One of the reasons I love qualitative research is the high of a really good interview.

Sharing in hopes that some #caregiving #aging #epidemiology #publichealth researchers apply. Good luck ☘️ www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob... #researchfunding #sciencefunding

Scientists! @skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun! We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15 If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

POV: Something must be going right if a mentee sent a thank-you gift with my favorite dinosaur

“If Kennedy really wants to limit industry influence in health policy and the health care system, the most impactful thing he could do is to roll back the funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health…” www.statnews.com/2025/06/12/r...

Having been disappointed in Nvivo for the last time, I’m ready to move my team to CAQDAS that can handle large, multi platform teams and massive data sets. Qualitative folks, what’s your least bad software?

As the assisted dying debate continues, Prof Nancy Preston of the IOELC and Prof Suzanne Ost of Lancaster Uni Law School explore the 5 questions that need answering before it can work in practice 👇 @nancypreston.bsky.social | @ioelc.bsky.social | @lulawcrim.bsky.social | @uk.theconversation.com

Ahem. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Had an utterly delightful @skypeascientist.bsky.social with Ms.Davis’s 8th grade class about how you become a scientist and what kinds of questions we ask about aging. Go be curious, kids!

Scientist life goal unlocked: getting a match from @skypeascientist.bsky.social. What classroom begged their teacher for the aging, dementia and dying expert?

Tfw your search for data goes so deep the source is HCFA. #healthservices

My Endnote library disappeared overnight so I’m waiting for IT to call back so I can figure out if I’m going to still be a scientist or finally take up shepherding.

Trying to write up a study’s inclusion criteria without saying “inclusion,”’which is on the naughty list now. 😡

Had an investigator call with @selenbw.bsky.social and @tina-ann.bsky.social for a couple of studies that genuinely could not happen without their respective skills and assets. I get teary when science actually works. #collaboration #aging

NIH freeze on grants, indirect-cost research cuts lead young scientists to look at opportunities abroad. "A fire sale on American academics right now."

a good part of me thinks that in addition to everything else, the reason they are scrubbing these stories is they do not want disadvantaged kids to believe they can aspire to anything other than their designated “black” or “hispanic” or “woman” job

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

A research assistant just told me coding transcripts about suicidal ideation was a refreshing break from doomscrolling. Yay?

About 30% of long-term care workers are immigrants. Targeting and deporting them is not only cruel; it will also make it harder for families to find care for their aging loved ones.

Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.

If they pull PubMed, do we have a plan B? #academicsky?

It’s fun collaborating with informatics folks because they say things like, “This is Jane. She talks to *actual people*.”

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... A powerful editorial from some of our patient co-investigators.

When helping a loved one move into a nursing home, be wary of signing documents that say "responsible party" or "personal representative." Although it's illegal, some nursing homes try to hold friends or family responsible for the bills. Learn more about your rights and how to protect yourself:

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/u... His work got me excited about the social sciences as an undergrad.

Spent my Jolabokaflod with @worldbuildcast.bsky.social anthology Traveling Light and it was perfect.

Another day, another peer review spent chastising would-be authors who want to hand-wave their @ginnybraun.bsky.social and @vicclarke.bsky.social. Thematic saturation, my ass.

My thesis was literally about *not* consuming beverages, but sure, predatory publisher!

Just now Here's the archived version of my webinar yesterday on older adults who live alone. Five older adults spoke eloquently and movingly about their experiences. It was spectacular! Please share with your networks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu6l...

Four years after a pandemic-era Zoom viva, I finally got all the pomp and circumstance of a Lancaster University PhD graduation, here with supervisors Sean Hughes and Nancy Preston.

Very much worth noting.

Sometimes the most important person on the health team is a lawyer Interesting viewpoint that legal needs and medical needs are often intertwined jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Let's not forget the need to fund good palliative care. This by @doctoroxford.bsky.social is spot on. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

“The policy will take effect next May and aims to expand the country’s aging workforce. Spain has remained largely open to receiving migrants even as other European nations seek to tighten their borders to illegal crossings and asylum seekers” apnews.com/article/spai...

Searched for "elder justice" to look for people to follow and ended up with a lot of Elder Scrolls and honestly I'm not mad about it.

I'm a former journalist, now social scientist lurking in a school of medicine and focused on improving equity for older adults without close family, particularly those with dementia. I intend to be on here primarily professionally but also am easily distracted by dogs, nature, cooking, more dogs.