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Megan Romano
@meganeromano.bsky.social
Environmental epidemiologist, knitter, bibliophile, and cat mom with yinzer roots.
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Such a well deserved honor for one of the great scientists of our time! Congratulations! #ISESISEE2025
August 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Truly inspiring work using participatory mapping to bring community concerns to the forefront of research!
Happening NOW! 🚀 Don’t miss Na’Taki Osborne Jelks and Darryl Haddock’s powerful plenary lecture on Using Community Generated Data to Advance Environmental Protection, Health, and Quality of Life. 🌍🔥

#ISESISEE2025
August 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Absolutely brilliant keynote from the amazing Marianthi!
Starting in 10 minutes! ⏰ Don’t miss Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou’s lecture: Beyond the Buzzwords: Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI in Environmental Epidemiology. 🎤🤖

#ISESISEE2025
August 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Urgent action is needed to scale-up cancer prevention and care services.

Cancer registries can play a crucial role in this.

Ahead of #WorldCancerDay, our Editorial explores the benefits and challenges of cancer registries in global cancer care: tinyurl.com/ywpr6e37
January 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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"How do we know where to draw the line, and when it is time to resist?"

This Viewpoint discusses scientific, medical, and public health actions taken so far during the first week of the administration.

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#MedSky
January 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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If you are a federal employee, it is advised to set your social media accounts to private to prevent outside viewership, as reports suggest that loyalty screenings have begun.
January 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.

We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Stop by my lightning talk later today if you’d like to learn more about my work with Christine Gunn adapting and testing a breast cancer screening decision aid!
January 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Missing my partner in crime (feel better soon Christine Gunn!) but having a great time at the NNE CO-OP PCRBN Meeting!
January 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Check out our new work from the ECHO Program published today at #PLOSONE: Changes in urinary concentrations of contemporary and emerging chemicals in commerce during the COVID-19 pandemic dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Changes in urinary concentrations of contemporary and emerging chemicals in commerce during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program
Previous research indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic catalyzed alterations in behaviors that may impact exposures to environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals. This includes changes in the use of...
dx.plos.org
January 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Very cool early signal that anti-cancer HPV vaccines are doing their thing!
jama.com JAMA @jama.com · Nov 28
Cervical cancer mortality in US women younger than 25 years significantly declined between 2016 and 2021, likely due to the widespread adoption of HPV vaccination.

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November 28, 2024 at 7:28 AM