Alexis Dennis
@acdennis.bsky.social
Sociologist-Demographer at McGill University studying structural determinants of health across the life course
Trump Administration to Stop Measuring Food Insecurity www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
Trump Administration to Stop Measuring Food Insecurity
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Trump Administration to Stop Measuring Food Insecurity www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
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The history of Black travel during Jim Crow is archived at the Green Book Project. Contribute to that history. Know a neighbor or elder with Green Book memories? Invite them to share their story.
Submission form here: greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu
#GreenBookProject #CommunityMap
#EconSky
Submission form here: greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu
#GreenBookProject #CommunityMap
#EconSky
September 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The history of Black travel during Jim Crow is archived at the Green Book Project. Contribute to that history. Know a neighbor or elder with Green Book memories? Invite them to share their story.
Submission form here: greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu
#GreenBookProject #CommunityMap
#EconSky
Submission form here: greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu
#GreenBookProject #CommunityMap
#EconSky
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‼️PhD Funding‼️ Check out this fully-funded PhD position in Stockholm, part of the a 5-year mixed method project investing Sexual and Reproductive Outcomes of Violent Crime led by Dr. Signe Svallfors
PhD studentship with quantitative focus: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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September 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
‼️PhD Funding‼️ Check out this fully-funded PhD position in Stockholm, part of the a 5-year mixed method project investing Sexual and Reproductive Outcomes of Violent Crime led by Dr. Signe Svallfors
Students Hate Them. Universities Need Them. The Only Real Solution to the A.I. Cheating Crisis. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...
Opinion | Students Hate Them. Universities Need Them. The Only Real Solution to the A.I. Cheating Crisis.
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Students Hate Them. Universities Need Them. The Only Real Solution to the A.I. Cheating Crisis. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...
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New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357
Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
August 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357
Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
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A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
August 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
The quotes in this article are just wild
August 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The quotes in this article are just wild
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From the @theconversation.com today by @maggielevenstein.bsky.social & @johnkubale.bsky.social “Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it.”
#academicsky #data #umich
@icpsr.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social
#academicsky #data #umich
@icpsr.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social
Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it
Detailed data that US government agencies collect and make available has underpinned research about people, medicine, science, crime, jobs, housing, climate and the economy.
theconversation.com
August 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
From the @theconversation.com today by @maggielevenstein.bsky.social & @johnkubale.bsky.social “Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it.”
#academicsky #data #umich
@icpsr.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social
#academicsky #data #umich
@icpsr.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social
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Goal-striving stress - a largely ignored stressor of blocked opportunity & dashed aspirations - is implicated in chronic pain among low income white adults, regardless of other health & economic factors myumi.ch/kPjQn
@reeddeangelis.bsky.social @acdennis.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social
@reeddeangelis.bsky.social @acdennis.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social
Goal-Striving Stress and Bodily Pain among Working-Age Black and White Americans - Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
This study tests novel research questions regarding Black-White disparities in bodily pain and goal-striving stress (GSS). A largely overlooked chronic stressor, GSS measures the psychosocial strains ...
myumi.ch
August 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Goal-striving stress - a largely ignored stressor of blocked opportunity & dashed aspirations - is implicated in chronic pain among low income white adults, regardless of other health & economic factors myumi.ch/kPjQn
@reeddeangelis.bsky.social @acdennis.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social
@reeddeangelis.bsky.social @acdennis.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social
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What happened today at #Emory & #CDC should outrage us all.
We once settled our disagreements through debate—but now, fueled by misinformation and disinformation, we are more divided than ever and innocent lives are being lost. The state of affairs in our country is truly heartbreaking.
We once settled our disagreements through debate—but now, fueled by misinformation and disinformation, we are more divided than ever and innocent lives are being lost. The state of affairs in our country is truly heartbreaking.
NEW: The Emory shooter thought the Covid-19 vaccine was to blame for his medical problems, NYT confirms, so he shot CDC buildings, killing a police officer in the process.
Our latest:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
Our latest:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
Suspect and Officer Are Dead After Shooting Outside C.D.C. in Atlanta
www.nytimes.com
August 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Come be my colleague. This is a for-real #health #equity position. I can attest to the commitment that Jefferson and Jefferson Health has maintained to this work. I have too many PhD students so now you can have some! 😜 #episky #publichealth
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Humana Professor for Health Equity, College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University
Job Details The Jefferson College of Population Health is recruiting a senior scholar to join the faculty as the inaugural Humana Professor of Community Health & Equity. The endowed professor will...
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July 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Come be my colleague. This is a for-real #health #equity position. I can attest to the commitment that Jefferson and Jefferson Health has maintained to this work. I have too many PhD students so now you can have some! 😜 #episky #publichealth
jeffersonhealth.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Thomas...
jeffersonhealth.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Thomas...
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Behaviour change is often overrated as the ultimate solution to improve health because without social, economic & structural environments that facilitate rather than obstruct healthy choices, behaviour change remains a privilege reserved for those who have the resources to remove the obstructions.
July 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Behaviour change is often overrated as the ultimate solution to improve health because without social, economic & structural environments that facilitate rather than obstruct healthy choices, behaviour change remains a privilege reserved for those who have the resources to remove the obstructions.
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Behaviour change is often overrated as the ultimate solution to improve health because without social, economic & structural environments that facilitate rather than obstruct healthy choices, behaviour change remains a privilege reserved for those who have the resources to remove the obstructions.
July 5, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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Canadians make up the largest proportion—nearly 28 percent—of international travelers visiting Florida. They also comprise the largest number of international visitors for the entire United States.
But that comfortable relationship may be taking a turn.
But that comfortable relationship may be taking a turn.
Canadians have cooled on US travel
Mexico is looking like a much better option.
www.motherjones.com
June 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Canadians make up the largest proportion—nearly 28 percent—of international travelers visiting Florida. They also comprise the largest number of international visitors for the entire United States.
But that comfortable relationship may be taking a turn.
But that comfortable relationship may be taking a turn.
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Dr. Panagiotakopoulos said, “My career in public health and vaccinology started with a deep-seated desire to help the most vulnerable members of our population, and that is not something I am able to continue doing in this role”.
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-off...
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-off...
CDC official overseeing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations resigns
The resignation follows an order by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to change the agency's guidance.
www.cbsnews.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Dr. Panagiotakopoulos said, “My career in public health and vaccinology started with a deep-seated desire to help the most vulnerable members of our population, and that is not something I am able to continue doing in this role”.
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-off...
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-off...
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National Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt just began speaking at the annual #StateoftheScience address in Washington, D.C. McNutt is expected to address the challenges researchers are facing in a rapidly changing scientific landscape. 🧵👇
June 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
National Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt just began speaking at the annual #StateoftheScience address in Washington, D.C. McNutt is expected to address the challenges researchers are facing in a rapidly changing scientific landscape. 🧵👇
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NIH Extends the ESI eligibility window drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/05/21/n...
NIH Extends the ESI eligibility window
A tiny ray of positive news has sunbeamed through the storm clouds. The NIH has announced (NOT-OD-25-114) that Early Stage Investigators (ESI) who reached the end of their eligibility from the Fall…
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May 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
NIH Extends the ESI eligibility window drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/05/21/n...
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I worry that not enough of a big deal is being made about how long-term the devastation of these budget cuts to our scientific and health agencies will be, beyond the absolute ruin they will cause in the acute period.
June 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I worry that not enough of a big deal is being made about how long-term the devastation of these budget cuts to our scientific and health agencies will be, beyond the absolute ruin they will cause in the acute period.
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A new study w/ @acdennis.bsky.social et al. finds that Black adults w/ darker self-rated skin tones report diminished feelings of mattering and show signs of faster biological aging, regardless of interviewer-rated skin tone and various other social-economic factors.
tinyurl.com/597nke95
tinyurl.com/597nke95
(PDF) Colorism and Health Inequities among Black Americans: A Biopsychosocial Perspective
PDF | The mechanisms generating skin-tone based health inequities among ethnic Black Americans remain poorly understood. To address this gap, our study... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
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May 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A new study w/ @acdennis.bsky.social et al. finds that Black adults w/ darker self-rated skin tones report diminished feelings of mattering and show signs of faster biological aging, regardless of interviewer-rated skin tone and various other social-economic factors.
tinyurl.com/597nke95
tinyurl.com/597nke95
