Mahesh Karra
@mvkarra.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Population and Family Health at Columbia. Global health researcher, development economist. Co-Editor of Studies in Family Planning.
Website: maheshkarra.com
Website: maheshkarra.com
Some professional news: I will be leaving Boston after 13 years to join @columbiauniversity.bsky.social as an Associate Professor of Population and Family Health later this month. I am looking forward to working with some fantastic colleagues and students and experiencing life in New York City.
September 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Some professional news: I will be leaving Boston after 13 years to join @columbiauniversity.bsky.social as an Associate Professor of Population and Family Health later this month. I am looking forward to working with some fantastic colleagues and students and experiencing life in New York City.
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🚨 Our preprint on the termination of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Program is now available. How can we move towards an equitable data infrastructure and maintain research integrity after the DHS Program's termination? 🧵
Moving towards equitable data infrastructure and research integrity after the termination of the DHS Program: https://osf.io/ka3r5
May 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🚨 Our preprint on the termination of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Program is now available. How can we move towards an equitable data infrastructure and maintain research integrity after the DHS Program's termination? 🧵
Reposted by Mahesh Karra
EPA stated plans to backslide on its finalized #PFAS drinking water regs. I'm highlighting some problems with this (w/ graphs!) from my own research 🚰
1st: some replacement PFAS (incl. some they are reneging on) are more freq detected than the "legacy" PFOA & PFOS. This is based on EPA's own data!
1st: some replacement PFAS (incl. some they are reneging on) are more freq detected than the "legacy" PFOA & PFOS. This is based on EPA's own data!
May 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
EPA stated plans to backslide on its finalized #PFAS drinking water regs. I'm highlighting some problems with this (w/ graphs!) from my own research 🚰
1st: some replacement PFAS (incl. some they are reneging on) are more freq detected than the "legacy" PFOA & PFOS. This is based on EPA's own data!
1st: some replacement PFAS (incl. some they are reneging on) are more freq detected than the "legacy" PFOA & PFOS. This is based on EPA's own data!
Reposted by Mahesh Karra
Sharing our recent study (www.nature.com/articles/s41...), in which we found:
- positive, area-level associations b/w #PFAS contaminated drinking water and #COVID19 mortality w/in 1st yr of pandemic
- results consistent across 2 datasets w/ varied geography + robust to many sensitivity analyses
- positive, area-level associations b/w #PFAS contaminated drinking water and #COVID19 mortality w/in 1st yr of pandemic
- results consistent across 2 datasets w/ varied geography + robust to many sensitivity analyses
County-level associations between drinking water PFAS contamination and COVID-19 mortality in the United States - Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology
Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology - County-level associations between drinking water PFAS contamination and COVID-19 mortality in the United States
www.nature.com
November 25, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Sharing our recent study (www.nature.com/articles/s41...), in which we found:
- positive, area-level associations b/w #PFAS contaminated drinking water and #COVID19 mortality w/in 1st yr of pandemic
- results consistent across 2 datasets w/ varied geography + robust to many sensitivity analyses
- positive, area-level associations b/w #PFAS contaminated drinking water and #COVID19 mortality w/in 1st yr of pandemic
- results consistent across 2 datasets w/ varied geography + robust to many sensitivity analyses