Leah Abrams
@leahrabrams.bsky.social
Population health and aging researcher | Tufts University Department of Community Health via Michigan Public Health & Harvard Pop Center
http://LeahRAbrams.com
http://LeahRAbrams.com
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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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#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
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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#demography #박사후연구
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Gender & Women’s Studies at UW-Madison is currently hiring for a tenure-track position focused on gender/sexuality & AGING! We are an interdisciplinary department & welcome scholars across fields (humanities but also PSYCH, POP HEALTH, SOCIOLOGY, etc.) Deadline: Nov 11! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant/Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies (RISE - THRIVE) - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Gender & Women’s Studies at UW-Madison is currently hiring for a tenure-track position focused on gender/sexuality & AGING! We are an interdisciplinary department & welcome scholars across fields (humanities but also PSYCH, POP HEALTH, SOCIOLOGY, etc.) Deadline: Nov 11! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
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Less than half of U.S. workers hold a quality job with predictable schedules, safety & respect, a voice at work, and room for advancement. The Upjohn Institute partnered on a new survey revealing critical gaps in job quality and why they matter.
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#Jobs #Workforce #econsky #JobQuality
Read more:
#Jobs #Workforce #econsky #JobQuality
Landmark study shows less than half of U.S. workers have a quality job
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October 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Less than half of U.S. workers hold a quality job with predictable schedules, safety & respect, a voice at work, and room for advancement. The Upjohn Institute partnered on a new survey revealing critical gaps in job quality and why they matter.
Read more:
#Jobs #Workforce #econsky #JobQuality
Read more:
#Jobs #Workforce #econsky #JobQuality
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Friendly reminder that @princeton.edu's Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellows priority deadline is 10/31.
Read about the incredible 2025 fellows cohort here.
Read about the incredible 2025 fellows cohort here.
Fifteen scholars named Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellows
The program recognizes and supports outstanding scholars primed to make important contributions in their fields. The 2025 cohort span the humanities, engineering, sciences and social sciences.
www.princeton.edu
October 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Friendly reminder that @princeton.edu's Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellows priority deadline is 10/31.
Read about the incredible 2025 fellows cohort here.
Read about the incredible 2025 fellows cohort here.
New report: Stagnating declines in cardiovascular disease mortality in the United States expanded the black-white life expectancy gap (especially for women)
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Stagnating declines in cardiovascular disease mortality in the United States expanded the black-white life expectancy gap
To assess how stagnation in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality declines since 2010 impacted racial disparities in life expectancy between Black an…
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October 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New report: Stagnating declines in cardiovascular disease mortality in the United States expanded the black-white life expectancy gap (especially for women)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The @popassocamerica.bsky.social deadline is coming up on Sunday 📆
I welcome submissions to Session 708: Older Workers, Longer Working Lives, and Health.
I look forward to reading your work in this area!
I welcome submissions to Session 708: Older Workers, Longer Working Lives, and Health.
I look forward to reading your work in this area!
September 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The @popassocamerica.bsky.social deadline is coming up on Sunday 📆
I welcome submissions to Session 708: Older Workers, Longer Working Lives, and Health.
I look forward to reading your work in this area!
I welcome submissions to Session 708: Older Workers, Longer Working Lives, and Health.
I look forward to reading your work in this area!
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The Graduate Group in Demography at the University of Pennsylvania is now accepting applications for its PhD program in Demography. We look forward to recruiting a strong and diverse cohort for Fall 2026!
➡️ Applications are due December 15, 2025 ⬅️
Learn More: demog.pop.upenn.edu/prospective-...
➡️ Applications are due December 15, 2025 ⬅️
Learn More: demog.pop.upenn.edu/prospective-...
September 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The Graduate Group in Demography at the University of Pennsylvania is now accepting applications for its PhD program in Demography. We look forward to recruiting a strong and diverse cohort for Fall 2026!
➡️ Applications are due December 15, 2025 ⬅️
Learn More: demog.pop.upenn.edu/prospective-...
➡️ Applications are due December 15, 2025 ⬅️
Learn More: demog.pop.upenn.edu/prospective-...
This is some of the very best writing on grief I've ever read (and re-read and re-read)
Bobby McIlvaine was 26 when he died in the September 11 attacks. For her 2021 Pulitzer Prize–winning story, Jennifer Senior visited his loved ones to understand how their pain endures. https://theatln.tc/Txh867AC
September 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This is some of the very best writing on grief I've ever read (and re-read and re-read)
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Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellow
Early Childhood Education Institute (ECEI), University of Oklahoma
#econ_ra
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Early Childhood Education Institute (ECEI), University of Oklahoma
#econ_ra
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August 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellow
Early Childhood Education Institute (ECEI), University of Oklahoma
#econ_ra
apply.interfolio.com/171415
Early Childhood Education Institute (ECEI), University of Oklahoma
#econ_ra
apply.interfolio.com/171415
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Communications Coordinator position working with @nhats-nsoc.bsky.social and @micda-umisr.bsky.social at @um-src.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social
More info here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
More info here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Communications Coordinator | U-M Careers
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August 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Communications Coordinator position working with @nhats-nsoc.bsky.social and @micda-umisr.bsky.social at @um-src.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social
More info here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
More info here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Ooooh I wasn’t sad, I just needed the heatwave to end so I could open the windows
August 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Ooooh I wasn’t sad, I just needed the heatwave to end so I could open the windows
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A recent study shows even the wealthiest Americans have higher mortality than the poorest Europeans. Researcher Atheendar Venkataramani weighs in, in an article for @nbcnews.com:
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Not even wealth is saving Americans from dying at rates seen among some of the poorest Europeans
Experts said a new study of wealth and mortality in middle-aged and older adults points to deep-rooted health risks in the U.S.
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July 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A recent study shows even the wealthiest Americans have higher mortality than the poorest Europeans. Researcher Atheendar Venkataramani weighs in, in an article for @nbcnews.com:
READ MORE:
READ MORE:
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1/5 - The US workforce is aging, and older service sector workers already face tough conditions. Does new workplace tech help or hurt them? Our new paper explores the impact! @dschneider.bsky.social @kristenharknett.bsky.social @leahrabrams.bsky.social shift.hks.harvard.edu/new-technolo...
New Technology, Older Workers: How Workplace Technology is Associated with Indicators of Job Retention - The Shift Project
Read the Full Article Middle-aged and older adults who are employed in precarious, high-strain jobs may face challenges to continued […]
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July 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
1/5 - The US workforce is aging, and older service sector workers already face tough conditions. Does new workplace tech help or hurt them? Our new paper explores the impact! @dschneider.bsky.social @kristenharknett.bsky.social @leahrabrams.bsky.social shift.hks.harvard.edu/new-technolo...
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do you have any idea how furious you have to make career civil servants to get them to put their names to a letter
Several hundred NIH employees sign a letter of protest to the agency’s director
Several hundred NIH employees signed on to a letter rebuking agency actions since the start of President Trump's second term
www.statnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
do you have any idea how furious you have to make career civil servants to get them to put their names to a letter
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Boston is the first major Northeastern city to launch a pilot program offering free sunscreen dispensers in public parks.
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June 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Boston is the first major Northeastern city to launch a pilot program offering free sunscreen dispensers in public parks.
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As the U.S. slashes spending on science and restricts immigration, China and Europe are offering researchers money and stability.
As the Trump Administration Slashes Federal Spending, Scientists Consider Leaving the U.S.
As the United States cuts budgets and restricts immigration, China and Europe are offering researchers money and stability.
trib.al
June 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
As the U.S. slashes spending on science and restricts immigration, China and Europe are offering researchers money and stability.
💡New productivity hack! 💡 Travel to Finland where no one from the U.S. emails you before about 4pm local time, at which point you still have ~6 hours until sunset.
May 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
💡New productivity hack! 💡 Travel to Finland where no one from the U.S. emails you before about 4pm local time, at which point you still have ~6 hours until sunset.
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All NIH and NSF grants for my entire team--and for all of Harvard, I guess?--have been terminated.
As provocative as that sounds, the practical effect is probably not much. Everything was already frozen. 🤷♂️
On the upside, it makes tracking terminated grants easier. No more guesswork at Harvard!
As provocative as that sounds, the practical effect is probably not much. Everything was already frozen. 🤷♂️
On the upside, it makes tracking terminated grants easier. No more guesswork at Harvard!
May 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
All NIH and NSF grants for my entire team--and for all of Harvard, I guess?--have been terminated.
As provocative as that sounds, the practical effect is probably not much. Everything was already frozen. 🤷♂️
On the upside, it makes tracking terminated grants easier. No more guesswork at Harvard!
As provocative as that sounds, the practical effect is probably not much. Everything was already frozen. 🤷♂️
On the upside, it makes tracking terminated grants easier. No more guesswork at Harvard!
Great talk by Alessandro Feraldi showing how gender and educational gaps in Healthy Working Life Expectancy change depending on the operationalization of health and work — important for interpreting existing evidence and designing future research in this area
#REVES2025
#REVES2025
May 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Great talk by Alessandro Feraldi showing how gender and educational gaps in Healthy Working Life Expectancy change depending on the operationalization of health and work — important for interpreting existing evidence and designing future research in this area
#REVES2025
#REVES2025
We’re kicking of day 2 at #REVES2025 with a session on stagnation in life expectancy
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@reves-network.bsky.social @octaviobramajo.bsky.social @astokespop.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 7:11 AM
We’re kicking of day 2 at #REVES2025 with a session on stagnation in life expectancy
@reves-network.bsky.social @octaviobramajo.bsky.social @astokespop.bsky.social
@reves-network.bsky.social @octaviobramajo.bsky.social @astokespop.bsky.social
I’m excited to be in Finland for the first time to be attending REVES for the first time!
REVES = Réseau Espérance de Vie en Santé = Network on Health Expectancy
@reves-network.bsky.social
#REVES2025
REVES = Réseau Espérance de Vie en Santé = Network on Health Expectancy
@reves-network.bsky.social
#REVES2025
May 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I’m excited to be in Finland for the first time to be attending REVES for the first time!
REVES = Réseau Espérance de Vie en Santé = Network on Health Expectancy
@reves-network.bsky.social
#REVES2025
REVES = Réseau Espérance de Vie en Santé = Network on Health Expectancy
@reves-network.bsky.social
#REVES2025
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Today it starts! First REVES Conference in Finland (REVES=international network on healthy life expectancy and more).
We are expecting around 80 researchers from 17 countries to join the 3-day conference.
Welcome, enjoy the ride!
@reves-network.bsky.social
#REVES2025
We are expecting around 80 researchers from 17 countries to join the 3-day conference.
Welcome, enjoy the ride!
@reves-network.bsky.social
#REVES2025
May 14, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Today it starts! First REVES Conference in Finland (REVES=international network on healthy life expectancy and more).
We are expecting around 80 researchers from 17 countries to join the 3-day conference.
Welcome, enjoy the ride!
@reves-network.bsky.social
#REVES2025
We are expecting around 80 researchers from 17 countries to join the 3-day conference.
Welcome, enjoy the ride!
@reves-network.bsky.social
#REVES2025
Check out these two exciting opportunities to work with @kerenladin.bsky.social in the REACH lab (Research on Ethics, Aging, and Community Health) at Tufts
1. Senior Research Coordinator -
jobs.tufts.edu/jobs/21562?l...
2. Postdoctoral Fellow - details below
1. Senior Research Coordinator -
jobs.tufts.edu/jobs/21562?l...
2. Postdoctoral Fellow - details below
May 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Check out these two exciting opportunities to work with @kerenladin.bsky.social in the REACH lab (Research on Ethics, Aging, and Community Health) at Tufts
1. Senior Research Coordinator -
jobs.tufts.edu/jobs/21562?l...
2. Postdoctoral Fellow - details below
1. Senior Research Coordinator -
jobs.tufts.edu/jobs/21562?l...
2. Postdoctoral Fellow - details below
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Sunsets this year will remain after 7:30PM until August.
Have a nice day.
Have a nice day.
April 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Sunsets this year will remain after 7:30PM until August.
Have a nice day.
Have a nice day.