Kerry Keyes
@epikerrykeyes.bsky.social
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Professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University
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Save #AIDS Research Tomorrow!

24 hours of discussion, presentations, and passion about this disease that has crossed the globe for more than 40 years!

Tune in--even for just a few minutes and learn about the importance of continued HIV/AIDS research!

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24 Hours to Save AIDS Research
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The Monitoring the Future survey, a national poll of substance use, has shown a significant decline in young people’s drinking over the last decade, said Megan Patrick (@meganepatrick.bsky.social), research professor and the MTF panel survey’s principal investigator. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/w...
U.S. Drinking Drops to New Low, Poll Finds
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New paper out today: we show that while rare, murder-suicide events in the US are more frequent than previous research indicated; over half of homicide decedents were current or former intimate partners of the perpetrator; nearly 90% of deaths involved firearms jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
The Epidemiology of Murder-Suicide in the US, 2016-2022
This cross-sectional study examines rates and characteristics of murder-suicides in the US between 2016 and 2022.
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Our new paper is out in ‪@jamanetworkopen.com‬now
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We used the amazing HCUP dataset to analyze >600K electronic health records from 8-12-year-olds in the emergency room for mental health or suicide risk. This covered a decade of data from 12 states in the US.
Childhood Suicide Risk in the Emergency Department
This cohort study examines electronic health records from children presenting to the emergency department (ED) for suicide thoughts and behaviors to identify risks of return ED visits.
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I have a Shiny Epi People shirt!! My favorite gym shirt. Can confirm it is real…
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"It should go without saying that scientific inquiry cannot flourish in a society dominated by fear, censorship and hate."

@danielmalinsky.bsky.social says all the things that should go without saying this week in the Guardian
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So curious what 'exposure to mental disorders' means...
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We are hiring a post-doc for a study on the impact of temperature and access to shade on adolescent mental health. Please circulate and if you looking for a post-doc, consider joining us at Columbia! academic.careers.columbia.edu#!/157951?key...
Academic Search and Recruiting
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This has been one of the most meaningful and rewarding (and sobering) collaborations I have been involved in, especially the integration of advanced stat methods and deep substantive expertise. Crucial empirical data and results that we hope can inform policy discussions.
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🧵 US states that implemented abortion bans saw higher than expected infant mortality rates, with larger increases among Black infants and those in southern states, according to this analysis of US national vital statistics data from 2012–2023.

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Figure 1.  Trends in Biannual US Infant Mortality Rates, 2012-2023
epikerrykeyes.bsky.social
Our review is out today - bottom line: the risk of dying from alcohol use begins at low levels of average use
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The second, big federal review of the risks of moderate drinking is out today, and its findings contradict the earlier report:

The risk of dying from alcohol use rises markedly for men & women who consume *more than one drink per day.*

Let me explain 🧵:

www.stopalcoholabuse.gov/media/pdf/Re...
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Check out our new paper in JAMA showing that reported diversions of undistributed pharmaceutical ketamine are on the rise: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39636617/
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Why stop at 10? Let's go for the ultimate: personalized Americas
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kevinmking.bsky.social
The basic principle is that reviewers are tired, they're rushed, they're reading your and 10 other grants on top of their normal workload.

Anything you can do to make it easy for them will help.

Here's a list of my suggestions.
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As a grant reviewer, what do you really wish people would do/not do?

Not big things, like find a significant question/innovative method/be consistent with aims

Little things, like bold each acronym the first time it’s used.

Add your pet peeves ⬇️
#HiddenCurriculum #Research
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The tools I've played around with are very hit or miss (mostly miss) for psychiatry too - maybe same issue??