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Joanne Spetz
@joannespetz.bsky.social
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Health economist focusing on the healthcare workforce, institute director, live music fan, mother, cat lover, knitter, hiker, skier. All opinions and snark my own.

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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 21h
My latest in @jamahealthforum.com looks at health care affordability -- or, more aptly, unaffordability -- in the context of the debate over enhanced ACA premium tax credits.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Bianca Frogner @biancafrogner.bsky.social · 13d
Mark your calendars for our 4th Annual AWARD Network Speed Sharing webinar on Wed Jan 7, 12pm ET / 9am PT! It's always a fun, fast, and informative event about recent work at the intersection of Alzheimer's disease & dementia, long-term care & health workforce!
awardnetwork.ucsf.edu/monthly-webi...

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Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · 14d
Team Science is FUN!!! Thank you all for bringing me on the journey with you.

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Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · 14d
Audrey's team:
Audrey Lyndon
Kate Simpson
Gay Landstrom
Caryl Gay
Jason Fletcher

Lisa's team:
@lisarotenstein.bsky.social
Estelle Martin
Bruce Landon
Susan Edgman-Levitan
@hneprash.bsky.social
David Bates

Team Oral Health:
Nady Pourat
Xiao Chen
James Godwin

& Team OCEBHA, led by Walt Dawson

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Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · 14d
UCSF LTC teams:
@anilmakam.bsky.social
Xenia Mendez
Kyoko Peterson
Jackie Miller
Tim Bates
David O'Riordan
Steve Pantilat
Leslie Ross - may her memory be a blessing to all

Others in LTC:
Jasmine Travers Altizer
Jenny Reckrey
@biancafrogner.bsky.social
David Grabowski
Rachel Heitner
Brynn Bowman

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Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · 14d
(more Team NDWS)
Amy R. Pettit
Ji Qi
Raphael Nishimura
Piotr Dworak
Margaret Hudson
Jennifer Kelley

Team NP-Midwife Surveys:
Kim Dau
Roz de Lisser
Amy Quan
Tim Bates
Ulli (again)

Fantastic post-docs:
Lei Chen
Moroni Cajavilca

Tingting's team:
Tingting Yao
Hai-Yen Sung
Lela Chu
Wendy Max

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Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · 14d
(more Team NDWS)
Lauren Hunt
Lauren Gerlach
@alissasideman.bsky.social
Johanna van Tyen Silbersack Hickey
Kate Possin
Winston Chiong
Susan Chapman
Esther M. Friedman
Soo-Jeong Lee
Rachel Tocco
Joanie Rothstein
Pongpat Putthinun
Sofia Sandoval
Amber Rose
Kate Stewart
Heidi Guyer
Sandi Nelson

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Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · 14d
It's time to thank my coauthors of 2025! I don't have a great list of who is on BlueSky, so tags are incomplete.

Team NDWS:
@dtmaust.bsky.social
@betsywhite25.bsky.social
Laura Wagner
James Wagner
Steve Marcus
Ulli Muench
Sheryl Zimmerman
@jarminyeh.bsky.social
@kristalynharrison.bsky.social

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Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · 21d
I love this list very much and had implemented a lot of the same things myself.
arrianna-planey.bsky.social Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 21d
Would it be terribly annoying if I posted about things that have made my academic work more... efficient?
arrianna-planey.bsky.social Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 21d
I love past me for developing the habit of simultaneously drafting presentation slides when I write papers and/or grant proposals. It makes things sooooo much easier when people ask me to give a talk.

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 21d
Would it be terribly annoying if I posted about things that have made my academic work more... efficient?
arrianna-planey.bsky.social Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 21d
I love past me for developing the habit of simultaneously drafting presentation slides when I write papers and/or grant proposals. It makes things sooooo much easier when people ask me to give a talk.

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Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · 24d
One more reason we get along!

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Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · Nov 13
A neighbor responded to a quip I made about the Pres being a pedo with “those were fully developed girls.”
Keeping my distance from her now.
iwashyna.bsky.social Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · Nov 13
OMG, as a father, allow me to emphasize it is not ok for adult men to be into teen age girls, and if you are an adult rationalizing “15 year olds” as somehow ok:

You are gross

You need help

Stay the hell away from my children or my students

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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · Nov 13
OMG, as a father, allow me to emphasize it is not ok for adult men to be into teen age girls, and if you are an adult rationalizing “15 year olds” as somehow ok:

You are gross

You need help

Stay the hell away from my children or my students

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Josh Woolley MD/PhD @trpr-ucsf.bsky.social · Nov 13
The UCSF/VA Translational Psychedelic Research Program seeks postdoctoral fellows to advance rigorous psychedelic-therapy trials investigating neural, cognitive, & behavioral mechanisms in depression, neurodegenerative & eating disorders, chronic pain, and Veterans. 2 years guaranteed, 3rd possible.

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Cornell Health Policy Center @chpc-cornell.bsky.social · Nov 13
⭐️ Dr. Allison Ju-Chen Hu, Kristen Underhill, & Yuhua Bao have a paper out in Health Affairs titled "State Laws Banning Prior Authorization For Medications For Opioid Use Disorder Increased Substantially, 2015–23."

👉 Read the CHERISH summary: buff.ly/xc2iXWa

🔗 Read publication: buff.ly/AH6mwyp
Pilot Grant Analysis Examines Prior Authorization Trends for MOUD in Private Insurance
Researchers observed a positive trend towards removing prior authorization requirements for MOUD.
buff.ly

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Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · Nov 12
Conference hotel view of my alma mater!
And yes I have already had a cup of Toscanini’s.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Oct 31
Bottom line of systematic assessment of studies on Covid vaccinations/boosters:
~50% reduction of hospitalization, across all adults (not just older) who are not immunocompromised
Real data on vaccine-induced myocarditis: occurred in 1-3 per 100,000 male adolescents
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Oct 31

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UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education @ctcre-ucsf.bsky.social · Oct 30
CTCRE & @ucsfcancer.bsky.social hosted the annual Tobacco & Cancer Control Scientific Trainee Retreat in Sept! We were fortunate to be joined by Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, 2009 Nobel Laureate in medicine, who delivered the keynote conversation and thoughtfully answered questions from our fellows.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Oct 30
To recap: Trump is spending money Congress never appropriated to pay federal employees with guns, and cutting programs and grants even when Congress has appropriated funds.
They literally have a contingency fund for SNAP that they are refusing to use.
No Speaker has done more to weaken Congress.
In a new set of court filings, submitted late Wednesday, administration officials acknowledged that they had billions of dollars left over across multiple federal accounts. The amounts appeared to total more than would be needed to cover the full costs of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, for the next month.

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Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · Oct 27
You can download the datafiles at awardnetwork.ucsf.edu

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Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · Oct 27
Want to do research on home care, assisted living, and nursing home workers, but are having trouble finding info about the policies that affect them?

Look no further! The AWARD Network Data Compendium has data for you!

Learn more in our new JAMDA article.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · Oct 17
The research is clear that peaceful protest movements are extremely effective. Movements that involve property damage are less effective but usually still effective in general.
a cartoon of a man saying now you know and knowing is half the battle .
Alt: a cartoon of a man saying now you know and knowing is half the battle .
media.tenor.com

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ASHEcon @ashecon.bsky.social · Oct 17
Med cannabis law adoption induces sustained reductions in pain-medication use, esp opioids, among commercially insured patients. On avg, patients prescribed opioids drop by over 100 per 10,000 enrollees qrtrly within 4 yrs after policy adoption.(1/3)

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ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social · Oct 16
Link: www.dovepress.com/patient-pers...
Patient Perspectives and Concerns Regarding Cataract Surgery and Catar | OPTH
Patients are open to changes in the sedation management strategy in the presence of appropriate perioperative education and communication. Read more.
www.dovepress.com

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ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social · Oct 16
New in Clinical Ophthalmology:

Patient Perspectives and Concerns Regarding Cataract Surgery and Cataract Surgery Sedation: A Qualitative Study - Molina et al.

Spotlighting IHPS Faculty: Dr. Catherine L. Chen

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Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · Oct 10
ICYMI - San Francisco's most common job is also the lowest paid - home/personal care aides. This is true for much of the country. Policies are desperately needed to improve pay for these jobs while supporting the growing population that needs their help.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
The most common job in S.F. is also the worst paid
New data shows the highest and lowest income jobs in the San Francisco metro area. The most common job is the worst paid.
www.sfchronicle.com

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Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · Oct 10
Glad to see my alma mater issuing a clear statement about the Trump administration's attempt to control universities. (My current employer wasn't asked, but we know what they would say - a firm no!)
chanda.blacksky.app Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Oct 10
MIT President Sally Kornbluth just issued a statement to the campus community saying NO to Trump’s authoritarian compact

“And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.”
Dear Madam Secretary, I write in response to your letter of October 1, inviting MIT to review a "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." I acknowledge the vital importance of these matters. I appreciated the chance to meet with you earlier this year to discuss the priorities we share for American higher education. As we discussed, the Institute's mission of service to the nation directs us to advance knowledge, educate students and bring knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges. We do that in line with a clear set of values, with excellence above all. Some practical examples: • MIT prides itself on rewarding merit. Students, faculty and staff succeed here based on the strength of their talent, ideas and hard work. For instance, the Institute was the first to reinstate the SAT/ACT requirement after the pandemic. And MIT has never had legacy preferences in admissions. • MIT opens its doors to the most talented students regardless of their family's finances. Admissions are need-blind. Incoming undergraduates whose families earn less than $200,000 a year pay no tuition. Nearly 88% of our last graduating class left MIT with no debt for their education. We make a wealth of free courses and low-cost certificates available to any American with an internet connection. Of the undergraduate degrees we award, 94% are in STEM fields. And in service to the nation, we cap enrollment of international undergraduates at roughly 10%. • We value free expression, as clearly described in the MIT Statement on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom. We must hear facts and opinions we don't like - and engage respectfully with those with whom we disagree. These values and other MIT practices meet or exceed many standards outlined in the document you sent. We freely choose these values because they're right, and we live by them because they support our mission - work of immense value to the prosperity, competitiveness, health and security of the United States. And of course, MIT abides by the law. The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone. In our view, America's leadership in science and innovation depends on independent thinking and open competition for excellence. In that tree marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences. Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education. As you know, MIT's record of service to the nation is long and enduring. Eight decades ago, MIT leaders helped invent a scientific partnership between America's research universities and the U.S. government that has delivered extraordinary benefits for the American people. We continue to believe in the power of this partnership to serve the nation. Sincerely, Sally Kornbluth CC Ms. May Mailman Mr. Vincent Haley

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Oct 10
MIT President Sally Kornbluth just issued a statement to the campus community saying NO to Trump’s authoritarian compact

“And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.”
Dear Madam Secretary, I write in response to your letter of October 1, inviting MIT to review a "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." I acknowledge the vital importance of these matters. I appreciated the chance to meet with you earlier this year to discuss the priorities we share for American higher education. As we discussed, the Institute's mission of service to the nation directs us to advance knowledge, educate students and bring knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges. We do that in line with a clear set of values, with excellence above all. Some practical examples: • MIT prides itself on rewarding merit. Students, faculty and staff succeed here based on the strength of their talent, ideas and hard work. For instance, the Institute was the first to reinstate the SAT/ACT requirement after the pandemic. And MIT has never had legacy preferences in admissions. • MIT opens its doors to the most talented students regardless of their family's finances. Admissions are need-blind. Incoming undergraduates whose families earn less than $200,000 a year pay no tuition. Nearly 88% of our last graduating class left MIT with no debt for their education. We make a wealth of free courses and low-cost certificates available to any American with an internet connection. Of the undergraduate degrees we award, 94% are in STEM fields. And in service to the nation, we cap enrollment of international undergraduates at roughly 10%. • We value free expression, as clearly described in the MIT Statement on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom. We must hear facts and opinions we don't like - and engage respectfully with those with whom we disagree. These values and other MIT practices meet or exceed many standards outlined in the document you sent. We freely choose these values because they're right, and we live by them because they support our mission - work of immense value to the prosperity, competitiveness, health and security of the United States. And of course, MIT abides by the law. The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone. In our view, America's leadership in science and innovation depends on independent thinking and open competition for excellence. In that tree marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences. Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education. As you know, MIT's record of service to the nation is long and enduring. Eight decades ago, MIT leaders helped invent a scientific partnership between America's research universities and the U.S. government that has delivered extraordinary benefits for the American people. We continue to believe in the power of this partnership to serve the nation. Sincerely, Sally Kornbluth CC Ms. May Mailman Mr. Vincent Haley

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Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · Oct 7
Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/tr...
STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.
Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freed...
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