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I’m happy to share that I have been promoted to Associate Professor at Boston University School of Public Health! @busph.bsky.social

Encantada de dirigir la sesión de hoy del SER México Chapter en la que compartiremos experiencias en la academia y más!

Looking forward to today’s session as part of the @societyforepi.bsky.social Mexico Chapter! We will share academic experiences and more!
#episky

✨ #MotivationMonday ✨

📰 New job posting from @inserm.fr 👇
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💻 Check out the ISEE job board 👇
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#Postdoc #Chemicals #Cardiovascular

Thanks to The Oklahoman (www.oklahoman.com) for running my opinions on the new budget and impacts on Alzheimer's research (bit.ly/4mZXrg7) and public health progress for all of us. #PublicHealth #EndAlzheimers #Epidemiology #ScienceHomecoming

Quantile regressions as a tool to evaluate how an exposure shifts and reshapes the outcome distribution: A primer for epidemiologists - PubMed Quantifying how an exposure affects the entire outcome distribution is often important, e.g., for outcomes such as blood pressure which have non-linear effects on long-term morbidity and mortality. Qu...

If you missed the quantile regression workshop Jilly co-led today at #SER2025 don’t worry! We also have a didactic paper for self-learners: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39098821/

🚨 🚨 We are hiring a postdoc! 🚨 🚨
We are seeking bright & curious researchers interested in applying their skills to tackle complex environmental exposures to address dementia. Join us! @busph.bsky.social #episky
More ➡️ docs.google.com/document/u/1...

Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.

Estimated impact of USAID cuts on deaths of adults and children: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...

Happening today!!! 📚💚

🚨 Webinar Alert! 🚨

Join us on TOMORROW (March 20) at 12pm ET/9am PT/4pm UTC for a session on writing and submitting compelling commentaries for academic journals. 📚✨

Register now! members.iseepi.org/Calendar/mor...

#AcademicWriting #Commentaries #PublishingTips #Epidemiology

Fantastic discussion at the SER Mexico Chapter launch event!!!!! Great resource for Epidemiology students and researchers in Mexico 🇲🇽 🤓
More info here epiresearch.org/mexico-chapt... @societyforepi.bsky.social

Want something to look forward to? The Gateway to Global Aging Data + Social Science and Medicine invite submissions for a conference and special issue dedicated to interdisciplinary research on how education affects health and aging globally. Call for submissions: g2aging.org/edu/conference

This week, #MELODEM features Dr. Sebastian Walsh presenting:

"The value of a population-level lens in #dementia research: examples from prevention and treatment"

Th Feb 6 @ 11a US ET.

Join our distribution list for zoom specs. sites.bu.edu/melodem/cont...

Association of Tailpipe-Related and Nontailpipe–Related Air Pollution Exposure with Cognitive Decline in the Chicago Health and Aging Project | Environmental Health Perspectives | Vol. 132, No. 12 Background: Evidence suggests that long-term exposure to air pollution may increase the risk of dementia and related cognitive outcomes. A major source of air pollution is automotive traffic, which is...

Proud congratulations to @ryanmandrews.bsky.social on the publication of "Association of tailpipe-related and non-tailpipe-related #airpollution exposure w #cognitivedecline in the Chicago Health & Aging Project."

ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/...

So proud and inspired by the LEAD scholars’ presentations today. We even had the pleasure of listening to Zapoteco (indigenous language originally from Oaxaca) today!!!

The incredible @tejenson.bsky.social talking about environmental injustice and MAIHDA at #ISEE2024 @bostonu.bsky.social
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#epitwitter! Check out this webinar @societyforepi.bsky.social that I'll be doing with Arijit Nandi @mcgillu.bsky.social on Nov 13 about quasi-experimental approaches in epidemiology. Registration open. And check out the other amazing webinars at this link too! epiresearch.org/serpresents/

Yay!!! @tejenson.bsky.social you were fantastic!!!!

Thrilled to share our newest publication on depressive symptoms and cognitive health in a racially diverse sample. We found a particularly harmful association between depressive symptoms and cognition in certain racial/ethnic groups!! #Episky

alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Bravo!!!!!!

My new viewpoint in Health Affairs Scholar, "Immigrants to US Contribute to Society. Here are Three Ways to Support Their Transition," discusses strategies relevant for ongoing migrant influx, e.g. social inclusion, meeting basic needs, & supportive neighborhoods. academic.oup.com/healthaffair...

Interested in the relationship between education and dementia? Consider applying for a pilot project for our NIH/NIA funded network! drive.google.com/file/d/1v5Cy...

Fantastic BU epi seminar by Dr. Erika Sabbath on their new paper on how ob/gyns are doing post-Dobbs:
Sabbath, McKetchnie, Arora, Buchbinder. US Obstetrician-Gynecologists' Perceived Impacts of Post–Dobbs v Jackson State Abortion Bans. JAMA Network Open doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.52109.

Are you ready for #MELODEM's first debate? (Thu, Feb 1 11AM US ET)

The issue on the table: Are anti-amyloid immunotherapies "disease modifying" or symptomatic treatments of #Alzheimer’s disease?

Email melodem AT bu DOT edu for link to livestream.