Line graphs show trends in gestational age outcomes by poverty status from 2012-2022. Graph A shows preterm birth percentages; graph B shows average gestational age in weeks for <200% of FPL and >200% of FPL.
Low-income mothers had persistently worse birth outcomes from 2012 to 2022, with widening disparities in low birth weight, indicating a continued need for supportive policies.
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Thank you so much @michaeldgreen.phd!!
Thank you @douglivingston.bsky.social! You’re definitely one of the mentors I’m referencing above - I’m so thankful for your support!!
Thank you Rachel!!
Thanks Katie!!
I’m so grateful to my mentors and colleagues, especially @ritahamad.bsky.social and everyone at the SPHERE Center, for teaching me so much, supporting me, and cheering me on! I love doing this work and I’m so thrilled to continue it at Tufts.
I’m so excited to announce that I’m joining the Tufts School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine this summer! It’s a dream come true to join an interdisciplinary department that does important policy-relevant work around health disparities.
This video is a great explainer of work from the @genderscilab.bsky.social that highlights how inappropriate denominators (e.g., people in a population v. people who are prescribed medications) can skew our understanding of gender health disparities.
Latest paper @jamapediatrics.com led by SPHERE postdoc @emilydore.bsky.social finds longstanding disparities in infant health by poverty status using national data, e.g., for preterm birth and low birthweight. www.doi.org/10.1001/jama... @ameracadpeds.bsky.social @harvardpopcenter.bsky.social 1/
Exciting news! We just posted an opening for a Survey Associate on @pewresearch.org's Methods team! This is an amazing opportunity for someone relatively early in their career to join what is, IMO, the most fun methods team in the business. Full description at the link below.
Does women’s health need sex-specific algorithms? In a paper just out in Big Data & Society (bigdatasoc.bsky.social) we at the GenderSci Lab warn against the growing use of so-called “pink” and “blue” algorithms, arguing that they risk embedding biological sex essentialist assumptions into medicine.
🚨Job alert! We're hiring experienced programmer to analyze national Medicaid claims data, along w/ colleague Ari Ne'eman @hsph.harvard.edu. Details & application instructions: careers.harvard.edu/job/statisti...
@societyforepi.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social @ashecon.bsky.social @apha.org
New visualization in @sociusjournal.bsky.social
Extending our prior work with new data through 2024 we show infant health improves under Democratic presidents
Black, White, Hispanic & Asian babies benefit, with largest gains for Black infants.
Joint w terrific @tsrauf.bsky.social
Latest study by SPHERE postdocs A. Ali & @emilydore.bsky.social finds that expansions of EITC for young adults w/out kids boosted mental heath. This group is often excluded from safety net policies, but they are at a critical juncture of life course. doi.org/10.1111/1468... @mdrc-news.bsky.social 1/
Hot off the press! See our new paper: “Three maxims for countering sex essentialism in scientific research” in the journal Biology of Sex Differences. We show how sex essentialism distorts research & propose 3 ways to avoid making these mistakes. (1/12) rdcu.be/eNcRM
At today’s PSID Seminar Series, Emily Dore, postdoctoral researcher @hsph.harvard.edu, presents new findings on How State Context Shapes the Long Arm of Childhood, especially concerning TANF, welfare reform and health.
Join @umpsid.bsky.social for @emilydore.bsky.social Postdoc at the SPHERE Center at Harvard School of Public Health: How State Context Shapes the Long Arm of Childhood.
Wednesday, November 19, 12:00-1:00
RSVP: psc.isr.umich.edu/events/psid-...
I’m looking forward to visiting @um-psc.bsky.social next week and presenting some of my work on state contexts and the long arm of childhood!
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death internationally, and the US fares worse than many peer countries. Increasing gender equality may be one way to improve population health.
Figures depicting predicted values of CVD outcomes for men by state-level structural sexism values and racialized identity.
We also found that the relationship varied across racialized identity, with most harm felt by Black and White people.
Image shows a screenshot of the first page of the article, State-Level Structural Sexism and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in the United States, published in Social Science & Medicine
Our new study shows that living in states with higher levels of structural sexism was associated with worse cardiovascular disease outcomes for both men and women, especially for diabetes and stroke.
@pahoman.bsky.social @deborascience.bsky.social
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New publication with @susanshort.bsky.social in @lancetrh-americ.bsky.social. We analyzed 2025 revisions to womenshealth[dot]gov under the Trump administration -documenting how credible health content was replaced with ideology: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Rita Hamad, professor of social epidemiology and public policy, explains why losing the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System puts the health of mothers and infants at risk, and how she hopes to help keep its data accessible. “Without data, we can’t fix problems,” says @ritahamad.bsky.social
WE'RE HIRING!
The Gender & Women's Studies Dept at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring a TT professor of GENDER AND AGING
I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions
Please share widely!
Postdoc @emilydore.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu provided an interview to @healthyfutures.bsky.social discussing the findings of this study, highlighting the importance of social policy design for improving #healthequity. www.healthyfutures.blog/p/how-social... @rwjf.org @policies4action.bsky.social
Join us for a Milbank Quarterly webinar on defining the structural determinants of health on Thursday, October 23 from 12-1pm ET
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Bryn Mawr College is hiring an Assistant Professor in Sociology with a specialization in social movements! The applications are due on September 19th. It is a fantastic place to be a scholar and educator—please spread the word! I'm happy to answer questions to the best of my ability!
Today's #Census data serves as a baseline for poverty in America before the Trump administration's historic cuts to SNAP and Medicaid #NumbersDay
Read our analysis on the latest data and how the OBBBA will increase poverty over time ⇣ www.americanprogress.org/article/pove...
