Lauren Wisk, PhD
@laurenwisk.bsky.social
Health services researcher, social epidemiologist & stats nerd at UCLA DGSOM. Formerly at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Med, and University of Wisconsin.
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Hey @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social you will never get another chance to have a backbone after this pathetic capitulation, and I hope to all that is good that you’re primaried (brutally) for this cowardice. Shame.
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Hey @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social you will never get another chance to have a backbone after this pathetic capitulation, and I hope to all that is good that you’re primaried (brutally) for this cowardice. Shame.
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The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
September 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
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Among #COVID19 positive individuals, #LongCOVID prevalence varies significantly due to differing definitions, highlighting the need for a standardized, validated definition. ja.ma/4lpupob
August 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Among #COVID19 positive individuals, #LongCOVID prevalence varies significantly due to differing definitions, highlighting the need for a standardized, validated definition. ja.ma/4lpupob
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We're taking major steps back in #publichealth and instead of addressing the important issues we're creating more distractions. #SDOH
Why are American kids getting sicker? www.vox.com/life/421703/... by @annanorth.bsky.social via @vox.com CC: @laurenwisk.bsky.social @htagerf.bsky.social
Why are American kids getting sicker? www.vox.com/life/421703/... by @annanorth.bsky.social via @vox.com CC: @laurenwisk.bsky.social @htagerf.bsky.social
Why are American kids getting sicker?
What MAHA gets wrong about kids’ health.
www.vox.com
August 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
We're taking major steps back in #publichealth and instead of addressing the important issues we're creating more distractions. #SDOH
Why are American kids getting sicker? www.vox.com/life/421703/... by @annanorth.bsky.social via @vox.com CC: @laurenwisk.bsky.social @htagerf.bsky.social
Why are American kids getting sicker? www.vox.com/life/421703/... by @annanorth.bsky.social via @vox.com CC: @laurenwisk.bsky.social @htagerf.bsky.social
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Put another way, Medicaid contributes roughly as much to Detroit's economy than car manufacturing, more to Houston than the chemical industry, almost twice as much to Los Angeles as motion picture production--these are big numbers!
June 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Put another way, Medicaid contributes roughly as much to Detroit's economy than car manufacturing, more to Houston than the chemical industry, almost twice as much to Los Angeles as motion picture production--these are big numbers!
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It's a worker's party now.
July 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It's a worker's party now.
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The White House is touting tax benefits for tipped workers in the reconciliation bill, but 2 million tipped workers could be among those at risk of losing health coverage because of the #Medicaid and #ACA marketplace cuts in the bill. (1/3) www.nbcwashington.com/news/busines...
June 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The White House is touting tax benefits for tipped workers in the reconciliation bill, but 2 million tipped workers could be among those at risk of losing health coverage because of the #Medicaid and #ACA marketplace cuts in the bill. (1/3) www.nbcwashington.com/news/busines...
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According to CBO, only 20% of the 7.8 million people expected to lose coverage because of Medicaid policies will have access to other coverage like subsidized marketplace plans or employer-based insurance.
Trump brazenly lies: "We're cutting $1.7 trillion in this bill and you're not gonna feel any of it. Your Medicaid is left alone. It's left the same."
June 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
According to CBO, only 20% of the 7.8 million people expected to lose coverage because of Medicaid policies will have access to other coverage like subsidized marketplace plans or employer-based insurance.
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New work with the INSPIRE team looking at long term (one year post infection) health-related quality of life in our #COVID registry.
Big diffs in mental vs physical recovery after COVID, with about 20% seeing persistent poor #well-being at 1 yr
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Big diffs in mental vs physical recovery after COVID, with about 20% seeing persistent poor #well-being at 1 yr
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Association of SARS-CoV-2 With Health-related Quality of Life 1 Year After Illness Using Latent Transition Analysis
Among adults with symptomatic illness, both COVID+ and COVID− participants reported improvements in HRQoL but recovery trajectories differ for physical ver
urldefense.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
New work with the INSPIRE team looking at long term (one year post infection) health-related quality of life in our #COVID registry.
Big diffs in mental vs physical recovery after COVID, with about 20% seeing persistent poor #well-being at 1 yr
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Big diffs in mental vs physical recovery after COVID, with about 20% seeing persistent poor #well-being at 1 yr
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
I have often warned colleagues/students about the fact that LLM like ChatGPT just make up non-existent references (or inappropriately reference real work) so it’s nice to have a concrete example of how embarrassing it can be if you don’t take the time to check!
www.cnn.com/2025/05/29/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/05/29/h...
Trump administration’s MAHA report on children’s health filled with flawed references, including some studies that don’t exist | CNN
The first report from the Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again Commission, released last week, appears to be rife with errors, including some studies that don’t exist.
www.cnn.com
May 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I have often warned colleagues/students about the fact that LLM like ChatGPT just make up non-existent references (or inappropriately reference real work) so it’s nice to have a concrete example of how embarrassing it can be if you don’t take the time to check!
www.cnn.com/2025/05/29/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/05/29/h...
Yikes
Equal insurance coverage for mental and physical care? The president's decision on mental health parity rules looms. @aneripattani.bsky.social explains what's at stake for millions. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
May 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Yikes
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From @commonwealthfund.org big #Medicaid cost-shifts to states will harm children. Eliminating coverage for parents will result in their children losing coverage too. States will also have to cut coverage for kids federal law doesn't require them to cover: www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2025/de...
Deep Medicaid Spending Cuts Put Health Care Coverage at Risk for One of Five Enrolled Children
www.commonwealthfund.org
May 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
From @commonwealthfund.org big #Medicaid cost-shifts to states will harm children. Eliminating coverage for parents will result in their children losing coverage too. States will also have to cut coverage for kids federal law doesn't require them to cover: www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2025/de...
George Armstrong Lecture @pas2025.bsky.social today was incredibly inspirational! These pioneers are the spark and hearing from them was exactly what I needed today! #PAS2025
April 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
George Armstrong Lecture @pas2025.bsky.social today was incredibly inspirational! These pioneers are the spark and hearing from them was exactly what I needed today! #PAS2025
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"Now, that path to a scientific career is in tatters. If the NIH continues to stall, reject, and terminate grants, we are in danger of losing an entire generation of scientists and the life-changing discoveries they would have made."
Government word search is killing my cutting-edge research
The Trump administration seems to believe that some words and ideas fail an ill-posed and completely nonscientific test of orthodoxy.
www.statnews.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"Now, that path to a scientific career is in tatters. If the NIH continues to stall, reject, and terminate grants, we are in danger of losing an entire generation of scientists and the life-changing discoveries they would have made."
This is really disheartening
📣To what extent is the U.S. public aware of firing of federal workers, canceling of research grants, or removal of public data that’s disrupting public health and science? Members of our team fielded a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults in late March. www.milbank.org/quarterly/op... 1/
Public Awareness of Threats to Public Health and Science in March 2025 | Milbank Memorial Fund
Our survey found that a high proportion of the American public (almost 80%) had heard about the firing of federal scientists and health workers, and a substantial number had heard of federal cuts to h...
www.milbank.org
April 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This is really disheartening
What the what?!?!
NEW: The VA is establishing an "anti-Christian bias" task force and asking VA employees to submit any instances they witness of anti-Christian bias in the Dept to Christianbiasreporting at va dot gov.
They are seeking the following examples.
They are seeking the following examples.
April 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
What the what?!?!
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The IMF released its latest forecasts today, and they seem to suggest that the folks most hurt by Trump's trade war are... Americans.
April 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The IMF released its latest forecasts today, and they seem to suggest that the folks most hurt by Trump's trade war are... Americans.
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4/5 HHS employees currently on administrative leave report they were given no opportunity to hand off their responsibilities, suggesting important work will simply be discontinued.
Here's a quote from @sandhyawrites.bsky.social. ⤵️
Here's a quote from @sandhyawrites.bsky.social. ⤵️
April 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
4/5 HHS employees currently on administrative leave report they were given no opportunity to hand off their responsibilities, suggesting important work will simply be discontinued.
Here's a quote from @sandhyawrites.bsky.social. ⤵️
Here's a quote from @sandhyawrites.bsky.social. ⤵️
Despite all the turmoil, we’re hiring a #postdoc! Looking for someone with exceptional analytical skills to work with us to study mental health care utilization for adolescents and young adults, at the intersection of policy, process, and outcomes! Please share widely! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10254
Postdoctoral Scholar in General Internal Medicine - Wisk Lab 2024-2025
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.apo.ucla.edu
April 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Despite all the turmoil, we’re hiring a #postdoc! Looking for someone with exceptional analytical skills to work with us to study mental health care utilization for adolescents and young adults, at the intersection of policy, process, and outcomes! Please share widely! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10254
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I did an interview with my alma mater, and the result is a useful long-form interview that might provide a useful primer on the current tariff mess, for those who want to dig in a bit further:
How Much Pain Will New Tariffs Bring—and For How Long?
University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers, PhD '01, argues that this set of tariffs, unlike those from President Trump's first term, will have dramatic effects on the US economy. And, Wolfers…
gsas.harvard.edu
April 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I did an interview with my alma mater, and the result is a useful long-form interview that might provide a useful primer on the current tariff mess, for those who want to dig in a bit further:
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Exclusive: Members of President Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by The Post and interviews with U.S. officials. wapo.st/4caT5O4
April 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Exclusive: Members of President Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by The Post and interviews with U.S. officials. wapo.st/4caT5O4
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It's the biggest tax hike in decades and the most regressive in living memory.
April 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It's the biggest tax hike in decades and the most regressive in living memory.
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My thoughts are with all the HHS employees today.
Please know that the cuts being made are not a reflection of the value of the work you all have been doing. We know how critical you all are to public health.
#ThisIsPublicHealth
Please know that the cuts being made are not a reflection of the value of the work you all have been doing. We know how critical you all are to public health.
#ThisIsPublicHealth
April 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My thoughts are with all the HHS employees today.
Please know that the cuts being made are not a reflection of the value of the work you all have been doing. We know how critical you all are to public health.
#ThisIsPublicHealth
Please know that the cuts being made are not a reflection of the value of the work you all have been doing. We know how critical you all are to public health.
#ThisIsPublicHealth
So deeply F’d
🚨🚨🚨 Four NIH institute directors have been removed from their posts and some offered reassignments to the Indian Health Service, effective today.
These institutes include NIAID (Jeanne Marrazzo), NIMHD (Eliseo Pérez-Stable), NICHD (Diana Bianchi), and NINR (Shannon Zenk).
These institutes include NIAID (Jeanne Marrazzo), NIMHD (Eliseo Pérez-Stable), NICHD (Diana Bianchi), and NINR (Shannon Zenk).
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
www.nature.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
So deeply F’d