D. Susie Lee 이수지
dsusielee.bsky.social
D. Susie Lee 이수지
@dsusielee.bsky.social
Deputy head, Fertility & Well-being laboratory @mpidr.bsky.social / Intersection of human reproduction & health / https://dsusielee.wordpress.com/
A hobbey project - writing on the sheer complexity of nature, using public narratives on human nature built around science as examples. "The way we say natural" ➡️ Now published by 사이언스북스 in Korea. It was wonderfulto be able to write in mother tongue on topics I care as a scientist 😇 #scicomm
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
3 #PostDoc researcher positions at @helsinki.fi in collaboration with IIASA @iiasa.ac.at and MPIDR @mpidr.bsky.social on population projections, migration dynamics, and human capital development

#demography #박사후연구

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Postdoctoral Researchers in Demography and Population Projections
The Population Research Institute (PRI) at Väestöliitto – Family Federation of Finland and the University of Helsinki invite applications for three positions as Postdoctoral research fellow to study…
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October 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Learned a lot from “Making Menopause Matter: Multidisciplinary Insights” webinar - by Australian Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

#1 Ten priorities in #menopause research by Martha Hickey – now published www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Top ten menopause research priorities
Most people with functioning ovaries will eventually go through menopause. However, the research priorities for those with lived experience of menopause and their health-care providers is not known.1 ...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Study global fertility as #postdoc with a wonderful colleague @ewabatyra.bsky.social ✔️ Apply by September 30, 2025. ERC Starting Grant funded!
One more week left to apply for a 3-year postdoc in Demography (deadline: Sept 30, 12:00 midday UK time). Join me at the Sociology Department in Oxford to study global fertility change as part of the DIVREP project!👇
🚨 New Job Alert! 🚨

Join Dr @ewabatyra.bsky.social as a Postdoc Researcher in Demography!

Contribute to a global study on disparities in reproductive behaviour, focusing on childbearing age & fertility levels 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦

Apply now 👉 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...
September 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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One more week left to apply for a 3-year postdoc in Demography (deadline: Sept 30, 12:00 midday UK time). Join me at the Sociology Department in Oxford to study global fertility change as part of the DIVREP project!👇
🚨 New Job Alert! 🚨

Join Dr @ewabatyra.bsky.social as a Postdoc Researcher in Demography!

Contribute to a global study on disparities in reproductive behaviour, focusing on childbearing age & fertility levels 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦

Apply now 👉 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...
September 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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🚨Call for Papers🚨
BIOSFER Conference
Fertility, Childlessness, and Reproductive Aging:
Bio-social Perspectives
Organizer: ERC Synergy BIOSFER project
🗺️Villa Vigoni, Menaggio, Italy,
📅September 15–17, 2025
Application Deadline: April 30, 2025
Learn all:
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
@au.dk
March 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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‼️ #JobOpening ‼️ #Postdoc Position(s) at the Max Planck | University of Helsinki Centre for Social Inequalities in Population Health in #Rostock
📅Deadline: May 4, 2025
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
#Postdoc #SocialInequalities #Population #Demography #Epidemiology #Health @pophel.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Call for papers - Submit your Bio-Social works on Fertility, Childlessness, Reproductive ageing (deadline 30 Apr, 2025) for BIOSFER workshop at the beautiful Lake Como! www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
MPIDR - Fertility, Childlessness, and Reproductive Aging: Bio-social Perspectives
The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock is one of the leading demographic research centers in the world. At the MPIDR, researchers from all over the world investigate demo...
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April 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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New paper🎉 just published🎉 in Biological Reviews 🎉

We propose a new gold standard to avoid “just-so” storytelling in evolutionary inference & apply it to autism. It’s been 9 years (!!) in the making.
March 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Today 3pm CET We are delighted to have Süßmilch Lecture @mpidr.bsky.social by @rebeccasear.bsky.social on Eugenics, Demography, and academia. Cannot be more timely!

Sign up 👇 for online participation
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MPIDR - Eugenics, demography and academia: an ongoing relationship
As part of the Suessmilch Lecture series, Rebecca Sear, Brunel University London will present on the subject of eugenics, demography and academia: an ongoing relationship.
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March 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
"A growing body of evidence suggests
-the existence of abrupt transitions in the aging process, marked by sudden molecular shifts;
-such transitions occur not only in late life but also throughout the entire lifespan." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Signatures of Nonlinear Aging: Molecular Stages of Life
Nonlinear aging processes are gaining attention. Abrupt molecular shifts could serve as biomarkers, segmenting the lifespan into distinct stages and providing the foundation for a much-needed staging...
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March 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Will twinning rate ⬆️ in low-income countries, even if the spread of IVF remains slow? Polyovulation rate increases w/maternal age (Evolved trait) + Maternal age structure is shifting upward (Demographic trend) = More twins expected! ✌️ doi.org/10.1093/humr... with wonderful @kieronbarclay.bsky.social
More twins expected in low-income countries with later maternal ages at birth and population growth
AbstractSTUDY QUESTION. How are the changing maternal age structure and population growth expected to shape future twinning rates in low-income countries?S
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February 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
#PhDposition to work on "Social inequalities in health" at Helsinki University #Finland through Max Planck – University of Helsinki Center joint project

건강의 사회적 불평등을 핀란드의 광범위한 등록자료를 이용해 연구할 수 있는 박사 연구 기회 #유학

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March 25, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Impact of socioeconomic status on fertility treatment

-> Studies are few, outcomes and the results are conflicting. It is unknown which, if any, marker of socioeconomic status is the most significant for fertility patients." pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34315303/
March 10, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Reposted by D. Susie Lee 이수지
Check out our paper in Science. We argue that more than content knowledge is required in science education.

The sociopolitical in human genetics education | Science

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The sociopolitical in human genetics education
Education must go beyond only countering essentialist and deterministic views of genetics
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February 22, 2024 at 8:30 PM
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🚨JOB ALERT🚨Post-Doctoral Researcher @mpidr.bsky.social! Come & work with @loisilvia.bsky.social in her Research Group on #Migration & #Health #Inequalities. Learn more about Silvia's project: www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
#Job description: www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
#postdoc #poptwitter
February 28, 2024 at 8:38 AM
Have interesting works on "how human reproduction in the context of demographic changes informs evolutionary medicine"? Be part of symposium @drsarahmyers.bsky.social & I propose for Evo Medicine and Public Health conference, Durham (Aug 6-9). Contact us by Feb 28 (abstract due Mar 1)
February 23, 2024 at 9:01 AM
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Family ideals in an era of low fertility: "Parenthood remains a positive ideal, but the number of children does not matter once other family dimensions are considered, potentially important in light of conventional wisdom regarding the two-children ideal" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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February 12, 2024 at 8:33 AM
Physical Activity Paradox - occupational physical activity (OPA) does not confer health benefits that leisure time physical activity does. Makes me think jobs with little control and high demand often involve higher OPA. Lots of paradox to decipher... blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-scienc...
February 11, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Interested in co-organizing symposium with me on "evolutionary demography of human reproduction" or similar themes around the evolution of human reproduction in the context of populatin change? DM or email me 😉 Conference - Evolutionary Medicine & Public Health 👉https://isemph.org/ISEMPH-2024
February 7, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Great pleasure to have taught Fertility & Health this year @mpidr.bsky.social @imprs-phds.bsky.social Thank you all for engaging with why fertility and health are linked beyond reproductive health, & why paritymight be related to number of teeth! :) So much to learn cutting across disciplines.
November 21, 2023 at 8:13 PM
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Adolescence is characterized by more sedentary behaviour and less physical activity even among highly active forager-farmers royalsocietypublishing.org/action/oidcS...
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November 14, 2023 at 6:36 PM