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Rachel Peterson

@rachelpeterson.bsky.social
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PhD, MPH, MA. Faculty @umontana. #SocialEpi #dementia and #PublicHealth #gerontology. I study how lifelong social contexts shape health disparities. First gen college grad. She/her. Posts mine.

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Alzheimer's Association @alzassociation.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
BREAKING: Results from U.S. POINTER, reported at #AAIC25, show that lifestyle interventions that simultaneously target risk factors protect cognitive function in older adults at increased risk for cognitive decline and dementia. bit.ly/USPointerRel...
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Rachel Peterson @rachelpeterson.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Packed house with 7500 people and at least 1500 more outside. #fightoligarchy
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Rachel Peterson @rachelpeterson.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Standing ovations for Tracey Stone-Manning and the Wilderness Society at #fightoligarchy #montana
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Rachel Peterson @rachelpeterson.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Waiting for Bernie and AOC to speak to a packed house in Montana! #fightoligarchy
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 20/03/2025
No matter how many EOs Trump signs, they do not become law. Only Congress can pass laws. The ADA is law. This matters to EVERYONE. If you don’t need it now, wait.
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Rachel Peterson @rachelpeterson.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I am angered and frustrated to share that my friend and colleague recently had her NIH R01 canceled. Her work focuses on vaccine service delivery barriers for people who want vaccines. Who's accusing whom of politicizing science? #publichealth #episky www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
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This Vaccine Researcher Was Caught in the NIH Funding Cut Crossfire
Her research focuses on immunization services delivery, not parental attitudes
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Rachel Peterson @rachelpeterson.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
I am guest editing a special issue on Social and Geographic Disparities in Healthy Aging for IJERPH! Please consider contributing to keep the science on health disparities moving forward. Details linked below. www.mdpi.com/journal/ijer... #socialepi #healthyaging #episky
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, an international, peer-reviewed Open Access journal.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 26/02/2025
2. ECONOMIC BLACKOUT. We support the economic boycott occurring this Friday, Feb. 28, of any entity that has dismantled their DEI programs and pandered to this administration. The buck will stop with us!
Poster saying "Economic boycott - don't buy stuff on Friday, Feb 28. We have power. No: Amazon, Walmart, Target, Fast Food, Gas. Ok: Small business. Use cash"
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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Seems useful!! secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-02-26...
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Protecting Scientists Engaging in Advocacy
The Union of Concerned Scientists invites you to a webinar to help scientists and experts understand their first amendment rights, enhance their digital privacy, and navigate the risks involved in eng...
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Margaret Crane, PhD @margaretcrane.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
And the funding announcement for diversity supplements now has been updated to expire today. Supplements are so important to the careers of junior scientists. This is crushing for post docs and early career faculty grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Pick your focus and stick with it. We cannot fight in all fronts or we will become overwhelmed. But we can all peel off a corner in our area of expertise and begin to reveal effective strategies for resisting the chaos. Every single one of us has something to offer.
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Rachel Peterson @rachelpeterson.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
This announcement landed in my inbox on Tuesday as a beacon of hope.✊🏻 www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...
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Systems for Action: Community-Led Systems Research to Address Systemic Racism
The Systems for Action CFP will fund a cohort of community-led pilot studies to produce new, actionable evidence about how to help medical, social, and public health systems work together to address f...
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Rachel Peterson @rachelpeterson.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Yes -- the absurdity of RFK Jr's MAHA claim and the American nostalgia for a fictionalized history when things were "better." www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/h...
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RFK Jr.’s MAHA Movement Obscures America’s Unhealthy Past (Gift Article)
Medical historians say that the phrase “Make America Healthy Again” obscures a past during which this country’s people ate, smoked and drank things that mostly left them unwell.
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Rachel Peterson @rachelpeterson.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Such a critical point. I've heard many in the public health world try to anticipate future policy under RFK, as if there will be clear, cohesive and decisive positions -- even if non-scientific. But it will more likely be chaos, and we should be prepared to push back in an organized/coordinated way.
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Rachel Peterson @rachelpeterson.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I do wonder about the 12% deemed inauthentic. After all, AI is highly attuned detect sarcasm. Persona Analysis: The Informed Advocate with 88% authenticity! blueskyroast.com/roast/rachel...
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Rachel Peterson @rachelpeterson.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
So many great points in this thread! We need to remember that a core public health skill set is community organizing and partnership building. We must leverage our strengths and multisector collaborations in radical new ways.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
My latest for The Nation on public health under Trump, whether or not RFK Jr. takes a formal post or remains as an unofficial advisor. Reckless. Conspiracy-addled. Know-nothing. We need to get ready. www.thenation.com/article/arch...
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The Future of Public Health—or Lack Thereof—Under Trump
Any significant influence of RFK Jr. in Trump’s orbit would represent a recklessness never before seen in America’s public health history.
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Rachel Peterson @rachelpeterson.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
I'm excited to share our most recent publication highlighting the importance of childhood neighborhood contexts for late life brain health. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Childhood Community Disadvantage and Structural Brain Integrity After Age 65 Years
This cohort study of US adults in a regional integrated health care network examines the association of childhood residence in an economically disadvantaged community, individual income and education,...
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Rachel Peterson @rachelpeterson.bsky.social · 09/10/2024
Today is #AgeismAwarenessDay. Ageism is pervasive in media (see election coverage 2024) and exacerbates other forms of discrimination, including racism, sexism and ableism. Addressing discrimination requires attention to all of these intersections. www.asaging.org/ageism-aware...
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Ageism Awareness Day
Ageism Awareness Day is Oct. 9, 2024.
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