Michelle Kelly-Irving
@mkellyirving.bsky.social
Health equity, social inequalities, lifecourse, embodiment
Leads the Inserm #Equity team University of Toulouse, France
Social Epidemiologist & quantitative social scientist
Health Inequality, 3rd Ed, polity
https://cerpop.inserm.fr/equipe-equity
Leads the Inserm #Equity team University of Toulouse, France
Social Epidemiologist & quantitative social scientist
Health Inequality, 3rd Ed, polity
https://cerpop.inserm.fr/equipe-equity
Pinned
Decades of progress — undone
After years of steady gains against poverty and inequality, the recent funding cuts threaten Africa’s health systems. New, resilient funding is vital
www.ips-journal.eu
Over the summer some very important public health program leaders shared their struggles in keeping their work going since the #usaid cuts
Here’s an article about it, please share to increase awareness & motivate political action
“Decades of progress - undone”
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
Here’s an article about it, please share to increase awareness & motivate political action
“Decades of progress - undone”
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
“In a time of competing catastrophes, it seems worth delivering some good news about poverty and health inequality: poverty *can* be defeated, health inequalities *can* be reduced…”
(tried to start this piece on a positive note 😉)
#publichealth
#HealthInequity
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
(tried to start this piece on a positive note 😉)
#publichealth
#HealthInequity
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
Decades of progress — undone
After years of steady gains against poverty and inequality, the recent funding cuts threaten Africa’s health systems. New, resilient funding is vital
www.ips-journal.eu
December 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
“In a time of competing catastrophes, it seems worth delivering some good news about poverty and health inequality: poverty *can* be defeated, health inequalities *can* be reduced…”
(tried to start this piece on a positive note 😉)
#publichealth
#HealthInequity
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
(tried to start this piece on a positive note 😉)
#publichealth
#HealthInequity
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
Reposted by Michelle Kelly-Irving
Know any economics students considering a career in economics research?
We're offering six-to-eight week placements at IFS in Summer 2026 as part of our Summer Student scheme.
📊 Apply here by 11pm, Friday 16 Jan 2026: app.beapplied.com/apply/xkr9pu...
We're offering six-to-eight week placements at IFS in Summer 2026 as part of our Summer Student scheme.
📊 Apply here by 11pm, Friday 16 Jan 2026: app.beapplied.com/apply/xkr9pu...
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Know any economics students considering a career in economics research?
We're offering six-to-eight week placements at IFS in Summer 2026 as part of our Summer Student scheme.
📊 Apply here by 11pm, Friday 16 Jan 2026: app.beapplied.com/apply/xkr9pu...
We're offering six-to-eight week placements at IFS in Summer 2026 as part of our Summer Student scheme.
📊 Apply here by 11pm, Friday 16 Jan 2026: app.beapplied.com/apply/xkr9pu...
Seems some folks’ memories were erased:
Some people are highly vulnerable to respiratory illnesses which spread more easily in winter when people are indoors & windows shut
If you’re ill you can wear a mask, ensure you ventilate rooms, wash your hands more often & consider telework if possible
Some people are highly vulnerable to respiratory illnesses which spread more easily in winter when people are indoors & windows shut
If you’re ill you can wear a mask, ensure you ventilate rooms, wash your hands more often & consider telework if possible
a man in a suit and tie is holding a lighter and says vayagif.com on the bottom right
Alt: Men in black scene showing will smith wearing sunglassss neutralising someone’s memory with a flashing device
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Seems some folks’ memories were erased:
Some people are highly vulnerable to respiratory illnesses which spread more easily in winter when people are indoors & windows shut
If you’re ill you can wear a mask, ensure you ventilate rooms, wash your hands more often & consider telework if possible
Some people are highly vulnerable to respiratory illnesses which spread more easily in winter when people are indoors & windows shut
If you’re ill you can wear a mask, ensure you ventilate rooms, wash your hands more often & consider telework if possible
Reposted by Michelle Kelly-Irving
UK Biobank being used to sell eugenic embryo screening.
An inevitable consequence of encouraging biological determinism over the past two decades.
An inevitable consequence of encouraging biological determinism over the past two decades.
We have to stop genetics people from studying social phenomena until theyve taken like basic causal inference
December 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
UK Biobank being used to sell eugenic embryo screening.
An inevitable consequence of encouraging biological determinism over the past two decades.
An inevitable consequence of encouraging biological determinism over the past two decades.
I honestly can’t see how the traditional science publishing model will survive the enshittification by AI. We need an alternative
-what impact on science careers?
-worst of all: how will this impact trust in science if those outside the field have no idea if a paper is real & has been checked?
-what impact on science careers?
-worst of all: how will this impact trust in science if those outside the field have no idea if a paper is real & has been checked?
This has infected all science & the science publishing industry- which was bad- before but now is pushing for AI “peer” review given the volumes of papers & that no one wants to review anymore
What’s real science? what’s bullshit? It’s all going down the shitter
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
What’s real science? what’s bullshit? It’s all going down the shitter
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Artificial intelligence research has a slop problem, academics say: ‘It’s a mess’
AI research in question as author claims to have written over 100 papers on AI that one expert calls a ‘disaster’
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I honestly can’t see how the traditional science publishing model will survive the enshittification by AI. We need an alternative
-what impact on science careers?
-worst of all: how will this impact trust in science if those outside the field have no idea if a paper is real & has been checked?
-what impact on science careers?
-worst of all: how will this impact trust in science if those outside the field have no idea if a paper is real & has been checked?
This has infected all science & the science publishing industry- which was bad- before but now is pushing for AI “peer” review given the volumes of papers & that no one wants to review anymore
What’s real science? what’s bullshit? It’s all going down the shitter
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
What’s real science? what’s bullshit? It’s all going down the shitter
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Artificial intelligence research has a slop problem, academics say: ‘It’s a mess’
AI research in question as author claims to have written over 100 papers on AI that one expert calls a ‘disaster’
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This has infected all science & the science publishing industry- which was bad- before but now is pushing for AI “peer” review given the volumes of papers & that no one wants to review anymore
What’s real science? what’s bullshit? It’s all going down the shitter
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
What’s real science? what’s bullshit? It’s all going down the shitter
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Reposted by Michelle Kelly-Irving
Très intéressant à lire
Combien d'allocataires des minimas sociaux ? Comment ces prestations contribuent-elles aux revenus des + modestes et dans quelle mesure réduisent-elles la pauvreté ?
@michaelzemmour.cpesr.fr
De précieuses réponses @drees-sante-social.bsky.social
➡️ drees.solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/publications...
@michaelzemmour.cpesr.fr
De précieuses réponses @drees-sante-social.bsky.social
➡️ drees.solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/publications...
Minima sociaux et prestations de solidarité - Ménages aux revenus modestes et redistribution - Édition 2025 | Direction de la recherche, des études, de l'évaluation et des statistiques
drees.solidarites-sante.gouv.fr
December 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Très intéressant à lire
Reposted by Michelle Kelly-Irving
This is why I'm generally unimpressed by people describing how they use LLMs in academic work. Writing can sometimes be time consuming/painful because *you don't really know what you're trying to say*. The labor of thinking stuff through is part of the science and shouldn't be outsourced.
i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
December 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is why I'm generally unimpressed by people describing how they use LLMs in academic work. Writing can sometimes be time consuming/painful because *you don't really know what you're trying to say*. The labor of thinking stuff through is part of the science and shouldn't be outsourced.
Reposted by Michelle Kelly-Irving
The Department of Social Statistics and Demography at the University of Southampton is seeking candidates to apply for fully funded PhD positions through the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (SCDTP; @scdtp.bsky.social).
🗓️ Deadline for 2026/27 entry: 16 January 2026, 16:00 GMT
More info ⬇️
🗓️ Deadline for 2026/27 entry: 16 January 2026, 16:00 GMT
More info ⬇️
December 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Department of Social Statistics and Demography at the University of Southampton is seeking candidates to apply for fully funded PhD positions through the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (SCDTP; @scdtp.bsky.social).
🗓️ Deadline for 2026/27 entry: 16 January 2026, 16:00 GMT
More info ⬇️
🗓️ Deadline for 2026/27 entry: 16 January 2026, 16:00 GMT
More info ⬇️
In the old twitter times I used to do a lot more science communication about health inequities, doing threads and writing blogposts
I was put off it, burnt by the madness of the pandemic and then the horrors of the Musk-meltdown
But I do miss it, and want to engage more again...
I was put off it, burnt by the madness of the pandemic and then the horrors of the Musk-meltdown
But I do miss it, and want to engage more again...
December 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
In the old twitter times I used to do a lot more science communication about health inequities, doing threads and writing blogposts
I was put off it, burnt by the madness of the pandemic and then the horrors of the Musk-meltdown
But I do miss it, and want to engage more again...
I was put off it, burnt by the madness of the pandemic and then the horrors of the Musk-meltdown
But I do miss it, and want to engage more again...
Reposted by Michelle Kelly-Irving
Wonderful, ultimately uplifting podcast with Loretta Ross, who is very optimistic about the future. The “self-defeating nihilism” of eugenicists means they are very unlikely to win out in the end
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
Climate, Politics and Procreation: Loretta J. Ross
Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 24/01/2023 · 1h 9m
podcasts.apple.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Wonderful, ultimately uplifting podcast with Loretta Ross, who is very optimistic about the future. The “self-defeating nihilism” of eugenicists means they are very unlikely to win out in the end
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
One of my favourite things at this time of year is to wander round the Alternative Christmas market in #Toulouse which is located right outside my workplace 😊
marchedenoeltoulouse.fr/les-marches/...
marchedenoeltoulouse.fr/les-marches/...
Allées Jules Guesde - Marché de Noël de Toulouse
Comme chaque année, retrouvez le Marché de Noël Artisanal et Solidaire des Allées Jules Guesde. Retrouvez artisans, producteurs, associations, animations et spectacles.
marchedenoeltoulouse.fr
November 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of my favourite things at this time of year is to wander round the Alternative Christmas market in #Toulouse which is located right outside my workplace 😊
marchedenoeltoulouse.fr/les-marches/...
marchedenoeltoulouse.fr/les-marches/...
Reposted by Michelle Kelly-Irving
A thread of directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) that look like record covers... because that's EXACTLY what the world needs
1. Huey Lewis and the News: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
1. Huey Lewis and the News: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
November 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A thread of directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) that look like record covers... because that's EXACTLY what the world needs
1. Huey Lewis and the News: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
1. Huey Lewis and the News: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Reposted by Michelle Kelly-Irving
Hot off the press! See our new paper: “Three maxims for countering sex essentialism in scientific research” in the journal Biology of Sex Differences. We show how sex essentialism distorts research & propose 3 ways to avoid making these mistakes. (1/12) rdcu.be/eNcRM
Three maxims for countering sex essentialism in scientific research
rdcu.be
November 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Hot off the press! See our new paper: “Three maxims for countering sex essentialism in scientific research” in the journal Biology of Sex Differences. We show how sex essentialism distorts research & propose 3 ways to avoid making these mistakes. (1/12) rdcu.be/eNcRM
Reposted by Michelle Kelly-Irving
It seems a stretch to describe this as a “step” unless it’s off a diving board:
November 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It seems a stretch to describe this as a “step” unless it’s off a diving board:
Useful overview and debate on the connection between social and #healthinequalities in Europe:
⬇️
"Health inequalities in the Nordic countries: A comparative overview and update" by Johan Fritzell & Stefan Fors
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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"Health inequalities in the Nordic countries: A comparative overview and update" by Johan Fritzell & Stefan Fors
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
<em>Journal of Internal Medicine</em> | Wiley Online Library
In this article, we present the state-of-the-art on socioeconomic health inequalities with a focus on the Nordic countries. Health inequalities have increased over time and can be observed for both m...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Useful overview and debate on the connection between social and #healthinequalities in Europe:
⬇️
"Health inequalities in the Nordic countries: A comparative overview and update" by Johan Fritzell & Stefan Fors
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
⬇️
"Health inequalities in the Nordic countries: A comparative overview and update" by Johan Fritzell & Stefan Fors
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
On the topic of policy messaging inappropriately aimed at individuals, I often return to the Chief Medical Officer's 'Top Ten Tips for Health' and the... 'alternative version' written by Dave Gordon many moons ago ⬇️
the #snark is palpable
www.bristol.ac.uk/poverty/heal...
the #snark is palpable
www.bristol.ac.uk/poverty/heal...
November 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
On the topic of policy messaging inappropriately aimed at individuals, I often return to the Chief Medical Officer's 'Top Ten Tips for Health' and the... 'alternative version' written by Dave Gordon many moons ago ⬇️
the #snark is palpable
www.bristol.ac.uk/poverty/heal...
the #snark is palpable
www.bristol.ac.uk/poverty/heal...
Reposted by Michelle Kelly-Irving
100%. Public health could begin with its own role vis-a-vis misinformation. Huge lack of attention to and investment in science translation, the 'art' piece of public health. Complex but vital work in this increasingly fraught political and info enviro & individualist culture.
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
100%. Public health could begin with its own role vis-a-vis misinformation. Huge lack of attention to and investment in science translation, the 'art' piece of public health. Complex but vital work in this increasingly fraught political and info enviro & individualist culture.
One of the biggest challenges in public health & environment-related fields is the miscommunication of population-scale results to the individual-level
This is often caused by the desire to formulate “action” relevant to people’s lives but ends up blaming individuals for things not in their control
This is often caused by the desire to formulate “action” relevant to people’s lives but ends up blaming individuals for things not in their control
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
One of the biggest challenges in public health & environment-related fields is the miscommunication of population-scale results to the individual-level
This is often caused by the desire to formulate “action” relevant to people’s lives but ends up blaming individuals for things not in their control
This is often caused by the desire to formulate “action” relevant to people’s lives but ends up blaming individuals for things not in their control
Reposted by Michelle Kelly-Irving
Recent study by Inès Malroux et al. in Population shows how gender and social-class inequalities shape early development. We also find cumulative effects from the interaction of gender and social class. @lidiapanico.bsky.social @mkellyirving.bsky.social @ehess.fr doi.org/10.3917/e.po...
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Recent study by Inès Malroux et al. in Population shows how gender and social-class inequalities shape early development. We also find cumulative effects from the interaction of gender and social class. @lidiapanico.bsky.social @mkellyirving.bsky.social @ehess.fr doi.org/10.3917/e.po...
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Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
@agawande.bsky.social this text aims to increase awareness about the consequences of #usaid funding cuts after public health infrastructure in many countries has been destroyed…
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
Decades of progress — undone
After years of steady gains against poverty and inequality, the recent funding cuts threaten Africa’s health systems. New, resilient funding is vital
www.ips-journal.eu
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
@agawande.bsky.social this text aims to increase awareness about the consequences of #usaid funding cuts after public health infrastructure in many countries has been destroyed…
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
Reposted by Michelle Kelly-Irving
Over the summer some very important public health program leaders shared their struggles in keeping their work going since the #usaid cuts
Here’s an article about it, please share to increase awareness & motivate political action
“Decades of progress - undone”
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
Here’s an article about it, please share to increase awareness & motivate political action
“Decades of progress - undone”
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
Decades of progress — undone
After years of steady gains against poverty and inequality, the recent funding cuts threaten Africa’s health systems. New, resilient funding is vital
www.ips-journal.eu
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Over the summer some very important public health program leaders shared their struggles in keeping their work going since the #usaid cuts
Here’s an article about it, please share to increase awareness & motivate political action
“Decades of progress - undone”
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
Here’s an article about it, please share to increase awareness & motivate political action
“Decades of progress - undone”
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
Over the summer some very important public health program leaders shared their struggles in keeping their work going since the #usaid cuts
Here’s an article about it, please share to increase awareness & motivate political action
“Decades of progress - undone”
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
Here’s an article about it, please share to increase awareness & motivate political action
“Decades of progress - undone”
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
Decades of progress — undone
After years of steady gains against poverty and inequality, the recent funding cuts threaten Africa’s health systems. New, resilient funding is vital
www.ips-journal.eu
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Over the summer some very important public health program leaders shared their struggles in keeping their work going since the #usaid cuts
Here’s an article about it, please share to increase awareness & motivate political action
“Decades of progress - undone”
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
Here’s an article about it, please share to increase awareness & motivate political action
“Decades of progress - undone”
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
Reposted by Michelle Kelly-Irving
Saying that it's "too hard" to get on the Irish president ballot when an independent woman got the entire Irish left to back her, got the biggest vote ever and beat two historically dominant parties is not just wrong - it is breathtakingly offensive and outrageously dishonest.
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
October 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Saying that it's "too hard" to get on the Irish president ballot when an independent woman got the entire Irish left to back her, got the biggest vote ever and beat two historically dominant parties is not just wrong - it is breathtakingly offensive and outrageously dishonest.
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
#Aras25 #Speirgorm