Renee M. Johnson, PhD, MPH
@reneemjohnson.bsky.social
Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Trained at #Spelman and #UNCGillings
Trained at #Spelman and #UNCGillings
I’m watching Killers of the Flower Moon and wondering why the Osage weren’t banking in Tulsa. Oklahoma in the 20s was a lot.
September 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I’m watching Killers of the Flower Moon and wondering why the Osage weren’t banking in Tulsa. Oklahoma in the 20s was a lot.
#foxbaltimore posts this finding every year, because it’s a great opportunity to disparage Baltimore City Public Schools. I’d like to see them do some real reporting. There are problems with when this test is administered relative to when the content is taught. foxbaltimore.com/news/project...
For fourth straight year, no students test proficient in math at Baltimore high school
A Fox45 News investigation has uncovered yet another stunning failure in Baltimore City Public Schools when it comes to academic outcomes.
foxbaltimore.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
#foxbaltimore posts this finding every year, because it’s a great opportunity to disparage Baltimore City Public Schools. I’d like to see them do some real reporting. There are problems with when this test is administered relative to when the content is taught. foxbaltimore.com/news/project...
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New on FirstView: "Characteristics of Scald Burns Caused by Child Abuse in the United States: A Systematic Review" by Wendy C. Shields, Evelyn Shiang, Marisa Koontz, Jon Vernick, and Shannon Frattaroli of @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social. #ChildAbuse www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
July 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New on FirstView: "Characteristics of Scald Burns Caused by Child Abuse in the United States: A Systematic Review" by Wendy C. Shields, Evelyn Shiang, Marisa Koontz, Jon Vernick, and Shannon Frattaroli of @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social. #ChildAbuse www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Can someone AI a speech by Ted Kennedy to RFK Jr? What would he say?
June 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Can someone AI a speech by Ted Kennedy to RFK Jr? What would he say?
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In my wildest dreams I did not have "Highlighted story on ESPN.com about NIH funding cuts" anywhere on my bingo card, but that's 2025 for ya!
#AcademicSky #NeuroSky
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#AcademicSky #NeuroSky
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Trump plan cuts funding for brain injury research
The Trump administration's budget request eliminates major federal funding for traumatic brain injury research and education, posing a potentially serious blow to addressing head injuries in sports.
www.espn.com
May 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In my wildest dreams I did not have "Highlighted story on ESPN.com about NIH funding cuts" anywhere on my bingo card, but that's 2025 for ya!
#AcademicSky #NeuroSky
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#AcademicSky #NeuroSky
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This paper by Chris Beyrer is …
April 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This paper by Chris Beyrer is …
I spent a lot of time (and money) xeroxing when I was a graduate student. So interesting that that’s a bygone era.
April 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I spent a lot of time (and money) xeroxing when I was a graduate student. So interesting that that’s a bygone era.
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NEW from me: A whistleblower says DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data...and then someone posted a threatening letter to his door.
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
NEW from me: A whistleblower says DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data...and then someone posted a threatening letter to his door.
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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🚨ATTENTION CDC AND ALLIES!🚨
We have power together. To see our strength and build community, we ask that you wear something 💚green💚 to work on WEDNESDAY to show solidarity and readiness to defend public health.
Please spread the word!
#courageiscontagious #wearthecolor #spreadthecolor
We have power together. To see our strength and build community, we ask that you wear something 💚green💚 to work on WEDNESDAY to show solidarity and readiness to defend public health.
Please spread the word!
#courageiscontagious #wearthecolor #spreadthecolor
April 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
🚨ATTENTION CDC AND ALLIES!🚨
We have power together. To see our strength and build community, we ask that you wear something 💚green💚 to work on WEDNESDAY to show solidarity and readiness to defend public health.
Please spread the word!
#courageiscontagious #wearthecolor #spreadthecolor
We have power together. To see our strength and build community, we ask that you wear something 💚green💚 to work on WEDNESDAY to show solidarity and readiness to defend public health.
Please spread the word!
#courageiscontagious #wearthecolor #spreadthecolor
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🚨ATTENTION CDC AND ALLIES!🚨
We have power together. To see our strength and build community, we ask that you wear something 💚green💚 to work on WEDNESDAY to show solidarity and readiness to defend public health.
Please spread the word!
#courageiscontagious #wearthecolor #spreadthecolor
We have power together. To see our strength and build community, we ask that you wear something 💚green💚 to work on WEDNESDAY to show solidarity and readiness to defend public health.
Please spread the word!
#courageiscontagious #wearthecolor #spreadthecolor
April 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
🚨ATTENTION CDC AND ALLIES!🚨
We have power together. To see our strength and build community, we ask that you wear something 💚green💚 to work on WEDNESDAY to show solidarity and readiness to defend public health.
Please spread the word!
#courageiscontagious #wearthecolor #spreadthecolor
We have power together. To see our strength and build community, we ask that you wear something 💚green💚 to work on WEDNESDAY to show solidarity and readiness to defend public health.
Please spread the word!
#courageiscontagious #wearthecolor #spreadthecolor
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Every college and university should do this to remind Americans that attacks on these institutions are actually attacks on all of us.
Harvard redid its whole homepage to push back against the administration’s demands. I mean, this is just a website but I think it’s kind of a great PR move: www.harvard.edu
Harvard University
Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
www.harvard.edu
April 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Every college and university should do this to remind Americans that attacks on these institutions are actually attacks on all of us.
First they came for Harvard,
April 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
First they came for Harvard,
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Research Saves Lives
Without research - at Johns Hopkins and at thousands of other universities, medical schools and research institutions across the nation - scientific breakthroughs suffer and the lifesaving treatments of tomorrow are at risk
www.jhu.edu
Without research - at Johns Hopkins and at thousands of other universities, medical schools and research institutions across the nation - scientific breakthroughs suffer and the lifesaving treatments of tomorrow are at risk
www.jhu.edu
April 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Research Saves Lives
Without research - at Johns Hopkins and at thousands of other universities, medical schools and research institutions across the nation - scientific breakthroughs suffer and the lifesaving treatments of tomorrow are at risk
www.jhu.edu
Without research - at Johns Hopkins and at thousands of other universities, medical schools and research institutions across the nation - scientific breakthroughs suffer and the lifesaving treatments of tomorrow are at risk
www.jhu.edu
There is a Mar A Lago Accord. It’s too much.
April 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
There is a Mar A Lago Accord. It’s too much.
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It’s stunning to me that the New York Times did not put the story on the bloodbath at the NIH, CDC, and FDA on its front page this morning.
April 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It’s stunning to me that the New York Times did not put the story on the bloodbath at the NIH, CDC, and FDA on its front page this morning.
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RIFs going out at CDC, please rally with federal workers today, 5pm, at CDC Roybal Campus 1600 Clifton NE! Organize your community and your union siblings to show up and show solidarity! 💚
#afge #publichealthsaveslives
bit.ly/cdc-atl-rif
#afge #publichealthsaveslives
bit.ly/cdc-atl-rif
April 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
RIFs going out at CDC, please rally with federal workers today, 5pm, at CDC Roybal Campus 1600 Clifton NE! Organize your community and your union siblings to show up and show solidarity! 💚
#afge #publichealthsaveslives
bit.ly/cdc-atl-rif
#afge #publichealthsaveslives
bit.ly/cdc-atl-rif
Prediction: Candace Owens will be tapped to lead the Blacksonian (NMAAHC) and Kim Klacik will be fuming. She walked around trashing Baltimore for Trump in vain!
March 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Prediction: Candace Owens will be tapped to lead the Blacksonian (NMAAHC) and Kim Klacik will be fuming. She walked around trashing Baltimore for Trump in vain!
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The head of the FAA, Mike Whitaker, resigned on January 20 — one year into his 5 year term — after facing relentless criticism from Musk for not approving SpaceX missions quickly enough.
The Senate confirmed him unanimously in 2023.
No acting FAA head has been appointed.
The Senate confirmed him unanimously in 2023.
No acting FAA head has been appointed.
January 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The head of the FAA, Mike Whitaker, resigned on January 20 — one year into his 5 year term — after facing relentless criticism from Musk for not approving SpaceX missions quickly enough.
The Senate confirmed him unanimously in 2023.
No acting FAA head has been appointed.
The Senate confirmed him unanimously in 2023.
No acting FAA head has been appointed.
Anyone catch Beyoncé’s lyrics in Yaya? “Wildfire burnt his house down, insurance ain’t gonna pay Fannie Mae.”
January 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Anyone catch Beyoncé’s lyrics in Yaya? “Wildfire burnt his house down, insurance ain’t gonna pay Fannie Mae.”
education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/wil... This was really helpful and clear for a beginner understanding of wildfires.
Wildfires
A wildfire is an uncontrolled fire that burns in wildland vegetation, often in rural areas.
education.nationalgeographic.org
January 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/wil... This was really helpful and clear for a beginner understanding of wildfires.
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Please stop saying "rolled back diversity goals" and start saying "the company capitulated to a segregationist movement."
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
McDonald's is the latest company to roll back diversity goals
The company rolled out a series of diversity initiatives in 2021 after a spate of sexual harrassment lawsuits and a lawsuit alleging discrimination by a group of Black former owners of McDonald’s fran...
www.nbcnews.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Please stop saying "rolled back diversity goals" and start saying "the company capitulated to a segregationist movement."
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Me, an academic, reading about DOGE and wondering how many meetings it would take at my job to have a workgroup called a department.
December 8, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Me, an academic, reading about DOGE and wondering how many meetings it would take at my job to have a workgroup called a department.
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Since 2021, civil rights groups have been asking President Biden to commute the sentences of those on federal death row.
In the last 50 days of this administration Biden must #cleartherow.
civilrights.org/2021/02/09/m...
In the last 50 days of this administration Biden must #cleartherow.
civilrights.org/2021/02/09/m...
More than 80 Civil Rights Organizations Ask President Biden to Commute Federal Death Sentences and Issue a Moratorium
civilrights.org
December 2, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Since 2021, civil rights groups have been asking President Biden to commute the sentences of those on federal death row.
In the last 50 days of this administration Biden must #cleartherow.
civilrights.org/2021/02/09/m...
In the last 50 days of this administration Biden must #cleartherow.
civilrights.org/2021/02/09/m...
www.cbsnews.com/news/fearing... Haitians emigrating from Springfield, OH. Reporting from Nicole Valdes.
Fearing deportation, some Haitian migrants leaving Springfield, Ohio
Most Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, live there legally through Temporary Protected Status, which President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to end.
www.cbsnews.com
December 1, 2024 at 5:24 PM
www.cbsnews.com/news/fearing... Haitians emigrating from Springfield, OH. Reporting from Nicole Valdes.