Rebecca Gourevitch
@rgourevitch.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Health Policy & Management at University of Maryland, College Park | www.rgourevitch.com
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New article @jamanetworkopen.com showing cash during pregnancy ⬆️ prenatal care among women in Flint. Cash support to low-income families supports healthy babies & kids, but our current safety net falls short. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @monahanna.bsky.social @michiganstateu.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
New article @jamanetworkopen.com showing cash during pregnancy ⬆️ prenatal care among women in Flint. Cash support to low-income families supports healthy babies & kids, but our current safety net falls short. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @monahanna.bsky.social @michiganstateu.bsky.social
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A beautiful tribute to Sue Goldie, capturing her brilliance, determination, & humility:
"Sue is not a swimmer, cyclist or runner. She will become the rare triathlete, she says, 'who sucks at all three.'"
Her work has been an inspiration. Her athletic accomplishments amidst Parkinson's, next level.
"Sue is not a swimmer, cyclist or runner. She will become the rare triathlete, she says, 'who sucks at all three.'"
Her work has been an inspiration. Her athletic accomplishments amidst Parkinson's, next level.
It’s hard to put into words how inspiring Dr. Sue Goldie is.
An extraordinary teacher, researcher, leader, and mentor to so many of us @hsph.harvard.edu who now shares her deeply personal story fighting against Parkinson’s disease.
Her story in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
An extraordinary teacher, researcher, leader, and mentor to so many of us @hsph.harvard.edu who now shares her deeply personal story fighting against Parkinson’s disease.
Her story in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Sue Goldie Has Parkinson’s Disease
An acclaimed researcher is an expert at explaining complicated problems. Now she has to confront the most vexing question: What is happening to her?
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A beautiful tribute to Sue Goldie, capturing her brilliance, determination, & humility:
"Sue is not a swimmer, cyclist or runner. She will become the rare triathlete, she says, 'who sucks at all three.'"
Her work has been an inspiration. Her athletic accomplishments amidst Parkinson's, next level.
"Sue is not a swimmer, cyclist or runner. She will become the rare triathlete, she says, 'who sucks at all three.'"
Her work has been an inspiration. Her athletic accomplishments amidst Parkinson's, next level.
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More CDC Cuts :: NCHS Edition 📊🔫
At least 1/3 of the staff at the National Center for Health Statistics has been cut (and remain cut). This is catastrophic for our nation’s health data.
Say goodbye to national health statistics that you can trust, healthcare surveys, NHANES and data systems.
At least 1/3 of the staff at the National Center for Health Statistics has been cut (and remain cut). This is catastrophic for our nation’s health data.
Say goodbye to national health statistics that you can trust, healthcare surveys, NHANES and data systems.
October 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
More CDC Cuts :: NCHS Edition 📊🔫
At least 1/3 of the staff at the National Center for Health Statistics has been cut (and remain cut). This is catastrophic for our nation’s health data.
Say goodbye to national health statistics that you can trust, healthcare surveys, NHANES and data systems.
At least 1/3 of the staff at the National Center for Health Statistics has been cut (and remain cut). This is catastrophic for our nation’s health data.
Say goodbye to national health statistics that you can trust, healthcare surveys, NHANES and data systems.
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If you're in health policy or medicine and confused about what to do with all the recent DiD innovations -- or curious about their adoption in the medical literature -- @brownbiostatistics.bsky.social PhD student Shuo Feng has you covered!
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October 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If you're in health policy or medicine and confused about what to do with all the recent DiD innovations -- or curious about their adoption in the medical literature -- @brownbiostatistics.bsky.social PhD student Shuo Feng has you covered!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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1/ #Policies shape our #health.
But why?
We usually think it has to do with how policies change material resources (e.g., access to food, health care, etc) and opportunities.
In @nejm.org, we argue that policies can also affect health by shaping social #narratives.
www.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
But why?
We usually think it has to do with how policies change material resources (e.g., access to food, health care, etc) and opportunities.
In @nejm.org, we argue that policies can also affect health by shaping social #narratives.
www.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Public Policies, Social Narratives, and Population Health | NEJM
Public policies, by way of the social narratives they reinforce, can affect health
by mechanisms that are independent of any effects on resources and opportunities.
www.nejm.org
September 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
1/ #Policies shape our #health.
But why?
We usually think it has to do with how policies change material resources (e.g., access to food, health care, etc) and opportunities.
In @nejm.org, we argue that policies can also affect health by shaping social #narratives.
www.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
But why?
We usually think it has to do with how policies change material resources (e.g., access to food, health care, etc) and opportunities.
In @nejm.org, we argue that policies can also affect health by shaping social #narratives.
www.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Sharing some encouraging news re: CDC PRAMS. The CDC has indicated they will weight and clean the 2024 PRAMS data. Also, the PRAMS data collection system (PIDS) is up and running again and some sites have begun 2025 PRAMS data collection. Hopefully restoration of the ARF portal is coming soon too.
September 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Sharing some encouraging news re: CDC PRAMS. The CDC has indicated they will weight and clean the 2024 PRAMS data. Also, the PRAMS data collection system (PIDS) is up and running again and some sites have begun 2025 PRAMS data collection. Hopefully restoration of the ARF portal is coming soon too.
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Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy
July 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy
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Running back this class due to tech issues. 😭
If you're a director of graduate studies or a department chair: let me guess how you're feeling right about now.
1️⃣ You’re trying to support your job market candidates despite the uncertainty and chaos that academia is experiencing in this moment. 1/
If you're a director of graduate studies or a department chair: let me guess how you're feeling right about now.
1️⃣ You’re trying to support your job market candidates despite the uncertainty and chaos that academia is experiencing in this moment. 1/
Free Encore Master Class: Making Academic Job Talks Fun | LinkedIn
We had some tech issues so I'm running this back as an encore!
Are you a grad student or postdoc stressing out about job talks?
You’re wondering:
Is it even worth trying given the attacks on our un...
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July 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Running back this class due to tech issues. 😭
If you're a director of graduate studies or a department chair: let me guess how you're feeling right about now.
1️⃣ You’re trying to support your job market candidates despite the uncertainty and chaos that academia is experiencing in this moment. 1/
If you're a director of graduate studies or a department chair: let me guess how you're feeling right about now.
1️⃣ You’re trying to support your job market candidates despite the uncertainty and chaos that academia is experiencing in this moment. 1/
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Ok folks, we know work requirements reduce benefits without increasing work (cc: @chloeneast.bsky.social)
But who loses benefits and what happens if work requirements are reversed?
New evidence from linked SNAP-Medicaid data and a natural experiment in CT tell a concerning story...
Thread below 👇
But who loses benefits and what happens if work requirements are reversed?
New evidence from linked SNAP-Medicaid data and a natural experiment in CT tell a concerning story...
Thread below 👇
SNAP work requirements have biggest effect on those least able to work
Most people pushed out of SNAP in Connecticut didn’t find their way back in, even when work requirements were later reversed.
tobin.yale.edu
June 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Ok folks, we know work requirements reduce benefits without increasing work (cc: @chloeneast.bsky.social)
But who loses benefits and what happens if work requirements are reversed?
New evidence from linked SNAP-Medicaid data and a natural experiment in CT tell a concerning story...
Thread below 👇
But who loses benefits and what happens if work requirements are reversed?
New evidence from linked SNAP-Medicaid data and a natural experiment in CT tell a concerning story...
Thread below 👇
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Are you a grad student or postdoc stressing out about job talks? Join me on 6/26/25 at 2 PM CST for a free class. You'll learn how to:
✔️ Avoid the “Big 3” job talk killers
✔️ Use storytelling breath life into your research
✔️ Handle Q&A like a boss
Register here and please share: lnkd.in/g5f3YwtX
✔️ Avoid the “Big 3” job talk killers
✔️ Use storytelling breath life into your research
✔️ Handle Q&A like a boss
Register here and please share: lnkd.in/g5f3YwtX
May 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Are you a grad student or postdoc stressing out about job talks? Join me on 6/26/25 at 2 PM CST for a free class. You'll learn how to:
✔️ Avoid the “Big 3” job talk killers
✔️ Use storytelling breath life into your research
✔️ Handle Q&A like a boss
Register here and please share: lnkd.in/g5f3YwtX
✔️ Avoid the “Big 3” job talk killers
✔️ Use storytelling breath life into your research
✔️ Handle Q&A like a boss
Register here and please share: lnkd.in/g5f3YwtX
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Question for folks who are at Harvard or have colleagues/friends there. I'd like to know if your research is lost/ruined (as opposed to delayed/paused) by the NIH grant terminations. Can you shoot me a DM/chat?
May 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Question for folks who are at Harvard or have colleagues/friends there. I'd like to know if your research is lost/ruined (as opposed to delayed/paused) by the NIH grant terminations. Can you shoot me a DM/chat?
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In addition to defunding Planned Parenthood, the bill the House passed this a.m. includes a last-minute change that would make it difficult-to-impossible for private plans on the Obamacare exchanges to cover abortion. Some states, including NY and CA, require such coverage.
May 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
In addition to defunding Planned Parenthood, the bill the House passed this a.m. includes a last-minute change that would make it difficult-to-impossible for private plans on the Obamacare exchanges to cover abortion. Some states, including NY and CA, require such coverage.
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INCREDIBLE choose your own adventure project on chronic disease by the masterful @isabellacueto.bsky.social and @jaspar.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/k...
RFK Jr. declared war on chronic disease. First comes the battle over priorities
How would you solve the chronic disease epidemic? Here's STAT's extensive new data analysis, and nine ways to tackle the problem.
www.statnews.com
May 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
INCREDIBLE choose your own adventure project on chronic disease by the masterful @isabellacueto.bsky.social and @jaspar.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/k...
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check it out:
Jacqueline Gourevitch (whom I call mom), paintings 1965-2018 at storage gallery NYC, May 9-June21 — more info and images here: www.storageartgallery.com
Jacqueline Gourevitch (whom I call mom), paintings 1965-2018 at storage gallery NYC, May 9-June21 — more info and images here: www.storageartgallery.com
May 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
check it out:
Jacqueline Gourevitch (whom I call mom), paintings 1965-2018 at storage gallery NYC, May 9-June21 — more info and images here: www.storageartgallery.com
Jacqueline Gourevitch (whom I call mom), paintings 1965-2018 at storage gallery NYC, May 9-June21 — more info and images here: www.storageartgallery.com
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JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
May 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
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Average person may not realize what a big deal this is. #Data tracking maternal/child health (PRAMS), drug use & mental health (NSDUH), etc are being shuttered or severely restricted. These are often only national data on these health conditions, meaning we can't study helpful & harmful policies.
Important column by the brilliant Ninez Ponce at our sister center at UCLA on federal changes and disappearances to key public data.
www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
Data Democracy in Crisis: How Changing Federal Data Reshapes Research and Representation | Milbank Memorial Fund
Recent political events have data custodians and users across the country asking an important question—if the federal government is backing away from its historical role as a leader in advancing data ...
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April 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Average person may not realize what a big deal this is. #Data tracking maternal/child health (PRAMS), drug use & mental health (NSDUH), etc are being shuttered or severely restricted. These are often only national data on these health conditions, meaning we can't study helpful & harmful policies.
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A STAT EXCLUSIVE
NIH moving to ban all future grants to universities with DEI programs or Israel boycotts, document suggests
www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/t...
NIH moving to ban all future grants to universities with DEI programs or Israel boycotts, document suggests
www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/t...
NIH moving to ban all future grants to universities with DEI programs or Israel boycotts, document suggests
NIH appears to be preparing to prohibit the awarding of new grants to institutions that have DEI programs or boycott Israeli companies
www.statnews.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A STAT EXCLUSIVE
NIH moving to ban all future grants to universities with DEI programs or Israel boycotts, document suggests
www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/t...
NIH moving to ban all future grants to universities with DEI programs or Israel boycotts, document suggests
www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/t...
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The U.S. maternal mortality rate increased 27% between 2018 and 2022, a new NIH study finds.
U.S. maternal mortality rate increased 27% over five years, NIH study finds
The U.S. maternal mortality rate increased 27% between 2018 and 2022, a new NIH study finds.
buff.ly
April 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The U.S. maternal mortality rate increased 27% between 2018 and 2022, a new NIH study finds.
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"ASPE had roughly 150 employees at the start of the year and now has fewer than 50, four former employees told STAT. AHRQ started the year with over 300 employees, and Tuesday’s cuts took out 111 of them, three laid-off workers told STAT."
The details in this story are just awful.
The details in this story are just awful.
The Trump administration has gutted ASPE and AHRQ, two small but influential agencies within HHS. “Devastating” cuts that impair federal health care research. Read more from @tarabannow.bsky.social and me: www.statnews.com/2025/04/02/t...
Trump administration begins mass cuts of federal health policy researchers
ASPE and AHRQ are losing key research staff as part of the HHS cuts Tuesday. Current and former employees worry vital data-driven research will suffer.
www.statnews.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"ASPE had roughly 150 employees at the start of the year and now has fewer than 50, four former employees told STAT. AHRQ started the year with over 300 employees, and Tuesday’s cuts took out 111 of them, three laid-off workers told STAT."
The details in this story are just awful.
The details in this story are just awful.
Among the many devastating losses of yesterday's HHS cuts: the entire CDC team that runs the PRAMS survey was placed on admin leave. This is a catastrophic risk to maternal and child public health surveillance.
Grateful to @aniloza.bsky.social at @statnews.com for covering
Grateful to @aniloza.bsky.social at @statnews.com for covering
April 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Among the many devastating losses of yesterday's HHS cuts: the entire CDC team that runs the PRAMS survey was placed on admin leave. This is a catastrophic risk to maternal and child public health surveillance.
Grateful to @aniloza.bsky.social at @statnews.com for covering
Grateful to @aniloza.bsky.social at @statnews.com for covering
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This Reddit thread of people being laid off from HHS paints a picture of how the federal government's work on health will be curtailed.
h/t: @samsteindc.bsky.social
www.reddit.com/r/DeptHHS/co...
h/t: @samsteindc.bsky.social
www.reddit.com/r/DeptHHS/co...
RIF notices
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April 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This Reddit thread of people being laid off from HHS paints a picture of how the federal government's work on health will be curtailed.
h/t: @samsteindc.bsky.social
www.reddit.com/r/DeptHHS/co...
h/t: @samsteindc.bsky.social
www.reddit.com/r/DeptHHS/co...
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If your research has been affected by the administration’s illegal and immoral cuts to federal funding, please consider submitting your experience to the American Association of Medical Colleges:
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If your research has been affected by the administration’s illegal and immoral cuts to federal funding, please consider submitting your experience to the American Association of Medical Colleges:
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Rattled researcher 🙋🏻♀️!
Grateful to @aniloza.bsky.social and @statnews.com for covering the concerning disruptions to PRAMS
www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/c...
Grateful to @aniloza.bsky.social and @statnews.com for covering the concerning disruptions to PRAMS
www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/c...
Interrupted access to unique maternal health database rattles researchers
Researchers lose access to crucial CDC data on maternal and infant health while they're made compliant with Trump executive orders
www.statnews.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Rattled researcher 🙋🏻♀️!
Grateful to @aniloza.bsky.social and @statnews.com for covering the concerning disruptions to PRAMS
www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/c...
Grateful to @aniloza.bsky.social and @statnews.com for covering the concerning disruptions to PRAMS
www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/c...