Saman Khalatbari-Soltani
@samankhalatbari.bsky.social
Senior Lecture in #epidemiology and #PublicHealth at @CEPAR_research & University of Sydney. Research interests: #healthinequity and #healthyageing
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This is going to be great! ping @mkellyirving.bsky.social @ises-epi.bsky.social @kavindigamage.bsky.social
REGISTER: Next talk in the SLLS Webinar Series ⬇️
The Early Origins of Socio-economic Inequalities in Inflammation: Existing Evidence and Recommendations for Life Course Researchers
Kavindi Walpita Gamage, MCRI, Australia
19.06.25 / 12:00 BST (21:00 AEST) / Via Zoom
www.slls.org.uk/events/2025-...
The Early Origins of Socio-economic Inequalities in Inflammation: Existing Evidence and Recommendations for Life Course Researchers
Kavindi Walpita Gamage, MCRI, Australia
19.06.25 / 12:00 BST (21:00 AEST) / Via Zoom
www.slls.org.uk/events/2025-...
June 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This is going to be great! ping @mkellyirving.bsky.social @ises-epi.bsky.social @kavindigamage.bsky.social
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6k euro to publish a paper in Lancet Public Health
Let’s just sit & think about that
Students & post docs need these publications for their career
Our institutions, who don’t fund us properly, want us to publish in these journals
We raise the cash, do the research & reviewing for these journals
Let’s just sit & think about that
Students & post docs need these publications for their career
Our institutions, who don’t fund us properly, want us to publish in these journals
We raise the cash, do the research & reviewing for these journals
May 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
6k euro to publish a paper in Lancet Public Health
Let’s just sit & think about that
Students & post docs need these publications for their career
Our institutions, who don’t fund us properly, want us to publish in these journals
We raise the cash, do the research & reviewing for these journals
Let’s just sit & think about that
Students & post docs need these publications for their career
Our institutions, who don’t fund us properly, want us to publish in these journals
We raise the cash, do the research & reviewing for these journals
📢 New Commentary in @nataging.nature.com — rdcu.be/ejE8n
Caregiving for and by older adults remains a vital yet overlooked contributor to the wellbeing economy and healthy aging.
@anitavanzwieten.bsky.social, Mouna Sawan, Jo-An Occhipinti, @jjaimemiranda.bsky.social @samtani-suraj.bsky.social
Caregiving for and by older adults remains a vital yet overlooked contributor to the wellbeing economy and healthy aging.
@anitavanzwieten.bsky.social, Mouna Sawan, Jo-An Occhipinti, @jjaimemiranda.bsky.social @samtani-suraj.bsky.social
Valuing caregiving is a prerequisite for the wellbeing economy and mental wealth
Nature Aging - Caregiving for and by older adults remains a vital yet overlooked contributor to the wellbeing economy and healthy aging. In this Comment, we argue that valuing caregiving is an...
rdcu.be
April 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
📢 New Commentary in @nataging.nature.com — rdcu.be/ejE8n
Caregiving for and by older adults remains a vital yet overlooked contributor to the wellbeing economy and healthy aging.
@anitavanzwieten.bsky.social, Mouna Sawan, Jo-An Occhipinti, @jjaimemiranda.bsky.social @samtani-suraj.bsky.social
Caregiving for and by older adults remains a vital yet overlooked contributor to the wellbeing economy and healthy aging.
@anitavanzwieten.bsky.social, Mouna Sawan, Jo-An Occhipinti, @jjaimemiranda.bsky.social @samtani-suraj.bsky.social
Happy Nowruz 🪻🌷✨
March 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Happy Nowruz 🪻🌷✨
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How do we respond to these times of global disorder? We are offering £2,500 for discussion papers of around 4,000 words on this topical theme. Deadline for proposals: 14th April. Please pass on to interested networks
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/internationa...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/internationa...
February 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
How do we respond to these times of global disorder? We are offering £2,500 for discussion papers of around 4,000 words on this topical theme. Deadline for proposals: 14th April. Please pass on to interested networks
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/internationa...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/internationa...
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Child poverty in the U.S. is four times as likely to lead to adult poverty than in Denmark and Germany, and twice as likely than in the UK and Australia. Why? I write about our findings on "the intergenerational persistence of poverty" today in The Atlantic:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Why Poor American Kids Are So Likely to Become Poor Adults
Most scholarship on the subject focuses on conditions during childhood. But government support during adulthood plays the biggest role.
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Child poverty in the U.S. is four times as likely to lead to adult poverty than in Denmark and Germany, and twice as likely than in the UK and Australia. Why? I write about our findings on "the intergenerational persistence of poverty" today in The Atlantic:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Upgrade your #causalinference arsenal.
A revision of our book "Causal Inference: What If" is available at miguelhernan.org/whatifbook
Thanks to everyone who suggested improvements, reported typos, and proposed new citations and material.
Enjoy the #WhatIfBook plus code and data. Also, it's free.
A revision of our book "Causal Inference: What If" is available at miguelhernan.org/whatifbook
Thanks to everyone who suggested improvements, reported typos, and proposed new citations and material.
Enjoy the #WhatIfBook plus code and data. Also, it's free.
December 23, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Upgrade your #causalinference arsenal.
A revision of our book "Causal Inference: What If" is available at miguelhernan.org/whatifbook
Thanks to everyone who suggested improvements, reported typos, and proposed new citations and material.
Enjoy the #WhatIfBook plus code and data. Also, it's free.
A revision of our book "Causal Inference: What If" is available at miguelhernan.org/whatifbook
Thanks to everyone who suggested improvements, reported typos, and proposed new citations and material.
Enjoy the #WhatIfBook plus code and data. Also, it's free.
Reposted by Saman Khalatbari-Soltani
Let us start 2025 in a positive mood: here are 10 methods things researchers can worry *less* about in 2025
a countdown clock with the number 10 in the center
ALT: a countdown clock with the number 10 in the center
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Let us start 2025 in a positive mood: here are 10 methods things researchers can worry *less* about in 2025
Reposted by Saman Khalatbari-Soltani
Earlier this week we published analysis of new ONS data showing that there had been no change in self-reported health between 2011 and 2021.
This represents a lost decade. It emphasises the need to put prevention at the heart of the Govt's plans to build health.
🔗 www.rsph.org.uk/about-us/new...
This represents a lost decade. It emphasises the need to put prevention at the heart of the Govt's plans to build health.
🔗 www.rsph.org.uk/about-us/new...
Lost decade in health improvement as flatlining data shows no change since 2011
New data published today by the Office for National Statistics shows that there has been no change in health improvement since 2011, as the percentage of people who reported being in "very good" or "g...
www.rsph.org.uk
December 11, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Earlier this week we published analysis of new ONS data showing that there had been no change in self-reported health between 2011 and 2021.
This represents a lost decade. It emphasises the need to put prevention at the heart of the Govt's plans to build health.
🔗 www.rsph.org.uk/about-us/new...
This represents a lost decade. It emphasises the need to put prevention at the heart of the Govt's plans to build health.
🔗 www.rsph.org.uk/about-us/new...
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PLEASE SHARE: Registration is now open for the next Introduction to Causal Inference Course for Health & Social Scientists (7-11 July 2025, Leeds, UK).
See more info & register here: www.causal.training
Note, we are not planning any other courses until 2027.
#CausalIntroCourse #EpiSky #CausalSky
See more info & register here: www.causal.training
Note, we are not planning any other courses until 2027.
#CausalIntroCourse #EpiSky #CausalSky
December 2, 2024 at 10:42 AM
PLEASE SHARE: Registration is now open for the next Introduction to Causal Inference Course for Health & Social Scientists (7-11 July 2025, Leeds, UK).
See more info & register here: www.causal.training
Note, we are not planning any other courses until 2027.
#CausalIntroCourse #EpiSky #CausalSky
See more info & register here: www.causal.training
Note, we are not planning any other courses until 2027.
#CausalIntroCourse #EpiSky #CausalSky
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Thank you JCE for this initiative! Our paper in JCE focused on using causal diagrams to avoid overadjustment bias @mkellyirving.bsky.social @samankhalatbari.bsky.social @pwgtennant.bsky.social www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
Avoiding overadjustment bias in social epidemiology through appropriate covariate selection: a primer
Obtaining accurate estimates of the causal effects of socioeconomic position (SEP)
on health is important for public health interventions. To do this, researchers must
identify and adjust for all pote...
www.jclinepi.com
November 26, 2024 at 11:43 PM
Thank you JCE for this initiative! Our paper in JCE focused on using causal diagrams to avoid overadjustment bias @mkellyirving.bsky.social @samankhalatbari.bsky.social @pwgtennant.bsky.social www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
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This feels like a thread worth re-visiting! 📌
Starting my background reading for a new research study this week. It's on the philosophy of causality in public health. Working with some great philosophers. But this medic needs Causality 101 to get up to speed before our January kick-off meeting. #PhilSci what texts do you recommend? Thanks!
November 26, 2024 at 11:18 AM
This feels like a thread worth re-visiting! 📌
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New Lancet paper 'The cost of not investing in the first 1000 days'.
Cites our Cochrane review on preschool-based feeding programmes in socio-economically deprived settings.
FEED STARVING CHILDREN in a timely way. Later (when they're older) may be too late.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 🧪
Cites our Cochrane review on preschool-based feeding programmes in socio-economically deprived settings.
FEED STARVING CHILDREN in a timely way. Later (when they're older) may be too late.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 🧪
The cost of not investing in the next 1000 days: implications for policy and practice
Building on the evidence from the first paper in this Series highlighting the fundamental
importance of healthy and nurturing environments for children's growth and development
in the next 1000 days (...
www.thelancet.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:34 AM
New Lancet paper 'The cost of not investing in the first 1000 days'.
Cites our Cochrane review on preschool-based feeding programmes in socio-economically deprived settings.
FEED STARVING CHILDREN in a timely way. Later (when they're older) may be too late.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 🧪
Cites our Cochrane review on preschool-based feeding programmes in socio-economically deprived settings.
FEED STARVING CHILDREN in a timely way. Later (when they're older) may be too late.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 🧪
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It is finally alive!
The almighty database of our mapineq.eu -Horizon Europe project. Design and implementation by @melindacmills.bsky.social and Doug Leisure, hosted at University of Groningen.
1/3
The almighty database of our mapineq.eu -Horizon Europe project. Design and implementation by @melindacmills.bsky.social and Doug Leisure, hosted at University of Groningen.
1/3
November 22, 2024 at 8:49 AM
It is finally alive!
The almighty database of our mapineq.eu -Horizon Europe project. Design and implementation by @melindacmills.bsky.social and Doug Leisure, hosted at University of Groningen.
1/3
The almighty database of our mapineq.eu -Horizon Europe project. Design and implementation by @melindacmills.bsky.social and Doug Leisure, hosted at University of Groningen.
1/3
NSW government comes down hard on vape suppliers www.healthservicesdaily.com.au/nsw-governme...
NSW government comes down hard on vape suppliers | Health Services Daily
New legislation could see maximum fines of up to $1.5m and imprisonment for up to seven years applied to those caught illegally supplying vaping products.
www.healthservicesdaily.com.au
November 19, 2024 at 8:07 PM
NSW government comes down hard on vape suppliers www.healthservicesdaily.com.au/nsw-governme...
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I'm happy to announce that my book, "The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health", is now out!
You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure: open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5...
You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure: open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5...
November 18, 2024 at 10:35 PM
I'm happy to announce that my book, "The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health", is now out!
You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure: open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5...
You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure: open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5...
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Hi folks, here's the thread I promised about the latest edition of Health Inequality. I hope it makes sense
#PublicHealth
#HealthInequality
#Equity
#SocialJustice
#Lifecourse
#Embodiment
#SystemsOfPower
#CommercialDeterminants
#Episky
#Academicsky
⏬
#PublicHealth
#HealthInequality
#Equity
#SocialJustice
#Lifecourse
#Embodiment
#SystemsOfPower
#CommercialDeterminants
#Episky
#Academicsky
⏬
The 3rd edition of Health Inequality has kept aspects of the older two editions that @zetkin.bsky.social originally wrote & so many found to be an accessible way into understanding the complexities of health inequalities, but there are new bits too
Here's a wee thread to explain what we've done 😉
Here's a wee thread to explain what we've done 😉
November 17, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Hi folks, here's the thread I promised about the latest edition of Health Inequality. I hope it makes sense
#PublicHealth
#HealthInequality
#Equity
#SocialJustice
#Lifecourse
#Embodiment
#SystemsOfPower
#CommercialDeterminants
#Episky
#Academicsky
⏬
#PublicHealth
#HealthInequality
#Equity
#SocialJustice
#Lifecourse
#Embodiment
#SystemsOfPower
#CommercialDeterminants
#Episky
#Academicsky
⏬
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Look what I finally received in the post!!
A real life copy of “Health Inequality” 3rd edition that Mel @zetkin.bsky.social & I have been working on for the last 2 years!
Would you be interested is a wee thread about this ed? If so, I’ll prepare one
It’s a good #socialepi & social science primer
A real life copy of “Health Inequality” 3rd edition that Mel @zetkin.bsky.social & I have been working on for the last 2 years!
Would you be interested is a wee thread about this ed? If so, I’ll prepare one
It’s a good #socialepi & social science primer
November 16, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Look what I finally received in the post!!
A real life copy of “Health Inequality” 3rd edition that Mel @zetkin.bsky.social & I have been working on for the last 2 years!
Would you be interested is a wee thread about this ed? If so, I’ll prepare one
It’s a good #socialepi & social science primer
A real life copy of “Health Inequality” 3rd edition that Mel @zetkin.bsky.social & I have been working on for the last 2 years!
Would you be interested is a wee thread about this ed? If so, I’ll prepare one
It’s a good #socialepi & social science primer
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In case you missed it, slides & readings from our
Reimagining Global Health
summer course is available here:
www.teachepi.org/courses/reim...
Reimagining Global Health
summer course is available here:
www.teachepi.org/courses/reim...
September 9, 2024 at 12:05 PM
In case you missed it, slides & readings from our
Reimagining Global Health
summer course is available here:
www.teachepi.org/courses/reim...
Reimagining Global Health
summer course is available here:
www.teachepi.org/courses/reim...
Reposted by Saman Khalatbari-Soltani
My wonderful colleague @zetkin.bsky.social & I have been working on the 3rd edition of “Health Inequality”
It will come out in Nov
More information here⬇️
#academicsky
#episky
#sociologysky
www.wiley.com/en-fr/Health...
It will come out in Nov
More information here⬇️
#academicsky
#episky
#sociologysky
www.wiley.com/en-fr/Health...
Health Inequality: An Introduction to Concepts, Theories and Methods, 3rd Edition
The persistence of stark health inequalities in today’s world is painfully clear to see, not least in the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and falling life expectancy in many parts of the world....
www.wiley.com
August 24, 2024 at 2:44 PM
My wonderful colleague @zetkin.bsky.social & I have been working on the 3rd edition of “Health Inequality”
It will come out in Nov
More information here⬇️
#academicsky
#episky
#sociologysky
www.wiley.com/en-fr/Health...
It will come out in Nov
More information here⬇️
#academicsky
#episky
#sociologysky
www.wiley.com/en-fr/Health...
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As part of the Gendhi project gendhi.eu/en/home/ we're developing a shiny app to support researchers working on social & health inequalities to select appropriate counterfactual causal inference models
Its in French for now, but we'll translate it & hopefully integrate other causal model types too
Its in French for now, but we'll translate it & hopefully integrate other causal model types too
Gendhi - Home
gendhi.eu
November 3, 2023 at 9:47 AM
As part of the Gendhi project gendhi.eu/en/home/ we're developing a shiny app to support researchers working on social & health inequalities to select appropriate counterfactual causal inference models
Its in French for now, but we'll translate it & hopefully integrate other causal model types too
Its in French for now, but we'll translate it & hopefully integrate other causal model types too
Reposted by Saman Khalatbari-Soltani
New opinion piece by David Wallace-Wells for the NYT argues for a broader framing of the American mortality disadvantage with more attention to structural analyses of the policies and systems contributing to poor health.
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/o...
October 20, 2023 at 1:35 PM
New opinion piece by David Wallace-Wells for the NYT argues for a broader framing of the American mortality disadvantage with more attention to structural analyses of the policies and systems contributing to poor health.
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/o...
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Hello ... are we ... SociSky? SocSky? Anyway, I'm on the ASA Public Understanding of Sociology award committee again this year, and last year most applications were self-nominations. Nominate yourself, a friend, a stranger you respect - due Jan 1 (why Jan 1 tho?).
www.asanet.org/about/awards...
www.asanet.org/about/awards...
Public Understanding of Sociology Award | American Sociological Association
The Public Understanding of Sociology Award is given annually to an ASA member or group of members who have made exemplary contributions to advance the public
www.asanet.org
October 23, 2023 at 10:21 PM
Hello ... are we ... SociSky? SocSky? Anyway, I'm on the ASA Public Understanding of Sociology award committee again this year, and last year most applications were self-nominations. Nominate yourself, a friend, a stranger you respect - due Jan 1 (why Jan 1 tho?).
www.asanet.org/about/awards...
www.asanet.org/about/awards...