Sofia Sanchez
@sanchezsofia.bsky.social
Interests: food security, SNAP, houseplants, weightlifting. Probably somewhere drinking tea. Postdoc @IndianaUniv.
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This looks potentially useful for junior scholars.
"The Research Paper Playbook: A PhD Student's Guide to Writing and Presenting"
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
"The Research Paper Playbook: A PhD Student's Guide to Writing and Presenting"
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
August 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This looks potentially useful for junior scholars.
"The Research Paper Playbook: A PhD Student's Guide to Writing and Presenting"
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
"The Research Paper Playbook: A PhD Student's Guide to Writing and Presenting"
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Contact your legislators to fund SNAP-Ed! 👉🏽 votervoice.net/EATRIGHT/1/C...
May 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Contact your legislators to fund SNAP-Ed! 👉🏽 votervoice.net/EATRIGHT/1/C...
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Agency leaders plan to study ultra-processed foods, but their top researcher on the topic left a month ago, and they’re still cutting staff and research funding.
Read more from the Food Policy Tracker. ➡️ buff.ly/6oRD7pp
Read more from the Food Policy Tracker. ➡️ buff.ly/6oRD7pp
May 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Agency leaders plan to study ultra-processed foods, but their top researcher on the topic left a month ago, and they’re still cutting staff and research funding.
Read more from the Food Policy Tracker. ➡️ buff.ly/6oRD7pp
Read more from the Food Policy Tracker. ➡️ buff.ly/6oRD7pp
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🥗 USDA suspends shipments to food banks.
This will cause outright hunger and malnutrition.
This will cause outright hunger and malnutrition.
In case you missed it, the USDA has suspended food shipments to US food banks!!! We need to donate to our local food pantries!
I encourage you to read this article from The New York Times about the food banks. Here's a gift link you can read it for free www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
I encourage you to read this article from The New York Times about the food banks. Here's a gift link you can read it for free www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
Food Banks Left in the Lurch as U.S.D.A. Shipments Are Suspended (Gift Article)
A representative of a nationwide food pantry network, said U.S.D.A. officials had informed him that some food aid distributed by the federal government was under review.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
🥗 USDA suspends shipments to food banks.
This will cause outright hunger and malnutrition.
This will cause outright hunger and malnutrition.
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Read the latest on the continued USDA grant contract cuts from the Food Policy Tracker:
USDA Publicizes Canceling a Grant to an Organization That Trains Young Farmers ➡️ buff.ly/oKdNHWk
USDA Continues to Roll Out Deeper Cuts to Farm Grants: A List ➡️ buff.ly/XNrEi79
USDA Publicizes Canceling a Grant to an Organization That Trains Young Farmers ➡️ buff.ly/oKdNHWk
USDA Continues to Roll Out Deeper Cuts to Farm Grants: A List ➡️ buff.ly/XNrEi79
Food Policy Tracker
The Civil Eats Food Policy Tracker is your daily, go-to source for actions taken by the President, federal agencies, and Congress that directly relate to or have significant implications for the food…
buff.ly
March 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Read the latest on the continued USDA grant contract cuts from the Food Policy Tracker:
USDA Publicizes Canceling a Grant to an Organization That Trains Young Farmers ➡️ buff.ly/oKdNHWk
USDA Continues to Roll Out Deeper Cuts to Farm Grants: A List ➡️ buff.ly/XNrEi79
USDA Publicizes Canceling a Grant to an Organization That Trains Young Farmers ➡️ buff.ly/oKdNHWk
USDA Continues to Roll Out Deeper Cuts to Farm Grants: A List ➡️ buff.ly/XNrEi79
Very good Bluetorial on hydration and health! ⛲
New paper from our group just posted online today in Nutrition Research by Stute et al. 🚨
Apparently Healthy Young Black Adults Report Lower Total Fluid Intake and Exhibit Higher Plasma Copeptin than Young White Adults
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
1/n 🧵
Apparently Healthy Young Black Adults Report Lower Total Fluid Intake and Exhibit Higher Plasma Copeptin than Young White Adults
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
1/n 🧵
March 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Very good Bluetorial on hydration and health! ⛲
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Check out this new short podcast from our lab that complements Meral Culver's recently published paper in AJP Reg
💤😴🎙️ New podcast alert! Join
Austin Robinson & Meral Culver
as they dive into how vitamin D levels affect sleep variability.
🎧ow.ly/XoeO50V9LPU
📃ow.ly/FZ5V50V9LZ9
@ausrob-phd.bsky.social #SleepVariability #Accelerometry #SleepDuration #SleepTiming
Austin Robinson & Meral Culver
as they dive into how vitamin D levels affect sleep variability.
🎧ow.ly/XoeO50V9LPU
📃ow.ly/FZ5V50V9LZ9
@ausrob-phd.bsky.social #SleepVariability #Accelerometry #SleepDuration #SleepTiming
March 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Check out this new short podcast from our lab that complements Meral Culver's recently published paper in AJP Reg
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I was supposed to have an NIH study section (KEDD) tomorrow, but it was "postponed TBD" today at 3 PM Eastern. Yesterday, individuals who were going to travel for the in-person meeting were told not to travel.
Just confirming firsthand that the madness continues.
Just confirming firsthand that the madness continues.
February 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I was supposed to have an NIH study section (KEDD) tomorrow, but it was "postponed TBD" today at 3 PM Eastern. Yesterday, individuals who were going to travel for the in-person meeting were told not to travel.
Just confirming firsthand that the madness continues.
Just confirming firsthand that the madness continues.
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Since CDC websites and datasets are being taken down by the Administration…
The ENTIRE archive of ALL CDC datasets uploaded BEFORE January 28th, 2025 can be found here: archive.org/details/2025...
Since CDC websites and datasets are being taken down by the Administration…
The ENTIRE archive of ALL CDC datasets uploaded BEFORE January 28th, 2025 can be found here: archive.org/details/2025...
February 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
PLEASE SHARE 🧪‼️
Since CDC websites and datasets are being taken down by the Administration…
The ENTIRE archive of ALL CDC datasets uploaded BEFORE January 28th, 2025 can be found here: archive.org/details/2025...
Since CDC websites and datasets are being taken down by the Administration…
The ENTIRE archive of ALL CDC datasets uploaded BEFORE January 28th, 2025 can be found here: archive.org/details/2025...
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Some good news from my team among the craziness...
🚨 Our latest findings were published in Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol ! ☀️💤
Meral Culver found that poor vitamin D status is linked to greater sleep variability in healthy adults.
Read more: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39873709/
#SleepHealth
🚨 Our latest findings were published in Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol ! ☀️💤
Meral Culver found that poor vitamin D status is linked to greater sleep variability in healthy adults.
Read more: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39873709/
#SleepHealth
Don't Sleep on Vitamin D: Vitamin D is Associated with Sleep Variability in Apparently Healthy Adults - PubMed
<span><b>Background:</b> Vitamin D is associated with sleep quality and duration, but it's unclear whether vitamin D status influences sleep variability. Therefore, we sought to determine whether vita...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Some good news from my team among the craziness...
🚨 Our latest findings were published in Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol ! ☀️💤
Meral Culver found that poor vitamin D status is linked to greater sleep variability in healthy adults.
Read more: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39873709/
#SleepHealth
🚨 Our latest findings were published in Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol ! ☀️💤
Meral Culver found that poor vitamin D status is linked to greater sleep variability in healthy adults.
Read more: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39873709/
#SleepHealth
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Really unfortunate that the FOA for Research Supplements to Promote Diversity has expired (originally May 2026)! Part of my PhD and postdoc was supported by these supplements, which benefit URM, individuals with disabilities, and those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Expired PA-23-189: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PA-23-189....
grants.nih.gov
January 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Really unfortunate that the FOA for Research Supplements to Promote Diversity has expired (originally May 2026)! Part of my PhD and postdoc was supported by these supplements, which benefit URM, individuals with disabilities, and those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
A 1 item food insecurity screener for college students derived from the USDA 6 item screener. Interested in seeing future work with this!
"In the last 30 days, did you ever cut the size of your meals or skip meals because there wasn't enough food?"
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39561187/
"In the last 30 days, did you ever cut the size of your meals or skip meals because there wasn't enough food?"
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39561187/
Test Validity of a Single-Item Food Insecurity Screening Assessment Among College Students - PubMed
Results support for the test validity of a single-item screening question that can be used to detect food insecurity among college students and inform secondary prevention programs aimed at food insec...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 25, 2024 at 5:16 PM
A 1 item food insecurity screener for college students derived from the USDA 6 item screener. Interested in seeing future work with this!
"In the last 30 days, did you ever cut the size of your meals or skip meals because there wasn't enough food?"
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39561187/
"In the last 30 days, did you ever cut the size of your meals or skip meals because there wasn't enough food?"
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39561187/