Emily Treleaven
@emilytreleaven.bsky.social
Child health & interventions, demography, and social epi 11 months of the year at University of Michigan (Research Assistant Professor at ISR/Survey Research & Pop Studies). In March, it's all UNC basketball.
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Each child death is an immense tragedy. Dr. Sean O’Leary highlights declining flu vaccination rates are contributing to the highest rate of child flu deaths in 15 years.
“There are likely several contributors to this season’s severity, but
A big one is that fewer children are getting flu shots.”
“There are likely several contributors to this season’s severity, but
A big one is that fewer children are getting flu shots.”
CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season, the most in 15 years
More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago.
apnews.com
May 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Each child death is an immense tragedy. Dr. Sean O’Leary highlights declining flu vaccination rates are contributing to the highest rate of child flu deaths in 15 years.
“There are likely several contributors to this season’s severity, but
A big one is that fewer children are getting flu shots.”
“There are likely several contributors to this season’s severity, but
A big one is that fewer children are getting flu shots.”
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Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr will require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, WaPo reports
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesperson from the HHS.
www.reuters.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
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🧵1/N New study published in @jama.com on re-emergence of vaccine-eliminated infectious diseases under declining vaccination in the US. We model long-term risk and conditions for return to endemicity for measles, rubella, polio, & diphtheria. Collab w/ @Mathewkiang.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
April 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🧵1/N New study published in @jama.com on re-emergence of vaccine-eliminated infectious diseases under declining vaccination in the US. We model long-term risk and conditions for return to endemicity for measles, rubella, polio, & diphtheria. Collab w/ @Mathewkiang.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
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Sec. Kennedy, you're incorrect. This *is* an unusual year for measles. This year has already passed 8 out of the past 15 years' *annual* counts. And we are only 2.5 months into 2025.
Rather than falsehoods, you should publicly state support for MMR. Today marks the first measles death in 10 years.
Rather than falsehoods, you should publicly state support for MMR. Today marks the first measles death in 10 years.
February 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Sec. Kennedy, you're incorrect. This *is* an unusual year for measles. This year has already passed 8 out of the past 15 years' *annual* counts. And we are only 2.5 months into 2025.
Rather than falsehoods, you should publicly state support for MMR. Today marks the first measles death in 10 years.
Rather than falsehoods, you should publicly state support for MMR. Today marks the first measles death in 10 years.
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Surreal read of the day: a paper using USAID-funded and now terminated Demographic & Health Surveys to count the huge number of lives saved by the now frozen US PEPFAR program to fight HIV, co-authored by current US admin’s nominee to lead cuts in health research
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
HIV Development Assistance and Adult Mortality in Africa
To determine the effects of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Bendavid and coauthors conducted analyses of adult mortality using person-level data from the Demographic and He...
jamanetwork.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Surreal read of the day: a paper using USAID-funded and now terminated Demographic & Health Surveys to count the huge number of lives saved by the now frozen US PEPFAR program to fight HIV, co-authored by current US admin’s nominee to lead cuts in health research
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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NIH's proposal to cut the grants it pays for medical research will not just hurt elite coastal universities.
Who else has a lot at stake? The states of Missouri and North Carolina. The University of Texas Cancer Center. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Who else has a lot at stake? The states of Missouri and North Carolina. The University of Texas Cancer Center. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Trump’s Medical Research Cuts Would Hit Colleges and Hospitals in Every State (Gift Article)
Changes to a key funding formula will reduce research grants at hospitals and universities by billions — and may discourage future research.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NIH's proposal to cut the grants it pays for medical research will not just hurt elite coastal universities.
Who else has a lot at stake? The states of Missouri and North Carolina. The University of Texas Cancer Center. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Who else has a lot at stake? The states of Missouri and North Carolina. The University of Texas Cancer Center. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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"If groups and individuals impacted by [Trump's] proposed closures follow the playbook used by those who thwarted Nixon’s attempt to shutter [the Office of Economic Opportunity], Trump and Musk probably will run into the same fate," writes LaRochelle in this @time.com OpEd.
Learn more. ⤵️
Learn more. ⤵️
February 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"If groups and individuals impacted by [Trump's] proposed closures follow the playbook used by those who thwarted Nixon’s attempt to shutter [the Office of Economic Opportunity], Trump and Musk probably will run into the same fate," writes LaRochelle in this @time.com OpEd.
Learn more. ⤵️
Learn more. ⤵️
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Sharing this in case anyone has more info
#EpiSky - did anyone manage to grab recent #CDC PRAMS data (2018-2022)? One of my PhD students needs it for her dissertation. Please DM me if you know where we can find it. #epidemiology #childhealth #maternalhealth #SPER #SER
February 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Sharing this in case anyone has more info
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I proudly support the University of Michigan's stated core values.
February 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I proudly support the University of Michigan's stated core values.
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thank you @karagavin.bsky.social for this beautifully written piece that can help scientists like us explain what is really at stake and why so many of us do what we do and #GoBlue
No one can truly capture what cuts like the ones announced Friday might do to American medical research. But I decided to try, in terms that a general audience might understand. I hope it's useful. open.substack.com/pub/karagavi...
February 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
thank you @karagavin.bsky.social for this beautifully written piece that can help scientists like us explain what is really at stake and why so many of us do what we do and #GoBlue
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An excellent resource on the economic impact of NIH funding in the U.S. with an interactive link for state specific information here:
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
January 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
An excellent resource on the economic impact of NIH funding in the U.S. with an interactive link for state specific information here:
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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According to the article, some of the trials abruptly put on hold:
February 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
According to the article, some of the trials abruptly put on hold:
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Critical and moving story by @stephanienolen.bsky.social, children, teenagers, adults all over the world, left in the lurch, abandoned by the reckless abandonment of USAID clinical trials.
February 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Critical and moving story by @stephanienolen.bsky.social, children, teenagers, adults all over the world, left in the lurch, abandoned by the reckless abandonment of USAID clinical trials.
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DATA RELEASE WHEN DATA FEELS SCARCE!
Check out data.epi.org -a data repository with 78,000+ series on topics like employment, wages, poverty, and inequality. You can get many measures by gender, race and state!
I've been working with our @epi.org team to build this and am so proud of the result
Check out data.epi.org -a data repository with 78,000+ series on topics like employment, wages, poverty, and inequality. You can get many measures by gender, race and state!
I've been working with our @epi.org team to build this and am so proud of the result
Topics - EPI Library
The EPI Data Library offers comprehensive, up-to-date labor data from Economic Policy Institute analysis, covering wages, inequality, and economic trends across demographics.
data.epi.org
February 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
DATA RELEASE WHEN DATA FEELS SCARCE!
Check out data.epi.org -a data repository with 78,000+ series on topics like employment, wages, poverty, and inequality. You can get many measures by gender, race and state!
I've been working with our @epi.org team to build this and am so proud of the result
Check out data.epi.org -a data repository with 78,000+ series on topics like employment, wages, poverty, and inequality. You can get many measures by gender, race and state!
I've been working with our @epi.org team to build this and am so proud of the result
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SCOOP: Many of the pages that went missing on Friday from the CDC website on Friday have reappeared — in response to intense media coverage, backlash from the scientific community and concern for the public’s health.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/h...
‘Gender Ideology’ Ban is Already Harming Health, Experts Say (Gift Article)
Documents purged from government websites include guidelines for safe contraception and information on racial inequities in health care.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
SCOOP: Many of the pages that went missing on Friday from the CDC website on Friday have reappeared — in response to intense media coverage, backlash from the scientific community and concern for the public’s health.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/h...
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The entire archive of all CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 has been backed up on Internet Archive.
Incredible work everyone. Science will never be silenced!
Incredible work everyone. Science will never be silenced!
February 3, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The entire archive of all CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 has been backed up on Internet Archive.
Incredible work everyone. Science will never be silenced!
Incredible work everyone. Science will never be silenced!
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With a new R01, @emilytreleaven.bsky.social will leverage multi-generational data from the Chitwan Valley Family Study #CVFS to reveal the effects of persistent disadvantage on young children's health. #UmichResearch #EpiSky #HealthEquity
psc.isr.umich.edu/news/multi-g...
psc.isr.umich.edu/news/multi-g...
December 9, 2024 at 5:16 PM
With a new R01, @emilytreleaven.bsky.social will leverage multi-generational data from the Chitwan Valley Family Study #CVFS to reveal the effects of persistent disadvantage on young children's health. #UmichResearch #EpiSky #HealthEquity
psc.isr.umich.edu/news/multi-g...
psc.isr.umich.edu/news/multi-g...
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Now online at Nature Human Behaviour: "Consumption Responses to an Unconditional Child Allowance in the U.S." We study how the 2021 CTC expansion affected family expenditures using observed (rather than reported) consumption data from 1.3 million establishments. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 19, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Now online at Nature Human Behaviour: "Consumption Responses to an Unconditional Child Allowance in the U.S." We study how the 2021 CTC expansion affected family expenditures using observed (rather than reported) consumption data from 1.3 million establishments. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Dynamite program with an incredible group of scholars each year. Please share and encourage students to apply. 2023 cohort will be coming to #PAA2024 @popassocamerica.bsky.social
NextGenPop is an undergraduate program in population research that aims to increase the diversity of the population field and nurture the next generation of population scientists.
Application Open for Summer 2024!
Summer 2024 Session Hosted by Duke University
June 2—15, 2024
nextgenpop.org
Application Open for Summer 2024!
Summer 2024 Session Hosted by Duke University
June 2—15, 2024
nextgenpop.org
NextGenPop
Next Generation of Scholars in Population Research
nextgenpop.org
December 4, 2023 at 3:49 PM
Dynamite program with an incredible group of scholars each year. Please share and encourage students to apply. 2023 cohort will be coming to #PAA2024 @popassocamerica.bsky.social