Trish Homan
@pahoman.bsky.social
Associate Prof. FSU
Population Health, Medical Sociology, Structural Sexism, Structural Racism, Demography, Aging & the Life course
Population Health, Medical Sociology, Structural Sexism, Structural Racism, Demography, Aging & the Life course
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"Three maxims for countering sex essentialism in scientific research" --excellent work, and important insight, from the always amazing @genderscilab.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Three maxims for countering sex essentialism in scientific research - Biology of Sex Differences
To explain observed disparities in health outcomes between men and women, sex essentialist approaches assign causal primacy to sex-related biology. In this essay, we present three case studies to illu...
link.springer.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Three maxims for countering sex essentialism in scientific research" --excellent work, and important insight, from the always amazing @genderscilab.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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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
Three maxims for countering sex essentialism in scientific research
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November 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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
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NEW: ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
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Congrats to CPC Fellow and Assistant Professor of Sociology Lauren Valentino, who was selected for a Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar Fellowship for the 2026-27 academic year!
November 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Congrats to CPC Fellow and Assistant Professor of Sociology Lauren Valentino, who was selected for a Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar Fellowship for the 2026-27 academic year!
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November 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Great article in the conversation by David Baker et al. on how US crackdown on academic freedom undermines global collaboration and scientific productivity: theconversation.com/research-bre...
Research breakthroughs often come through collaborations − attacks on academic freedom threaten this vital work
Academic freedom grew strongly after World War II, with greater university funding, protections and autonomy, yet global data now shows a decline.
theconversation.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Great article in the conversation by David Baker et al. on how US crackdown on academic freedom undermines global collaboration and scientific productivity: theconversation.com/research-bre...
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Does women’s health need protecting? The administration thinks so. But what does this mean? Evidence-based assessment of first 30 days of changes to womenshealth[dot]gov with @pahoman.bsky.social in @lancetrh-americ.bsky.social
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...
Rewriting women's health: a content analysis of the Trump administration's revisions to womenshealth.gov
In 2025, the Trump administration instituted rapid changes to the data and information available on US government websites. We conducted a content ana…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Does women’s health need protecting? The administration thinks so. But what does this mean? Evidence-based assessment of first 30 days of changes to womenshealth[dot]gov with @pahoman.bsky.social in @lancetrh-americ.bsky.social
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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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@pahoman.bsky.social @deborascience.bsky.social
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November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@pahoman.bsky.social @deborascience.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Turns out Trump's "Defending Women" executive order is not, in fact, about defending women's health. It has led to the removal of of a lot of crucial information about women's health. This just out in a peer reviewed article by Patricia Homan and Susan Short. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Rewriting women's health: a content analysis of the Trump administration's revisions to womenshealth.gov
In 2025, the Trump administration instituted rapid changes to the data and information available on US government websites. We conducted a content ana…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Turns out Trump's "Defending Women" executive order is not, in fact, about defending women's health. It has led to the removal of of a lot of crucial information about women's health. This just out in a peer reviewed article by Patricia Homan and Susan Short. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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...
Rewriting women's health: a content analysis of the Trump administration's revisions to womenshealth.gov
In 2025, the Trump administration instituted rapid changes to the data and information available on US government websites. We conducted a content ana…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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...
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setting aside Florida's Board of Governors corrosively nefarious intentions behind this move, as someone who typically finishes drafting my syllabi on <the author blushes in shame> the eve of the first day of class, this will haunt my nightmares forever
Florida's Board of Governors wants institutions to have course syllabi available 45 days before courses start. That raises serious issues about faculty calendars and adjuncts, and Georgia has moved to requiring syllabi at the time of student registration (!!!).
As an administrator, this is messy.
As an administrator, this is messy.
Florida wants to post more college syllabi online. Professors fear what's next.
University leaders in the Sunshine State want schools to post what textbooks, instructional materials and readings are required for most courses.
www.politico.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
setting aside Florida's Board of Governors corrosively nefarious intentions behind this move, as someone who typically finishes drafting my syllabi on <the author blushes in shame> the eve of the first day of class, this will haunt my nightmares forever
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As trust in the federal government's stewardship of US public health infrastructure plummets, NEJM and CIDRAP are launching a rival publication to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Story by @aniloza.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c...
Story by @aniloza.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c...
NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC’s MMWR publication
Two institutions are coming together to create an alternative to the CDC’s vaunted Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
www.statnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
As trust in the federal government's stewardship of US public health infrastructure plummets, NEJM and CIDRAP are launching a rival publication to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Story by @aniloza.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c...
Story by @aniloza.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c...
"The science of gender, the history of racism and other legitimate fields of inquiry are being treated as 'thought crimes,' as if Orwell’s satire were state policy. People are losing their jobs for doing their jobs."
October 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"The science of gender, the history of racism and other legitimate fields of inquiry are being treated as 'thought crimes,' as if Orwell’s satire were state policy. People are losing their jobs for doing their jobs."
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"The message is clear: Texas A&M does not permit teaching LGBT topics. Politicians, not professors, decide what is taught in Texas classrooms. Anyone who crosses this line may be fired on flimsy pretext"
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
Why I Withdrew From My Dream Job
At Texas A&M, politicians, not professors, decide what is taught in classrooms.
www.chronicle.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"The message is clear: Texas A&M does not permit teaching LGBT topics. Politicians, not professors, decide what is taught in Texas classrooms. Anyone who crosses this line may be fired on flimsy pretext"
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
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“American science, the gold-standard and world-leading science and innovation enterprise, is being destroyed….Congress has a rare moment of leverage to check Trump’s executive overreach and it must stand up and do so.”
- @markhisted.org, NIH neuroscientist
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- @markhisted.org, NIH neuroscientist
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This US government shutdown is different: what it means for science
President Trump’s budget office lays out guidelines for mass lay-offs across the federal government.
www.nature.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“American science, the gold-standard and world-leading science and innovation enterprise, is being destroyed….Congress has a rare moment of leverage to check Trump’s executive overreach and it must stand up and do so.”
- @markhisted.org, NIH neuroscientist
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- @markhisted.org, NIH neuroscientist
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
What if NIH had been 40% smaller?
Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research
www.science.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Important new article in NEJM: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Structural and Scientific Racism, Science, and Health — Evidence versus Ideology | NEJM
The U.S. government has terminated grants funding work it considers to address “DEI,”
conflating health equity research with efforts to change the composition and climate
of the scientific workforce.
www.nejm.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Important new article in NEJM: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Gender is a scientifically valid construct. Essentially Texas A&M is forcing their instructors to lie about or omit factual scientific information because it is politically inconvenient for them.
Texas A&M University System orders audit of all courses after gender identity lesson goes viral
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
September 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Gender is a scientifically valid construct. Essentially Texas A&M is forcing their instructors to lie about or omit factual scientific information because it is politically inconvenient for them.
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I encourage people to watch this video. The selected footage shows the professor doing nothing even slightly out of line, whereas the student misinterprets the law and hopes to impose her religious beliefs on the material.
Administrators caving to this is terrifying.
Administrators caving to this is terrifying.
Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I encourage people to watch this video. The selected footage shows the professor doing nothing even slightly out of line, whereas the student misinterprets the law and hopes to impose her religious beliefs on the material.
Administrators caving to this is terrifying.
Administrators caving to this is terrifying.
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***Call for Papers***
Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century
A workshop for early-career researchers organized by Rene Almeling and Sarah Richardson.
April 16-17, 2026
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Details and application form:
www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...
Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century
A workshop for early-career researchers organized by Rene Almeling and Sarah Richardson.
April 16-17, 2026
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Details and application form:
www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...
Gametic Politics Workshop
Call for papers for social science and humanities scholars studying eggs, sperm, and gender/sex in the 21st century
www.renealmeling.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
***Call for Papers***
Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century
A workshop for early-career researchers organized by Rene Almeling and Sarah Richardson.
April 16-17, 2026
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Details and application form:
www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...
Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century
A workshop for early-career researchers organized by Rene Almeling and Sarah Richardson.
April 16-17, 2026
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Details and application form:
www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...
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Sociology quick-take! "Defining Discrimination Changes Policy Preferences" covers new @amjsoc.bsky.social research by @sociologylauren.bsky.social & @evangelinewarren.com on Americans' racism, sexism, & classism evaluation criteria & how they change opinions on redress contexts.org/articles/def...
August 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Sociology quick-take! "Defining Discrimination Changes Policy Preferences" covers new @amjsoc.bsky.social research by @sociologylauren.bsky.social & @evangelinewarren.com on Americans' racism, sexism, & classism evaluation criteria & how they change opinions on redress contexts.org/articles/def...
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Republicans say they don’t believe in structural racism or structural inequality but they sure know how to create and enforce it. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US Supreme Court lets Trump cut diversity-related NIH grants
The U.S. Supreme Court let President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday proceed with sweeping cuts to National Institutes of Health grants for research related to racial minorities or LGBT people, part of his crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and transgender identity.
www.reuters.com
August 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Republicans say they don’t believe in structural racism or structural inequality but they sure know how to create and enforce it. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...