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Sarah Gollust

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Prof @umnsph.bsky.social‬; studies media & politics & health policy & public opinion; teaches ethics & health policy. Member of COMM HSP research team @commhsp.bsky.social. Wesleyan & UMich alum. Editor of @jhppl.bsky.social‬ .. more

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD @medlawdan.bsky.social · 5h

NEW: @weparmet.bsky.social and me in @amjpublichealth.bsky.social on last Supreme Ct term & impact on health. TLDR: Major concerns about the Court's politicizing health agencies, dashing protections for marginalized groups, and eroding access to justice.

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American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 21h

Read the full article, available now: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...

American Journal of Public Health - Volume 115, Issue 11

Table of Contents for American Journal of Public Health

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 21h

To do so, we are building a network founded in authentic relationships to inform future collective actions. Interested in learning more? Read more here: uwphi.pophealth.wisc.edu/public-healt...

Health and Power Organizing Project (HPOP)

The Health and Power Organizing Project (HPOP) is a group of racial and health equity scholars and leaders in public health, population health and related fields finding ways to forge relationships be...

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 21h

In it, my co-authors – all members of the Health and Power Organizing Project - argue that academic public health must enhance its capacity in building and breaking power to make meaningful change.

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 21h

Just published in @amjpublichealth.bsky.social: a collective analysis of the power ecosystem that jeopardizes public health and produces inequity, titled “Why Building Power is Key to Protecting Academic Public Health and Advancing Health Equity”

We are angered and disheartened by the lack of progress our fields have made over the last 20 years and dismayed by the dismantling of health equity efforts happening in real time. In response, we are determined to reimagine academic public health and drive social change. We believe public health scholars need to share and build power with communities facing inequities now more than ever.

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 1d

AMAZING. Congratulations, Hahrie! 😍

Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 1d

This special issue of @jhppl.bsky.social is a must-read. 👀 See why, in this thread:

Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 1d

US public health is in crisis. In this special JHPPL issue edited by @oberlanderunc.bsky.social & @sarahgollust.bsky.social, you’ll find articles that help contextualize the erosion of public health infrastructure & adoption of policies harmful to public health. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/advanc...

Advance Publication | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 1d

Advance Publication | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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Phil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social · 5d

Happily @adrianna.bsky.social and colleagues have this covered in @jhppl.bsky.social : read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 6d

As we close out yet another week of policy chaos, I urge you to follow jhppl.bsky.social for helpful ways to interpret what is going on. While the present always seems “unprecedented”, I’m confident that over the journal’s 50-year history, JHPPL has covered something relevant. Follow us and see!

Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law (@jhppl.bsky.social)

Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law (JHPPL). Publishing work on health policy initiation, formulation, and implementation, and relationships between government and health—past, present, and fu...

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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 6d

This week, you may have heard about the unveiling of TrumpRx. For broader context on pharmaceutical policy and pricing reform, Marc Godwin assessed in 2022 not only America's high pharmaceutical spending but efforts at cost control in comparison w European nations read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

Assessing US Pharmaceutical Policy and Pricing Reform Legislation in Light of European Price and Cost Control Strategies

Abstract. This article compares the pharmaceutical pricing policies employed by public and private insurers in the United States with seven price and spending control strategies employed in the United...

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Reposted by Sarah E. Gollust, Raúl Pacheco-Vega

University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 6d

Please join us today for our Ethics Grand Rounds webinar, “Public Perceptions of Health Equity and How Communication Can Shape Understanding and Action” featuring @sarahgollust.bsky.social, PhD.

🗓️: Today, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CDT)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/ap9m

Ethics Grand Rounds webinar featuring speaker Sarah Gollust, PhD, on Friday, Oct. 3 from 12-1 p.m. CDT.

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Milbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly @milbankfund.bsky.social · 8d

Join us for a Milbank Quarterly webinar on defining the structural determinants of health on Thursday, October 23 from 12-1pm ET

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Milbank Quarterly Webinar: Understanding the Structural Determinants of Health. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the w...

Structural determinants of health are hierarchical patterns of advantage among socially constructed groups that affect health. Unlike social determinants of health, the structural determinants of heal...

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Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Sarah E. Gollust, Rita Hamad

Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 12d

It's unclear what the exact effect of a national Medicaid work requirement will be, but Aparni Soni et al. offer an important glimpse at who is doing community engagement to the required degree to sustain Medicaid coverage under these terms, & equity implications read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you so much - it’s a privilege and an obligation I don’t take lightly!

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University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 16d

Mark your calendars! Ethics Grand Rounds, “Public Perceptions of Health Equity and How Communication Can Shape Understanding and Action” featuring @sarahgollust.bsky.social, PhD.

🗓️: Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CDT)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/ap9m

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 17d

Yay! Excited to have you on Board, pun intended

Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 17d

Such a surreal feeling - just facilitated my first editorial board meeting of @jhppl.bsky.social. How did I get so lucky to be working with the most brilliant (and kind) health policy scholars and former editors?!

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 19d

Awwww you’re too kind!

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 20d

As far as I can tell no one else has yet reported (tell me if I missed something!) on the DOJ dictating what meetings NIH employees can attend, which, well, seems odd to me.

Why Is the DOJ Telling NIH Staff They Can't Attend a Public Health Conference?

Hello, welcome to my relaunched newsletter, read more about the deal here and please subscribe! On Wednesday, employees at various parts of the National Institutes of Health received an odd email. Sh...

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Zander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com · 21d

Thrilled that my paper "Partisan disparities in the funding of science in the United States" with Nic Fishman, @leahrosenstiel.bsky.social, and @dashunwang.bsky.social was published in @science.org today!
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Partisan disparities in the funding of science in the United States

Republican lawmakers consistently provided robust federal funding, often exceeding Democrats

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Milbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly @milbankfund.bsky.social · 22d

In a new open-access Milbank Quarterly article, @sarahgollust.bsky.social of the University of Minnesota and coauthors interviewed public health communicators — including public health leaders, advocates, and journalists — about their strategies for explaining health equity.

Strategies for and Barriers to Communicating About Health Equity in Challenging Times: Qualitative Interviews with Public Health Communicators | Milbank Quarterly

Public health communicators often discuss health equity–related concepts, but it is not clear what strategies they use or what resources can support them to overcome challenges they face.

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Reposted by Sarah E. Gollust, Erika Franklin Fowler

Collaborative on Media & Messaging for Health and Social Policy @commhsp.bsky.social · 27d

What can the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine PSAs teach us about public health communication? In our newest COMM blog post, first author Margaret Tait breaks down her recently published research on the critical messaging missteps in federally-sponsored PSAs.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · Sep 7

My latest for MSNBC: CMS is adding new prior authorization requirements for traditional Medicare, implemented with AI. Prior auth is a key vehicle for coverage denials that then drive administrative burdens of appealing, which seniors are less well equipped to navigate. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Opinion | Dr. Oz's new plan to root out Medicare 'waste' is actually a recipe for disaster

A pilot program in six states will require prior approval for procedures under traditional Medicare plans.

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thanks for your consistent hospitality, dear building friend.

Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · Sep 5

I had a great morning with the wonderful people contained inside @iamwbob.bsky.social. Bye for now!

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APHA @apha.org · Sep 3

New statement: IDSA, APHA and partners call for RFK Jr. to resign: "Our country needs leadership that will promote open, honest dialogue — not disregard decades of lifesaving science, spread misinformation, reverse medical progress and decimate programs that keep us safe." bit.ly/3JOgDya

JOINT STATEMENT CALLING FOR SECRETARY KENNEDY RESIGNATION Infectious Diseases Society of America 

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

American Academy of HIV Medicine 

American Association of Immunologists

American Public Health Association

American Society for Microbiology

American Society for Virology

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) 

AVAC  

Camenzind Solutions LLC 

Fast-Track Cities Institute 

ID Care

International Association of Providers of AIDS Care 

NTM Info & Research 

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society  

Peggy Lillis Foundation

Seattle Children’s Research Institute

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP)

Stop TB USA 

Treatment Action Group

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · Sep 1

I would have to agree

Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · Sep 1

This is just wild. 76% to 0.4%. Unreal. (New slide for my October guest lecture on public opinion and polarization just dropped.)

Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · Sep 1

A 76% point gap between how satisfied Republicans are with the country versus how satisfied Democrats are. The largest partisan gap ever. news.gallup.com/poll/694370/...

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · Sep 1

A 76% point gap between how satisfied Republicans are with the country versus how satisfied Democrats are. The largest partisan gap ever. news.gallup.com/poll/694370/...

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