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Megan Ranney MD MPH

@meganranney.bsky.social

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Emergency physician & Dean of the Yale School of Public Health. Gun violence prevention researcher. Incorrigible optimist (because we can and do create change, together). Mom of two teens. GO BILLS. @meganranney at the other place 🛟🩺📉📈🧪 .. more

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Megan L. Ranney is a practicing American emergency physician currently serving as the Dean of the Yale School of Public Health. Previously, Ranney served as the Deputy Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, was Warren Alpert Endowed Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital and the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Ranney was the founding Director of the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health. .. more

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 2d

Difficult to know as data systems in much of the world do not specifically capture domestic violence homicide during pregnancy.

Cf www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Femicide during pregnancy and postpartum period by an intimate partner: An integrative review

Femicide, the most extreme expression of gender-based violence, is perpetrated primarily by intimate partners, and it also victimizes women during pre…

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 2d

(That was 6/6)

Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 2d

5. SPEAK UP: If you are worried about a friend or family member, please ask, and know that help is available.

🫂 The time of leaving is the time of greatest risk

‼️ DVROs w/ firearm removal make a difference

📞 Good resources include www.thehotline.org

National Domestic Violence Hotline

24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, the National Domestic Violence Hotline provides essential tools and support to help survivors of domestic violence so they can live their lives free...

www.thehotline.org

Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 2d

3. Make sure DV perpetrators can't buy firearms.

4. Address the systemic factors that put too many of us at risk.

And most important:

(5/x)

Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 2d

🫡 What do we do with this?

1. Make sure we continue to track data: without it, we can't know whether things are getting better. (We suspect that things will get worse when women lose reproductive choice.)

2. Make sure DV restraining orders are accompanied by removal of firearms
(4/x)

Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 2d

* Bc we don't have good metrics of firearm ownership, they (like most of us) used proxies: the ratio of firearm suicide to total suicide.

* Sadly, young, Black women had the highest risk ratio.

(3/x)

Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 2d

* Data sources were primarily from the CDC: National Violent Death Reporting System (
looks in detail at the circumstances related to violent deaths); WISQARS (looks at injury); WONDER (tracks many many vital statistics including birth rates)...will these data sources remain available?

(2/x)

a woman is standing in a kitchen with her hands on her hips and says `` i wonder '' .

ALT: a woman is standing in a kitchen with her hands on her hips and says `` i wonder '' .

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 2d

New paper reminds us yet again: HOMICIDE is the leading cause of death for pregnant women.

Gun violence & partner violence are related.

All-cause homicide & firearm homicide of pregnant women are higher, in states w/ higher calculated firearm ownership (1/x 🧵

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Firearm Homicide in Pregnant Women and State-Level Firearm Ownership

This cross-sectional study examines firearm homicide rates in pregnant compared with nonpregnant women and whether estimated state-level firearm ownership is associated with homicide deaths among preg...

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Reposted by Megan L. Ranney, Michael D. McDonald

Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 2d

Online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) has been getting noticeably less attention and follow-up from authorities, per NYT, as the DHS is overwhelmingly used for Stephen Miller’s immigration crusade

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...

Reposted by Megan L. Ranney

Dr. Rabbithole @drrabbithole.bsky.social · 5d

While the government was shut down, 379 NIH study section meetings (containing 24,380 grant applications) were postponed. NIH is committed to getting these reviewed, but please be patient and understanding with staff, as this is a complex and heavy lift.

Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 6d

Published this a year ago with @gostin.bsky.social

🤷‍♀️

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State Medical Board Sanctions for Misinformation Should Be Rare

Most patients trust their physicians to provide high-quality, evidence-based health information.1 Unfortunately, misinformation and disinformation are problems as old as medicine and have been recogni...

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Reposted by Megan L. Ranney, Ann Bartow

Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 6d

With an absent CDC and mismatched 'subclade K' flu strain, experts face upcoming season with uncertainty www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...

With an absent CDC and mismatched 'subclade K' flu strain, experts face upcoming season with uncertainty

www.cidrap.umn.edu

Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 6d

Oh Colin I’m so sorry

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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 6d

Contaminated infant formula is really bad. @jnaleccia.bsky.social is paying attention. apnews.com/article/byhe...

A baby formula recall linked to an infant botulism outbreak is expanding. Here's what to know

ByHeart, which makes organic infant formula, has recalled all of its products sold throughout the U.S. amid a growing outbreak of infant botulism.

apnews.com

Reposted by Megan L. Ranney

Kim Bellard @kimbbellard.bsky.social · 7d

In a perfect world, scientists could focus on science, and not have to worry about politics, much less get involved in it. Alas: we do not live in that world.

@meganranney.bsky.social @emmabethmcginty.bsky.social @claudia-williams.bsky.social @pahlkadot.bsky.social

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Support Your Neighborhood Scientist

These are, it must be said, grim times for American science. Between the Trump budget cuts, the Trump attacks on leading research…

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 9d

Happiness is:

Seeing your kids happy.

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 10d

Not. At. All.

Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 10d

The new US official: in exchange for restarting foreign aid, the US gets other countries’ genomic data on diseases.

No promise to share the benefits of that IP, though - in contrast to WHO agreements that are under negotiation.

www.reuters.com/business/hea... 🛟🧪🩺

www.reuters.com

Reposted by Megan L. Ranney

jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 10d

“as the…administration has rescinded its support for scientific research, restricted vaccine access, dismissed expert advisers, attacked doctors & scientists, & worked to curtail health-insurance coverage, researchers & health-care workers have had a surge of interest in running for office.”🧪🛟

The Epidemiologists Are Running for Office

Instead of trying to depoliticize their field, a swell of scientists want to become politicians.

www.theatlantic.com

Reposted by Megan L. Ranney

Dennis Ren MD @dennisrenmd.bsky.social · 10d

On the latest #SGEMPeds Xtra, we chat with Dr. @kmpanthagani.bsky.social about how health communication strategies and approaches must evolve in today's world.
@yalesph.bsky.social @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @thesgem.bsky.social @yalesph.bsky.social #FOAMed #SciComm #MedSky

SGEM Xtra: Talkin’ Bout a Revolution…Training Health Communicators - The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine

Date: October 17, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kristen Panthagani is an emergency medicine resident and Yale Emergency Scholar at Yale New Haven Hospital. She’s a physician-scientist, having completed her ...

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Reposted by Valerie M. Delmotte, Peter Thorne, Julie L. Lockwood , and 5 more Valerie M. Delmotte, Peter Thorne, Julie L. Lockwood, Megan L. Ranney, Richard Waite, Samuel Workman, John Hogan, Mary Jane Curry

Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 10d

"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."

Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Jason Mittell, Michael Barnett, Michael S. Rosenberg , and 30 more Jason Mittell, Michael Barnett, Michael S. Rosenberg, Jesse M. Shapiro, Delphine K. Farmer, Joshua S. Weitz, John R. Hutchinson, Scott L. Greer, Stacie B. Dusetzina, Steven French, Megan L. Ranney, Rosemary A. Joyce, Mark E. Schaffer, Amir Attaran, Dawn J. Wright, Paul E. Smaldino, Kevin Carey, Bonnie Honig, Smith, Rebecca Tushnet, Michael W. Kraus, David Merrett, W. Andy Knight, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Brian Keegan, Sarah Roberts, Lisa Diedrich, Ann Bartow, Catherine J. Frieman, Michael Larkin, Aviel Roshwald, Carly D. Ziter, Shan Kothari

Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 10d

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫

James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers

James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.

www.statnews.com

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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 11d

"Exec director of the community violence initiative I've worked with for a decade+ (the Non Violence Institute) just published this amazing op-ed" -Megan Ranney

➡️ From Neighborhood ‘Beefs’ to Public Health Crisis: As Culture of Violence Shifts, Nonviolence Work Must Reach Further" archive.is/SWDy4

Man wearing a blue hoodie sweatshirt with "Choose Peace" written on the back in white.

Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 11d

Popcorn and wine, for me.

Reposted by Megan L. Ranney, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 11d

My latest, in @msnbc.com, on how ICE, CBP, and Bovino may be overplaying their hand in Chicago.

Also: this will only make hiring go ICE harder.

And: I hope ppl appreciate that the lying Judge Ellis calls out is NOT an aberration, but a very consistent problem w police claims.

Opinion | ICE and CBP's aggressive tactics may have finally gone too far

A federal judge dealt federal agents a setback – and shed light on a much more persistent, deeper problem with policing.

www.msnbc.com

Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 11d

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/m...

From neighborhood ‘beefs’ to public health crisis: As culture of violence shifts, nonviolence work must reach further - The Boston Globe

Television, music, social media, and video games have shifted the culture of violence, writes the director of the Nonviolence Institute in Providence.

www.bostonglobe.com

Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 11d

Trying again: amplifying the great work of the executive director of the Non Violence Institute in Providence RI :)

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/m...

From neighborhood ‘beefs’ to public health crisis: As culture of violence shifts, nonviolence work must reach further - The Boston Globe

Television, music, social media, and video games have shifted the culture of violence, writes the director of the Nonviolence Institute in Providence.

www.bostonglobe.com