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Sarah Peitzmeier, PhD
@sarahpeitzmeier.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ University of Maryland School of Public Health
I recently served on my first scientific grant review panel! What was it like? Two dozen of us read hundreds of pages of grants, wrote reviews, and showed up ready to discuss for 8 straight hours. (1/4)
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Researcher career milestone today: Got (blinded) reviews back on a manuscript and reviewers all agree I need to cite more work by Peitzmeier et al. 😅 DON'T MIND IF I DO
October 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Can't wait!! Every time Maia and I talk about writing this book I feel like it peels back another layer of the onion on our process. Excited to be reunited and in conversation on Friday and honored the event is already standing room only. Come if you love comics, health comm, or trans joy!
We're so honored to host the first east coast event for "Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding" with the incredible duo of @redgoldsparks.bsky.social and @sarahpeitzmeier.bsky.social this Friday 9/12 @6pm. RSVP here: peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/breathe/
September 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Not just for book authors! I was surprised to see more than a dozen of my journal articles got fed into the maw of AI. Researchers, check for yourselves!
A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.

All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.

For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
August 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Honored to be in a group of LGBTQ+ health researchers who sued the government over NIH grant terminations and won a preliminary injunction! Some key parts of the memorandum opinion issued this week stating that the government did in fact unlawfully discriminate below, but my favorite part...
August 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Some of my NIH-funded work with @rebeccafieldingmiller.com and @abigailmhatcher.bsky.social @nickmetheny.bsky.social that was unconstitutionally terminated featured in the NYT this week: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/h.... Thanks to litigation it is restored and we are training a cohort in November!
Trump Administration Scraps Research Into Health Disparities
www.nytimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Come see @redgoldsparks.bsky.social and me speak at the awesome @peoplesbook.bsky.social in September about writing + drawing for a future in which we can all breathe. 💖
@sarahpeitzmeier.bsky.social & I have a bookstore event coming up on 9/12/2025 at @peoplesbooktakoma.com in Takoma Park, MD (the Friday before @smallpressexpo.bsky.social)!

Free but RSVP required: peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/breathe/
August 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This fun convo had me reflecting on how the weaving of storytelling and teaching that felt so instinctive to us was its own little innovation, and how the outsider status of comics in the academy made me feel more free to take my sweet time dreaming this book into existence with Maia. Thanks GMIC!
August 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Such an honor to have our book recognized by GMIC as best educational comic of 2024! Love all that @graphicmedicine.bsky.social does for the field and uplifting amazing work. I loved loved @keezyyoung.bsky.social's Sunflowers and am working on getting my hands on a copy of The Jellyfish to read!
ICYMI: The winners of this year's @graphicmedicine.bsky.social awards:

Long Form: The Jellyfish by @boum.bsky.social

Short Form: Sunflowers by @keezyyoung.bsky.social

Educational: Breathe by @redgoldsparks.bsky.social and @sarahpeitzmeier.bsky.social

Coverage:
www.comicsbeat.com/here-come-th...
August 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A little write up about our campus sexual assault prevention trial! doi.org/10.56367/OAG... We will be recruiting freshmen and sophomore women at University of Maryland, Central Florida, Michigan, and Guelph in just a few weeks.
Adapting effective sexual assault prevention for online delivery
Can an in-person intervention that decreases young women’s risk of sexual assault maintain its effectiveness when adapted for online facilitation?
doi.org
August 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
First day of the #Intersectionality Training Institute and we are all setting our intentions for an intersectional research project we want to accomplish in the next year. Getting chills from all the cool work that will come out of this week of learning and community! 😍
July 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reposted by Sarah Peitzmeier, PhD
Last weekend @sarahpeitzmeier.bsky.social and I taught a zine workshop for researchers at the National Transgender Health Summit #NTHS2025. I made this zine as an example, based on our book BREATHE: JOURNEYS TO HEALTHY BINDING. I wrote about the workshop here: www.patreon.com/posts/breath...
June 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We all need reminders of why we do this work and meeting readers in SF with @redgoldsparks.bsky.social this weekend was so life giving. Came back to the office today to see this reminder I scrawled on a scrap paper and stuck to my board 5 years ago...
June 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Reposted by Sarah Peitzmeier, PhD
Has your name ever appeared in the credits of a book, or is it likely to in the near future? Then you should join
@authorsabb.bsky.social! Full transcript and jpg of this zine formatted for print available here: www.patreon.com/posts/i-want...
#authorsagainstbookbans
January 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Had the best time making zines at NTHS in community with so many amazing researchers and practitioners! Can't wait to see what you publish!
I created my first Zine today at the National TransgenderHealth Summit #NTHS2025 with help from the fab @sarahpeitzmeier.bsky.social and @redgoldsparks.bsky.social

Will clean up and publish imminently…with more to follow!!

Found my inspo and medium I was looking for!
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June 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM