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Bryan D. James, PhD
@bryandjames.bsky.social
Epidemiologist, @rushalzheimers.bsky.social
Host, Epi Counts podcast https://serepidemiologycounts.blubrry.net/
Social media editor, American Journal of Epidemiology @amjepi.bsky.social
#EpiSky #Geronsky #ADRD #scicomm
Proud papa of three crazy kids
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For #AAIC2025 attendees: #ADRD researcher starter pack! Thanks @tyk314.net for promoting me to share this again

go.bsky.app/22DpUEy
The highlight of #GSA2025 was watching my friend and colleague @beyoung40.bsky.social give her speech for the James Jackson Mentorship Award , about her path from being mentored to becoming an exemplary mentor. Dr. Barnes has inspired SO many people. Lisa, you’re the best!
@geronsociety.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I had a blast participating in the @geronsociety.bsky.social #GSA2025 Epi of Aging IG debate on the “Biggest Baddest Bias in Aging Research” as “The Confounder 😎” I got SMOKED in the final vote (3%!) as @sfackley.bsky.social ran away with it at 85% but still fun! 😆
@mariaglymour.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Fun with friends and AI at #GSA2025:
Drinks and oysters at Rochambeau ➡️ our imagined selves at a 1940s speakeasy 🍸🦪
@ekgraham22.bsky.social @gabriellepfund.bsky.social @chops310.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Had the pleasure of serving as discussant for this great session on Blood-based Biomarkers of Aging and Neurodegeneration yesterday at @geronsociety.bsky.social #GSA2025 #geronsky
Speakers: Natascha Mertens, Joe Coresh, James Pike, Jason Smith
📸: Priya Palta
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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While the government was shut down, 379 NIH study section meetings (containing 24,380 grant applications) were postponed. NIH is committed to getting these reviewed, but please be patient and understanding with staff, as this is a complex and heavy lift.
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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For those of you attending #GSA2025 in Boston, consider this panel of #NIH awardees, Drs. Alden Gross, @mariaglymour.bsky.social , @sfackley.bsky.social , and @bryandjames.bsky.social. Please remember to tag #geronsky and @geronsociety.bsky.social in your posts.
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Everyone on this site knows this so this is posting to an echo chamber but it really is shocking on a daily (hourly) basis how we seem to be powerless to letting this man assume absolute power. I just can’t believe how many Americans support this
Trump claims he can “do whatever I want” in D.C., even replace the mayor. Legally, that’s false, but rhetorically, it’s revealing. He’s describing absolute power, and it's an autocratic mindset of someone who sees democracy as a formality.
October 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Michigan Avenue right now.
October 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I know a lot of neuropsychologists—all of you should be voting for @drmlamar.bsky.social as the head of INS! Any professional society would be lucky to have her as president.
1st week of International Neuropsychological Society voting!

I am honored to be a candidate for President. My focus: global engagement across regions and interests.

For details see my platform, and those of all candidates, at the-ins.org/ins-election...

Thank you for your consideration!
INS Election 2026 – The International Neuropsychological Society
the-ins.org
September 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Please see this story of my program officer @tyk314.net’s father and what cuts to funding mean to people like him and all of us
September 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Truly disgusting. I don’t know how anyone can support this. The “It’s just a meme” claim falls short when it’s the president posting it and it will literally lead to deaths, pain, and sadness in an American city. Sadistic fascism.
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.

This is not a joke. This is not normal.

Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Our new paper in JG:PS is out!

In a sample of over 3100 older adults assessed each year for 12 years, loneliness & sense of purpose were unique predictors of cognitive decline, though past research has underestimated the reciprocal nature of this relationship.

www.researchgate.net/publication/...
September 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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September Editor Spotlight of the Month! ✍️ Next up is Sunni Mumford (@sunnimum.bsky.social) ✨, Associate Editor at AJE & Professor of Epidemiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. This month, we chatted with her about her work with AJE.
September 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🛎️ 🛎️ 🛎️
August 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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I miss the old brand #CDC
August 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Another insane day in America
After refusing to change vaccine policy, CDC Director Susan Monarez was reportedly ousted by RFK Jr—prompting several top officials to resign and plunging the agency into turmoil, though her lawyers say she has not formally resigned nor been fired.
CDC in CRISIS: Director fights firing, top officials resign over RFK Jr anti-vaxx push
YouTube video by MSNBC
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August 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back.
"The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."
August 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Our latest @rushalzheimers.bsky.social study on the #MINDdiet and brain health led by Puja Agarwal: MIND diet associated with lower likelihood of hippocampal sclerosis (HS) and more neurons in the hippocampus. The MIND diet association with reduced dementia was partially mediated by HS #neurosky
The Mediterranean-Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay #diet was associated with a reduced likelihood of hippocampal sclerosis, age-related neuronal loss, and lower risk of #dementia. ja.ma/3Hi5Vz6
August 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The GAO just confirmed what we all knew: this administration illegally withheld congressionally approved funds to research by canceling grants and slowing new awards. This destruction of US scientific research has to stop.
August 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Honored to be the first @amjepi.bsky.social Editor Spotlight! If you ever have any questions about the journal or the peer review process, or using social media for research, please feel free to hit me up!
Introducing... 🥁 our new series: Editor Spotlight of the Month! ✍️ First up is Bryan James (@bryandjames.bsky.social‬)✨, Associate Editor for Social Media at AJE & Associate Professor at Rush University Medical Center! This month, we chatted with him about his work with AJE.
August 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Got to finally meet Xian Wu in person instead of zoom! Have enjoyed working with her on these two projects that she presented as posters today at #AAIC2025
July 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
@bucklr01.bsky.social killing it on the big stage, unveiling the X chromosome’s role in Alzheimer’s disease! #AAIC2025
July 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM