Jodie L. Guest, PhD, MPH
@jlguest.bsky.social
Epidemiologist. Public health. #scicomm. Professor, Sr.ViceChair Emory |Co-Dir #IPECP |#Iditarod Public Health Dir | I talk to dogs.
This is today’s CDC's website.
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), used for decades to create safe prevention strategies for kids is gone. Data for #chronic disease, #HIV, and risky foods in #pregnancy are gone. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry is missing.
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), used for decades to create safe prevention strategies for kids is gone. Data for #chronic disease, #HIV, and risky foods in #pregnancy are gone. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry is missing.
February 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is today’s CDC's website.
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), used for decades to create safe prevention strategies for kids is gone. Data for #chronic disease, #HIV, and risky foods in #pregnancy are gone. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry is missing.
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), used for decades to create safe prevention strategies for kids is gone. Data for #chronic disease, #HIV, and risky foods in #pregnancy are gone. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry is missing.
Today 10 #Faculty Champions led 120 teams of all 1st year nursing, medicine & public health students at Emory through our #Interprofessional Health Challenge hackathon where they’ll create concepts to promote better health in Emory’s signature #IPE program.@emoryrollins.bsky.social #academicsky
February 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Today 10 #Faculty Champions led 120 teams of all 1st year nursing, medicine & public health students at Emory through our #Interprofessional Health Challenge hackathon where they’ll create concepts to promote better health in Emory’s signature #IPE program.@emoryrollins.bsky.social #academicsky
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So proud of Voices of Health award recipients @tina-ann.bsky.social and @jlguest.bsky.social! Dr. Thompson and Dr. Guest are making a profound impact on health and well-being through their commitment to community engagement and health equity initiatives. #AcademicMedicine #MedSky #PublicHealth
January 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
So proud of Voices of Health award recipients @tina-ann.bsky.social and @jlguest.bsky.social! Dr. Thompson and Dr. Guest are making a profound impact on health and well-being through their commitment to community engagement and health equity initiatives. #AcademicMedicine #MedSky #PublicHealth
Honored by this recognition! Communicating science and health information in ways that promote trust, health equity, and healthier lives has never been more important. #scicomm #academicsky #publichealth @emoryuniversity.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Honored by this recognition! Communicating science and health information in ways that promote trust, health equity, and healthier lives has never been more important. #scicomm #academicsky #publichealth @emoryuniversity.bsky.social
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Our faculty @jlguest.bsky.social's "Posttraumatic stress disorder and its associations with antiretroviral therapy (ART) nonadherence and among veterans with HIV" shows PTSD increased ART and recommends increased PTSD screening #HIV #AIDS #PublicHealth #MedSky
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39760706/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39760706/
Posttraumatic stress disorder and its associations with antiretroviral therapy among veterans with HIV - PubMed
PTSD increased ART nonadherence and ART modifications. Providers should screen for PTSD so that it can help guide medical decisions and treatment; particular attention should be paid to Veterans with ...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Our faculty @jlguest.bsky.social's "Posttraumatic stress disorder and its associations with antiretroviral therapy (ART) nonadherence and among veterans with HIV" shows PTSD increased ART and recommends increased PTSD screening #HIV #AIDS #PublicHealth #MedSky
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39760706/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39760706/
The freeze of work and communication.. “signal an intention to drastically impede important scientific research during the course of his second term. Things can get worse from here if we don’t speak up now.”
#academicsky #publichealth #NIH
#academicsky #publichealth #NIH
Donald Trump has been accused of “shutting down medical research” after his administration imposed sweeping restrictions on America’s biggest science funder, which have led to the cancellation of grant approval panels, travel bans for researchers and a freeze on hiring #AcademicSky #EduSky
Trump’s freeze on NIH grant approval meetings condemned
White House directive to pause external communications causes chaos at America’s main science funder
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The freeze of work and communication.. “signal an intention to drastically impede important scientific research during the course of his second term. Things can get worse from here if we don’t speak up now.”
#academicsky #publichealth #NIH
#academicsky #publichealth #NIH
“The admin…has instructed federal health agencies to pause all external comms, such as health advisories, weekly scientific reports...”
Timely/clear #communication is key. Restricting access to info or preventing dissemination is antithetical to #publichealth.
Timely/clear #communication is key. Restricting access to info or preventing dissemination is antithetical to #publichealth.
Trump officials ask US health agencies to pause external communications, Washington Post reports
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has instructed federal health agencies to pause all external communications, such as health advisories, weekly scientific reports, updates to websites and social media posts, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing a dozen current and former officials and sources.
www.reuters.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
“The admin…has instructed federal health agencies to pause all external comms, such as health advisories, weekly scientific reports...”
Timely/clear #communication is key. Restricting access to info or preventing dissemination is antithetical to #publichealth.
Timely/clear #communication is key. Restricting access to info or preventing dissemination is antithetical to #publichealth.
Our world is connected. Working together and recognizing the humanity and health of all is the way we stay safe and healthy. #WHO #publichealth #academicsky #publichealthsky #epidemiology
WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw bit.ly/4hrbeJ7
January 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Our world is connected. Working together and recognizing the humanity and health of all is the way we stay safe and healthy. #WHO #publichealth #academicsky #publichealthsky #epidemiology
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After the CDC confirmed the first death from H5N1 bird flu on Monday, we're sure you have questions. We sat down with @jlguest.bsky.social to get answers!
January 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
After the CDC confirmed the first death from H5N1 bird flu on Monday, we're sure you have questions. We sat down with @jlguest.bsky.social to get answers!
Building my long list of things I need to do in time I cannot find. #academicsky
December 10, 2024 at 3:57 AM
Building my long list of things I need to do in time I cannot find. #academicsky
Noble Laureates oppose RFK for cabinet: “In addition to his lack of credentials or relevant experience in medicine, science, public health, or administration, Mr. Kennedy has been an opponent of many health-protecting and life-saving vaccines” #academicsky #episky
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
Nobel Laureates Urge Senate to Turn Down Kennedy’s Nomination
Elevating Mr. Kennedy to secretary of H.H.S. “would put the public’s health in jeopardy,” more than 75 laureates wrote.
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Noble Laureates oppose RFK for cabinet: “In addition to his lack of credentials or relevant experience in medicine, science, public health, or administration, Mr. Kennedy has been an opponent of many health-protecting and life-saving vaccines” #academicsky #episky
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
Faculty senates should play an important role in university governance. #academicsky
www.texastribune.org/2024/12/06/t...
www.texastribune.org/2024/12/06/t...
Texas lawmakers are scrutinizing university professors’ influence. Here's how faculty shape their universities.
Faculty senates have long played a key role in developing curriculum and protecting open inquiry. State leaders have also accused them of liberal indoctrination.
www.texastribune.org
December 7, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Faculty senates should play an important role in university governance. #academicsky
www.texastribune.org/2024/12/06/t...
www.texastribune.org/2024/12/06/t...
I never remember that reference season is so time consuming. #academicsky
December 3, 2024 at 12:57 AM
I never remember that reference season is so time consuming. #academicsky
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What a life.
A. Cornelius Baker, who spent nearly 40 years working with urgency and compassion to improve the lives of people with HIV and AIDS by promoting testing, securing federal funding for research and pushing for a vaccine, died this month. He was 63.
#GiftLink 🎁
A. Cornelius Baker, who spent nearly 40 years working with urgency and compassion to improve the lives of people with HIV and AIDS by promoting testing, securing federal funding for research and pushing for a vaccine, died this month. He was 63.
#GiftLink 🎁
A. Cornelius Baker, Champion of H.I.V. Testing, Dies at 63 (Gift Article)
Working inside the government and out, he lobbied to improve the lives of people with H.I.V. and AIDS, particularly those who belonged to minority groups.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2024 at 8:03 PM
What a life.
A. Cornelius Baker, who spent nearly 40 years working with urgency and compassion to improve the lives of people with HIV and AIDS by promoting testing, securing federal funding for research and pushing for a vaccine, died this month. He was 63.
#GiftLink 🎁
A. Cornelius Baker, who spent nearly 40 years working with urgency and compassion to improve the lives of people with HIV and AIDS by promoting testing, securing federal funding for research and pushing for a vaccine, died this month. He was 63.
#GiftLink 🎁
The Great Barrington Declaration was NOT great.
Breaking News: Donald Trump has picked Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, an author of a pandemic-era anti-lockdown treatise, to lead the National Institutes of Health.
Trump Picks Stanford Physician Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to Head N.I.H.
As the director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya would oversee the world’s premier medical research agency, with a $47 billion budget and 27 separate institutes and centers.
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 2:53 AM
The Great Barrington Declaration was NOT great.
Policies have deep implications for the health of women and families. Lack of access will take a long time to build back. #publichealth #reproductive #healthcare
Ob-Gyns are fleeing TX in droves. "21% said that they were either considering leaving the state or already planning to do so; 13% had decided to retire early. The report found “historic and worsening shortages...”
The Texas Ob-Gyn Exodus
Amid increasingly stringent abortion laws, doctors who provide maternal care have been fleeing the state.
www.newyorker.com
November 25, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Policies have deep implications for the health of women and families. Lack of access will take a long time to build back. #publichealth #reproductive #healthcare
Sarah McBride is a #Masterclass in grace and the reason people should be in politics, to help their constituents.
Rep.-elect Sarah McBride: "I didn't run to be a first. I didn't run to make history. I ran to serve the state that I love and to deliver for Delawareans."
November 25, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Sarah McBride is a #Masterclass in grace and the reason people should be in politics, to help their constituents.
November 25, 2024 at 12:28 PM
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Trump’s previous Surgeon General.
November 23, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Trump’s previous Surgeon General.
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Ten Americas: a systematic analysis of life expectancy disparities in the USA. In Lancet today this study finds US life expectancy disparities has grown over the last two decades with differences increasing from 12.6 years in 2000 to 20.4 years in 2021. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Ten Americas: a systematic analysis of life expectancy disparities in the USA
Our analysis confirms the continued existence of different Americas within the USA.
One's life expectancy varies dramatically depending on where one lives, the economic
conditions in that location, an...
www.thelancet.com
November 22, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Ten Americas: a systematic analysis of life expectancy disparities in the USA. In Lancet today this study finds US life expectancy disparities has grown over the last two decades with differences increasing from 12.6 years in 2000 to 20.4 years in 2021. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...