Jenn Dowd
@drjenndowd.bsky.social
Prof of Demography & Population Health @oxforddemsci.bsky.social | Mortality, Epidemiology, Infections/Immunity, Biosocial science, COVID-19. | Science Communicator 🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧.
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Jenn Dowd
@drjenndowd.bsky.social
· Mar 19
Data for Health | Jenn Dowd, PhD | Substack
Demystifying data for a longer, healthier life. Click to read Data for Health, by Jenn Dowd, PhD, a Substack publication.
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Over a dozen ways to decompose life expectancy, all in one (we hope) friendly interface. Please have a look at the LEdecomp R package cran.r-project.org/web/packages... See the function LEdecomp() for access to all of them. If we left something out, please shout! #rstats #demography #mortality
LEdecomp: Decompose Life Expectancy by Age (and Cause)
A set of all-cause and cause-specific life expectancy sensitivity and decomposition methods, including Arriaga (1984) <<a href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F2061029" target="_top">doi:10.2307/2061029<...
cran.r-project.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Over a dozen ways to decompose life expectancy, all in one (we hope) friendly interface. Please have a look at the LEdecomp R package cran.r-project.org/web/packages... See the function LEdecomp() for access to all of them. If we left something out, please shout! #rstats #demography #mortality
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A pleasure to host @philipncohen.com this week for a fantastic talk on pronatalism & many more engaging discussions about open science, public engagment, and more!
#demography @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @drjenndowd.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social @crahal.com @ridhikashyap.bsky.social
#demography @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @drjenndowd.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social @crahal.com @ridhikashyap.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A pleasure to host @philipncohen.com this week for a fantastic talk on pronatalism & many more engaging discussions about open science, public engagment, and more!
#demography @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @drjenndowd.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social @crahal.com @ridhikashyap.bsky.social
#demography @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social @drjenndowd.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social @crahal.com @ridhikashyap.bsky.social
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Right. Hitler's DNA. Brace yourselves for a deluge of misinformation and bad science.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Right. Hitler's DNA. Brace yourselves for a deluge of misinformation and bad science.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
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Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus
The Virus That Causes Mono May Also Cause Lupus
Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus
www.scientificamerican.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus
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As well as working in tuberculosis, some of you will know the Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) is one of my passions, so it was nice to have The i newspaper reach out yesterday to talk about EBV and lupus. We really need to be getting more impetus behind EBV work. inews.co.uk/news/autoimm...
Autoimmune disease breakthrough as virus is found to cause lupus as well as MS
The virus that causes glandular fever may be an unsuspected cause of several autoimmune conditions, lending hope for new treatments and vaccines
inews.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
As well as working in tuberculosis, some of you will know the Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) is one of my passions, so it was nice to have The i newspaper reach out yesterday to talk about EBV and lupus. We really need to be getting more impetus behind EBV work. inews.co.uk/news/autoimm...
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1/ Seasonal influenza summary from latest @ukhsa.bsky.social surveillance report. #IDSky #EpiSky 🧪
🗓️ Based on data up to week 45 2025 (03-09 Nov 2025)
📊 Unusually early start to influenza season in England. Circulation remains high in children & young adults.
Report 🔗: www.gov.uk/government/s...
🗓️ Based on data up to week 45 2025 (03-09 Nov 2025)
📊 Unusually early start to influenza season in England. Circulation remains high in children & young adults.
Report 🔗: www.gov.uk/government/s...
National flu and COVID-19 surveillance report: 13 November 2025 (week 46)
www.gov.uk
November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
1/ Seasonal influenza summary from latest @ukhsa.bsky.social surveillance report. #IDSky #EpiSky 🧪
🗓️ Based on data up to week 45 2025 (03-09 Nov 2025)
📊 Unusually early start to influenza season in England. Circulation remains high in children & young adults.
Report 🔗: www.gov.uk/government/s...
🗓️ Based on data up to week 45 2025 (03-09 Nov 2025)
📊 Unusually early start to influenza season in England. Circulation remains high in children & young adults.
Report 🔗: www.gov.uk/government/s...
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🚨 JOB ALERT! 🚨
We're hiring an Associate Professor in Sociology in association with @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social!
We welcome applicants with a wide range of empirical specialisations and regional focuses 🌍
Apply now ➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
We're hiring an Associate Professor in Sociology in association with @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social!
We welcome applicants with a wide range of empirical specialisations and regional focuses 🌍
Apply now ➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🚨 JOB ALERT! 🚨
We're hiring an Associate Professor in Sociology in association with @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social!
We welcome applicants with a wide range of empirical specialisations and regional focuses 🌍
Apply now ➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
We're hiring an Associate Professor in Sociology in association with @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social!
We welcome applicants with a wide range of empirical specialisations and regional focuses 🌍
Apply now ➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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Berkeley Demography application deadline for Fall 2026 admission is Dec 1, 2025.
Read more here:
www.demog.berkeley.edu/graduate-adm...
Read more here:
www.demog.berkeley.edu/graduate-adm...
Graduate Admission Information - Department of Demography
Overview of the Graduate Admission Process The Department of Demography offers M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Demography, a Ph.D. degree in Sociology and Demography, training with no degree goal under “cou...
www.demog.berkeley.edu
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Berkeley Demography application deadline for Fall 2026 admission is Dec 1, 2025.
Read more here:
www.demog.berkeley.edu/graduate-adm...
Read more here:
www.demog.berkeley.edu/graduate-adm...
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🚨Job🚨Postdoc Position(s) at the Max Planck–University of Helsinki Centre for Social Inequalities in Population Health, a joint initiative of @mpidr.bsky.social & @helsinki.fi with the vision to unearth pivotal social processes that generate health inequalities.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
🚨Job🚨Postdoc Position(s) at the Max Planck–University of Helsinki Centre for Social Inequalities in Population Health, a joint initiative of @mpidr.bsky.social & @helsinki.fi with the vision to unearth pivotal social processes that generate health inequalities.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
Oh yay..."flu jab SOS" from the NHS... go get yours y'all! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Oh yay..."flu jab SOS" from the NHS... go get yours y'all! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
1/ Pretty amazing new results showing an unexpected benefit of mRNA vaccines. Patients who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy survived almost twice as long. jenndowd.substack.com/p/can-mrna-v... #episky #medsky #cancer
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
1/ Pretty amazing new results showing an unexpected benefit of mRNA vaccines. Patients who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy survived almost twice as long. jenndowd.substack.com/p/can-mrna-v... #episky #medsky #cancer
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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The early flu season in England continues to build, while the latest Covid wave continues to recede.
Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.
Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The early flu season in England continues to build, while the latest Covid wave continues to recede.
Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.
Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.
This is exactly the right response to these headlines
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM
This is exactly the right response to these headlines
Super interesting (and hopeful) trend, though I really wish the confidence intervals around these estimates were available somewhere @gallup.com?
news.gallup.com/poll/696599/...
news.gallup.com/poll/696599/...
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Super interesting (and hopeful) trend, though I really wish the confidence intervals around these estimates were available somewhere @gallup.com?
news.gallup.com/poll/696599/...
news.gallup.com/poll/696599/...
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2/ I will be presenting this at @harvardpopcenter.bsky.social on Weds: popcenter.harvard.edu/blog/calenda...
More details on the paper -- which we started 2+ years ago -- later. We've tried to write it as simply and transparently as possible and walk through every step of the logic.
More details on the paper -- which we started 2+ years ago -- later. We've tried to write it as simply and transparently as possible and walk through every step of the logic.
Social Demography Seminar with Atheendar Venkataramani (co-sponsored by SBS) – Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
A Harvard University cross-school, interfaculty initiative administered by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
popcenter.harvard.edu
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
2/ I will be presenting this at @harvardpopcenter.bsky.social on Weds: popcenter.harvard.edu/blog/calenda...
More details on the paper -- which we started 2+ years ago -- later. We've tried to write it as simply and transparently as possible and walk through every step of the logic.
More details on the paper -- which we started 2+ years ago -- later. We've tried to write it as simply and transparently as possible and walk through every step of the logic.
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Level up your epidemiological research skills!
University of Aberdeen's new online short course (March 2026) offers MPH-level training in study design, causal inference & more.
Find out more at abdn.ac.uk/epi-short-co...
#Epidemiology #ASCE2026 #PublicHealth
University of Aberdeen's new online short course (March 2026) offers MPH-level training in study design, causal inference & more.
Find out more at abdn.ac.uk/epi-short-co...
#Epidemiology #ASCE2026 #PublicHealth
Aberdeen Short Course in Epidemiology 2026 | The Institute of Applied Health Sciences | The University of Aberdeen
abdn.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Level up your epidemiological research skills!
University of Aberdeen's new online short course (March 2026) offers MPH-level training in study design, causal inference & more.
Find out more at abdn.ac.uk/epi-short-co...
#Epidemiology #ASCE2026 #PublicHealth
University of Aberdeen's new online short course (March 2026) offers MPH-level training in study design, causal inference & more.
Find out more at abdn.ac.uk/epi-short-co...
#Epidemiology #ASCE2026 #PublicHealth
A full week spent with inspiring women at Saïd Business School was time well spent! "Women Transforming Leadership" challenged our notions of leadership & showed us firsthand the power of women working together.
@oxforddemsci.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
@oxforddemsci.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A full week spent with inspiring women at Saïd Business School was time well spent! "Women Transforming Leadership" challenged our notions of leadership & showed us firsthand the power of women working together.
@oxforddemsci.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
@oxforddemsci.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
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This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
www.prb.org/resources/se...
www.prb.org/resources/se...
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
www.prb.org/resources/se...
www.prb.org/resources/se...
Are the cardiovascular benefits of GLP-1s just a result of losing weight? Probably not--a significant portion of risk reduction seems to be independent of weight loss.
jenndowd.substack.com/p/ozempic-fo... #publichealth #episky #medsky
jenndowd.substack.com/p/ozempic-fo... #publichealth #episky #medsky
November 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Are the cardiovascular benefits of GLP-1s just a result of losing weight? Probably not--a significant portion of risk reduction seems to be independent of weight loss.
jenndowd.substack.com/p/ozempic-fo... #publichealth #episky #medsky
jenndowd.substack.com/p/ozempic-fo... #publichealth #episky #medsky
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If Atheen is writing a book on x then you will want to read his book on x.
I'm writing a book on this and why I think it's happening. Here are some forces at play that may explain our poor performance with life expectancy since the 1980s.
November 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If Atheen is writing a book on x then you will want to read his book on x.
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I'm writing a book on this and why I think it's happening. Here are some forces at play that may explain our poor performance with life expectancy since the 1980s.
November 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm writing a book on this and why I think it's happening. Here are some forces at play that may explain our poor performance with life expectancy since the 1980s.
The RSV vaccine is relatively new on the scene but proving remarkably effective at reducing hospitalizations in babies & older adults. The RSV season is about to ramp up, so get that protection if you are eligible!
jenndowd.substack.com/p/who-should... #medsky #episky #publichealth
jenndowd.substack.com/p/who-should... #medsky #episky #publichealth
Who Should Get the RSV Vaccine?
Babies and older adults are eligible for this newly available protection
jenndowd.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The RSV vaccine is relatively new on the scene but proving remarkably effective at reducing hospitalizations in babies & older adults. The RSV season is about to ramp up, so get that protection if you are eligible!
jenndowd.substack.com/p/who-should... #medsky #episky #publichealth
jenndowd.substack.com/p/who-should... #medsky #episky #publichealth
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Working with sociologists @courtneyboen.bsky.social and @rourkeobrien.bsky.social has been a game-changer for me.
I feel like someday I might be able to really understand social science in a broad sense.
I feel like someday I might be able to really understand social science in a broad sense.
Hot take: More sociologists and economists need to work together.
October 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Working with sociologists @courtneyboen.bsky.social and @rourkeobrien.bsky.social has been a game-changer for me.
I feel like someday I might be able to really understand social science in a broad sense.
I feel like someday I might be able to really understand social science in a broad sense.
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✍️ Just out: Annette Baudisch & I delve into the formal demography of fertility, birth, & reproduction timing. 👶 We use methods from mortality research to summarize when in the parental life course children are born. 📆 1/n
doi.org/10.1080/0032...
@sdu.dk @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0032...
@sdu.dk @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social
Fertility, birth, reproduction: Connecting formal demographic frameworks
The conventional framework of fertility research conceptualizes childbirth from the mother’s perspective. From her perspective, birth is an uncertain and potentially recurring event. In contrast, t...
doi.org
October 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
✍️ Just out: Annette Baudisch & I delve into the formal demography of fertility, birth, & reproduction timing. 👶 We use methods from mortality research to summarize when in the parental life course children are born. 📆 1/n
doi.org/10.1080/0032...
@sdu.dk @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0032...
@sdu.dk @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social