Shoba Ramanadhan
@shobarama.bsky.social
Using implementation science and participatory approaches to help community-based organizations address health inequities. Associate Professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Views are my own.
A highlight of my new intro #qualitative research course @hsph.harvard.edu was bringing in two fabulous collaborators - Davine Holness and Bella de Sa. They lost me a bit when they talked about loving coding, but at least we all agreed on the beauty of #participatory, justice-focused research.
October 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A highlight of my new intro #qualitative research course @hsph.harvard.edu was bringing in two fabulous collaborators - Davine Holness and Bella de Sa. They lost me a bit when they talked about loving coding, but at least we all agreed on the beauty of #participatory, justice-focused research.
Reposted by Shoba Ramanadhan
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Reposted by Shoba Ramanadhan
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
Reposted by Shoba Ramanadhan
Pure joy! 🤩 That’s how we all felt yesterday as we celebrated the amazing achievements of the @hsph.harvard.edu Class of 2025.
May 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Pure joy! 🤩 That’s how we all felt yesterday as we celebrated the amazing achievements of the @hsph.harvard.edu Class of 2025.
Reposted by Shoba Ramanadhan
Each year, awards are presented to graduating students, as well as faculty and staff, at Harvard Chan School. Today, we celebrated the many achievements of this year's award winners at a ceremony in the Kresge building.
View the full list of awards and winners:
View the full list of awards and winners:
Graduation 2025: Award winners | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Each year, awards are presented to graduating students, faculty, and staff.
hsph.harvard.edu
May 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Each year, awards are presented to graduating students, as well as faculty and staff, at Harvard Chan School. Today, we celebrated the many achievements of this year's award winners at a ceremony in the Kresge building.
View the full list of awards and winners:
View the full list of awards and winners:
Reposted by Shoba Ramanadhan
Muhammad Jawad Noon, MPH '25, addressed his fellow graduates in the Class of 2025.
Watch Convocation live and learn more about Harvard Chan School graduation celebrations at hsph.me/graduation
#HarvardChan25
Watch Convocation live and learn more about Harvard Chan School graduation celebrations at hsph.me/graduation
#HarvardChan25
May 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Muhammad Jawad Noon, MPH '25, addressed his fellow graduates in the Class of 2025.
Watch Convocation live and learn more about Harvard Chan School graduation celebrations at hsph.me/graduation
#HarvardChan25
Watch Convocation live and learn more about Harvard Chan School graduation celebrations at hsph.me/graduation
#HarvardChan25
Reposted by Shoba Ramanadhan
In addition to gutting Medicaid and SNAP, the House Reconciliation bill takes aim at the clean energy boom 🔋🌱
Slashing clean energy tax credits = slashing jobs in your own district 💼⚡️
Let’s see how that plays out 👀
Slashing clean energy tax credits = slashing jobs in your own district 💼⚡️
Let’s see how that plays out 👀
May 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
In addition to gutting Medicaid and SNAP, the House Reconciliation bill takes aim at the clean energy boom 🔋🌱
Slashing clean energy tax credits = slashing jobs in your own district 💼⚡️
Let’s see how that plays out 👀
Slashing clean energy tax credits = slashing jobs in your own district 💼⚡️
Let’s see how that plays out 👀
Promising practices for health equity - a new podcast from my pals at @rwjf.bsky.social's Interdisciplinary Research Leaders. Come hear from community- and university-based researchers on the what, why, and how of health equity work in these wild times.
Promising Practices for Health Equity Podcast
Health & Fitness Podcast · Updated Weekly · The Promising Practices for Health Equity podcast is brought to you by the Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Program, a national leadership program of the ...
podcasts.apple.com
May 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Promising practices for health equity - a new podcast from my pals at @rwjf.bsky.social's Interdisciplinary Research Leaders. Come hear from community- and university-based researchers on the what, why, and how of health equity work in these wild times.
Reposted by Shoba Ramanadhan
@billshaner.bsky.social reports from the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“They’re trying to kidnap someone”
On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.
www.motherjones.com
May 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
@billshaner.bsky.social reports from the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Shoba Ramanadhan
Then, trust.
April 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Then, trust.
Reposted by Shoba Ramanadhan
20 ARMED men bust into your home. They claim they’ve got a search warrant.
They make you stand in the rain w/your 3 daughters in their underwear.
They seize your phones, laptops, your cash life savings.
The suspects listed on the warrant? They don’t live there anymore.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
They make you stand in the rain w/your 3 daughters in their underwear.
They seize your phones, laptops, your cash life savings.
The suspects listed on the warrant? They don’t live there anymore.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
20 ARMED men bust into your home. They claim they’ve got a search warrant.
They make you stand in the rain w/your 3 daughters in their underwear.
They seize your phones, laptops, your cash life savings.
The suspects listed on the warrant? They don’t live there anymore.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
They make you stand in the rain w/your 3 daughters in their underwear.
They seize your phones, laptops, your cash life savings.
The suspects listed on the warrant? They don’t live there anymore.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
Reposted by Shoba Ramanadhan
"Some officials say U.S. citizens who criticize administration policies could be charged with crimes"
I always wondered how mainstream journalism would cover an impending dictatorship here. Now we know.
I always wondered how mainstream journalism would cover an impending dictatorship here. Now we know.
This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story.
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...
April 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"Some officials say U.S. citizens who criticize administration policies could be charged with crimes"
I always wondered how mainstream journalism would cover an impending dictatorship here. Now we know.
I always wondered how mainstream journalism would cover an impending dictatorship here. Now we know.
Reposted by Shoba Ramanadhan
Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Reposted by Shoba Ramanadhan
BREAKING NYT:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat.
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
BREAKING NYT:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat.
Reposted by Shoba Ramanadhan
We just wanted to keep you all updated estimates are now approaching 4 million. Incredible job pulling this off on a holiday weekend! It was tough to get accurate counts today because small towns showed up in force. Some states had record-breaking turnout we didn’t expect this includes
April 20, 2025 at 4:26 AM
We just wanted to keep you all updated estimates are now approaching 4 million. Incredible job pulling this off on a holiday weekend! It was tough to get accurate counts today because small towns showed up in force. Some states had record-breaking turnout we didn’t expect this includes
Reposted by Shoba Ramanadhan
This is our moment in history to stand.
April 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This is our moment in history to stand.
Reposted by Shoba Ramanadhan
Protesters in Chicago are marching!
Let’s go!!!
Let’s go!!!
April 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Protesters in Chicago are marching!
Let’s go!!!
Let’s go!!!
Reposted by Shoba Ramanadhan
Elizabethtown, Ky had over 200 protestors!! Our first protest here!!!
April 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Elizabethtown, Ky had over 200 protestors!! Our first protest here!!!
Reposted by Shoba Ramanadhan
ONE IF BY LAND
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
ONE IF BY LAND
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
Reposted by Shoba Ramanadhan
Not the same indeed.
April 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Not the same indeed.
Reposted by Shoba Ramanadhan
Americans are entitled to and should demand better than this from the President of the United States.
April 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Americans are entitled to and should demand better than this from the President of the United States.
Congrats to the amazing Dr. (!!!!) Kieran Todd, who defended their @hsph.harvard.edu dissertation yesterday! Beautiful example of place-based, justice-driven, intersectional work. How many folks can share results of Latent Class Analysis and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis at one shot?
April 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Congrats to the amazing Dr. (!!!!) Kieran Todd, who defended their @hsph.harvard.edu dissertation yesterday! Beautiful example of place-based, justice-driven, intersectional work. How many folks can share results of Latent Class Analysis and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis at one shot?
Reposted by Shoba Ramanadhan
Per source, NIH has been instructed to hold off from issuing ALL awards to Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, and Northwestern (including med schools)
Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants
Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants
April 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Per source, NIH has been instructed to hold off from issuing ALL awards to Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, and Northwestern (including med schools)
Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants
Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants
Reposted by Shoba Ramanadhan
Ok so yeah, this has quickly become the #1 misunderstanding about the canceled grants
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
There is a PR narrative quickly emerging about “entitlement” of elite universities, as if this $ is some sort of subsidy
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
April 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ok so yeah, this has quickly become the #1 misunderstanding about the canceled grants
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research