Caitlin Ryus MD, MPH
@caitlinryus.bsky.social
emergency medicine | addiction medicine | housing, homelessness, and health equity researcher | amateur native plant gardener 🌱| they/she/dr | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ | views my own
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officially leaving the old place
soooo hi! i'm here, i'm queer, i'm caitlin. i mostly write about housing and health. i spend my nights working in the ED. i'm obsessed with my garden. hit me up if you are into community engaged research, political epi, and/or zone 6 perennials
soooo hi! i'm here, i'm queer, i'm caitlin. i mostly write about housing and health. i spend my nights working in the ED. i'm obsessed with my garden. hit me up if you are into community engaged research, political epi, and/or zone 6 perennials
Today is World Homeless Day
Honored to join the podcast: “Our Shared Challenges: International Perspectives on Homelessness”
Grateful to Porchlight, Jihad Malasi, Joe Tay Teck, and Tom Neumark for such a rich and hopeful exchange
#WorldHomelessDay #HousingFirst #HealthEquity #Homelessness
Honored to join the podcast: “Our Shared Challenges: International Perspectives on Homelessness”
Grateful to Porchlight, Jihad Malasi, Joe Tay Teck, and Tom Neumark for such a rich and hopeful exchange
#WorldHomelessDay #HousingFirst #HealthEquity #Homelessness
Our Shared Challenges Video
Porchlight CEO Tom Neumark sat down with Dr Jihad Malasi, GP & ICB Mental Health lead, Dr Joe Tay Teck (Glasgow GP and Harkness Fellow), and Caitlin Ryus (associate professor at the Yale School of Public Health & Emergency Doctor) to discuss what global approaches can teach us about supporting people experiencing homelessness to live happy, healthy lives.
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October 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Today is World Homeless Day
Honored to join the podcast: “Our Shared Challenges: International Perspectives on Homelessness”
Grateful to Porchlight, Jihad Malasi, Joe Tay Teck, and Tom Neumark for such a rich and hopeful exchange
#WorldHomelessDay #HousingFirst #HealthEquity #Homelessness
Honored to join the podcast: “Our Shared Challenges: International Perspectives on Homelessness”
Grateful to Porchlight, Jihad Malasi, Joe Tay Teck, and Tom Neumark for such a rich and hopeful exchange
#WorldHomelessDay #HousingFirst #HealthEquity #Homelessness
RFK Jr. to the Senate & @wyden.senate.gov: “Scientists and doctors are supporting me all across the country…I’ll put my mailbag against your mailbag any day”
Let’s prove him wrong
Join @defendpublichealth.bsky.social's postcard campaign. Stand for truth, not RFK
#VaccineTrust
#PublicHealth
#MedSky
Let’s prove him wrong
Join @defendpublichealth.bsky.social's postcard campaign. Stand for truth, not RFK
#VaccineTrust
#PublicHealth
#MedSky
Help Prove RFK Jr. is Wrong | Defend Public Health
When Senator Wyden stated he’d heard from thousands of doctors and scientists concerned by RFK Jr’s policies, Kennedy responded "I'll put my mailbag against your mailbag any day.” Let's prove Kennedy ...
www.defendpublichealth.org
September 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
RFK Jr. to the Senate & @wyden.senate.gov: “Scientists and doctors are supporting me all across the country…I’ll put my mailbag against your mailbag any day”
Let’s prove him wrong
Join @defendpublichealth.bsky.social's postcard campaign. Stand for truth, not RFK
#VaccineTrust
#PublicHealth
#MedSky
Let’s prove him wrong
Join @defendpublichealth.bsky.social's postcard campaign. Stand for truth, not RFK
#VaccineTrust
#PublicHealth
#MedSky
“Morally wrong and politically suicidal”
Even Sen. Josh Hawley is sounding the alarm on Trump’s slash to #Medicaid. @mirandayaver.bsky.social & @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social
explain why rural Republican voters will pay the price @thehill.com
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social in the house!
Even Sen. Josh Hawley is sounding the alarm on Trump’s slash to #Medicaid. @mirandayaver.bsky.social & @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social
explain why rural Republican voters will pay the price @thehill.com
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social in the house!
thehill.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
“Morally wrong and politically suicidal”
Even Sen. Josh Hawley is sounding the alarm on Trump’s slash to #Medicaid. @mirandayaver.bsky.social & @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social
explain why rural Republican voters will pay the price @thehill.com
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social in the house!
Even Sen. Josh Hawley is sounding the alarm on Trump’s slash to #Medicaid. @mirandayaver.bsky.social & @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social
explain why rural Republican voters will pay the price @thehill.com
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social in the house!
Reposted by Caitlin Ryus MD, MPH
Reposted by Caitlin Ryus MD, MPH
Pride marchers light up a Jacksonville Bridge
www.erininthemorning.com/p/defying-de...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/defying-de...
Defying DeSantis, Florida Pride Marchers Light Up Jacksonville Bridge with Rainbow Colors
LGBT Floridians demonstrated that they didn’t need state permission for queer visibility.
www.erininthemorning.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Pride marchers light up a Jacksonville Bridge
www.erininthemorning.com/p/defying-de...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/defying-de...
Reposted by Caitlin Ryus MD, MPH
NEW: Kennell Staten filed a complaint with HUD, saying he was denied an apartment for being gay — a complaint the agency had long taken seriously.
Two days later, HUD informed him that it did not view allegations like his as subject to federal law.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
Two days later, HUD informed him that it did not view allegations like his as subject to federal law.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
How the Trump Administration Is Weakening the Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws
Starting with cases involving sexual orientation and identity, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is hobbling enforcement of the Fair Housing Act. Said one HUD attorney: “People are…
www.propublica.org
May 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Kennell Staten filed a complaint with HUD, saying he was denied an apartment for being gay — a complaint the agency had long taken seriously.
Two days later, HUD informed him that it did not view allegations like his as subject to federal law.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
Two days later, HUD informed him that it did not view allegations like his as subject to federal law.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
It’s so strange seeing oneself on camera… but this really speaks to why I do what I do!
Hot take: probably more accurately representative than The Pitt 🤓🏥🚑
#EMsky #SAEM25 #MedSky
Hot take: probably more accurately representative than The Pitt 🤓🏥🚑
#EMsky #SAEM25 #MedSky
The EM power of research has the potential to improve outcomes for virtually every illness and injury that comes through our doors.
The ED is our laboratory. Come join us—the possibilities for investigation are endless.
@saemonline.bsky.social
@acepnation.bsky.social
@emresidents.bsky.social
The ED is our laboratory. Come join us—the possibilities for investigation are endless.
@saemonline.bsky.social
@acepnation.bsky.social
@emresidents.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
New in @aemet.es: Our team breaks down persistent myths about homelessness in emergency medicine and offers a #structuralcompetency framework to guide better care, research, and advocacy
#EMSky #SocialEM #MedSky #PublicHealth
@yale-em.bsky.social
#EMSky #SocialEM #MedSky #PublicHealth
@yale-em.bsky.social
Exploring the complexity of homelessness in emergency medicine: Dissecting myths, evidence, and solutions
Background Emergency departments serve as critical-access points for people experiencing homelessness (PEH). These patients face significant health disparities and are subject to stigmatization and ...
doi.org
April 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
New in @aemet.es: Our team breaks down persistent myths about homelessness in emergency medicine and offers a #structuralcompetency framework to guide better care, research, and advocacy
#EMSky #SocialEM #MedSky #PublicHealth
@yale-em.bsky.social
#EMSky #SocialEM #MedSky #PublicHealth
@yale-em.bsky.social
“The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights.”
In the face of authoritarian overreach, Harvard chose the Constitution over capitulation.
This is a line in the sand. Let’s make integrity ordinary again.
#AcademicFreedom #DefendDemocracy #HigherEd
In the face of authoritarian overreach, Harvard chose the Constitution over capitulation.
This is a line in the sand. Let’s make integrity ordinary again.
#AcademicFreedom #DefendDemocracy #HigherEd
Opinion | Harvard’s Strength and How Far We’ve Fallen So Quickly
The thrill over its response to the Trump administration is a measure of how low, and how fast, our expectations have fallen.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights.”
In the face of authoritarian overreach, Harvard chose the Constitution over capitulation.
This is a line in the sand. Let’s make integrity ordinary again.
#AcademicFreedom #DefendDemocracy #HigherEd
In the face of authoritarian overreach, Harvard chose the Constitution over capitulation.
This is a line in the sand. Let’s make integrity ordinary again.
#AcademicFreedom #DefendDemocracy #HigherEd
#3 for sure. 7 inches is enough to teleport to the other side of a locked door… 😇
This is viral on the other site and I've genuinely had great conversations about it
April 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM
#3 for sure. 7 inches is enough to teleport to the other side of a locked door… 😇
Reposted by Caitlin Ryus MD, MPH
Reposted by Caitlin Ryus MD, MPH
Senators Bill Cassidy and Bernie Sanders have summoned RFK Jr. to appear before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to ‘splain himself. I suspect that Cassidy will once again be snowed by RFK Jr.’s penchant for exceptionally skilled lying. www.politico.com/live-updates...
Senate committee leaders ask RFK Jr. to testify on HHS overhaul
The HELP Committee’s top Republican is describing his invitation to the HHS secretary as routine amid mass layoffs at the agency.
www.politico.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Senators Bill Cassidy and Bernie Sanders have summoned RFK Jr. to appear before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to ‘splain himself. I suspect that Cassidy will once again be snowed by RFK Jr.’s penchant for exceptionally skilled lying. www.politico.com/live-updates...
Reposted by Caitlin Ryus MD, MPH
"Over the past four years, 97 percent have either remained at the Lenniger or moved to other housing."
In-depth reporting on life in PSH in @nytimes.com with key messages 🧵
Two Years in a Place Where Homelessness Ends www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In-depth reporting on life in PSH in @nytimes.com with key messages 🧵
Two Years in a Place Where Homelessness Ends www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Permanent Supportive Housing Spotlights Challenges After Homelessness
A reporter and photographer documented the lives of residents and staff at the Lenniger, a permanent supportive housing complex in New York City.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"Over the past four years, 97 percent have either remained at the Lenniger or moved to other housing."
In-depth reporting on life in PSH in @nytimes.com with key messages 🧵
Two Years in a Place Where Homelessness Ends www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In-depth reporting on life in PSH in @nytimes.com with key messages 🧵
Two Years in a Place Where Homelessness Ends www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“‘Leadership won’t matter,’ he said. ‘What will really matter and make a difference is a response from the ground up.’ That is, for the citizens of this country to rise up and defend democracy…We won’t be saved by leaders, but by ourselves”
Oy Canada: Three Yale Profs Pack Their Bags
In late February, I took a seat at the extended table of a Hamden scholar who hosted a group of locals: donors to the annual LEAP fundraiser. And, along…
www.newhavenindependent.org
March 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
“‘Leadership won’t matter,’ he said. ‘What will really matter and make a difference is a response from the ground up.’ That is, for the citizens of this country to rise up and defend democracy…We won’t be saved by leaders, but by ourselves”
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Also worth noting Biden’s DoJ had brought a suit against Idaho for violating EMTALA (by banning abortions even in emergencies). The Tr*mp regime has dropped the case, so pregnant people in Idaho can continue to be die from being denied life-saving abortions
This is so dangerous and violates the basic principles of medical practice. The care we offer must be evidence-based, not based on our personal anti-scientific beliefs! Idaho is not safe, especially for anyone who can become pregnant (including children).
Gov. Brad Little signs bill to let Idaho doctors refuse care if it violates beliefs idahocapitalsun.com/briefs/gov-b...
March 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Also worth noting Biden’s DoJ had brought a suit against Idaho for violating EMTALA (by banning abortions even in emergencies). The Tr*mp regime has dropped the case, so pregnant people in Idaho can continue to be die from being denied life-saving abortions
Reposted by Caitlin Ryus MD, MPH
This is one of my favorite graphics to use in demonstrating vaccine effectiveness against measles. There’s a tendency to think that our local situation is different (better) than elsewhere so that maybe vaccines aren’t as helpful. Nebraska is the line between ND and NH (alphabetical by abbreviation)
And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”
March 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This is one of my favorite graphics to use in demonstrating vaccine effectiveness against measles. There’s a tendency to think that our local situation is different (better) than elsewhere so that maybe vaccines aren’t as helpful. Nebraska is the line between ND and NH (alphabetical by abbreviation)
Science communication is never neutral — especially now. This piece digs into how researchers are navigating vaccine skepticism, disinformation, and the urgent need to communicate #science with rigor, clarity, and courage.
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#DefendPublicHealth
#VaccineTrust
#PublicHealth
#MedSky
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#DefendPublicHealth
#VaccineTrust
#PublicHealth
#MedSky
Amid political shift, Yale experts weigh vaccine skepticism and scientific integrity
As vaccine sentiment fluctuates and political scrutiny increases, Yale researchers weigh in on scientific transparency, funding shifts and how best to communicate emerging finding.
yaledailynews.com
March 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Science communication is never neutral — especially now. This piece digs into how researchers are navigating vaccine skepticism, disinformation, and the urgent need to communicate #science with rigor, clarity, and courage.
💉🦠
#DefendPublicHealth
#VaccineTrust
#PublicHealth
#MedSky
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#DefendPublicHealth
#VaccineTrust
#PublicHealth
#MedSky
Mental health and addiction funding on the federal chopping block
#addictionmedicine #publichealth #DOGE
#addictionmedicine #publichealth #DOGE
Trump team revokes $11 billion in funding for addiction, mental health care
The Trump administration says it hopes to save $11.4 billion by freezing and revoking COVID-era grants. Addiction experts say clawing back the federal funding is risky and could put patients at risk.
www.npr.org
March 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Mental health and addiction funding on the federal chopping block
#addictionmedicine #publichealth #DOGE
#addictionmedicine #publichealth #DOGE
Reposted by Caitlin Ryus MD, MPH
From @wsj.com, RFK Jr./DOGE are planning to cut 10,000 technical & scientific experts from HHS on top of the 10,000 who have left amid the Trump administration's efforts to silence experts, shroud these agencies in further secrecy, & promote disinformation. 3500 or 19% of FDA will be fired. #MedSky
March 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Reposted by Caitlin Ryus MD, MPH
Get ready for more censorship, less dissent, less intellectual freedom, less funding for research in all areas, more prematurely ended careers, less biosafety, less health security, less preparedness, fewer vaccines, fewer jobs, & more dead people.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com/policy/healt...
Senate confirms Trump’s nominee to run NIH
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed health researcher Jay Bhattacharya as the next leader of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Bhattacharya was confirmed on a party- line vote, 53 to 47. …
thehill.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Get ready for more censorship, less dissent, less intellectual freedom, less funding for research in all areas, more prematurely ended careers, less biosafety, less health security, less preparedness, fewer vaccines, fewer jobs, & more dead people.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com/policy/healt...
Honored to be featured alongside @gregggonsalves.bsky.social in this piece on @defendpublichealth.bsky.social and the growing movement of clinicians, researchers, and advocates pushing back against attacks on #science and #publichealth
We’re just getting started!
#Medsky #Episky #ScienceNotSilence
We’re just getting started!
#Medsky #Episky #ScienceNotSilence
Yale epidemiologist rallies experts to ‘Defend Public Health’ against proposed Trump cuts
Mirroring his activism on AIDS and COVID, a Yale researcher has mobilized a group of 3,000 concerned citizens taking action as Defend Public Health.
www.ctinsider.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Honored to be featured alongside @gregggonsalves.bsky.social in this piece on @defendpublichealth.bsky.social and the growing movement of clinicians, researchers, and advocates pushing back against attacks on #science and #publichealth
We’re just getting started!
#Medsky #Episky #ScienceNotSilence
We’re just getting started!
#Medsky #Episky #ScienceNotSilence
Reposted by Caitlin Ryus MD, MPH
The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.
Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
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March 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
☎️ ☎️ Get those phones out folks! Protect #CDC #HIVPrevention Division
Defunding/eliminating the CDC’s HIV Prevention Division, jeopardizes decades of progress in fighting #HIV/AIDS.
#DefendPublicHealth #ActionAlert #IDsky #Episky #Medsky #PublicHealth
click and call 👇
Defunding/eliminating the CDC’s HIV Prevention Division, jeopardizes decades of progress in fighting #HIV/AIDS.
#DefendPublicHealth #ActionAlert #IDsky #Episky #Medsky #PublicHealth
click and call 👇
Protect the CDC’s HIV Prevention Division ⭑ 5 Calls
Amid broad threats to slash Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) staffing, the Trump administration is reportedly considering slashing …
5calls.org
March 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
☎️ ☎️ Get those phones out folks! Protect #CDC #HIVPrevention Division
Defunding/eliminating the CDC’s HIV Prevention Division, jeopardizes decades of progress in fighting #HIV/AIDS.
#DefendPublicHealth #ActionAlert #IDsky #Episky #Medsky #PublicHealth
click and call 👇
Defunding/eliminating the CDC’s HIV Prevention Division, jeopardizes decades of progress in fighting #HIV/AIDS.
#DefendPublicHealth #ActionAlert #IDsky #Episky #Medsky #PublicHealth
click and call 👇
Reposted by Caitlin Ryus MD, MPH
HUD's work profoundly affects people’s lives: HUD backs loans for homes, apartments, and nursing homes, helps seniors and people with disabilities on fixed incomes stay in their homes, finances new affordable buildings, helps prevent discrimination, and more.
www.startribune.com/cuts-to-hud-...
www.startribune.com/cuts-to-hud-...
Cuts to HUD are cuts to homes
In this time of uncertainty, my thoughts turn to all that’s at stake for Minnesotans and others.
www.startribune.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
HUD's work profoundly affects people’s lives: HUD backs loans for homes, apartments, and nursing homes, helps seniors and people with disabilities on fixed incomes stay in their homes, finances new affordable buildings, helps prevent discrimination, and more.
www.startribune.com/cuts-to-hud-...
www.startribune.com/cuts-to-hud-...
Reposted by Caitlin Ryus MD, MPH
The Trump administration has cut off federal funding to nonprofits that are key enforcers of anti-discrimination laws. Last year there were more than 34,000 fair-housing complaints, a record high for the third year in a row. @jenniferludden.bsky.social @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...
HUD choked funding to enforce fair-housing laws. Legal aid groups may not survive
Most housing discrimination claims are handled by local nonprofits around the country. They say the Trump administration has hobbled them, and are challenging the cuts as unlawful.
www.npr.org
March 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The Trump administration has cut off federal funding to nonprofits that are key enforcers of anti-discrimination laws. Last year there were more than 34,000 fair-housing complaints, a record high for the third year in a row. @jenniferludden.bsky.social @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...