Ruby Barnard-Mayers, MPH
@deliveringepigems.bsky.social
Childbirth epidemiologist delivering gems of epidemiologic insight...
... and thoughts on teaching, biking infrastructure, maternal health, reproductive rights, etc.
#EpiSky
... and thoughts on teaching, biking infrastructure, maternal health, reproductive rights, etc.
#EpiSky
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As you wander through Back Bay, come answer our prompt of the day before you get food and drink!
June 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
As you wander through Back Bay, come answer our prompt of the day before you get food and drink!
Come say hey!
June 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Come say hey!
My first dissertation paper is UNDER REVIEW at a journal!!!
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December 13, 2024 at 1:56 PM
My first dissertation paper is UNDER REVIEW at a journal!!!
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Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
usa.streetsblog.org
December 10, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
December 4, 2024 at 3:42 PM
I’m about to embark on my first multilevel analysis (which also happens to be a dissertation aim)
I am going in with 0 knowledge…. Help?
I am going in with 0 knowledge…. Help?
December 3, 2024 at 11:54 PM
I’m about to embark on my first multilevel analysis (which also happens to be a dissertation aim)
I am going in with 0 knowledge…. Help?
I am going in with 0 knowledge…. Help?
Ok who has seen wicked and is obsessed? I’ll go first: 🙋🏼♀️
December 3, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Ok who has seen wicked and is obsessed? I’ll go first: 🙋🏼♀️
Wow the bar is low
Why why WHHYYYYY must we do this? Yes, it would be very impressive (and honestly a useful guidepost if they existed!) if there were a person that got fully 100% of 100% of all the things 100% wrong all the time...
November 28, 2024 at 2:27 AM
Wow the bar is low
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Cervical cancer mortality in US women younger than 25 years significantly declined between 2016 and 2021, likely due to the widespread adoption of HPV vaccination.
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November 28, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Cervical cancer mortality in US women younger than 25 years significantly declined between 2016 and 2021, likely due to the widespread adoption of HPV vaccination.
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Wow 600+ followers?? What brings you here?
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November 28, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Wow 600+ followers?? What brings you here?
Buses should ALWAYS get priority over cars in cities.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
November 22, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Buses should ALWAYS get priority over cars in cities.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
How do you approach submitting papers for publication? Do you always know which journal tou want to publish in? Do you do research to find the perfect fit? How many journals do you try before going back to the drawing board?
November 22, 2024 at 12:58 PM
How do you approach submitting papers for publication? Do you always know which journal tou want to publish in? Do you do research to find the perfect fit? How many journals do you try before going back to the drawing board?
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Yes we just posted about #confounding but we can't forget our other favorite: #bias! SER members @mattpfox.bsky.social, Nedghie Adrian, @maartenvsmeden.bsky.social & Elizabeth Suarez share reminders on common sources of bias and how simulations can inform your understanding:
buff.ly
November 21, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Yes we just posted about #confounding but we can't forget our other favorite: #bias! SER members @mattpfox.bsky.social, Nedghie Adrian, @maartenvsmeden.bsky.social & Elizabeth Suarez share reminders on common sources of bias and how simulations can inform your understanding:
First dissertation paper is submitted for publication! Hopefully the editor and reviewers like it and don’t immediately desk reject it 🤞🏻🤞🏻
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November 18, 2024 at 7:25 PM
First dissertation paper is submitted for publication! Hopefully the editor and reviewers like it and don’t immediately desk reject it 🤞🏻🤞🏻
As I fast in preparation for my colonoscopy tomorrow I am reminded at just how awesome preventative care is (a thread).
I have Lynch syndrome, a genetic mutation that increases my risk for certain cancers, including colon cancer.
I have Lynch syndrome, a genetic mutation that increases my risk for certain cancers, including colon cancer.
November 18, 2024 at 2:38 PM
As I fast in preparation for my colonoscopy tomorrow I am reminded at just how awesome preventative care is (a thread).
I have Lynch syndrome, a genetic mutation that increases my risk for certain cancers, including colon cancer.
I have Lynch syndrome, a genetic mutation that increases my risk for certain cancers, including colon cancer.
I don’t remember how to interact on this type of platform anymore 🤣 I got so used to the absence of twitter that I lost all my skills
a woman in an apron is saying " i don t know what i 'm doing "
ALT: a woman in an apron is saying " i don t know what i 'm doing "
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November 17, 2024 at 5:24 PM
I don’t remember how to interact on this type of platform anymore 🤣 I got so used to the absence of twitter that I lost all my skills
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I would love to tell you about the times vaccines prevented me from getting sick, but every time it happens, I don’t notice. I just keep feeling well.
Neither do you.
Public health, when it’s working, is invisible.
Neither do you.
Public health, when it’s working, is invisible.
November 15, 2024 at 11:20 AM
I would love to tell you about the times vaccines prevented me from getting sick, but every time it happens, I don’t notice. I just keep feeling well.
Neither do you.
Public health, when it’s working, is invisible.
Neither do you.
Public health, when it’s working, is invisible.
Throwing this out into the world to see what happens:
I am graduating with a PhD in epidemiology this spring and interested in staying in academia to teach…
anyone have any leads on a a teaching/clinical track faculty position (ideally somewhere in commuting distance of boston)?
I am graduating with a PhD in epidemiology this spring and interested in staying in academia to teach…
anyone have any leads on a a teaching/clinical track faculty position (ideally somewhere in commuting distance of boston)?
November 15, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Throwing this out into the world to see what happens:
I am graduating with a PhD in epidemiology this spring and interested in staying in academia to teach…
anyone have any leads on a a teaching/clinical track faculty position (ideally somewhere in commuting distance of boston)?
I am graduating with a PhD in epidemiology this spring and interested in staying in academia to teach…
anyone have any leads on a a teaching/clinical track faculty position (ideally somewhere in commuting distance of boston)?
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November 14, 2024 at 7:46 PM
What is bringing you joy these days?
For me it’s watching bad/cheesy Christmas movies and binge listening to normal gossip
For me it’s watching bad/cheesy Christmas movies and binge listening to normal gossip
two men wearing santa hats are standing next to a christmas tree .
Alt: two men wearing santa hats are strutting in front of a christmas tree.
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November 14, 2024 at 2:42 AM
What is bringing you joy these days?
For me it’s watching bad/cheesy Christmas movies and binge listening to normal gossip
For me it’s watching bad/cheesy Christmas movies and binge listening to normal gossip
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And we also need to connect with others who are doing the same work. Locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Who has found strategies that work? Who has good information that needs dissemination? How do we connect those two groups?
Who has found strategies that work? Who has good information that needs dissemination? How do we connect those two groups?
November 13, 2024 at 2:55 PM
And we also need to connect with others who are doing the same work. Locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Who has found strategies that work? Who has good information that needs dissemination? How do we connect those two groups?
Who has found strategies that work? Who has good information that needs dissemination? How do we connect those two groups?
Re-sharing this brief from 2022 I helped write... We can and MUST do better for birthing people:
"Making abortion illegal makes pregnancy and childbirth more dangerous"
Felt like this was an appropriate first post
"Making abortion illegal makes pregnancy and childbirth more dangerous"
Felt like this was an appropriate first post
The U.S. Maternal Health Divide: The Limited Maternal Health Services and Worse Outcomes of States Proposing New Abortion Restrictions
States banning/restricting abortion have fewer maternity care providers, more maternity care “deserts,” and higher rates of maternal mortality and infant death.
www.commonwealthfund.org
November 12, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Re-sharing this brief from 2022 I helped write... We can and MUST do better for birthing people:
"Making abortion illegal makes pregnancy and childbirth more dangerous"
Felt like this was an appropriate first post
"Making abortion illegal makes pregnancy and childbirth more dangerous"
Felt like this was an appropriate first post