Despite increasing use of observational data in public health, researchers are still hesitant to use strong causal language (for fear of overpromising).
New paper and comment in @bmj.com sets out new guidance on appropriate use/misuse of causal language
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
The think pieces write themselves. My contribution: this is fucking beautiful, and we should keep fighting for more of this! Everywhere.
I will be interviewing for a clinical psychology PhD student in the Precision Psychopathology + Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab this interview cycle.
Please see our website for more info about what we do + share with applicants you think might be a good fit.
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This is a superb short video on the consequences of the ongoing destruction of American science. Please watch and circulate.
@sebastianseung.bsky.social is fantastic here.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
As a social epidemiologist, I often use data from Bureau of Labor Statistics to study health impacts of economic policies. As Trump fires head of #BLS and justifies decision with false reasons, I worry about quality and politicization of data we use to inform policies. @aeainformation.bsky.social
Hi Kate :) Nice to see you too! Recently hosted a Pride movie night. We watched Zero Patience, and I thought of you! :) Hope you're doing well and enjoying the Midwest!!
Folks have started reaching out again, so here’s your reminder: I will be reviewing PhD applications this fall!
📅 Deadline: Nov 15, 2025
🔗 Info: publish.illinois.edu/healthequity...
📨 Questions? vjrodrig@illinois.edu
🔵 @vjrp.bsky.social
#PhDChat #HealthEquity #ClinicalPsych
Donald Trump is attacking Harvard for refusing to carry out his political agenda. Now, innocent students are caught in the crossfire.
Harvard is right to fight back.
But this isn't just about Harvard — anyone who crosses Trump could be punished. It's a threat to all of us.
In the past month 4 trainees in my lab lost: NIH diversity supplement, MARC, & STEP-Up funding. NSF SBE meeting (incl. ECRs) indefinitely postponed. Pipeline cuts disproportionately affect underrepresented scholars. Individual lives & our collective future impacted. #ScienceMatters
‼️ New paper @ Child Development discussing why it is inappropriate to use traditional common factor models to model adverse childhood experienced (ACEs) and other stressor inventories ‼️
Read full (brief) paper at srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@srcdorg.bsky.social #PsychSciSky
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When the NIH cut funding for my research on food and housing insecurity, they sent a letter stating my work was “antithetical to the scientific inquiry”
They couldn’t be more wrong. I explain why in @statnews.com
#PublicHealth #Pediatrics #DEI
www.statnews.com/2025/04/15/n...
Alexa, play “ENERGY” by Beyonce.
Yay Harvard!!!!!!! Well done! Other universities should do the same.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
🚨🚨 Here we go! 🚨🚨
@protectdemocracy.org, @cspi.bsky.social, and @aclu.org have sued RFK and his cronies at HHS to halt illegal grant terminations.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69835...
The entire National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) team at SAMHSA was terminated today.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.
Disappeared Tufts Human Dev. PhD student Rumesya Ozturk is also a graduate of Teachers College - she’s a dev. psychologist studying children’s media & prosocial development. She also bakes without recipes and binge-watches cartoons. She is our colleague & she was abducted on the street w/ our tax $.