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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · Feb 3

Why did pages supporting DEI need to be "under review" in the first place?

@asm.org is not a government organization. It is not subject to the Executive Orders, which call for the systematic erasure of many ASM members.

This is a pathetic, cowardly excuse for voluntarily complying with fascism.

ASM @asm.org · Feb 3

ASM has received questions about content on our site being under review—thank you to those who reached out. "Under review" never meant removal, despite understandable concerns to the contrary. Most modified pages have been or are in the process of being restored. Read our statement: asm.social/2h3

ASM Responds to Member Questions About Executive Orders

Our modified pages are back up or in the process of being restored. ASM has not retracted or altered any research articles, scientific papers or peer reviewed articles on our website.

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Professor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · Feb 4

"Political" is banned, which is awkward for all of us in poli-sci. Alternative names for the discipline? Ruling science? StateKraft? (Kraftwerk is obv. taken) Power stuff studies?

Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · Feb 4

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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Jane Liebschutz, MD MPH (she/her) @liebschutz.bsky.social · Jan 22

Before panic sets it. The New NIH Director and Congress will want research to continue, so the machine will start up at some point. Keep writing papers and preparing proposals. AND educate the public about the key role peer review plays in science and the time and infrastructure investment needed

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Unni Gopinathan @unnigopinathan.bsky.social · Jan 15

In this paper, we explore lessons from Norwegian government agencies in using randomized trials and quasi-experimental methods to evaluate public policy interventions, informing govt capabilities to be improved for research during crises

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@atlefretheim.bsky.social

Strengthening research preparedness for crises: lessons from Norwegian government agencies in using randomized trials and quasi-experimental methods to evaluate public policy interventions - Health Re...

During public health crises such as pandemics, governments must rapidly adopt and implement wide-reaching policies and programs (“public policy interventions”). A key takeaway from the coronavirus dis...

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Unni Gopinathan @unnigopinathan.bsky.social · Jan 10

In this piece in Health Economics, Policy and Law together with Alex Voorhoeve and Elina Dale we share a summary of the @worldbankgroup.bsky.social report we co-authored, deepening the rationale for fair processes in health financing: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Précis of Open and Inclusive: Fair Processes for Financing Universal Health Coverage | Health Economics, Policy and Law | Cambridge Core

Précis of Open and Inclusive: Fair Processes for Financing Universal Health Coverage

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LSE British Politics and Policy blog @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social · Dec 13

New! Why Pharmaceutical Pricing Needs Reform. Based off a brand new study published in @thelancet.bsky.social
by Naci Huseyin of @lsehealthpolicy.bsky.social and colleagues.

blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Why Pharmaceutical Pricing Needs Reform

The NHS expenditure on pharmaceuticals, especially in hospital settings, has outpaced the expenditure on other healthcare services. There is a question on whether this allocation of money is …

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Daniel S. Goldberg @profgoldberg.bsky.social · Dec 17

Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs.

Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?

#PHEthx

Infant Mortality Increases Across US Following Dobbs Decision

The Dobbs decision was associated with a 7% absolute increase in overall infant mortality—equivalent to 247 excess deaths—and a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies, corresponding to 2...

www.ajmc.com

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Ioana A. Cristea @ioanaacristea.bsky.social · Dec 16

Please.Halt.Nutritional.Epidemiology.
Will we run a trial on this? Are we going to have chocolate consumption dietary guidelines? Will it be a J-curved relationship in the end?
Is funding from Mars not a problem? But more importantly can we just put a moratorium of 5 years on these studies?

Chocolate intake and risk of type 2 diabetes: prospective cohort studies

Objective To prospectively investigate the associations between dark, milk, and total chocolate consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in three US cohorts. Design Prospective cohort studies. ...

www.bmj.com

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Jon Michael Gran @jmgran.bsky.social · Dec 16

Want to do a postdoc in Oslo? We're seeking candidates for a four year postdoc position in causal inference/time-to-event analysis.

Application deadline is January 31. See below for more information and feel free to take contact if you have any questions! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Four year postdoc position at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE) (272144) | University of Oslo

Job title: Four year postdoc position at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE) (272144), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, January 31, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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Anders @andersskyrud.bsky.social · Dec 5

Et veldig godt eksempel på en helt enkel innsikt som jeg skulle ønske blei sagt på introkurs til medisinsk statistikk, istedenfor f.eks. at man må bruke kjikvadrat på kategoriske data og t-test på kontinuerlige data.

Maarten van Smeden @maartenvsmeden.bsky.social · Dec 5

I personally do not believe in a "spectrum" of effects. Many studies that do not use causal inference techniques but are vague in their ambitions and choose to adjust for "known confounders" are not on the spectrum between unadjusted and true causal effect. They may be further away the causal effect

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Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research @alliancehpsr.bsky.social · Nov 21

Hi #HSR2024! We’ve been enjoying hearing discussions on the use of different social media platforms. If Bluesky is where you’ve landed, why not give us a follow?

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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · Nov 20

At #HSR2024 and wondering where to follow and post - as an individual and in your organizational capacity? Is social media becoming a significant determinant of health?

We’ve got you covered with the timeliest session 😉 Join Thursday, 11.40am.

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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · Nov 21

“The migration”. Love this story. Thanks @kakape.bsky.social I too have become a X-sleeper.

Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · Nov 20

“The majority has spoken, and researchers are moving en masse” to Bluesky, says @shaine.bsky.social.

Couldn't help myself and had to write about science twitter, X, bluesky and "the migration"...
www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky

After recent changes to Elon Musk’s X, a gradual migration turns into a stampede

www.science.org

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Unni Gopinathan @unnigopinathan.bsky.social · Nov 21

#HSR2024 in Japan has set the standard for visa processing.

Timely and predictable processes, waived fees

Thanks to JICA & Nagasaki University

There has been too many bad conference visa experiences. It is time to say no to hosts that cannot guarantee fair and predictable visa processing

Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Nov 20

It truly boggles my mind that "tropical medicine" conferences continue to be hosted, year after year, in visa-hostile, high income countries

I really hope this field wakes up and reflects on who the real experts in tropical diseases are and why they need to lead

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Unni Gopinathan @unnigopinathan.bsky.social · Nov 20

#HSR2024 Going on now

"Achieving equity and inclusion in health systems through increased use of civil society knowledge"

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Unni Gopinathan @unnigopinathan.bsky.social · Nov 19

Today at #hsr2024 our brilliant post-doc Doris Ottie-Boakye will present

"They respect published articles in scientific journals: contextual factors on evidence use from civil society for PHC decisions"

Room 103, session starts 8AM

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · Nov 19

🍃 Interested in the gender-climate-health nexus and #HSR2024?

Come have a look 👀 at our poster *Wednesday* spot 125, which highlights results recently published in TheLancetPlanet 📄⤵️

(The poster is gigantic thus you will be able to see all the details 😂)

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Assoc Prof Adam Kamradt-Scott @adamkams.bsky.social · Nov 11

Wow, welcome to all my new followers! I suspect like my own journey, many of you have found your way here after leaving that other platform, but either way a big hearty welcome & g’day!

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Unni Gopinathan @unnigopinathan.bsky.social · Nov 19

Does this mean I have to prepare for holding the promise of driving you to the UNESCO heritage site in Rjukan next June?

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Robert Marten @robertmarten.bsky.social · Nov 19

Inspired to have @HelenClarkNZ kicking off first plenary at Health Systems Research Symposium in Nagasaki. She calls out governance failures & challenges HPSR community to do more to address the #climatecrisis. (We so lucky to have her as the chair of the @AllianceHPSR board.)

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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · Nov 16

Check out this week's IHP news 803 (a first issue from Nagasaki): www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u... To subscribe to the weekly knowledge management tool: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org Next issue: Saturday 23 November.

Newsletter

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Unni Gopinathan @unnigopinathan.bsky.social · Nov 18

Good morning from Nagasaki

Join us at #HSR2024 on Thursday morning 21st 8 - 9.30AM. Room 101(B).

What value does it bring to health policymaking if knowledge from civil society is considered a source of evidence together with research evidence, and what are the risks?

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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · Nov 18

Looks like Bluesky will cross 20 million users some time before I wake up tomorrow morning ET.
The platform had 10 million users 2 months ago.
It had about 15 million users a week ago.

bsky-users.theo.io

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Unni Gopinathan @unnigopinathan.bsky.social · Nov 18

I loved this session at #HSR2024 on how health policy and systems research can generate evidence on the establishment, reform and implementation of national public health agencies, ending with a quickfire session between Kumanan Rasanathan and Sarah Bennett

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