd.bsky.social @kencovinsky.bsky.social @ewidera.bsky.social complete with light sticks at 8:45 am #WeAreGeriatrics
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Absolutely brilliant science communication by @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social and Marta Tufet of GAVI. Clear explanation of why placebo controlled trials are not required for vaccines already known to be efficacious. I had to share.
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Krista Harrison, PhD @kristalynharrison.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
In case anyone at #AGS2025 is on #gerisky… first 24h in Chicago involved a Cubs/Giants game (and amusing rivalry between @kencovinsky.bsky.social and @lwaltermd.bsky.social) and my first @deprescribeus.bsky.social meeting! #WeAreGeriatrics
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Powerful graphic. In a single day on April 25, a DOGE-fueled NSF canceled 340,226 future days of research. Or 932 years. [And that’s just one of three rounds of terminations so far.]
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants. "This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
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Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
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Krista Harrison, PhD @kristalynharrison.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Delighted to see @lwaltermd.bsky.social receive the Hal Luft Mentoring Award at @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social #HSR Symposia today. She’s describing building a culture of mentoring in @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social, which has certainly made my career possible
Louise Walter, Division Chief of UCSF Geriatrics, receiving the Hal Luft Mentoring Award. Hal Luft, Joanne Spetz and Abigail, stand in the wings
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Ken Covinsky @kencovinsky.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Process of ordering supplemental oxygen and advising patients is very confusing. This outstanding review will teach physicians how to navigate the process and advocate for their patients. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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A Person-Centered Approach to Supplemental Oxygen Therapy in the Outpatient Setting
This Review proposes a person-centered framework to improve independence and quality of life for people using supplemental oxygen and summarizes supplemental oxygen evidence and landscape in the outpa...
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ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Explore how socioeconomic status shapes end-of-life experiences in the @jama.com publication, Wealth Disparities in End-of-Life Symptom Burden Among Older Adults, senior-authored by IHPS faculty member @kristalynharrison.bsky.social.
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Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Important column by the brilliant Ninez Ponce at our sister center at UCLA on federal changes and disappearances to key public data. www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
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Data Democracy in Crisis: How Changing Federal Data Reshapes Research and Representation | Milbank Memorial Fund
Recent political events have data custodians and users across the country asking an important question—if the federal government is backing away from its historical role as a leader in advancing data ...
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
"Women" were on the forbidden word list. The Women's Health Initiative helped us understand Hormone Replacement Therapy. We had this study because NIH had frequently *left women out* of their studies.
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Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
This !👇 NIH Funding Has Stagnated Since 2003 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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NIH Funding Has Stagnated Since 2003
This Viewpoint explores how funding has changed at the National Institutes of Health over time and discusses how continued investment is necessary to maintain the current level of biomedical research.
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Krista Harrison, PhD @kristalynharrison.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Prepping for the first family camping trip of the year always leads to side projects, like removing too-small clothing from my son’s drawer as I look for his camping gear, and at least 3 trips to REI
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
A major paper @nature.com this week found a significant decline in dementia after an outdated Shingles vaccine. I've reviewed the study and many other relevant ones here erictopol.substack.com/p/the-shingl...
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The Shingles Vaccine and Reduction of Dementia
A compelling new study adds to the body of data supporting some protection provided by the vaccine
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Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 01/04/2025
A blood test for Alzheimer's risk! World-changing research coming out of @washumedicine.bsky.social 🩺 #MedSky Without investment from NIH, none of this would be possible. source.washu.edu/2025/03/high...
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Highly accurate blood test diagnoses Alzheimer’s disease, measures extent of dementia
A blood test for Alzheimer’s disease developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Lund University not only aids in the diagnosis of the neurodegenerative condi...
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Krista Harrison, PhD @kristalynharrison.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
“Leadership of the National Institute on Aging was apparently “decimated,” …NIA is among the most important funders of research into diseases like Alzheimer’s.” #gerisky #geronsky #nih Our research tries to make aging & serious illness less terrible and more supported …
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Art Walaszek, MD @walaszek.art · 01/04/2025
1- The value of inclusive research: more accurate estimates of disease risk. Analysis of data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study (N=15,000) estimates a "lifetime risk of #dementia of 42% after age 55, more than double previous estimates." #geronsky www.nia.nih.gov/news/risk-an...
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Risk and future burden of dementia in the United States
NIA study reveals that nearly 42% of Americans over 55 may develop dementia, with new cases possibly doubling by 2060. Learn about the rising risk and future impact.
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Krista Harrison, PhD @kristalynharrison.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Middle of an interesting thread about why COBOL was created. Loved the point that not everything should or can be built for efficiency or profit. Granted, that also sums up a lot of science.
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Krista Harrison, PhD @kristalynharrison.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Someone’s always watching #catsofsky #dogsofsky
Cricket, a ~1yo rescue dog, maybe McNab breed - mostly black with blue Merle bib and paws, sits tall and at high alert in front of a stain glass windowSunny, a nearly 1yo rescue cream tabby, sits on a cat hammock attached to the slider stared down at the camera
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Art Walaszek, MD @walaszek.art · 30/03/2025
The Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementia (ADRD) Summit 2025 will be held virtually on 4/29, 4/30 & 6/2. The summit is an opportunity for the public to comment on draft recommendations for ADRD research priorities. #geronsky #alzheimers #dementia #medsky www.ninds.nih.gov/news-events/...
Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementias
April 29-30
Summit 2025
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Krista Harrison, PhD @kristalynharrison.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Our new paper in @agsjournal.bsky.social compares dementia end-of-life caregiving experiences. Labor of love to use poetic analysis in this secondary analysis of qualitative data, comparing #prion & #ADRD #dementia types, and develop a new conceptual model #hapc #neuropal doi.org/10.1111/jgs....
Two poems created from interview data from research participantsConceptual model comparing end-of-life experiences with dementia caregiving for short vs long duration disease experience
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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Really great thread on #NIH review processes, the rate of grant funding, and the adjusted-for-inflation funding for grants over time. 🧪
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GeriPal Podcast @geripal.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Pragmatic Trial of Advance Care Planning (ACP) in primary care doubled ACP rates BUT surprisingly increased burdensome interventions. We unpack this paradox with Jennifer Wolff, Sydney Dy, Danny Scerpella, & Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson. bit.ly/GeriPalEp349 - hosted by Drs. Alex Smith and Eric Widera
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Julie Rovner @julierovner.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
new #WTHealth podcast up! @alicemiranda.bsky.social, @joannekenen.bsky.social, and Maya Goldman on the big HHS reorganization plan plus the latest cuts. Also this week, @larrylevitt.bsky.social on the ACA at 15. kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast...
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The Ax Falls at HHS - KFF Health News
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced a proposed reorganization for the department — which, counting those who already have left the agency, amounts to about a 25% cu...
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Julia Love @julialove.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
🚨NEW: Google has spent the past 2+ years trying to remake search with generative AI. The results? Mixed. Check out my cover story with @davey.bsky.social on missed opportunities, Google's attempts to right the ship & the price being paid across the web. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Google Is Searching for an Answer to ChatGPT
Big changes are underway for the internet’s most popular product, and Google (and the web) may never be the same.
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Krista Harrison, PhD @kristalynharrison.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Another great paper led by Dr. Lauren Hunt came out this week about #hospice & #dementia, this time regarding "Continued Use of Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Memantine", published in JAMA IM @jama.com. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40126467/ 1/
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Continued Use of Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Memantine in Hospice - PubMed
Continued Use of Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Memantine in Hospice
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Krista Harrison, PhD @kristalynharrison.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
“When we feel overwhelmed or anxious or fearful, instead of despairing, MAKE SOMETHING. Make something with your hands … When we can make something out of nothing and surprise ourselves, we remind ourselevs of the power of creativity.” @wendymacnaughton.bsky.social
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CAPC @capcpalliative.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
CAPC is celebrating female-identifying trailblazers in palliative care. @curseen.bsky.social is the Director of Outpatient Supportive Care & Winship Palliative Care at Emory School of Medicine. In this video, she shares why she was inspired to work in palliative care. www.youtube.com/watch?v=98xw...
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Kimberly Curseen, MD: Why I Chose to Work in Palliative Care | CAPC Chronicles
Kimberly Curseen, MD, FAAHPM, Director of Outpatient Supportive Care and Winship Palliative Care at Emory School of Medicine, shares why she chose to work in...
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Sheldon Weisgrau @acaresource.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Medicaid pays for the majority of nursing home and other long-term care. Big Medicaid cuts will make this problem worse. Much worse.
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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Was just teaching a paper that showed that more generous state Medicaid programs reduce poverty and increase savings. This is especially important given the growing share of the population that provides caregiving for older adults & may rely on long-term care- for which Medicaid is a major payor,
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Krista Harrison, PhD @kristalynharrison.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Friday respite: goats and herding dogs and runs and sunrises and green grass
McNab dog on leash with goats used for managing vegetation in the background behind a fence on a sunny day with green grassMcNab dog off leash during a run overlooking Sausalito’s Richardson Bay on a particularly gorgeous morning Sunrise over a Bay with pastel swirly clouds and a rustic oversized chair overlooking the view - lots of green grass
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Krista Harrison, PhD @kristalynharrison.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Fun to be part of this this multi-institutional team (led by Irena Cenzer, w/@kencovinsky.bsky.social @sarahhcross.bsky.social and others not yet on sky) looking at Wealth Disparities in End-of-Life Symptom Burden Among Older Adults jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #geriatrics #pal #hapc 1/
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Wealth Disparities in End-of-Life Symptom Burden Among Older Adults
This cohort study uses Health and Retirement Study data to examine the prevalence and mediating factors of end-of-life symptoms by wealth categories among US older adult decedents.
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Krista Harrison, PhD @kristalynharrison.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
At least one thing accomplished today: finished untangling a huge mess of yarn I made two months ago, no thanks to child or cats (cats being the reason there are two yarn balls instead of one)
Entire skein of very tangled merino cranberry-colored yarn, on ruggable and my son’s kneeFormer yarn tangle finally converted to semi-neat yarn balls after 2 months of slow effort. Two yarn balls, because one of our cats chewed on the yarn during the process
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Krista Harrison, PhD @kristalynharrison.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Great to be part of this project, led by Dr. Meredith Bock (of @remohealth.bsky.social) and Dr. Lauren Hunt! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 1/
Graph from Figure 1 of manuscript, showing Proportion of All Hospice Enrollees With Alzheimer Disease (AD), Parkinson Disease (PD), or Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB) as a Primary Diagnosis, 2010-2020. Shows a huge increase in AD in hospice between 2013-2016 and slow gradual increase in PD and DLB
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Krista Harrison, PhD @kristalynharrison.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Wishing you many opportunities for rest and naps this weekend
Two caps nap in vertically stacked hammocks attached to a glass slider door, a dog naps in a dog bed on the floor to their left
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CAPC @capcpalliative.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Join virtual office hours with Allison Silvers, MB, and Sonia Malhotra, MD, MS, FAAP, to ask questions, discuss challenges and share creative solutions with #palliative care clinicians from palliative care programs in #rural and safety-net organizations. >> buff.ly/40BkhS8
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/03/2025
There's a #LunarEclipse tonight! If you're in the dark region here, and if you have a view of the Moon at the right time, you'll see the eclipse. Check www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/luna... for more info and timings for the eclipse in your location. (Here on the East Coast, totality peaks around 3am.)
A map of where the eclipse will be visible. The darkened part of the map covers the entirety of North and South America and touches the western edge of Africa and Europe.
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Krista Harrison, PhD @kristalynharrison.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Our research group in @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social keeps trading notes on how we are taking care of ourselves in these chaotic times. I’m trying to do 10 minutes of art a few days a week, per @wendymacnaughton.bsky.social @drawtogetherstudio.bsky.social Tonight’s effort
Mediocre water color and pen drawing of a Sumo orange
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Krista Harrison, PhD @kristalynharrison.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Fun to be part of this this multi-institutional team (led by Irena Cenzer, w/@kencovinsky.bsky.social @sarahhcross.bsky.social and others not yet on sky) looking at Wealth Disparities in End-of-Life Symptom Burden Among Older Adults jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #geriatrics #pal #hapc 1/
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Wealth Disparities in End-of-Life Symptom Burden Among Older Adults
This cohort study uses Health and Retirement Study data to examine the prevalence and mediating factors of end-of-life symptoms by wealth categories among US older adult decedents.
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Krista Harrison, PhD @kristalynharrison.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Can’t wait to read the newest book from @doctormfoconnor.bsky.social on the science of grief and its manifestation in the body!
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Laura A. Schmidt PhD @drlauraschmidt.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This is a great way for researchers and members of the general public to gain access to the world's largest digital archive of documents on health-harming industries. It's easy to use and remarkably informative to pull back the veil.
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