[Tenured!] I am beyond grateful to share that Emory Board of Trustees has approved my Tenure in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University! Now, let me continue my dedication to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity. Cheers! 🍾

@catgyoung.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

🧒 Inequality reshapes young brains A study of more than 10,000 US children found that living in states with greater income inequality is linked to structural brain changes and poorer mental health, regardless of family wealth. 🔗 www.theguardian.com/science/2025... #SciComm #Inequality 🧪

Here is NIA. NIA made on 51% as many new R01 awards in FY25 compared with FY24. 7/n

Empathy + Action = A Better World Thank you, Jane Goodall

Please read. #NIH #shutdown

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported 1,514 measles cases as of Sept. 24, the highest number of annual cases since the United States declared measles eliminated in 2000. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

"the benefits of NIH research in general are wide and diffuse. A very large number of advances—roughly one in two during the 21st century—are linked to NIH grants that are cut in our counterfactual scenario."

A new report shows the ‘astounding’ impact of immigration on the Philadelphia region. The Welcoming Center nonprofit commissioned the report in partnership with WHYY using U.S. Census data. 🔗 inquirer.com/news/philade...

Curse of private equity. After US hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency depts rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals. PE cut staffing, wages, investment; hiked profits. People killed for profit. Yet UK handing healthcare to PE.

I said for years that the only way to permanently reduce migration to the United States was to destroy the vision that the world had of this country as the land of opportunity. That wasn't a goddam suggestion!

New evidence showing that educational attainment has a dose-response association with dementia risk throughout the entire distribution of education. 🧪 read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

JUST IN: Vaccine advisers to the CDC have voted to recommended against using the combined measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox vaccine for children under 4. https://cnn.it/3K73pNn

This is quickly mushrooming into a real international incident www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Reducing access to abortions ... - increases families' economic hardship, - increases families' debt, - increases income inequality, - increases housing insecurity, and - increases financially motivated crime rates.

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau expressed regret on Sunday over the recent detention of hundreds of South Korean workers in Georgia and said those who returned home will face no disadvantage when re-entering the US

Foreign firms weighing U.S., Georgia projects chilled by Hyundai ICE raid

“The survey shows what Texas lawmakers and Texas officials are doing to higher education in Texas is really pushing a lot of people lo leave or consider leaving." – @matthewboedy.bsky.social #DefendHigherEd

NEW: Starting Nov. 1, New Mexico will become the first state in the nation to offer no-cost child care to every family, regardless of income. This is projected to amount to an average annual family savings of $12,000 per child. Yes, policy meeting people's needs is possible.

This is one article from Special Collection on the NIA-funded National Dementia Workforce Study (@ndws.bsky.social) just published (open access!) in @agsjournal.bsky.social agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... cc @joannespetz.bsky.social @um-ihpi.bsky.social @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social

Take a look at these cumulative distributions of our Notices of Award that @jeremymberg.bsky.social modeled. I assumed Dr. Bhattacharya would care given his economic and statistical knowledge. We're working our asses off to get them to you. Please be patient with us. #NIH #FY2025

How hospice falls short Families often most in need help of hand on help with caregiving. Yet hospice provides remarkably little help with caregiving. Great viewpoint Caregiving Under the Medicare Hospice Benefit jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

This was unbelievable. I drove by that Hyundai factory, a massive plant in rural Georgia. The factory brings thousands of jobs to GA and boots local economy...

Justice Sotomayor: The administration+Kavanaugh “all but declared that all Latinos, US citizens or not, who work low wage jobs are fair game to be seized at any time, taken away from work + held till providing proof of their legal status to the agents’ satisfaction.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...

over time I believe this will end up being one of the most unpopular things the administration ever does a death sentence for many hobbies and all the average consumer sees is that you’re taking away all their bargains one of the few policies that has a direct negative effect on almost everyone

NO county can lead on scientific abd technology without properly funding the research and training of graduate students and research that fuels our innovation economy and healthcare system. Everyone’s life is improving by sustaining funding. More on this story www.science.org/content/arti...

Acetaminophen/Tylenol use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analysis. This suggests associations observed in other, less rigorous analyses may have been attributable to familial confounding (aka erroneous finding):

State Rep. James Talarico (D-Austin) will enter the race for the Senate. #txlege www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

abcnews.go.com/US/450-peopl... 450 people were abducted #Hyundai-LG battery plant #ICE-raid #Ellabell,GA is just south of Savannah.

Thank you, @academyhealth.bsky.social , @aaronecarroll.bsky.social , @josh-caplan.bsky.social, @asa-scipol.bsky.social , and @cossa.bsky.social for all of your Herculean efforts to save federal data. #fedstats and #hhsstats matter. #defenddata #defendresearch

The TARGET 2025 guideline provides recommendations for transparent reporting of observational studies emulating a target trial to estimate causal effects, enhancing clarity and interpretation. #PRC10 @peerreviewcongress.bsky.social ja.ma/41w9rwW

Like a Senate panel in July, a U.S. House of Representatives spending committee has rejected President Donald Trump’s request to gut the budget of the National Institutes of Health. https://scim.ag/4m180xV

"We’re currently at about 54% of last year’s total [of funded R01s]...Another way to look at this is that we’re missing 1,809 new R01s."

House appropriators will mark up legislation on Tuesday that is a mixed bag for researchers: The bill rejects a proposal to slash the NIH budget, but it proposes deep cuts to CDC and other agencies. www.statnews.com/2025/09/02/h...

Thank you on this labor day!!

This morning 9 former CDC Directors, whose tenures date back to 1977, published this warning in the NYT: RFK Jr is a danger to public health. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

The US brought in nearly $30 Billion in tariffs in July, triple the amount collected in previous years That's not good news Tariffs are taxes on Americans That $30B was collected from you and me when we bought food, clothes, electronics...

My generation knows too well that action to curb the gun violence epidemic should have happened decades ago. I’m honored to serve alongside Senator RonLatz as co-chair of our gun violence prevention working group and ready to bring real change to keep our kids and communities safe.

Education is now what defines social class in the United States. www.linkedin.com/posts/conrad...

From @lstoeckel.bsky.social . "🧠 PREPARE Challenge Virtual Pitch: AI Models for Early #ADRD Prediction. 📅 TODAY Thursday (8/28/2025), 3-5p ET! ®️ Registration remains open until the event begins: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:

The CDC director was pushed out after less than two months on the job following clashes with RFK Jr. and his staff.

shocking to read over and over the stories of close colleagues who can't run their lab anymore. I know Karen well and it's heartbreaking. Also #PIinthelab! www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

In Germany, scientists have made a breakthrough in treating Parkinson’s by implanting a chip in the brain that sends precise signals to restore movement. A stunning leap in neuroscience—witness the power of innovation and the beauty of science in action. Powerfull content

New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated. [Gift Link] www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...