Huiwen Xu, PhD
@drxu.bsky.social
Associate Professor (tenured) and Health Services Researcher @Emory. PhD from University of Rochester. Funded by NIA.
#Aging #Longtermcare #HSR #AI
Personal Website: aginglab.us
Emory website: https://www.nursing.emory.edu/faculty-staff/huiwen-xu
#Aging #Longtermcare #HSR #AI
Personal Website: aginglab.us
Emory website: https://www.nursing.emory.edu/faculty-staff/huiwen-xu
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Huiwen Xu, PhD
@drxu.bsky.social
· Jun 18
Emory University hiring Doctoral Student in Atlanta, GA | LinkedIn
Posted 3:12:40 AM. Company DescriptionEmory University is a top research university located in Atlanta, Georgia…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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I am recruiting a fully-funded PhD student for Fall 2026 at Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing to work on NIH-funded nursing home projects. Please email your CV and a short letter to: huiwen.xu@emory.edu. Please share the opportunity!
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they want to stamp out the entire profession of public health for a generation. same day they announce they’re closing the CDC museum
🚨Dept. of Education proposes to exclude public health degrees from the “professional degree” category.
That means new public health experts could lose access to key higher ed resources, like loan limits & reimbursement.
A bold strategy to let infectious diseases win! 🦠
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That means new public health experts could lose access to key higher ed resources, like loan limits & reimbursement.
A bold strategy to let infectious diseases win! 🦠
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
they want to stamp out the entire profession of public health for a generation. same day they announce they’re closing the CDC museum
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As we come to @geronsociety.bsky.social 's #GSA2025, please follow us en masse. If you are an aging health researcher and want to be added to the starter pack, comment below. #geronsky #ADRD
November 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
As we come to @geronsociety.bsky.social 's #GSA2025, please follow us en masse. If you are an aging health researcher and want to be added to the starter pack, comment below. #geronsky #ADRD
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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@savehealthresearch.bsky.social writes, "99% of recent treatments are #NIH supported. Erica wants everyone to have the same opportunity she had to benefit from this new medicine. What treatments are we about to discover that could be lost, and who may have been given years more of life?"
October 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
@savehealthresearch.bsky.social writes, "99% of recent treatments are #NIH supported. Erica wants everyone to have the same opportunity she had to benefit from this new medicine. What treatments are we about to discover that could be lost, and who may have been given years more of life?"
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Worthwhile read on the name changes scientists have made to get NIH grants funded in recent months.
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Scientists had to change more than 700 grant titles to receive NIH funding. Health disparities researchers fear what’s next
The titles of more than 700 multi-year NIH grants have been changed this year, according to an analysis by Jeremy Berg, a former agency official
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October 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Worthwhile read on the name changes scientists have made to get NIH grants funded in recent months.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
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Story in Being Patient about Alzheimer's disease funding noting the decrease in the funding of number of new projects due, in part, to the number of multiyear funded grants from the National Institute on Aging.
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NIH Alzheimer’s Research Funding Is Back — for 49% Fewer Projects
Though the NIH director is calling for $187 million more in funding for Alzheimer’s, the NIH is funding fewer new projects.
beingpatient.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Story in Being Patient about Alzheimer's disease funding noting the decrease in the funding of number of new projects due, in part, to the number of multiyear funded grants from the National Institute on Aging.
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beingpatient.com/alzheimers-r...
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@bradytwest.bsky.social @drjasonbrinkley.bsky.social @asa-scipol.bsky.social @aapor.bsky.social @clairemkbowen.bsky.social
@csmarcum.bsky.social @nickhartphd.bsky.social
Lots of our #srms colleagues got RIFd last week. I wrote to get them reinstated.
#statssky #CDC #defenddata
@csmarcum.bsky.social @nickhartphd.bsky.social
Lots of our #srms colleagues got RIFd last week. I wrote to get them reinstated.
#statssky #CDC #defenddata
Write to Congress: CDC Employees must be Reinstated
**Please write now to your Senators and Representative demanding that ALL CDC employees be reinstated as part of any agreement to reopen the government.** Late on Friday, October 10, the Trump Admin...
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October 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
@bradytwest.bsky.social @drjasonbrinkley.bsky.social @asa-scipol.bsky.social @aapor.bsky.social @clairemkbowen.bsky.social
@csmarcum.bsky.social @nickhartphd.bsky.social
Lots of our #srms colleagues got RIFd last week. I wrote to get them reinstated.
#statssky #CDC #defenddata
@csmarcum.bsky.social @nickhartphd.bsky.social
Lots of our #srms colleagues got RIFd last week. I wrote to get them reinstated.
#statssky #CDC #defenddata
[Tenured!] I am beyond grateful to share that Emory Board of Trustees has approved my Tenure in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University!
Now, let me continue my dedication to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity. Cheers! 🍾
Now, let me continue my dedication to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity. Cheers! 🍾
October 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
[Tenured!] I am beyond grateful to share that Emory Board of Trustees has approved my Tenure in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University!
Now, let me continue my dedication to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity. Cheers! 🍾
Now, let me continue my dedication to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity. Cheers! 🍾
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🧒 Inequality reshapes young brains
A study of more than 10,000 US children found that living in states with greater income inequality is linked to structural brain changes and poorer mental health, regardless of family wealth.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#SciComm #Inequality 🧪
A study of more than 10,000 US children found that living in states with greater income inequality is linked to structural brain changes and poorer mental health, regardless of family wealth.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#SciComm #Inequality 🧪
Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains
Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
🧒 Inequality reshapes young brains
A study of more than 10,000 US children found that living in states with greater income inequality is linked to structural brain changes and poorer mental health, regardless of family wealth.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#SciComm #Inequality 🧪
A study of more than 10,000 US children found that living in states with greater income inequality is linked to structural brain changes and poorer mental health, regardless of family wealth.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#SciComm #Inequality 🧪
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Here is NIA.
NIA made on 51% as many new R01 awards in FY25 compared with FY24.
7/n
NIA made on 51% as many new R01 awards in FY25 compared with FY24.
7/n
October 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Here is NIA.
NIA made on 51% as many new R01 awards in FY25 compared with FY24.
7/n
NIA made on 51% as many new R01 awards in FY25 compared with FY24.
7/n
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Empathy + Action = A Better World
Thank you, Jane Goodall
Thank you, Jane Goodall
October 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Empathy + Action = A Better World
Thank you, Jane Goodall
Thank you, Jane Goodall
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Reposted by Huiwen Xu, PhD
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported 1,514 measles cases as of Sept. 24, the highest number of annual cases since the United States declared measles eliminated in 2000.
Gift link.
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Gift link.
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Tracking U.S. Measles Outbreaks (Gift Article)
As new cases are reported, our maps show the spread of the virus.
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September 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported 1,514 measles cases as of Sept. 24, the highest number of annual cases since the United States declared measles eliminated in 2000.
Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift link.
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"the benefits of NIH research in general are wide and diffuse. A very large number of advances—roughly one in two during the 21st century—are linked to NIH grants that are cut in our counterfactual scenario."
This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
What if NIH had been 40% smaller?
Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research
www.science.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"the benefits of NIH research in general are wide and diffuse. A very large number of advances—roughly one in two during the 21st century—are linked to NIH grants that are cut in our counterfactual scenario."
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A new report shows the ‘astounding’ impact of immigration on the Philadelphia region. The Welcoming Center nonprofit commissioned the report in partnership with WHYY using U.S. Census data.
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September 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A new report shows the ‘astounding’ impact of immigration on the Philadelphia region. The Welcoming Center nonprofit commissioned the report in partnership with WHYY using U.S. Census data.
🔗 inquirer.com/news/philade...
🔗 inquirer.com/news/philade...
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Curse of private equity.
After US hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency depts rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals.
PE cut staffing, wages, investment; hiked profits.
People killed for profit.
Yet UK handing healthcare to PE.
After US hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency depts rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals.
PE cut staffing, wages, investment; hiked profits.
People killed for profit.
Yet UK handing healthcare to PE.
Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over, study finds
The increased deaths in emergency departments at private equity-owned hospitals are most likely the result of reduced staffing levels, researchers say.
www.nbcnews.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Curse of private equity.
After US hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency depts rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals.
PE cut staffing, wages, investment; hiked profits.
People killed for profit.
Yet UK handing healthcare to PE.
After US hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency depts rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals.
PE cut staffing, wages, investment; hiked profits.
People killed for profit.
Yet UK handing healthcare to PE.
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I said for years that the only way to permanently reduce migration to the United States was to destroy the vision that the world had of this country as the land of opportunity.
That wasn't a goddam suggestion!
That wasn't a goddam suggestion!
"'My main takeaway is that America is not a safe place to work,' Mr. Park said. 'I don’t think I would go there again to work.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/w...
South Koreans Describe Fear and Anger After Georgia ICE Raid
Some of the workers arrested this month at a Hyundai-LG factory said that although they had entered the United States under murky circumstances, they had always planned to return home.
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I said for years that the only way to permanently reduce migration to the United States was to destroy the vision that the world had of this country as the land of opportunity.
That wasn't a goddam suggestion!
That wasn't a goddam suggestion!
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New evidence showing that educational attainment has a dose-response association with dementia risk throughout the entire distribution of education. 🧪
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How Does the Risk of Dementia Change With Each Additional Year of Education? | Demography | Duke University Press
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September 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
New evidence showing that educational attainment has a dose-response association with dementia risk throughout the entire distribution of education. 🧪
read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
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JUST IN: Vaccine advisers to the CDC have voted to recommended against using the combined measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox vaccine for children under 4. https://cnn.it/3K73pNn
September 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
JUST IN: Vaccine advisers to the CDC have voted to recommended against using the combined measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox vaccine for children under 4. https://cnn.it/3K73pNn
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This is quickly mushrooming into a real international incident
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September 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This is quickly mushrooming into a real international incident
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