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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH
@rmcarpiano.medsky.social
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Professor, University of California, Riverside School of Public Policy. Faculty Director, Science to Policy (S2P). Public health scientist & sociologist keen on population health & community issues. Sometimes in the news, often for troubling topics. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 .. more

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · Nov 9
Welcome new followers! About me beyond my profile: I post on a range of public health, sociological, & policy topics in my expertise areas (e.g., vaccinations, misinformation, health disparities) & other stuff I find important, intriguing, or fun/funny. Journalists: happy to chat (part of my job).

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 12h
I'm no leadership and management expert, but safe to say it's generally ill-advised to send notes to your staff that are relatively equal parts egotistical, over-compensating (about your vita), & condescending. This is a real window into a tortured soul--CBER Dir. and noted contrarian Vinay Prasad.🛟
Zach Brennan on X: "The entirety of CBER Dir Prasad’s email to staff over the weekend https://t.co/gz9KfG2RdX" / X
The entirety of CBER Dir Prasad’s email to staff over the weekend https://t.co/gz9KfG2RdX
x.com

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 15h
You're fine. 👍

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 15h
No worries--I was pretty sure you weren't. Just wanted to be add more context to my OP bc I realized it might be read that way.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 15h
Can anyone suggest good lit on R1 univ trends/use of TT Prof of Teaching lines? Seen great examples of their value on my campus, but also see recent trend where big revenue soc sci's get them heavily vs. trad'l lines. Complementary roles, but for R1s what's optimal mix given program (grad) rankings?

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🦋Dr. Natalia🕊🌻🪬 @solnatamd.medsky.social · 16h
More attack on vaccine from RFK Jr.
CDC Quietly Turned Off Its Vaccine Search Tool. It’s Not Clear When It’s Coming Back.
“I have heard that they are planning to ‘update it’ and shudder to think what that will mean,” Demetre Daskalakis, a former member of CDC leadership, told NOTUS.
www.notus.org

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 16h
“'The US government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year' is the official instruction US agencies and country-based programs received in a recent email."
🛟 medsky sociology health policy
The United States Cancels World AIDS Day
What does silence equal?
substack.com

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 16h
I wasn't implying that bringing it back fixed those problems and/or didn't introduce others.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 16h
Not that I am aware of, but I am definitely no expert on this.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 16h
I don't know another word for it. I just meant citing dip as an example is something you don't often hear (vs. smokes, vapes, or "uses tobacco"), as dip has a far more circumscribed user demo. He's from rural OK but I doubt it was intentional. I'd guess most who dip aren't watching Fox Bus. News.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17h
Same planet, two different worlds. Says a lot when "dip" is invoked to describe tobacco use.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h
Markwayne Mullin on healthcare: "What the president would like to do is say, hey, if you take care of yourself -- you don't smoke, you don't dip, you're not drinking, you're not overweight, you're working out -- then you should pay less than the guy that obviously is not taking care of himself."

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 18h
Well, that's still policymaking--but just policymaking based on the bad process you described. I'm trying to think back to when this happened in 2020 and remember the discourse. Maybe I was too mired in COVID matters and life in shelter in place, but I am at a loss to remember much at all.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 18h
Really makes you ponder too when you see the the interquartile ranges of GPAs for entering classes of various UC campuses. Super high, yet this news.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 18h
That sounds good. I never joined Facebook and, as time goes on, I am ever more thankful I haven't done so given everyone else's experiences I hear.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h
Markwayne Mullin on healthcare: "What the president would like to do is say, hey, if you take care of yourself -- you don't smoke, you don't dip, you're not drinking, you're not overweight, you're working out -- then you should pay less than the guy that obviously is not taking care of himself."

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 21h
The new big tobacco...?

Meta claims this particular study was flawed. Ok, but if this is the only study, then approach is ignorance is bliss/plausible deniability. Still bad PR.

Was this really the only study? If they found other results suggesting null or positive effects, they'd be hyping them.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 22h
Well, place your bets now as to whether the SAT will be making a comeback in UC admissions... A case study in unintended consequences of policy-making. Academicsky
Opinion | A Math Horror Show at UC San Diego
At one of California’s top universities, many freshmen are unable to do middle-school math.
www.wsj.com

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 1d
Thanks. Once again, the RFK Jr./Trump admin. appointing no one but the best... /s

lailluminator.com/2025/02/18/a...
There's no evidence Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham is a board-certified family physician • Louisiana Illuminator
Abraham is not listed on the online portal of the American Board of Family Medicine or the State Board of Medical Examiners' website.
lailluminator.com

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 1d
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 1d
Right way to put it.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 2d
Ozempic Alzheimer's study trial failed.

Dashes hopes for Novo Nordisk "that Alzheimer's could open a major new market for GLP-1 medicines such as semaglutide, as it faces rising competition to its blockbuster drugs in its core treatment areas of obesity and diabetes."

🛟🧪 Medsky sociology 😷
www.reuters.com

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 2d
Sad to hear. Was hoping to check it out in hope it would be closer in quality to the original book, which I remember as being really good (and eerily prescient of reality tv), than the Arnold version.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 2d
Oh, that's awful. Yeah, the ads for injury attorneys in my neck of the woods are nonstop and annoying, but bring a non-service dog/animal any place they aren't supposed to be and they cause injury? Tort away!

My recent incidents seem to be ppl treating their dogs like children. That's never good.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 2d
Sadly, I now await the already-launched Trump admin attacks on the Nat'l Academies to amp up. Setting the record straight means RFK Jr.'s bunk claims get elevated/legitimated. No choice--public responsibility to correct the record--but I expect to see RFK Jr./HHS respond w/ smearing & other tactics.
lenasun.bsky.social Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 2d
NEW: The National Academies release statement saying the revised language on @CDCgov web page on links between vaccines and autism, which cited some of the academies work, did not provide the full context. 1/2
www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...
National Academies - Statement on CDC’s Updated Vaccine Guidance
National Academies respond to CDC’s updated vaccine guidance, offering scientific context and clarity on vaccine safety.
www.nationalacademies.org

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 2d
100%. Annoys me as an adult, but I'm more concerned about kids. Dogs can be unpredictable--especially in unusual settings. Legit service animals a totally different thing.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 2d
Any other rock fan/guitar player getting Rick Beato fatigue from all his stuff in my YT feed. He's knowledgeable, interviews ask real deal musician's q's--but I guess a good example of how you can get overexposed on YouTube just like tv/film/music.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 2d
TIL no paperwork req'd. Googled this and went down a rabbit hole in interest. Lots in terms of why/how policies were/weren't made (access, cost, privacy, certification); animals posing risk to others & thus liability, but classified as med. device so no ID bc med. privacy. Yet ID req'd for parking.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 2d
This is concerning.

NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).

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An internal document from NIH which states that documentation must be provide for each funded grant but that no documentation need be provided for applications that are not selected for funding including those that are skipped back on overall impact scores.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 2d
Yeah. I get it. And what staff wants to endure the grief if these idiots get huffy when called out? No vests on these fidos (though I know not req'd) & one was a miniature breed, but even the most gambling-averse wld easily take the odds that it wasn't even an emotional support dog to this person.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 2d
SMH. Like dogs as much as anyone, but my gestalt is many of these [expetive deleted] are attn addicts per their faces when ppl fawn over their dogs. Pathetic. In check-out: guy blocking my way as he takes a pic of this other guy's avg-looking dog. Wanted to say, "Dude--you've never seen a dog bf?"

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 2d
Is there some protest effort afoot to bring non-service dogs into coffee shops & grocery stores as if no big deal?

Seen 3 cases in 24 hrs. (2 w/in 5 mins.). Mgr when I asked if it's legal: "No, but they do it anyway." Sec. guard was next to him. Worse when lines hold up as customers/staff fawn.