Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Sarah Gollust

Phil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social · 3d

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

2 13 35

Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 4d

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...

jhppl.bsky.social

1 10

Reposted by Sarah Gollust

Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 11d

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...

8 7

Reposted by Sarah Gollust

Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 4d

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...

read.dukeupress.edu

1 3 5

Reposted by Sarah Gollust

University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 4d

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.

2 3

Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 11d

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

2

Reposted by Sarah Gollust

University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 14d

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

3 4

Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 15d

Yay! Excited to have you on Board, pun intended

1

Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 15d

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?!

A power point slide that says "2025 Editorial Board Meeting" with today's date, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

1 2 15

Reposted by Sarah Gollust

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 19d

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...

www.gravityisgone.com

5 67 140

Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 17d

Awwww you’re too kind!

1 1

Reposted by Sarah Gollust

Zander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com · 19d

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!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Partisan disparities in the funding of science in the United States

Republican lawmakers consistently provided robust federal funding, often exceeding Democrats

www.science.org

8 41 98

Reposted by Sarah Gollust

Milbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly @milbankfund.bsky.social · 20d

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.

www.milbank.org

1 1

Reposted by Sarah Gollust

Collaborative on Media & Messaging for Health and Social Policy @commhsp.bsky.social · 25d

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.

1 2 2

Reposted by Sarah Gollust

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.

www.msnbc.com

27 170 350

Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thanks for your consistent hospitality, dear building friend.

1

Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · Sep 5

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

A picture of the West Bank Office Building (WBOB), the most personable building at the UMN

2 4

Reposted by Sarah Gollust

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

21 470 1.2K

Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · Sep 1

I would have to agree

1

Reposted by Sarah Gollust

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Aug 31

Black women have every right to be furious. The irresponsible choices of white voters has for many of us, taken our livelihood with consequences for our homes, the education of our children, our ability to care for parents.

It’s unconscionable.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...

In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit

www.nytimes.com

76 920 3.3K

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/...

3 6 25

Reposted by Sarah Gollust

David Anderson @dmaanderson.bsky.social · Aug 31

I am chairing the search for two (2) Tenure Track positions at the Department of Health Services, Policy and Management at
@uscarnoldschool.bsky.social

We are looking to move relatively fast so please get your applications in quickly

#HealthPolicy
#AcademicSky

uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/194...

Assistant/Associate Professor (2 Vacancies)

uscjobs.sc.edu

40 39

Reposted by Sarah Gollust

Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · Aug 31

1 3 20

Reposted by Sarah Gollust

Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · Aug 29

New: The NIH cancelled more than a half dozen grants focused on suicide prevention for LGBTQ youth. Turns out that's indicative of Trump's broader mental health plan—defund research, incarcerate people, & disappear the workforce.

Took a deep dive w/ @juliametraux.bsky.social for @motherjones.com:

Trump's mental health plan: Defund, incarcerate, disappear

His speeches on homelessness drip with fear and disgust. His policies are worse.

www.motherjones.com

4 49 130

Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · Aug 29

@mirandayaver.bsky.social @haroldpollack.bsky.social @oberlanderunc.bsky.social @scottlgreer.bsky.social @askellyphd.bsky.social @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social @adrianna.bsky.social @ericpatashnik.bsky.social @thcallaghan.bsky.social @heatherhhoward.bsky.social

1