Joseph G. L. Lee
@joseph-gl-lee.bsky.social
Professor of implementation science Wake Forest University School of Medicine Div. of Public Health Sciences - I focus on taking what we know works to improve health and making it happen.
Cancer prevention, tobacco control, LGBT health, farmworker health
Cancer prevention, tobacco control, LGBT health, farmworker health
May 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Everyone I know working in LGBT health has lost funding for important research on LGBT health.
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Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health (Gift Article)
More than $800 million in N.I.H. grants canceled as of early May — nearly half of those terminated to date — covered the health of sexual and gender minority groups, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
May 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Everyone I know working in LGBT health has lost funding for important research on LGBT health.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/h...
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Fun to see THE SLIP on She Read’s Most Anticipated Book Club Picks of Summer 2025 🥊🙏🥊
Most Anticipated Book Club Picks of Summer 2025 - She Reads
What’s our summer plan at She Reads? Sun, maybe a [...]
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May 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Fun to see THE SLIP on She Read’s Most Anticipated Book Club Picks of Summer 2025 🥊🙏🥊
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The FDA is asking laid-off employees to temporarily return after mass cuts decimated the agency’s ability to penalize stores that sell cigarettes and vapes to minors.
The FDA fired its tobacco enforcers. Now it wants them back.
The agency asked laid-off workers to return after gutting the office that penalizes stores for selling tobacco to minors.
www.politico.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The FDA is asking laid-off employees to temporarily return after mass cuts decimated the agency’s ability to penalize stores that sell cigarettes and vapes to minors.
Reposted by Joseph G. L. Lee
Why CDC cuts are being called ‘the greatest gift to tobacco industry in the last half-century’ www.statnews.com/2025/04/14/c... via @statnews.com
Why CDC cuts are being called ‘the greatest gift to tobacco industry in the last half-century’
The Office on Smoking and Health at the CDC is no more, putting state quitlines and national data on youth tobacco use at risk.
www.statnews.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Why CDC cuts are being called ‘the greatest gift to tobacco industry in the last half-century’ www.statnews.com/2025/04/14/c... via @statnews.com
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Word cloud (minus Columbia U) of terminated grants as per taggs.hhs.gov/content/data...
March 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Word cloud (minus Columbia U) of terminated grants as per taggs.hhs.gov/content/data...
Just going to leave this here.
February 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Just going to leave this here.
February 27, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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New Lancet editorial today: “This moment is a test. How should our community react? …The health, medical, and scientific communities have a vital role in advocating for their patients, defending programmes, and lobbying for policies and institutions that are good for health and wellbeing.”
www.thelancet.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
New Lancet editorial today: “This moment is a test. How should our community react? …The health, medical, and scientific communities have a vital role in advocating for their patients, defending programmes, and lobbying for policies and institutions that are good for health and wellbeing.”
Proud of our new paper showing internet access for migrant and seasonal farmworkers in NC in Public Health Reports. ~1 in 4 do not have consistent internet access.
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Internet Devices and Internet Access Among Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers, North Carolina, 2023 - Joseph G.L. Lee, Mary Roby, Leslie E. Cofie, Catherine E. LePrevost, Emery L. Harwell, Elisabeth C. ...
Objectives: Migrant and seasonal farmworkers work in rural areas where internet access may be limited. We assessed internet access, cost of access, and devices ...
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January 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Proud of our new paper showing internet access for migrant and seasonal farmworkers in NC in Public Health Reports. ~1 in 4 do not have consistent internet access.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...