One of my dissertation papers was recently published in @amjepi.bsky.social We show DAGs can be a useful tool to guide covariate adjustment & argue that LGBTQ health disparities research: (1) is often descriptive & adjustment should be minimal, e.g. weighting for study design/sampling. 1/4

A serious issue with the peer review system (for papers and grants) is expert methodologists are often only assigned "where needed". So a target trial emulation is sent to an expert in target trial emulations. Meanwhile, the crappy associational studies are not subjected to the same oversight!

I am always proud of my Dad, for my teaching me my values and for challenging us to stand up for them. In his words,"Opposing immigration enforcement tactics that undermine human dignity and constitutional protections is one way we can live these values." @lemwick.bsky.social

Grateful for the Boston Globe is shining a light on how the Trump administration's actions are disrupting science. When I first spoke to them five months ago, I had just made the life changing decision to quit my job at Harvard and move across the globe for a postdoc position in the Netherlands. 1/3

Wow. This is devastating. www.science.org/content/arti...

Academic Pet Peeve. Don't make me pay to do *free labour.* I love peer reviewing things. I will not pay to do it.

Are you or a loved one LGBTQ+? Or does your work serve LGBTQ+ communities? Take this Survey from The Cancer Network and share how this past year has impacted you! I took it and am looking forward to seeing how the data can and will be used to advocate for our community.

You can do this right now: Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better. Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.

Such an important piece highlighting the impacts of recent events on trans and nb researchers. We are at risk of losing lot of incredible talent from the academic pipeline. The ripple effects will be felt for decades.

Happy to share a new paper from one of my mentees, Nick Andrysiak: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Nick started this project in @payalc.bsky.social and my class on applied LGBTQIA+ epidemiology. With coauthors coauthors: @albeccia.bsky.social and @britshmit.bsky.social 1/3

I deeply appreciate this new piece by two friends, Dougie Zubizarreta & @albeccia.bsky.social, on the potential impacts of attacks on LGBTQ+ health on research and ECRs. ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...

📢BREAKING: Just left the courthouse for our NIH grant termination case Judge ruled terminations are “VOID & ILLEGAL” As a plaintiff, I felt a wave of relief & hope; he acknowledged the discrimination & harm Closed by asking, ‘Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?’

I am so happy and grateful for this win for science!

I've seen several faculty post about how scientists should just tough this period out. As if it were a moral imperative. Most junior scholars (including postdocs!) can't afford to wait several years. For many, the choice will be whether to leave academic research or leave the country.

Pregnancies, as it turns out, are complicated and can go wrong in so many painful ways. Every time legislators try to limit access to abortion care, they make being pregnant far more dangerous.

Queer People Nearly Twice as Likely To Terminate Pregnancy—New Study

NSF is undergoing a massive shake-up: over 80 senior staff cut, remote work banned, the equity-in-STEM division eliminated, and hundreds of research grants scrapped. This isn’t budget efficiency—it’s a direct attack on U.S. science, education, and equity. www.eenews.net/articles/nsf...

📣Abortion is an LGBTQ+ issue. In our latest research pub: LGB+ people are more likely to use abortion compared to their heterosexual peers. 📄@jama.com OPEN #episky #reprosky #medsky #LGBTQ #queersky #publichealth 🧵1/8

🚨 BREAKING: I'm suing #RFKJr @ #HHS & #JayBhattacharya @ #NIH Canceling medical research grants threatens innovations benefiting ALL Americans, no matter your politics! 🇺🇸 Thanks to my lawyers @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org & @cspi.bsky.social Long 🧵 on why I'm suing 👇 1/

So many training grants have been terminated, making it likely we lose at least one generation, if not more, of scientists bsky.app/profile/albe...

Together, we can advocate for the support & continuation of research that addresses the health needs of all mothers & babies, and work towards a healthier, more equitable society.🪡 #HealthEquity #BlackMaternalHealth #PublicHealth #ResearchMatters #HealthDisparities #JusticeForMothers #SaveOurBabies

I urge everyone to #StandUpForScience, #publichealth, #maternalhealth and #infanthealth. This is a #calltoaction for reporters, the public, and all those who care about #justice, #humanity, and the right for mothers and infants thrive. 🪡

I've spent the last decade preparing for this career (I defended my dissertation one year ago). I never could have imagined how quickly academic public health would unravel. I don't know what's next for us, but I know that my commitment to health equity is unwavering.

I was interviewed this week for a major US news show. My interviewer asked me why so few of my colleagues are willing to talk. It’s not just fear of losing funding, but of being singled out by a regime that wants to purge scientists from society. That’s why I do speak out. I wish more people would

The fall out from these grant terminations will be immeasurable. Important, life saving work will immediately stop. Brilliant scientists will be pushed out of the field or the country, ensuring that even if NIH funding is restored, the US will be worse off for generations to come.

Having our NIH-funded research halted is a double whammy. It’s not just that the administration is shutting down research designed to improve health. They are also harming health with rhetoric that seeks to erase our entire community from existence. 8/🧵

Devastating news for my team, our research, the field. It is a scary time to be a public health researcher. We do this work because we are committed to dedicating our lives to producing evidence to inform policy and practice that can improve people's lives.

To be clear, this is the digital equivalent of book burning. Everyone should care about this.

It’s a constitutional crisis yes. But it’s also theft. They’re looting public resources for private gain.

The cancellation of grants and the removal of relevant data from government websites is going to ultimately harm the health of the general public. Canceling midstream projects ensures that little value will be received from the dollars spent so far. It is not in taxpayer or societal interest.

So many incredible public health researchers are going to be pushed out of the field because of the federal chaos and grants being canceled.

With a new year ahead, we’re ready to fight for LGBTQ health equity within the LGBTQ Health Center of Excellence at @harvardchanschool.bsky.social and @deptpopmed.bsky.social Full video: hsph.me/lgbtq-videos #LGBTQHealthExcellence #LGBTQHealth #QueerEpi

Welcome to our Bluesky page 👋 Are you an #undergraduate student with a passion for #publichealth? Join us for the '25 Summer Program in Epidemiology! 🗓️ June 2 - July 11, 2025 🏙️ Boston, MA ➡️ Deadline to Apply: February 7, 2025 To learn more visit our website: www.hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology...

Since I bsky is growing: Hi! I'm Colleen. I am am repro health researcher focused on health equity, LGBTQ+ people, and epi methods. I defended my diss, "Achieving Conceptual Clarity in LGBTQ+ Health Research: Measurement, Methodology, and an Application in Reproductive Epidemiology" in April.

📣 Our team’s article, “Sexual orientation disparities in gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy,” was just published by Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology! Article 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #episky #queerepi #reprosky (1/6)

#episky #reprosky #queerepi

Excited to present part of my dissertation at my first IAPHS! Come say hi if you care about queer epi or repro health! #episky

Let me introduce myself. I'm a PhD candidate in reproductive epidemiology at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health.   I study LGBTQ+  reproductive health disparities and am interested in causal inference, structural cisheterosexism, and intersectionality. I❤️teaching, sewing, cats, & more.