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Lauren Wisk, PhD

@laurenwisk.bsky.social
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Health services researcher, social epidemiologist & stats nerd at UCLA DGSOM. Formerly at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Med, and University of Wisconsin. She/Her

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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Really proud to have worked on this paper where we characterize the psychosocial impact of modern #diabetes technology, findings emphasize the need for user-centered design to optimize benefits for patients diabetes.jmir.org/2026/1/e97122
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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Fantastic presentation by Avik Chatterjee from BMC using simulation modeling to estimate the impact of #HR1 #Medicaid work requirements on decreased coverage and #MOUD access and increased overdose fatalities and costs. #SGIM26
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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Fantastic session to round out #PAS2026 about the role of amicus briefs in pediatric health policy
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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Care coordination may be critically important to ensure that women with multiple health needs receive access to all the services they need, will be important to figure out reimbursement models to ensure this can happen when women see multiple providers, including across systems
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Springer @springer.springernature.com · 16/04/2026
📊🩺 This study from 'Journal of General Internal Medicine' finds reproductive-aged women with diabetes receive lower rates of contraception counseling, cancer screening, and pre-conception care, highlighting gaps in preventive health services. bit.ly/4tF4T2V #ReproSky @laurenwisk.bsky.social
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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Hot off the press work by amazing @domucla.bsky.social trainees identifying substantial #disparities in the provision of routine #preventive care for women with #diabetes Co-management and care coordination stand out as opportunities to improve health for women link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Preventive Health Services in Reproductive-Aged Women with Diabetes Mellitus: A Scoping Review - Journal of General Internal Medicine
Background Diabetes mellitus (DM), both type 1 (T1DM) and type 2 (T2DM), complicates about 1% of pregnancies in the US. Current research frequently focuses on the effects of DM on pregnancy outcomes, ...
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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
List of recent executive orders impacting young people. Noticeably absent? Expanding access to health care, education, employment protections, or anything else that would meaningfully improve the lives of young people… #SAHM2026
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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
One of the things I really love about #SAHM2026 is how they center the youth voice. Here, Ela Chintagunta reminds us of the importance of positive youth development for affecting the trajectory of youth living with chronic conditions
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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Truly exceptional talk by Adriana Galván at #SAHM2026 on the promise and opportunity in adolescence, informed by neuroscience #ucla #gobruins #adolescenthealth
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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Always excited for the Martin Shapiro symposium in my division but especially excited for what’s sure to be an outstanding talk by Seth Berkowitz on food security and population health @domucla.bsky.social
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JAMA Pediatrics @jamapediatrics.com · 26/01/2026
Editorial: Social policies such as universal pre-kindergarten (#UPK), income supports, food and housing programs are associated with reduced child neglect, especially in disadvantaged populations. ja.ma/4pY6s9C
JAMA Pediatrics presents an editorial, "Important Role of Social Policies to Prevent Child Maltreatment," by Lauren E. Wisk, PhD@1,2; Kathryn M. Leifheit, PhD, MSPH@2. Published online: January 26, 2026. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.5964
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Of course. And that’s why Dems need to lean in and work towards dismantling ICE. First no funding. Impeach Noem. Demand hearings on ICE’s operation in MN. Demand that Miller resign. Don’t let up.
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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Hey @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social you will never get another chance to have a backbone after this pathetic capitulation, and I hope to all that is good that you’re primaried (brutally) for this cowardice. Shame.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
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JAMA Network Open @jamanetworkopen.com · 12/08/2025
Among #COVID19 positive individuals, #LongCOVID prevalence varies significantly due to differing definitions, highlighting the need for a standardized, validated definition. ja.ma/4lpupob
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HealthBegins @healthbegins.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
We're taking major steps back in #publichealth and instead of addressing the important issues we're creating more distractions. #SDOH Why are American kids getting sicker? www.vox.com/life/421703/... by @annanorth.bsky.social via @vox.com CC: @laurenwisk.bsky.social @htagerf.bsky.social
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Why are American kids getting sicker?
What MAHA gets wrong about kids’ health.
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Robert Manduca @robertmanduca.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Put another way, Medicaid contributes roughly as much to Detroit's economy than car manufacturing, more to Houston than the chemical industry, almost twice as much to Los Angeles as motion picture production--these are big numbers!
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
It's a worker's party now.
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Gideon Lukens @gidlukens.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
The White House is touting tax benefits for tipped workers in the reconciliation bill, but 2 million tipped workers could be among those at risk of losing health coverage because of the #Medicaid and #ACA marketplace cuts in the bill. (1/3) www.nbcwashington.com/news/busines...
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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
According to CBO, only 20% of the 7.8 million people expected to lose coverage because of Medicaid policies will have access to other coverage like subsidized marketplace plans or employer-based insurance.
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jrcaram.bsky.social @jrcaram.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
My wife @laurenwisk.bsky.social is in Time magazine! time.com/7292910/covi...
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Still Not Feeling the Same After COVID-19? You’re Not Alone
The physical and mental effects of COVID-19 can linger for months and even years.
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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
New work with the INSPIRE team looking at long term (one year post infection) health-related quality of life in our #COVID registry. Big diffs in mental vs physical recovery after COVID, with about 20% seeing persistent poor #well-being at 1 yr urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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Association of SARS-CoV-2 With Health-related Quality of Life 1 Year After Illness Using Latent Transition Analysis
Among adults with symptomatic illness, both COVID+ and COVID− participants reported improvements in HRQoL but recovery trajectories differ for physical ver
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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I have often warned colleagues/students about the fact that LLM like ChatGPT just make up non-existent references (or inappropriately reference real work) so it’s nice to have a concrete example of how embarrassing it can be if you don’t take the time to check! www.cnn.com/2025/05/29/h...
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Trump administration’s MAHA report on children’s health filled with flawed references, including some studies that don’t exist | CNN
The first report from the Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again Commission, released last week, appears to be rife with errors, including some studies that don’t exist.
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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Yikes
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Edwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
From @commonwealthfund.org big #Medicaid cost-shifts to states will harm children. Eliminating coverage for parents will result in their children losing coverage too. States will also have to cut coverage for kids federal law doesn't require them to cover: www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2025/de...
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Deep Medicaid Spending Cuts Put Health Care Coverage at Risk for One of Five Enrolled Children
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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
George Armstrong Lecture @pas2025.bsky.social today was incredibly inspirational! These pioneers are the spark and hearing from them was exactly what I needed today! #PAS2025
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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
"Now, that path to a scientific career is in tatters. If the NIH continues to stall, reject, and terminate grants, we are in danger of losing an entire generation of scientists and the life-changing discoveries they would have made."
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Government word search is killing my cutting-edge research
The Trump administration seems to believe that some words and ideas fail an ill-posed and completely nonscientific test of orthodoxy.
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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
This is really disheartening
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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
What the what?!?!
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The IMF released its latest forecasts today, and they seem to suggest that the folks most hurt by Trump's trade war are... Americans.
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 10/04/2025
4/5 HHS employees currently on administrative leave report they were given no opportunity to hand off their responsibilities, suggesting important work will simply be discontinued. Here's a quote from @sandhyawrites.bsky.social. ⤵️
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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Despite all the turmoil, we’re hiring a #postdoc! Looking for someone with exceptional analytical skills to work with us to study mental health care utilization for adolescents and young adults, at the intersection of policy, process, and outcomes! Please share widely! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10254
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Postdoctoral Scholar in General Internal Medicine - Wisk Lab 2024-2025
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I did an interview with my alma mater, and the result is a useful long-form interview that might provide a useful primer on the current tariff mess, for those who want to dig in a bit further:
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How Much Pain Will New Tariffs Bring—and For How Long?
University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers, PhD '01, argues that this set of tariffs, unlike those from President Trump's first term, will have dramatic effects on the US economy. And, Wolfers…
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/04/2025
Exclusive: Members of President Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by The Post and interviews with U.S. officials. wapo.st/4caT5O4
National Security Advisor Michael Waltz responds to a question from the news media during a meeting with US President Trump and ambassador nominees in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 25 March 2025. Photo by Shawn Thew for Shutterstock.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
It's the biggest tax hike in decades and the most regressive in living memory.
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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
My thoughts are with all the HHS employees today. Please know that the cuts being made are not a reflection of the value of the work you all have been doing. We know how critical you all are to public health. #ThisIsPublicHealth
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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
So deeply F’d
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
"Turned away when badges didn't work." Just gratuitous cruelty to committed civil servants who've already taken so much abuse. The costs of these reckless cuts to all of our health will be vast. But the inhumane treatment of hard-working employees is itself a moral stain.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
“Friday was my last day leading communications at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I left my job because I believe public health policy must always be guided by facts and not fantasy.” Kevin Griffis writing in WaPo about what it was like to work under RFK Jr
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Opinion | When the government becomes a health misinformation superspreader
Until I left last week, I led the CDC’s public health messaging. Now we need something to replace it.
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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Love that our federal government is just engaging in extortion now
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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Completely unsurprising but still disheartening to see - new evidence that #OBGYN supply decreased in restrictive states post #Dobbs More women will suffer, but I guess that was always the point… jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Post-Dobbs Changes in OBGYN Clinical Workforce
This case-control study compares the availability of women’s health care clinicians in states that enacted highly restrictive abortion policy after the Dobbs Supreme Court decision vs states that esta...
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more. The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law. No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
Indeed, a White House official told The Free Press that the basis for targeting Khalil is being used as a blueprint for investigations against other students.

Khalil is a "threat to the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States," said the official, noting that this calculation was the driving force behind the arrest. "The allegation here is not that he was breaking the law," said the official.
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Thomas M. Keck @tmksyracuse.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
My kingdom for a chief justice who doesn’t inspire grateful backslapping from convicted felons
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Lauren Wisk, PhD @laurenwisk.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Let’s be very clear about what this is: trump’s attempt to punish scientists and physicians who he knows are against his numerous health-harming policies. He is just trying to silence/threaten potential opposition.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Three things worth knowing about the current fiscal debate: 1. When they're talking about savings, the numbers are usually billions (though sometimes millions). 2. When they're talking about tax cuts, the numbers are usually trillions. 3. A trillion is a thousand times larger than a billion.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt 🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
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Michael Linden @michaelslinden.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Good morning. This week Republicans in the House may take a vote to advance their budget plan. That budget plan would: - Cut Medicaid by about $1 trillion - Cut food stamps - Spend trillions on tax cuts mostly for the rich and corporations - Add trillions to the national debt
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Daron Acemoglu @dacemoglumit.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Trump’s attack on US institutions, even if fully expected, is dispiriting, discombobulating and dangerous. In this very difficult time, we have to remember one thing: This is not normal, and it should not be normalized.
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