Dr. James K Gibb
@jameskgibb.bsky.social
Biological Anthropologist | LGBTQ+ Health Researcher | He/Him/His | PhD Northwestern | 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 | Assistant Professor @ Indiana University
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Our new paper is now out in SS&M! In a sample of US youth attempting weight loss, we found that those motivated to lose weight because of teasing engaged in riskier weight loss strategies and had higher BP and CRP compared to those citing other motivations authors.elsevier.com/a/1ltOu-CmV5...
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October 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Our new paper is now out in SS&M! In a sample of US youth attempting weight loss, we found that those motivated to lose weight because of teasing engaged in riskier weight loss strategies and had higher BP and CRP compared to those citing other motivations authors.elsevier.com/a/1ltOu-CmV5...
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Exposure to conversion therapy is associated with high blood pressure and increased systemic inflammation, according to a new paper from Northwestern researchers @jameskgibb.bsky.social, @mustanski.bsky.social, et al.
Attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender can hurt their heart. Literally.
Conversion therapy increases risk of high blood pressure
Attempts to change a person's sexual orientation or gender can hurt their heart. Literally.
buff.ly
May 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Exposure to conversion therapy is associated with high blood pressure and increased systemic inflammation, according to a new paper from Northwestern researchers @jameskgibb.bsky.social, @mustanski.bsky.social, et al.
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The Supreme Court has decided to hear a case challenging local and state laws banning so-called “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ youth. Our new study in
@JAMANetworkOpen
is first to show these discredited practices increase risk for later heart disease. Free article: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
@JAMANetworkOpen
is first to show these discredited practices increase risk for later heart disease. Free article: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Conversion Therapy Exposure and Elevated Cardiovascular Disease Risk
This cohort study assesses whether exposure to sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts is associated with cardiovascular disease risk in sexual and gender minority young adults assigned ...
jamanetwork.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The Supreme Court has decided to hear a case challenging local and state laws banning so-called “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ youth. Our new study in
@JAMANetworkOpen
is first to show these discredited practices increase risk for later heart disease. Free article: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
@JAMANetworkOpen
is first to show these discredited practices increase risk for later heart disease. Free article: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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📣 NIH reinstating some terminated grants
Exclusive via @chronicle.com 🔗👇 confirms what we’ve seen for weeks
Piece asks: what’s “secret sauce”? As an early-impacted PI, I know strategy matters
Now I'm advising orgs on appeals, “orderly” closeout & reinstatements: brittanycharlton.com/consulting
Exclusive via @chronicle.com 🔗👇 confirms what we’ve seen for weeks
Piece asks: what’s “secret sauce”? As an early-impacted PI, I know strategy matters
Now I'm advising orgs on appeals, “orderly” closeout & reinstatements: brittanycharlton.com/consulting
Consulting — Brittany Charlton
www.brittanycharlton.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:05 AM
📣 NIH reinstating some terminated grants
Exclusive via @chronicle.com 🔗👇 confirms what we’ve seen for weeks
Piece asks: what’s “secret sauce”? As an early-impacted PI, I know strategy matters
Now I'm advising orgs on appeals, “orderly” closeout & reinstatements: brittanycharlton.com/consulting
Exclusive via @chronicle.com 🔗👇 confirms what we’ve seen for weeks
Piece asks: what’s “secret sauce”? As an early-impacted PI, I know strategy matters
Now I'm advising orgs on appeals, “orderly” closeout & reinstatements: brittanycharlton.com/consulting
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New from Arline Geronimus: “findings suggest that structural economic changes over the past half-century have had profound, long-term effects on health—especially for less-educated workers”
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04...
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50 years of US economic change linked to poorer health, shorter lives for less-educated Americans
Fifty years of economic change have taken a heavy toll on some Americans, especially those with less education who not only have been left behind but also are sicker and living shorter lives, accordin...
medicalxpress.com
April 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
New from Arline Geronimus: “findings suggest that structural economic changes over the past half-century have had profound, long-term effects on health—especially for less-educated workers”
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04...
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04...
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Not every university has something like the Kinsey Institute. But then again, not every university is IU. Support our research with a gift this #IUDay 🎁
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Support the Kinsey Institute at IU
For nearly 80 years, the world-renowned Kinsey Institute at Indiana University has been the trusted source for scientific knowledge and research on critical issues in sexuality, gender, and reproducti...
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April 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Not every university has something like the Kinsey Institute. But then again, not every university is IU. Support our research with a gift this #IUDay 🎁
knsy.in/IUDAY25
knsy.in/IUDAY25
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🚨 Scientists: If your NIH grant was terminated like all of mine, help us uncover why 👇👇👇
We've been monitoring terminations from the start & are now diving into the data 🔍
Your research is crucial for health & a thriving democracy! ✊
#HealthEquity #MedSky #PublicHealth #NIH #Autocracy #Democracy
We've been monitoring terminations from the start & are now diving into the data 🔍
Your research is crucial for health & a thriving democracy! ✊
#HealthEquity #MedSky #PublicHealth #NIH #Autocracy #Democracy
🚀 Big reveal! Introducing our interactive table on NIH grant terminations, supercharged from the original Google tracker! 📊👇
Help us uncover which NIH grants are tagged for termination and why! 🕵️🔍
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#HealthEquity #MedSky #PublicHealth
Help us uncover which NIH grants are tagged for termination and why! 🕵️🔍
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#HealthEquity #MedSky #PublicHealth
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March 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🚨 Scientists: If your NIH grant was terminated like all of mine, help us uncover why 👇👇👇
We've been monitoring terminations from the start & are now diving into the data 🔍
Your research is crucial for health & a thriving democracy! ✊
#HealthEquity #MedSky #PublicHealth #NIH #Autocracy #Democracy
We've been monitoring terminations from the start & are now diving into the data 🔍
Your research is crucial for health & a thriving democracy! ✊
#HealthEquity #MedSky #PublicHealth #NIH #Autocracy #Democracy
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Grateful to @katherinejwu.com of @theatlantic.com for being responsive, thorough, and reflective when I asked if she'd tackle this story!
In the hours since publication, however, our work has entirely changed...
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In the hours since publication, however, our work has entirely changed...
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The NIH’s Grant Terminations Are ‘Utter and Complete Chaos’
The Trump administration is rapidly canceling hundreds of grants, in the most aggressive attack yet on American science.
www.theatlantic.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Grateful to @katherinejwu.com of @theatlantic.com for being responsive, thorough, and reflective when I asked if she'd tackle this story!
In the hours since publication, however, our work has entirely changed...
1/🧵
In the hours since publication, however, our work has entirely changed...
1/🧵
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very likely that they’re about to find a constitutional right to forced conversion therapy
BREAKING: The Supreme Court takes up a case challenging Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for minors, after having previously turned down many other similar challenges.
The law, which protects against efforts to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity, was upheld below.
The law, which protects against efforts to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity, was upheld below.
March 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
very likely that they’re about to find a constitutional right to forced conversion therapy
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Americans (myself included) tend to laugh off the Trump noises about annexing Canada as obvious nonsense, but the rest of the world is taking the threat seriously.
Our media should reflect that reality and hold him accountable for the serious damage he’s causing.
Our media should reflect that reality and hold him accountable for the serious damage he’s causing.
You can watch Christiane Amanpour realize in real time on CNN just how seriously Canadians are taking the annexation threats.
'My jaw is dropped': Canadian official's interview stuns Amanpour
YouTube video by CNN
youtu.be
March 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Americans (myself included) tend to laugh off the Trump noises about annexing Canada as obvious nonsense, but the rest of the world is taking the threat seriously.
Our media should reflect that reality and hold him accountable for the serious damage he’s causing.
Our media should reflect that reality and hold him accountable for the serious damage he’s causing.
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Again please share our study on the executive orders in academia
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February 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Again please share our study on the executive orders in academia
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February 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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6/ 🏳️🌈 Same-sex marriages aren’t new but often sidelined in evolutionary research. From Igbo women in Nigeria marrying wives to male-male unions in the Azande of Central Africa, diverse family forms have long existed - despite modern biases in research.
January 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
6/ 🏳️🌈 Same-sex marriages aren’t new but often sidelined in evolutionary research. From Igbo women in Nigeria marrying wives to male-male unions in the Azande of Central Africa, diverse family forms have long existed - despite modern biases in research.
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I know everyone is talking about Matt Gaetz but please don't miss this:
Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2024 at 10:18 PM
I know everyone is talking about Matt Gaetz but please don't miss this:
Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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I am proud to be one of several #LGBTQIA scientists featured by the Royal Society for Int’l #LGBTQIAinSTEMDay! 🌈
I talk ab how being #intersex has informed my research interests as an evolutionary biologist & biological anthropologist and how I do science 🟨🙆♀️🟨 #IntersexInSTEM #QueerInSTEM
I talk ab how being #intersex has informed my research interests as an evolutionary biologist & biological anthropologist and how I do science 🟨🙆♀️🟨 #IntersexInSTEM #QueerInSTEM
Beyond the binary: How my intersex identity shaped my path in evolutionary biology | Royal Society
Claudia Astorino (she/her, they/them) discusses how her intersex identity motivated her to explore intersex variation through the lens of evolutionary biology.
royalsociety.org
November 18, 2024 at 3:09 PM
I am proud to be one of several #LGBTQIA scientists featured by the Royal Society for Int’l #LGBTQIAinSTEMDay! 🌈
I talk ab how being #intersex has informed my research interests as an evolutionary biologist & biological anthropologist and how I do science 🟨🙆♀️🟨 #IntersexInSTEM #QueerInSTEM
I talk ab how being #intersex has informed my research interests as an evolutionary biologist & biological anthropologist and how I do science 🟨🙆♀️🟨 #IntersexInSTEM #QueerInSTEM
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"New PrEP medications are heavily marketed, yet, generic PrEP dominated the market... This could be attributed to a 2021 fed. guidance directing insurers to cover the cost of generic PrEP medication w/o pt cost-sharing, suggesting that effective health policy can result in lower... expenditures." 🛟📈
Trends in Oral and Injectable HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Prescriptions in the US, 2013-2023
This study examines the prescribing trends of 3 oral preexposure prophylaxis medications and a long-acting injectable option from 2013 to 2023.
jamanetwork.com
November 17, 2024 at 4:31 AM
"New PrEP medications are heavily marketed, yet, generic PrEP dominated the market... This could be attributed to a 2021 fed. guidance directing insurers to cover the cost of generic PrEP medication w/o pt cost-sharing, suggesting that effective health policy can result in lower... expenditures." 🛟📈
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A new Bluesky starter pack listing biological anthropologists. Let me know if you want to be added go.bsky.app/CnJLf95
November 16, 2024 at 2:11 PM
A new Bluesky starter pack listing biological anthropologists. Let me know if you want to be added go.bsky.app/CnJLf95
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A reminder that the wonderful @prideinstem.bsky.social has created two starter packs of LGBTQIA+ People in STEM:
part 1: go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf
part 2: go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ
part 1: go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf
part 2: go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ
November 15, 2024 at 9:43 PM
A reminder that the wonderful @prideinstem.bsky.social has created two starter packs of LGBTQIA+ People in STEM:
part 1: go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf
part 2: go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ
part 1: go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf
part 2: go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ
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We have started a second Starter Pack - if you are LGBTQ+ in STEM and want to be in it do let us know #QueerinSTEM
go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ
go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ
November 15, 2024 at 11:23 AM
We have started a second Starter Pack - if you are LGBTQ+ in STEM and want to be in it do let us know #QueerinSTEM
go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ
go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ
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Deadline Dec 1
Looking for new PhD students to join my lab in fall 25 @IU_Anthropology - if you’re interested in using the biological normalcy framework to investigate human biological variation, stress, stigma, and/or interactions between culture and biology, please consider applying!
November 11, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Deadline Dec 1