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Kathryn Yount
@kmyount68.bsky.social
Asa Griggs Candler Professor at Emory University Rollins School of Public Health and Sociology; GBV prevention researcher; women's empowerment and health researcher; mom of twins; yogi; likes not endorsements
Our @emoryrollins.bsky.social/Ho Chi Minh City UMP team found that sexualized media use was linked to sexual misconduct exposure, behavior, and health in high-school students in Vietnam. We recommend tailored programs to improve young people's well-being in a digital age. medrxiv.org/cgi/content/...
April 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Reposted by Kathryn Yount
The threat hanging over South African HIV/AIDS researchers for the past week has become a reality: The Trump administration has begun terminating or putting on hold their grants from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
“Orchestrated assault”: New tsunami of NIH grant cuts hits South Africa hard
Agency moves to terminate nearly 1000 awards, including programs involving “DEI”
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March 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Congrats Cohort 3 Fogarty/NIH/D43 CONVERGE fellows for completing your 1-month training. @emoryrollins.bsky.social, @georgiastate.bsky.social & global partners supported their learning. Fellows produced strong research proposals & their findings will support violence prevention in Vietnam! Bravo!
March 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Reposted by Kathryn Yount
I’ve been pressuring the admin to reinstate CDC employees who were recklessly fired. Today, some of these workers were reinstated.

I’ll continue speaking out until ALL our public health workers are back in their jobs so they can resume important work protecting us from diseases like the Avian Flu.
March 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Reposted by Kathryn Yount
❗ALERT❗ There are 3 congressional seats up for election (FL-1, FL-6, NY-21), 2 with voting starting in 3 weeks (links below). Media has been strangely silent on this 🤔 Congress is 218 R, 215 D. If we pick up 3 seats, we gain control of the House. A major step towards stopping Trump’s agenda
March 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Our team is celebrating women's history month!
March 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Congrats to two of our CONVEGRE fellows for groundbreaking work on sexual misconduct and violence prevention in high schools in Vietnam!
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN VIETNAM
Background Sexual misconduct is a global problem. Adolescents 15-19 years face the highest risk of sexual misconduct, however, studies on school-based sexual misconduct in low and middle-income countr...
www.medrxiv.org
March 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM