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February 18, 2026 at 6:26 PM
New #publication from @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Lauren Bishop in Autism

“Mental health outcomes associated with applied behavior analysis in a US national sample of privately insured autistic youth”

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February 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 5:38 PM
🌪️New #publication from CDE and @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate @nickdemark.bsky.social in @dukepress.bsky.social

“Severe Tornadoes and Infant Birth Weight in the United States”

➡️ doi.org/10.1215/0070...
Severe Tornadoes and Infant Birth Weight in the United States | Demography | Duke University Press
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February 11, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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February 4, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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Be sure to join us today to hear from Jessica Faul!
February 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Today's DemSem is CANCELLED due to building heating problems. The student meeting is also cancelled. We will reschedule the talk for next semester.
January 27, 2026 at 1:50 PM
New #publication from CDE affiliate Michael Light in @sociusjournal.bsky.social

“The Outsized Impact of Behavioral Causes of Death on Longevity in the United States: Comparing Total and per Death years of Life Lost”

➡️ doi.org/10.1177/2378...
January 21, 2026 at 6:01 PM
New #publication from CDE & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Eric Grodsky & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Soobin Kim in Science Advances
“Childhood fluoride exposure and cognition across the life course”

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Childhood fluoride exposure and cognition across the life course
Childhood fluoride exposure is associated with higher academic achievement in high school.
www.science.org
January 14, 2026 at 2:20 PM
🌦️Read what CDE & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Jonathon Patz and colleagues have to say in @theinvadingsea.bsky.social
“Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change”

➡️Learn here: www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/11/30/c...
Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change | The Invading Sea
There is growing evidence of the connections between climate change and harm to people’s health.
www.theinvadingsea.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:09 PM
New #publication in Journal of Population Economics from CDE affiliate Jason Fletcher

“The effects of parental education on male mortality: evidence from the first wave of compulsory schooling laws”
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January 10, 2026 at 1:22 AM
🏁CDE & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Sameer Deshpande quoted in the @dailycardinal.bsky.social

“AI is changing sports statistics as we know it but humans still call the plays”
➡️Discover more here: www.dailycardinal.com/article/2025...
AI is changing sports statistics as we know it, but humans still call the plays
Even as AI changes the way people look at sports statistics, University of Wisconsin Professor Sameer Deshpande says human analysis hasn’t lost its relevance.
www.dailycardinal.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:04 PM
New #publication from CDE affiliate Maureen Durkin in Annals of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology

“Implementing A Practical Home-Based Oral Immunotherapy Protocol For Infants and Toddlers Using Nut Puffs”
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January 5, 2026 at 5:03 PM
🚸New #publication from CDE affiliate Maureen Durkin in Autism Research examines the relationship between the timing of parental US immigration and autism spectrum disorder

➡️Read more here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41165176/
Proximity of Maternal Time of Immigration to Child's Birth Is Associated With Autism Spectrum Disorder With Early Learning Delay Among Immigrant Populations in the United States: Findings From the Study to Explore Early Development - PubMed
Our objective was to examine the relationship between the timing of parental US immigration and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) without early learning delay (ELD), ASD with ELD, and ELD alone among US-born children. We analyzed data from a multi-site case-control study that recruited children aged 2- …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
December 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
♀️New #publication from @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Marsha Mailick in American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

“FMR1 Premutation Carrier Mother's Daily Negative Affect & Cortisol: Probing the Impacts of Stress Exposure, Coping Style, & CGG Repeats”
➡️ doi.org/10.1352/1944...
FMR1 Premutation Carrier Mothers’ Daily Negative Affect and Cortisol: Probing the Impacts of Stress Exposure, Coping Style, and CGG Repeats
Abstract. This study utilized a daily diary methodology to investigate negative affect and cortisol secretion of mothers of adolescents and adults with fragile X syndrome (n = 104). We investigated wh...
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December 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
🌹New #publication in Family Transitions from CDE affiliate Lawrence Berger
“Long-Term Stability and Change in Children's Legal and De Facto Post-Divorce Living Arrangements in Wisconsin”
➡️ doi.org/10.1080/2837...
December 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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💬 @cdeuw.bsky.social and CDHA affiliate Amy Kind quoted in @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social “Addressing Alzheimer’s: Speech and Smell Tests May Help to Detect Cognitive Decline”

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Addressing Alzheimer's: Speech And Smell Tests May Help To Detect Cognitive Decline - Health Policy Watch
DAC supports an innovation ecosystem to accelerate healthcare solutions to end Alzheimer's disease globally, and DAC-supported projects in Kenya, India, Egypt
healthpolicy-watch.news
December 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
💳Listen to CDE & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate J. Michael Collins on WPR “The average American’s credit score is falling. A Wisconsin professor says there are several reasons why.”

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The average American’s credit score is falling. A Wisconsin professor says there are several reasons why.
A recent report from FICO finds that Americans’ average credit score is on the decline, with Gen Z borrowers being most affected. An economics professor says the dropping score isn’t the most alarming...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🤳New #publication in Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology from CDE affiliate Alvin Thomas

➡️“Parental Mediation and Online Discrimination: Exploring Psychosocial Distress Among Black and Latino Youth”

doi.org/10.1080/1537...
Parental Mediation and Online Discrimination: Exploring Psychosocial Distress Among Black and Latino Youth
Racially marginalized adolescents are exposed to online racism, yet little is known about assets and resources that may effectively resist the negative influence of online racism and with what effe...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🏫CDE & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Mollie McQuillian quoted in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“Most Wisconsin schools protect students from discrimination against everything but this”
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Most Wisconsin schools protect students from discrimination against everything but this.
The research found that school policies often were not in sync with case law, leaving educators and students stuck.
www.jsonline.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
📔New #publication in Contraception and Reproductive Medicine from CDE affiliate @lsenderowicz.bsky.social suggests that many women in Kisumu report experiencing some form of provider-imposed contraceptive coercion

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doi.org/10.1186/s408...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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"While there is growing appreciation of the importance of sociobiological determinants of dementia, few lifespan cohorts offer well‐characterized dementia outcomes to explore these aims." @cdhauw.bsky.social @cdeuw.bsky.social
Dementia prevalence in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
INTRODUCTION While there is growing appreciation of the importance of sociobiological determinants of dementia, few lifespan cohorts offer well-characterized dementia outcomes to explore these aims......
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November 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
🗣️Learn from CDE and @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Maureen Durkin on @wbay.com

“Wisconsin researcher responds to White House autism announcement”

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Wisconsin researcher responds to White House autism announcement
Maureen Durkin, Professor of Population Health Sciences and Waisman Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Research Center at UW Madison, joins us to share her thoughts
www.wbay.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM