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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 11/05/2026

Jeremy right now

Hard to swallow pills meme
Hard to swallow pill:
An association, by itself, is not evidence for someone else to do a causal study.

The best way to create evidence for a future causal study is to do the best causal study with the data you have at hand.

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Atheendar Venkataramani @atheendar.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

1/ Today we @oppforhealthlab.bsky.social are releasing our report: "Stuckness in America." #Stuckness is a #feeling + material #reality that reinforce one another in a self-perpetuating #trap. 1 our of every 5 Americans are #stuck. opportunityforhealth.org/project/stuc...

opportunityforhealth.org

Stuckness in America – Opportunity for Health

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Nolan M. Kavanagh @nolankavanagh.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

two days from the submission deadline, i have very much taken the “best thesis is a done thesis” to heart

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Nolan M. Kavanagh @nolankavanagh.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

…then whose scope is it? A lot of health policy research is cheap enough to do without big grants, but that’s because we have good publicly available data, like BRFSS, NSCH, YRBSS, etc. And those public data are also getting cut…

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Nolan M. Kavanagh @nolankavanagh.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Alright, time for a life update: After 7 long years, I finished my MD/PhD!!! I defended my thesis (why yes, it was Legally Blonde themed) and matched to Beth Israel, one of the Harvard teaching hospitals, for emergency medicine residency! Here's a quick roundup of some recent projects:

My partner and me celebrating on Match Day.

My dissertation committee and me celebrating my PhD defense.

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Nolan M. Kavanagh @nolankavanagh.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Uhh, so apropos of nothing, my research looks at how declines in health can drive people to the political extremes. Sometimes those extremes are on the far-right. In a forthcoming work, we find it can happen on the left. Here's a helpful review: eurohealthobservatory.who.int/publications...

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Health as a driver of political participation and preferences: Implications for policy makers and political actors

Policy Brief 61 by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. Health is central to people’s lives yet an under-appreciated influence on politics. People in poor health often have negati...

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Nolan M. Kavanagh @nolankavanagh.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Heads up to faculty: Consider introducing your program's job market candidates in random order or, better, separate tweets. The drop off in views and engagement in long threads is dramatic, so early-alphabet names tend to get more attention!

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Nolan M. Kavanagh @nolankavanagh.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Unfortunately, RFK Jr. is exactly the kind of politician who resonates with people with poor health and disabilities. This population tends to gravitate towards anti-establishment politicians who promise a "fix." And it's because of what Julia says. 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Two bar graphs showing that as reported general health or disability worsens, support for right-wing populist parties increases substantially. From the article, "Does Health Vulnerability Predict Voting for Right-Wing Populist Parties in Europe?" by Kavanagh, Menon, and Heinze (2021).

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

This isn’t just a review of exciting research, done by two fantastic scholars. It’s also very, very important stuff that helps explain some of what’s been going wrong in politics - distrust, radicalization - and things health policymakers and clinicians can do to address it.

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Nolan M. Kavanagh @nolankavanagh.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

🚨 NEW REVIEW 🚨 Who participates in the democratic process? Who trusts public institutions? And who turns toward anti-democratic political movements? In a new review for WHO, we emphasize that people's health is central to these questions. 🧵 1/8

Cover page of WHO/European Observatory Policy Brief 67, "Health as a driver of political participation and preferences: Implications for policy-makers and political actors," by Nolan M. Kavanagh and Anil Menon.

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