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Leah Abrams

@leahrabrams.bsky.social
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Population health and aging researcher | Tufts University Department of Community Health via Michigan Public Health & Harvard Pop Center LeahRAbrams.com

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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
THE YEAR I WROTE YOU is coming out in May 2027! It is a story of turning grief into friendship, and then into art. For years now, this project has been a labor of love for my friend Sara and for those we are grieving. So grateful to Galiot Press that it will be shared with the world soon.
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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Hello from Bologna! So glad to kick off summer with some population studies and pasta #EPC2026
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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Had a wonderful time at #PAA2026! It is a challenging time to be a population health scientist, but I felt a real sense of community and received tangible support as a junior scholar. Leaving grateful to @popassocamerica.bsky.social and the people who make it
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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Need to decide which of these textbooks to assign for my new introduction to epidemiology class in the fall. If you love one, let me know!
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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Kicking off Reves2026 in Tokyo, Japan! No better place to learn about global trends in health and longevity @reves-network.bsky.social
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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Great talk by Alessandro Feraldi showing how gender and educational gaps in Healthy Working Life Expectancy change depending on the operationalization of health and work — important for interpreting existing evidence and designing future research in this area #REVES2025
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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Bonus 2:
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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
We’re kicking of day 2 at #REVES2025 with a session on stagnation in life expectancy @reves-network.bsky.social @octaviobramajo.bsky.social @astokespop.bsky.social
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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Check out these two exciting opportunities to work with @kerenladin.bsky.social in the REACH lab (Research on Ethics, Aging, and Community Health) at Tufts 1. Senior Research Coordinator - jobs.tufts.edu/jobs/21562?l... 2. Postdoctoral Fellow - details below
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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
What the essay doesn't do is tell you a lot about Andrew. I've written about him extensively in the past few years, and I hope it all sees the light of publication one day.🤞 For now - he was brilliant and vibrant. His love shaped me and fuels me. I miss him tremendously.
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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
One thing I like about dogs is they don’t read the news
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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
How did I spend my junior leave? There are a few achievements I am proud of…
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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
And because people (including myself) love maps, I leave you with this treat revealing that CVD mortality declines are continuing more in Southeastern states, a real head scratcher that we dive into further in the paper.
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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
At older ages, strikingly, the amount of stagnation and rates of decline are pretty similar across income deciles – being in the top 10% wealthiest counties does not confer advantage in CVD trends. (!) For women, the wealthiest counties appear to exhibit the most dramatic stagnation! (!!)
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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
But here is where it gets even weirder... We linked county-level mortality to 2010-median income. In midlife, all income deciles stagnated. Only the very highest income decile is still decreasing in CVD after 2010 while the second highest decile exhibits no change, and ALL OTHERS are increasing.
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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
In older ages, average annual change in CVD death rates per 100,000 was -42.63 pre-2010 and 9.35 post-2010. So, CVD death rates among older adults were still declining in most states, but the absolute difference between the two periods is larger than in midlife.
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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
In midlife, every state was declining in 2000-2009 (average annual change in CVD death rates per 100,000 of -2.71). In 2010-2019, all besides men in Alaska experienced stagnating declines, and many states (34 for men, 26 for women) exhibited increases in CVD (average annual change of 0.35).
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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Do I have dog pics? I thought you’d never ask! (You didn’t)
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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Hi🙋 Name: Leah (she/her) Location: Right on the Cambridge-Somerville line Interests: Mortality trends, disability in midlife and old age, working conditions & exposures More interesting interests: Cooking for friends, exploring on foot, poetry, ice cream, Taylor Swift lyrics, dogs (mainly mine)
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