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Alison Gemmill @alisongemmill.bsky.social · Aug 24

Thanks, Carl!

Alison Gemmill @alisongemmill.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thanks!

Alison Gemmill @alisongemmill.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thank you!

Alison Gemmill @alisongemmill.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thank you!!

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James Holland Jones @juemos.bsky.social · Aug 21

This is quite the all-star lineup of demographers with expertise in fertility.

Period fertility (or mortality) rates are not destiny.

If we are really that concerned about future population growth, perhaps we should just make it easier for people to have families? It's in our power

Don’t Panic: Population Projection is Not a Crystal Ball

sites.utexas.edu

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Alison Gemmill @alisongemmill.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hi friends! Some bittersweet news to share:

I’m thrilled to be coming back to California to join UCLA as an Associate Professor in the Dept of Epidemiology! 🌴🔵🟡

Immensely grateful to my Hopkins colleagues & students who made the past 6 years so rewarding. ❤️

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · Jun 29

We cannot rely on private philanthropy to address structural and systemic issues over the long run because the changing whims of private donors means investments are piecemeal and seldom sustained for long enough to make a difference. wapo.st/3ZRonor

The Chan-Zuckerbergs stopped funding social causes. 400 kids lost their school.

Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg’s retreat from funding social issues forced the closure of a school Chan opened for disadvantaged families in Silicon Valley.

wapo.st

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Alison Gemmill @alisongemmill.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thank you. I’m on the same page. Feeling a glimmer of hope, but knowing that the attacks on science will continue no matter what.

Alison Gemmill @alisongemmill.bsky.social · Jun 16

I saw that. Will be keeping my fingers crossed

Alison Gemmill @alisongemmill.bsky.social · Jun 16

Does this mean I get my NIH grant back?? The one that was terminated bc I said incarceration was a form of “structural inequality”?

Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Jun 16

🚨 BREAKING: Nearly 4 months the NIH cut its first grants, a judge has ruled that the directives and process that led to cuts are arbitrary and capricious.

"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."

Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.

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Rita Hamad @ritahamad.bsky.social · Jun 2

Our latest paper is now in print, showing ⬆️ prevalence of adverse perinatal health outcomes in the wake of pandemic. This suggests potential lasting impacts on future generations. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... @societyforepi.bsky.social @dkarasek.bsky.social @alisongemmill.bsky.social 1/

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · Apr 21

Worries over low birth rates are nothing new. Everything @lesja.bsky.social, @alisongemmill.bsky.social, & I wrote in this op-ed *SIX* years ago is still true.

These worries have coalesced into a well-funded & influential pronatalist movement w/in an admin that is deeply anti-family.

Opinion | Don’t panic over declining fertility rates — and don’t let anyone guilt you

Lower fertility rates aren’t necessarily a bad thing.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dr Slaughter-Acey @drslaughter99.bsky.social · Apr 16

🧵It’s #BlackMaternalHealthWeek -a time to center Black moms & a need for action.
I’m reflecting on what this means in a year when our #NIH grant “Looking Back to Look Forward: Social Environment Across the Lifecourse, Epigenetics, & Birth Outcomes in Black Families” was terminated.
#MedSky #EpiSky

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Alison Gemmill @alisongemmill.bsky.social · Apr 17

I am so sorry to hear this heartbreaking news and am thinking of you and your study team. Thank you for all the important work you have done and will continue to do.

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Alison Gemmill @alisongemmill.bsky.social · Apr 17

My favorite is placing pregnancy, infertility, maternal health, and child health (I.e., NICHD) in the Institute of Disability Research. What are we doing here??

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Apr 17

Folding 27 NIH institutes and centers down into *8*, which is even worse than the rumored plan for 15, is catastrophic for American biomedical research. Completely insane.

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Jonas Schöley @jschoeley.com · Apr 13

Packed room for our session on #perinatal-demography at #paa2025 with Payal Hathi, @alisongemmill.bsky.social, Tim Bruckner, Haley Comfort @ihmeuw.bsky.social, and @jnobles.bsky.social as inspiring discussant.

You can download their submissions here:
submissions.mirasmart.com/PAA2025/Itin...

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Alison Gemmill @alisongemmill.bsky.social · Apr 11

Hi from @popassocamerica.bsky.social meeting! These past few weeks have been incredibly tough, but I am so inspired by my colleagues and our community.

BSPH Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health @hopkinspfrh.bsky.social · Apr 11

PFRH faculty Alison Gemmill, Suzanne Bell, Linnea Zimmerman, and Dana Sarnak at the @popassocamerica.bsky.social #PAA2025 conference in DC where over the next three days they and many PFRH faculty are presenting on a variety of critical population health topics. Have a great conference!

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Apr 1

NEW: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is the decades old data collection program focusing on the health of infants and mothers at CDC. Critical source of data for all aspects of health thru process of pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum etc. In the first weeks of the admin I ...

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Alison Gemmill @alisongemmill.bsky.social · Apr 1

Same.

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Alison Gemmill @alisongemmill.bsky.social · Mar 15

Yes— and the movie is doing well despite limited marketing, etc! Fans of animation are giving it great reviews. ☺️

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Alison Gemmill @alisongemmill.bsky.social · Mar 15

Timeline cleanse

Go see my brother’s old school animation movie that was released this weekend—he was a co-writer and head of story. Proud of him!

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Alison Gemmill @alisongemmill.bsky.social · Feb 14

While working on these studies, this was the finding that I couldn't stop thinking about.

Reproductive justice folks warned us about this.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · Feb 14

after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans:

www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...

Infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds

Increases in infant mortality have been found in U.S. states that enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling that guaranteed a right to the procedure, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

www.reuters.com

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Alison Gemmill @alisongemmill.bsky.social · Feb 14

Thanks, Greer. We wrote about this in our op-ed that was published last year. Sad that we have to keep reminding people about the traumatic experiences of those affected. www.scientificamerican.com/article/anti...

Antiabortion Heartbeat Bills Cause Immense Suffering

The rise in infant mortality in Texas shows that in states with strict abortion bans, forcing people to carry nonviable pregnancies to term codifies cruelty and unnecessary pain

www.scientificamerican.com

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · Feb 14

If you are one of the #CDC #HHS #FDA #NIH employees who have learned today that your employment is being abruptly ended, we want to hear from you. @altcdc.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...

Are you affected by firings at federal health agencies?

Have you been affected by firings at federal health agencies? @statnews would like to hear from you.

www.statnews.com

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