New paper! Published online first from @tamar-antin.bsky.social and colleagues: on drivers of inequalities in rural tobacco use journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

Resisting Attacks on Science - Center for Critical Public Health So it happened. We have officially withdrawn a paper accepted for publication in a scientific journal because of editorial requests to remove language deemed out of compliance with executive orders.

2 of 2: Back story here:
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1 of 2: The findings in this new paper @cphjournal.bsky.social were the focus of a publication we withdrew from Public Health Reports last year, due to political interference
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Findings from our study on nicotine and tobacco use among young adults in California's rural North State

Reports suggest the fed plans to cut HUD’s homelessness program, slashing permanent supportive housing by more than half. The impact would be devastating, and orgs like Insight Housing, among many others, can’t absorb such large cuts. If you can, learn more & support here: insighthousing.org

New Directions in Critical Public Health: Health in Turbulent Times In an era where debates about public health research, policy, and practice are central to the wider socio-political discourse, this invaluable volume brings together key themes from the last 15 years ...

Link to book here: www.routledge.com/New-Directio...

Really excited to receive my copy of New Directions in Critical Public Health! The first version of this book changed the entire trajectory of my career. What will this publication mean for my next phase?!?! Thanks @lindsaymclaren.bsky.social, @judegreen.bsky.social, and Ronald Lebonte!

Top NIH nutrition researcher studying ultraprocessed foods departs, citing censorship under Kennedy | CNN When President Donald Trump named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his choice to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services, one group of health researchers was cautiously optimistic that their cause...

More evidence of mounting political interference in science at the NIH.
"NIH may be a difficult place to continue the gold-standard unbiased science required to inform the needed transformation of our food supply to make Americans healthy.”
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Book in packing box

It's out! 5th edition of #qual #methods for health research now published, and in a library near you soon!

Researchers, ACLU sue over Trump's 'ideological purge' of NIH grants Scientific researchers on Wednesday sued to secure reinstatement of National Institutes of Health grants that funded research on topics like LGBTQ health, COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy canceled by Republican President Donald Trump's administration as part of an "ideological purge."

Grateful to those resisting political interference in science, not to mention the reckless cutting of research funding without cause.

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Resisting Attacks on Science - Center for Critical Public Health So it happened. We have officially withdrawn a paper accepted for publication in a scientific journal because of editorial requests to remove language deemed out of compliance with executive orders.

Last week we officially withdrew a paper accepted for publication in a scientific journal because of editorial requests to remove language deemed out of compliance with executive orders.

criticalpublichealth.org/blog/2025/03...

Never thought I'd be so grateful for an academic journal, but standing up to political interference and censorship? That'll do it.

Self Censorship in Research - Center for Critical Public Health I fully recognize why social scientists craft their proposals to align with a funder’s mission – this is the reality of grantsmanship. In a soft-money research environment, success depends not … Self ...

In "disheartening" conversations with fellow NIH-funded researchers, one said they "shelved a proposal on sexual and gender minority health because 'what was the point?' Another abandoned a manuscript out of fear of retaliation from a government funder."
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Republican Medicaid cuts could shutter rural hospitals, maternity care Potential Medicaid cuts could devastate America’s teetering rural health-care system and jeopardize Republicans’ political power among rural voters.

One recent piece of evidence here: www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Our latest editorial is now live! We were worried about rural health before, and now the evidence is rolling in—sadly, it seems that rural communities will, in fact, be left behind again... Read more ⬇️ and a link to the article published by @cphjournal.bsky.social

Journal of Critical Public Health The journal is published by the international Critical Public Health Network in Edinburgh, UK (https://cphn.net/), ISSN 3033-3997.

We are pleased to announce that our new issue has just been published! Vol 2 (1). Read, enjoy, let your colleagues know!
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"...women remain absent from the medical literature on alcohol...with [their] consumption continuing to be conceptualised as an innate and gendered behavioural problem...challenging researchers’ assumptions on who we research and how, is needed." #criticalpublichealth

Examining gender in alcohol research: A systematic review of gender differences in how men and women are studied in alcohol research This systematic review examined differences in the way women and men have been studied in alcohol research over the past decade. In particular, it exp…

'Examining gender in alcohol research: A systematic review of gender differences in how men and women are studied in alcohol research' | Internationa Journal of Drug Policy via @drugwise.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

But then of course this morning we received the "State of Washington et al. vs Donald Trump et al." Can anyone tell me how long this roller coaster lasts?

Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.

The health and wellbeing of the populations most in need of NIH research and attention are under threat, as are the public health professionals who will be laid off and forced to find work in an industry that our current administration appears hell bent on destroying.
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“Stop looking north, look to the world”. Can we imagine Global Health without the USA at its centre? How should the world respond when a single country’s power and influence are so deeply embedded in global structures that its actions can destabilise entire systems?

"The structural dependency on U.S. funding and leadership is a fundamental barrier to achieving a truly global vision for global health."

Our new blog for @plosglobalpublichealth.org

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The Battle for Scientific Integrity: What is our fate as federally-funded researchers? - Center for Critical Public Health While scholars have long debated whether truly impartial funding sources for research exist, many consider that the federal government comes the closest. Given the current environment, can our governm...

Like so many others, I'm concerned about political interference in science and what that will mean for our work, especially health equity work. For now, it seems like new awards are frozen, but when (if) they start up again, are we really in the clear? criticalpublichealth.org/blog/2025/02...

Data and communication are gold What the hell is going on?

"Public health data and communication [are] a vital resource, as valuable as gold, for protecting American lives... The longer this instability and information drip-feed continues, the greater the biosecurity risk."
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by @kkjetelina.bsky.social

Dr. Leonard Syme - Center for Critical Public Health This week I learned of Dr. Leonard Syme’s passing. I met Dr. Syme over twenty years ago. Though our encounter was brief, that single meeting with him set me on … Dr. Leonard Syme Read More

After the federal grant freeze, "I spent the day speaking with colleagues to be sure they understood that any freeze on our federal grants meant that our agency would be forced to lay off all staff and immediately close."
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