David S. Fink
@davidfink.bsky.social
Epidemiologist focused on society, drugs, and mental health.
Our latest publications examining the relationship between cannabis legalization and opioid use disorder in VA patients published in @jamahealthforum.bsky.social
Again, contradictory results, make it hard to draw conclusions about legalization and opioid outcomes
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Again, contradictory results, make it hard to draw conclusions about legalization and opioid outcomes
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cannabis Legalization and Opioid Use Disorder in Veterans Health Administration Patients
This cohort study examines changes in opioid use disorder prevalence associated with medical and recreational cannabis law enactment among veterans treated at the Veterans Health Administration and wh...
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June 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Our latest publications examining the relationship between cannabis legalization and opioid use disorder in VA patients published in @jamahealthforum.bsky.social
Again, contradictory results, make it hard to draw conclusions about legalization and opioid outcomes
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Again, contradictory results, make it hard to draw conclusions about legalization and opioid outcomes
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Just putting this here so we can use it when it happens.
March 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Just putting this here so we can use it when it happens.
On some personal news, I’ll be starting on Monday as an assistant professor in the Dept of Internal Medicine at Yale. Excited about starting in this role even though it can be hard to celebrate personal achievements at a time when our whole profession is under attack.
April 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
On some personal news, I’ll be starting on Monday as an assistant professor in the Dept of Internal Medicine at Yale. Excited about starting in this role even though it can be hard to celebrate personal achievements at a time when our whole profession is under attack.
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Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.”
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN
Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...
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April 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.”
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
On my morning walk, I realized the gov’t strategy of going after one school at a time, instead of widespread slashing of grants across dozens of schools at once, forced each university to act alone instead of stand up together and fight. It is likely each one will capitulate when acting alone
“It will now fall to the U[niversity of Minnesota], and the other universities singled out by Trump, to summon up the fortitude and muster the resources that Columbia, to my lasting shame, failed to do.” www.startribune.com/a-columbia-p...
A Columbia professor’s warning for the University of Minnesota
In the face of Trump’s extortion attempt, summon the fortitude that my school failed to find.
www.startribune.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
On my morning walk, I realized the gov’t strategy of going after one school at a time, instead of widespread slashing of grants across dozens of schools at once, forced each university to act alone instead of stand up together and fight. It is likely each one will capitulate when acting alone
On the science front: Can you trust changes in self-reported cannabis use following legalization? Or are changes in reported use driven by increased likelihood to report use. Our new paper uses biological data to answer this question, confirming self-report data.
shorturl.at/OXzjb
shorturl.at/OXzjb
Cannabis legalization and increasing cannabis use in the United States: Data from urine toxicology testing in emergency room patients
Rates of cannabis use disorder (CUD) appear to be increasing nationally, with increases greater in states that legalized cannabis use. However, as leg…
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March 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
On the science front: Can you trust changes in self-reported cannabis use following legalization? Or are changes in reported use driven by increased likelihood to report use. Our new paper uses biological data to answer this question, confirming self-report data.
shorturl.at/OXzjb
shorturl.at/OXzjb
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People sometimes ask me what my top tip is for productivity. Is it meditation, journaling, Notion, having a morning routine, tracking my sleep, pomodoro timers…
And after really thinking about it, I've realised the number 1 top tip for productivity is to not have any kids
And after really thinking about it, I've realised the number 1 top tip for productivity is to not have any kids
March 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
People sometimes ask me what my top tip is for productivity. Is it meditation, journaling, Notion, having a morning routine, tracking my sleep, pomodoro timers…
And after really thinking about it, I've realised the number 1 top tip for productivity is to not have any kids
And after really thinking about it, I've realised the number 1 top tip for productivity is to not have any kids
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science is good and we should all chip in and pay the best people to do it
99% of new medicines developed by the pharmaceutical industry depend on NIH research jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Comparison of Research Spending on New Drug Approvals by the NIH vs the Pharmaceutical Industry
This cross-sectional study examines National Institutes of Health and pharmaceutical industry investments in recent drug approvals.
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March 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
science is good and we should all chip in and pay the best people to do it
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Anti-Semitism is a real issue - not just a ploy to slash federal funding. Jewish students have a right to education without the fear of physical violence or hateful rhetoric.
See my full statement with @repjerrynadler00.bsky.social here:
See my full statement with @repjerrynadler00.bsky.social here:
March 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Anti-Semitism is a real issue - not just a ploy to slash federal funding. Jewish students have a right to education without the fear of physical violence or hateful rhetoric.
See my full statement with @repjerrynadler00.bsky.social here:
See my full statement with @repjerrynadler00.bsky.social here:
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“It’s extremely alarming that grants that have been vetted by the scientific community and deemed important and impactful to understand the world are now being cancelled because of political ideology… For all this talk about free speech, this is direct censorship of scientific research.”
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
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March 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“It’s extremely alarming that grants that have been vetted by the scientific community and deemed important and impactful to understand the world are now being cancelled because of political ideology… For all this talk about free speech, this is direct censorship of scientific research.”
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An important statement from the American Bar Association. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
March 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
An important statement from the American Bar Association. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
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Dr. Marguerite Thomas Williams focused on how agriculture and deforestation can influence erosion of drainage systems! #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth
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Dr. Marguerite Thomas Williams, PhD
Dr. Marguerite Thomas Williams was the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. in geology. She taught at Miner Teachers College and Howard University.
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February 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Dr. Marguerite Thomas Williams focused on how agriculture and deforestation can influence erosion of drainage systems! #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth
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For those who saw the half time show and feel like they got something but probably missed a lot, check out the latest episode of the podcast Dissect. It breaks it down moment by moment and there was so much I missed. The whole show was him not playing the American game
February 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
For those who saw the half time show and feel like they got something but probably missed a lot, check out the latest episode of the podcast Dissect. It breaks it down moment by moment and there was so much I missed. The whole show was him not playing the American game
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we love attentive blocking
February 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
we love attentive blocking
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Okay, pals.
Time for action this month.
We're going to do that by funding classrooms that are specifically seeking out Black history books. These classrooms are those that are in historically underfunded communities.
These asks are from teachers whose students benefit directly.
Time for action this month.
We're going to do that by funding classrooms that are specifically seeking out Black history books. These classrooms are those that are in historically underfunded communities.
These asks are from teachers whose students benefit directly.
February 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Okay, pals.
Time for action this month.
We're going to do that by funding classrooms that are specifically seeking out Black history books. These classrooms are those that are in historically underfunded communities.
These asks are from teachers whose students benefit directly.
Time for action this month.
We're going to do that by funding classrooms that are specifically seeking out Black history books. These classrooms are those that are in historically underfunded communities.
These asks are from teachers whose students benefit directly.
Just to be clear for those who don’t know, this IS HAPPENING. I know folks at large corporate foundations who are being sued for creating grants that appear to target, for example, Black women businesses. Previous cases have been brought forth and won in the Supreme Court.
I have no idea how the fuck the federal government could prosecute a private charity for funding anything at all that they might see fit to fund.
Surely the right wing, who are so concerned about government overreach, would step in and defend said charity with all their might.
Surely the right wing, who are so concerned about government overreach, would step in and defend said charity with all their might.
I'm assuming the threat is that the government would attempt to prosecute them for funding inclusive stuff.
As per this memo: www.justice.gov/ag/media/138...
As per this memo: www.justice.gov/ag/media/138...
February 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Just to be clear for those who don’t know, this IS HAPPENING. I know folks at large corporate foundations who are being sued for creating grants that appear to target, for example, Black women businesses. Previous cases have been brought forth and won in the Supreme Court.
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Those of us in population health need to discuss how best to engage and cope with social media right now.
It might be that we all need to find individual solutions. But ideally, it would be good to work out how to support each other and stay connected, while not getting overwhelmed with grim news.
It might be that we all need to find individual solutions. But ideally, it would be good to work out how to support each other and stay connected, while not getting overwhelmed with grim news.
February 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Those of us in population health need to discuss how best to engage and cope with social media right now.
It might be that we all need to find individual solutions. But ideally, it would be good to work out how to support each other and stay connected, while not getting overwhelmed with grim news.
It might be that we all need to find individual solutions. But ideally, it would be good to work out how to support each other and stay connected, while not getting overwhelmed with grim news.
Check out our new article providing a 4 target framework for guiding causal inference from observational data. Really great work led by @haidonglu.bsky.social with @gregggonsalves.bsky.social @catherine-lesko.bsky.social @darthctr.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/ije/article/...
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Four targets: an enhanced framework for guiding causal inference from observational data
Abstract. Observational studies play an increasingly important role in estimating causal effects of a treatment or an exposure, especially with the growing
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January 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Check out our new article providing a 4 target framework for guiding causal inference from observational data. Really great work led by @haidonglu.bsky.social with @gregggonsalves.bsky.social @catherine-lesko.bsky.social @darthctr.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/ije/article/...
academic.oup.com/ije/article/...
A new of ours publication examining cannabis use and cannabis use disorder and psychiatric disorders in the US. Free link:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cannabis Use and Cannabis Use Disorder Among U.S. Adults with Psychiatric Disorders: 2001-2002 and 2012-2013
Rates of cannabis use disorder (CUD) have increased disproportionately among Veterans Administration (VA) patients with psychiatric disorders compared to patients with no disorder. However, VA pati...
www.tandfonline.com
November 14, 2024 at 4:34 PM
A new of ours publication examining cannabis use and cannabis use disorder and psychiatric disorders in the US. Free link:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Public health and the U.S. Constitution: A conversation with retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer”
This looks like an interesting discussion in public health and law.
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This looks like an interesting discussion in public health and law.
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October 31, 2024 at 1:09 PM
“Public health and the U.S. Constitution: A conversation with retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer”
This looks like an interesting discussion in public health and law.
Register here: harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
This looks like an interesting discussion in public health and law.
Register here: harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Study finds u-shaped relationship between BMI & psychosomatic symptoms, suggests intervening on BMI/body image, but it seems more likely to me mental distress drives a person to stop caring about image and/or focusing on weight since it can be controlled. Thoughts?
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jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Dose-Dependent Association Between Body Mass Index and Mental Health and Changes Over Time
This survey study evaluates the association between body mass index and mental health and changes in associations over time from 2002 to 2018.
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August 8, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Study finds u-shaped relationship between BMI & psychosomatic symptoms, suggests intervening on BMI/body image, but it seems more likely to me mental distress drives a person to stop caring about image and/or focusing on weight since it can be controlled. Thoughts?
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...