Sung S Park
@sungspark.bsky.social
Sociologist & demographer @ UMass Boston Gerontology studying minority aging. Previously @ Princeton Office of Population Research + @ Harvard Center for Population & Development Studies. 2nd gen Korean American. Views are mine alone. www.sungspark.org
Come work with me! UMass Boston Gerontology is hiring a full-time faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor. Review of applications will begin October 15th. Please see the full position description:
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September 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Come work with me! UMass Boston Gerontology is hiring a full-time faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor. Review of applications will begin October 15th. Please see the full position description:
employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us...
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"While the debate about how to reduce the budget focuses largely on dollars and cents, we believe that cutting federal spending on Medicaid would harm the health and well-being of millions of Americans by reducing their access to care."
-Jane Tavares & Marc Cohen, LeadingAgeLTSS Center @UMass Boston
-Jane Tavares & Marc Cohen, LeadingAgeLTSS Center @UMass Boston
Why do cuts to Medicaid matter for Americans over 65? 2 experts on aging explain why lives are at stake
When people over 65 lose Medicaid coverage, they stop seeing their doctors for preventive care due to high costs. This in turn leads to worse health outcomes and higher health care costs.
theconversation.com
May 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"While the debate about how to reduce the budget focuses largely on dollars and cents, we believe that cutting federal spending on Medicaid would harm the health and well-being of millions of Americans by reducing their access to care."
-Jane Tavares & Marc Cohen, LeadingAgeLTSS Center @UMass Boston
-Jane Tavares & Marc Cohen, LeadingAgeLTSS Center @UMass Boston
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Why Social Science?
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May 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Fantastic, helpful, hopeful content to share from "Why Social Science" www.whysocialscience.com thanks to @cossa.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social @popresearchctrs.bsky.social
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“Federal Medicaid cuts could force up to three million people aged 50 or over to seek institutional care rather than being able to get the Home and Community Based Services they would otherwise receive in their homes.”
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
History Repeats? Faced With Medicaid Cuts, States Reduced Support For Older Adults And Disabled People | Health Affairs Forefront
Cutting federal Medicaid spending would have such negative consequences on older adults and people with disabilities because reductions in Federal reimbursements to states would leave states with toug...
www.healthaffairs.org
April 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“Federal Medicaid cuts could force up to three million people aged 50 or over to seek institutional care rather than being able to get the Home and Community Based Services they would otherwise receive in their homes.”
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
Our PhD students in Gerontology continue to do great work in service of older adults. Check out 7 profiles of diverse experiences in aging captured by UMass Boston doctoral student @visualgerontology.bsky.social Nicholas Bradley blogs.umb.edu/spo/faces-in...
Faces in Aging Gallery – Sigma Phi Omega
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April 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Our PhD students in Gerontology continue to do great work in service of older adults. Check out 7 profiles of diverse experiences in aging captured by UMass Boston doctoral student @visualgerontology.bsky.social Nicholas Bradley blogs.umb.edu/spo/faces-in...