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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈
@drheatherfarmer.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of HDFS at the University of Delaware. I study stress-related biopsychosocial mechanisms underlying health inequities across the life course.
I also decided to lean into my style and dyed my hair orange (my daughter’s inspiration).
October 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This year, I have grown my lab and found my groove in terms of mentoring. I’m so proud of what I (and we) have accomplished so far and will continue to do.
October 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I need to use this platform more often. Alas, I’m here. I’ve been soaking up all the fun fall moments in this final year before going up for tenure.
October 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I’m training a PhD student who is so great to work with. I get random messages about how excited they are to see my publications using intersectionality. 🥲
October 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Reposted by Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈
A new NBER working paper by @jscottclayton.bsky.social and colleagues shows that about two-thirds of the unexplained gap in post-college earnings by family income may be due to challenges in finding that first job. Family connections and resources matter.
Who Rides Out the Storm? The Immediate Post-College Transition and its Role in Socioeconomic Earnings Gaps
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
October 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Reposted by Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈
(2) An Assistant/Associate Professor specializing in population health unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
Open Rank Population Health
This Assistant Professor or Associate Professor, depending on the selected candidate's qualifications and experience, position will teach undergraduate and graduate courses, conduct research in the fi...
unc.peopleadmin.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Reposted by Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈
Thanks to an initiative led by Duke Health emergency medicine physicians, EMS teams in Wake & Durham counties now offer buprenorphine in the field turning overdose response into a gateway to recovery.

🔗 Read more: https://medschool.duke.edu/stories/opioid-addiction-treatment-delivered-front-lines
September 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Does anyone here know about the Aging with Pride study and if they’re still collecting data and/or granting access to their data?
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I wanna signal boost this - I am looking to recruit a prospective PhD student to join my Stress and Health Equity lab at the University of Delaware in HDFS. My research concerns biopsychosocial mechanisms of health across the life course with an emphasis on stress and coping.
September 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Reposted by Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈
Interested in applying to graduate programs or research positions in psychology? Want more information and feedback on your submission materials? Then Harvard’s Prospective Ph.D. & RA Event in Psychology (PPREP) Is for you!! psychology.fas.harvard.edu/pprep
More info in the link!! Please retweet!
PPREP Program | Department of Psychology
psychology.fas.harvard.edu
September 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I am excited to share that I’m looking to recruit a PhD student to join my Stress and Health Equity lab in Fall 2026. We are located in the HDFS department at the beautiful University of Delaware.

Feel free to share! ☺️
September 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Reposted by Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈
Faculty position announcement! Assistant/Associate Professor in Human Development and Family Science and Center for Developmental Science at the University of Georgia @universityofga Find me @FluxSociety #Flux2025 meeting to talk and learn more!!

www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/448...
Assistant/Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health
The Department of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS) at the University of Georgia is seeking applicants for the position of assistant or associate professor, with an anticipated start date of...
www.ugajobsearch.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Today is such a big day for my lab! Two of my students are presenting findings from their summer projects at the UD Undergraduate Research Symposium!
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August 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Reposted by Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈
As Alzheimer’s disease & related dementias become more common, understanding risk factors is crucial. Research using the Health & Retirement Study finds food insecurity (affecting 13% of participants) negatively impacts executive functioning myumi.ch/R3dZ5
@umisrcps.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social
Food insecurity and cognitive domains among older United States adults: Findings from the health and retirement study
INTRODUCTION The number of cases of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) is expected to triple in the United States in the next three decades. Food insecurity may be a risk factor for co...
myumi.ch
August 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
How’s everyone doing? I am tending to some areas that I had to get stitches on and also searching for my chemical romance tickets that are less than $200. I’m also still so happy from seeing my favs The Dollyrots on Friday with my kiddo!
August 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Twyla wants you to have a great Friday. She says you can do this!
August 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
And because I can only (1) never post at all or (2) post multiple times consecutively…look at this sticker I got for my car at a punk rock flea market. I couldn’t not get it.
August 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Kids are great. Even when they assume that movies were only in black and white when you were a kid.
August 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Reposted by Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈
From the administration that erased trans people from Stonewall's history:
Hegseth on restoring a Confederate monument in Arlington cemetery: "We recognize our history. We don't erase it. We don't follow the woke lemmings off the cliff that want to tear down statues ... we're proud of our history."
August 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Reposted by Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈
I grew up hearing relatives describe feeling brushed off in clinics and spoken to like their concerns were a nuisance. Those stories pushed me toward a PhD in Population Health Sciences and my 1st project on discrimination in healthcare. @journalgim.bsky.social

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Factors Associated with Perceived Discrimination in Healthcare Among United States Middle-aged and Older Adults - Journal of General Internal Medicine
Background Discrimination in healthcare settings impedes quality care, leading to poorer health outcomes. Objective To examine racial differences in perceived discrimination in healthcare settings acr...
link.springer.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Reposted by Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈
‼️🚨 postdoc position 🚨‼️
I am looking for a postdoc in psychoneuroimmunology - come join our group to work on sickness behavior in humans 🤒🦠 at Karolinska Institutet @ki.se !!

ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

deadline July 31st

@pnirs.bsky.social #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #interoception
Postdoctoral Researcher in Psychoneuroimmunology
Do you want to contribute to improving human health? Join a dynamic and inclusive research group at the forefront of psychoneuroimmunology, where we investigate the interplay between behavior, brain f
ki.varbi.com
June 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I know I have great collaborators when I’m excited to set up recurring meetings with them and counting down till we meet.

@jeffstokes.bsky.social 🥲 I cherish our friendship and working together. Sorry I hid from you that time at GSA so u didn’t have to be social with a new person.
June 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Reposted by Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈
🧪 Attention those with terminated grants, including for NSF, NASA, EPA, NIH, etc:

Let Congress know about the impact of terminations via this form: democrats-science.house.gov/grantcancela...

Only Dem staff on the House Science Committee will have access (unless if you explicitly state otherwise).
May 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’m recovering from another surgery and have fallen into the labubu craze. I love them and want some of the energy ones and the pumpkin one.
May 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Reposted by Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈
A rare and honest statement from @alzassociation.bsky.social about the dangerous myths being perpetuated by RDK Jr about Alzheimer’s disease and our incredible research and progress. Please read. www.alz.org/news/2025/ke...
Contrary to Clear, Verifiable Facts, Secretary Kennedy Continues to Repeat Harmful Myths About Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research
The Alzheimer's Association calls on HHS Secretary Kennedy to stop dangerous fabrications about the state of Alzheimer’s and dementia research.
www.alz.org
May 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM