Erin Rook (he/they)
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erinrook.bsky.social
Erin Rook (he/they)
@erinrook.bsky.social
#Queer and #trans #PublicHealth student researcher and recovering #journalist.

Learn more about my research at https://transformingconnectedness.org
April 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
🏳️‍⚧️ What does #trans community mean to you? Share your thoughts in the TransForming Connectedness research study and help us learn how to leverage community to prevent suicide. Open to U.S.-based trans and nonbinary adults. Fill out the interest form at bit.ly/TFC_Interest to receive the survey link.
April 8, 2025 at 3:12 AM
As a transgender person with a family history of Alzheimer's, it's a slap in the face to be told our lab's research on brain health and caregiving is "unscientific" and does "nothing to enhance the health of many Americans" -- just because it includes transgender people. But we won’t be silenced.
March 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
🏳️‍⚧️ Use your voice to protect trans lives 🏳️‍⚧️

I’m recruiting U.S.-based #trans and #nonbinary adults (18+) to participate in an online survey about community connectedness and mental health, and inform suicide prevention efforts.

Take the survey: bit.ly/TFC_Interest

Learn more at the link in my bio.
March 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Our team just had an NIH grant terminated. The reason?

“Transgender issues: Research programs based on gender identity are often unscientific,
have little identifiable return on investment, and do nothing to enhance the health of many
Americans….”
March 1, 2025 at 4:53 AM