International Social Epidemiology Society Webinar Series Professor Terrence Hill, The University of Texas at San Antonio “What We Learned from Editing the First Handbook of Social Epidemiology” 28th of April, 2026 Register at tinyurl.com.ISES01

📢 Mark your calendars for our next webinar!

“What We Learned from Editing the 1st Handbook of Social Epidemiology” with Professor Terrence Hill

📅 Thursday April 28, 2026
🕗 09:00 New York / 14:00 London / 22:00 Tokyo
👉 Register now at tinyurl.com/ISES01 — and please share widely!

#SocialEpi #SDoH

📢 Our next webinar is coming up at the end of this month!

Stay tuned for details next week!

#SocialEpi #EpiSky #PublicHealth

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#GenderEquity & #Academia: Women in academia have almost five times the amount of childcare-related responsibilities that men have.
#SocialEpi #EpiSky

Motherhood derails women’s academic careers — these data reveal how and why www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The ripple effects of these cuts will last our lifetime and beyond…This paper is just underscoring the tip of the iceberg!

#GenderEquity #EpiSky #SocialEpi #PublicHealth

I am thrilled to work with @evidence4action.bsky.social and @partners4he.bsky.social on this Call for Abstracts (CFA) on Ways of Knowing (WOK). For more details on the CFA, please visit:

#HealthEquity #SocialEpi #E4A #PA4HE #WOK
@amjpublichealth.bsky.social
ajph.aphapublications.org/callforpapers

Are there any specific topics you'd like to see covered in our guest speaker webinar series this year? If so, drop your suggestion(s) below!
⬇️ #SocialEpi #WebinarSeries

New York City has a diverse population and is one of the wealthiest cities in the U.S., but there is wide economic inequality and high racial segregation throughout the city.

Below is the full paper: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

#SocialEpi #HealthEquity #SDoH #PDoH

Coffee and Tea Intake, Dementia Risk, and Cognitive Function This prospective cohort study investigates whether coffee and tea intake are associated with dementia risk and cognitive function in female participants from the Nurses’ Health Study and male particip...

Coffee lovers! Let's keep sipping our coffee to keep our brain working: "Higher caffeinated coffee intake was associated with more favorable cognitive outcomes."
#EpiSky #SocialEpi #HealthEquity

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Happening today 2/11 @ 5pm EDT.
See free registration information below...

#MAIHDA #Intersectionality #HealthEquity #SocialEpi

@clarerevans.bsky.social @albeccia.bsky.social @intersectionalitytraining.com

Must attend if you want to hear the story behind MAIHDA directly from the source Dr. @clarerevans.bsky.social on February 11 at 5pm EDT

#SocialEpi @EpiSky #MAIHDA

#Intersectionality #HealthEquity

Info below for free registration...

Time is running out to join the International Social Epidemiology Society for FREE today at tinyurl.com/5xufct6u!

Join by February 1st if you want to take full advantage of our membership benefits. We're grateful to the over 700 new members who have joined so far!

#SocialEpi #EpiSky #PublicHealth

Voting is a stronger social determinant of health than education #Vote #SDoH #EpiSky #SocialEpi #PublicHealth #HealthEquity

Do you have a favorite #SocialEpi paper 📜 that you read that was published in 2025? If so, drop the paper link below!

#EpiSky #PublicHealth

Quantifying U.S. life expectancy gains from reductions in Black-White mortality disparities: A simulation study Substantial gaps remain in life expectancy (LE) between Black and White Americans. The present study aimed to simulate hypothetical reductions in exce…

Happy to share my latest study which aimed to answer the following question:

How much could we improve overall #LifeExpectancy (LE) among Americans if we closed the Black-White mortality gap across all ages and in particular age groups?

#RacialDisparities #SocialEpi #EpiSky #PublicHealth

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Neighborhood disadvantage and multiple myeloma incidence in the Black Women’s Health Study AbstractBackground. Black Americans have a >2-fold increased risk of multiple myeloma (MM) compared with other racial/ethnic groups. The underlying biol

#SocialEpi #EpiSky

academic.oup.com/ije/article/...

Impacts of SNAP benefit increases on US child food insufficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic Background The COVID-19 pandemic reversed a decade of progress in reducing child food insufficiency in the United States. Congress implemented a universal 15% increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assist...

Grateful that our paper 'Impacts of SNAP benefit increases on US child food insufficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic' is now published.

Under the One Big Beautiful Bill, 3.3 million families with children are estimated to lose more than $25/month in SNAP benefits.

#SNAP #SocialEpi #PublicHealth

We're very grateful to the close to 500 new members of the International Social Epidemiology Society who have joined in less than 2 weeks!

Please spread the word & encourage others to join by February 1st in order to take full advantage of our membership benefits!

#SocialEpi #EpiSky #PublicHealth

Food stamp expansion in 2021 reduced odds of needy US kids going hungry, research reveals The 15% expansion of food stamp payments under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP for short, during the COVID-19 pandemic, reduced the odds of needy children going hungry, especial...

Media coverage of our new study linking SNAP benefits to reduced child food insufficiency
#SNAP #EpiSky #SocialEpi #PublicHealth

AJE Advances: Research in Epidemiology is the newest #OpenAccess journal from @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social and the Society for Epidemiologic Research.
A good home for papers on emerging methods incl. #socialepi #spatialepi

academic.oup.com/ajeadvances/...

#PublicHealthEthics #PHEthix #Bioethics #PublicHealthLaw #PHLaw #TBI #CollisionSports #PopulationLevelBioethics #InjuryEpidemiology #InjuryPrevention #EpiSky #SocialEpi #SocEpi

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Flight attendant: Is there a doctor on board? Me: Yes, but I'm not that kind of... Flight attendant: It's 11:52 PM and the passenger in 37F has a conference abstract due in seven minutes. It's currently 50 words over the limit. Me: Okay. I'm here.

#academicsky #episky #publichealth #socialepi #science

Photo of Htet Lin Htun

👏 Congratulations to Htet Lin Htun of Monash University, another recipient of our Rising Star in Social Epidemiology Doctoral Student Award!

This week, we spotlight his innovative research in our award series.

🎥 Watch the video feature here: www.social-epi.org/ises-awards

#I-SESAwards #SocialEpi

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👏 Congratulations to Allison Lind of the University of Minnesota, recipient of our Rising Star in Social Epidemiology Doctoral Student Award!

This week, we’re spotlighting her research in our award series.

🎥 Watch the video feature here: www.social-epi.org/ises-awards

#I-SESAwards #SocialEpi

What would Len say?

Considered to be the father of social epidemiology, Len Syme died earlier this year at the age of 92.

In this month's SSM-Population Health, Berkman & Krieger pen a tribute asking: “What would Len say?”―as public health faces multiple threats in the U.S.

#SocialEpi #EpiSky

tinyurl.com/5yyndtk8

Massive NIH study challenges use of race as a proxy for genetic ancestry in research A large government study shows that Americans’ self-reported race is a poor proxy for their genetic ancestry.

“The clear message here is that these are two distinct constructs [race/ethnicity and genetic ancestry], they mean different things, and they should not be used interchangeably,” said Luisa Borrell
@cuny.edu @cunysph.bsky.social
#EpiSky #SocialEpi
www.statnews.com/2025/06/05/n... via @statnews.com

#adolescence #physicalactivity #sports #extracurriculars #exercise #socialepi #activekids #activeplay #youthsports #teenfitness #childdevelopment #publichealth

Flyer for International Social Epidemiology Webinar Series: Professor Naomi Priest from the Australian National University on 1st of May. Title: "My 'accidental' career as a social epidemiologist"

📢 Mark your calendars for our next webinar next week!

“My 'Accidental' Career as a Social Epidemiologist” featuring Professor Naomi Priest

📅 Thursday, May 1st, 2025
🕗 06:00 New York / 11:00 London / 20:00 Melbourne

👉 Register now at bit.ly/3YABrxB — and please share widely!

#SocialEpi #SDoH

Excellent article! Immigration is a social and political determinant of health, and it now more consequential than ever.
@cunysph.bsky.social
#SocialEpi #EpiSky

My deepest thanks to @natureportfolio.nature.com for spotlighting my research on #LongCOVID. Grateful to help further our understanding of this critical #PublicHealth issue. #SocialEpi #EpiSky #EconSky