Tia Palermo
@tiapalermo.bsky.social
President & Head of Research @prestopolicy.bsky.social | social protection, gender equality, violence, impact evaluation, facilitating evidence uptake, capacity building
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The US administration has just demanded that UNICEF “re-focus on its core mandate of assisting children, including those impacted by environmental events such as natural disasters, without using the rigid casting of climate as a root cause”
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June 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The US administration has just demanded that UNICEF “re-focus on its core mandate of assisting children, including those impacted by environmental events such as natural disasters, without using the rigid casting of climate as a root cause”
usun.usmission.gov/press-releas...
usun.usmission.gov/press-releas...
Spectrum News in Buffalo, NY featured work by Dr. Sarah Lima @smlima-mph.bsky.social highlighting how redlining policies reduce survival among women with breast cancer.
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May 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Spectrum News in Buffalo, NY featured work by Dr. Sarah Lima @smlima-mph.bsky.social highlighting how redlining policies reduce survival among women with breast cancer.
spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Lima @smlima-mph.bsky.social for her successful dissertation defense today! Sarah’s dissertation in #Epi at the University at Buffalo used data from the New York State Cancer Registry to examine how historical redlining influences mortality among breast cancer cases.
April 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Lima @smlima-mph.bsky.social for her successful dissertation defense today! Sarah’s dissertation in #Epi at the University at Buffalo used data from the New York State Cancer Registry to examine how historical redlining influences mortality among breast cancer cases.
Nobel-prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on what this admin is doing to the economy:
The US is a service economy. Manufacturing is <10% of the US economy.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAwB...
The US is a service economy. Manufacturing is <10% of the US economy.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAwB...
April 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Nobel-prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on what this admin is doing to the economy:
The US is a service economy. Manufacturing is <10% of the US economy.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAwB...
The US is a service economy. Manufacturing is <10% of the US economy.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAwB...
USAID spending was 0.3% of federal spending in 2024. Termination of funding for severe acute malnutrition is expected to cause an extra 163,500 child deaths this year. We can afford the financial cost, but the human cost from CHOOSING not to is unconscionable.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
April 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
USAID spending was 0.3% of federal spending in 2024. Termination of funding for severe acute malnutrition is expected to cause an extra 163,500 child deaths this year. We can afford the financial cost, but the human cost from CHOOSING not to is unconscionable.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Policies and programs that address poverty can have positive spillover effects – in a recent study we showed that US programs like TANF, EITC, SNAP, and Medicaid expansion reduced child abuse & neglect. Read a short overview in Public Health Post below.
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publichealthpost.org/health-equit...
March 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Policies and programs that address poverty can have positive spillover effects – in a recent study we showed that US programs like TANF, EITC, SNAP, and Medicaid expansion reduced child abuse & neglect. Read a short overview in Public Health Post below.
publichealthpost.org/health-equit...
publichealthpost.org/health-equit...
Read the full post here: open.substack.com/pub/faithdan...
March 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Read the full post here: open.substack.com/pub/faithdan...
Powerful words from Dr. Faith Danielle via the Advocacy Dose on Substack:
• "For decades, the system has made its own people inert to self-advocacy, stripping them of the ability to resist when the moment demands it."
Read the full post here: open.substack.com/pub/faithdan...
• "For decades, the system has made its own people inert to self-advocacy, stripping them of the ability to resist when the moment demands it."
Read the full post here: open.substack.com/pub/faithdan...
March 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Powerful words from Dr. Faith Danielle via the Advocacy Dose on Substack:
• "For decades, the system has made its own people inert to self-advocacy, stripping them of the ability to resist when the moment demands it."
Read the full post here: open.substack.com/pub/faithdan...
• "For decades, the system has made its own people inert to self-advocacy, stripping them of the ability to resist when the moment demands it."
Read the full post here: open.substack.com/pub/faithdan...
• • We are deeply concerned by the abrupt decisions of the United States to withdraw from the Paris Agreement as well as international institutions such as the Human Rights Council and the World Health Organization
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March 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
• • We are deeply concerned by the abrupt decisions of the United States to withdraw from the Paris Agreement as well as international institutions such as the Human Rights Council and the World Health Organization
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• We are also distressed by the problematic role of leading business actors in the new US administration, who are exerting undue influence without any mechanisms to prevent conflicts of interest. This opens the door to corporate capture of the US Government …
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March 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
• We are also distressed by the problematic role of leading business actors in the new US administration, who are exerting undue influence without any mechanisms to prevent conflicts of interest. This opens the door to corporate capture of the US Government …
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UN human rights experts expressed concerns about the new US administration today – some key excerpts:
• In today’s globalised and multi-polar world, no country can function without international cooperation and respect for international law.
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www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
• In today’s globalised and multi-polar world, no country can function without international cooperation and respect for international law.
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www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
March 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
UN human rights experts expressed concerns about the new US administration today – some key excerpts:
• In today’s globalised and multi-polar world, no country can function without international cooperation and respect for international law.
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www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
• In today’s globalised and multi-polar world, no country can function without international cooperation and respect for international law.
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www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Nothing says welcome home to Buffalo like spending more time on the runway than in the air bc they can’t get the jet bridge “unstuck from the snow”
December 5, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Nothing says welcome home to Buffalo like spending more time on the runway than in the air bc they can’t get the jet bridge “unstuck from the snow”
Tough question on representation in research came up in Q&A. @UBuffalo we had a panel on this topic: what is role of global north researchers in global south research, according to global south origin researchers now based in global north? www.buffalo.edu/globalhealth...
December 4, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Tough question on representation in research came up in Q&A. @UBuffalo we had a panel on this topic: what is role of global north researchers in global south research, according to global south origin researchers now based in global north? www.buffalo.edu/globalhealth...
For more on session topics check out links below:
Considerations for ethics in policy research: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Reporting ethics in social science research: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Ethics in violence research & referrals to services: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Considerations for ethics in policy research: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Reporting ethics in social science research: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Ethics in violence research & referrals to services: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 4, 2024 at 4:26 PM
For more on session topics check out links below:
Considerations for ethics in policy research: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Reporting ethics in social science research: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Ethics in violence research & referrals to services: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Considerations for ethics in policy research: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Reporting ethics in social science research: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Ethics in violence research & referrals to services: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Finally, on research transparency, Ana Garcia Hernandez @JPAL talks about how all studies at @JPAL must be registered & they encourage pre-registration before study starts.
Examples of where you can do this here!
www.3ieimpact.org/resources/ri...
www.who.int/clinical-tri...
Examples of where you can do this here!
www.3ieimpact.org/resources/ri...
www.who.int/clinical-tri...
December 4, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Finally, on research transparency, Ana Garcia Hernandez @JPAL talks about how all studies at @JPAL must be registered & they encourage pre-registration before study starts.
Examples of where you can do this here!
www.3ieimpact.org/resources/ri...
www.who.int/clinical-tri...
Examples of where you can do this here!
www.3ieimpact.org/resources/ri...
www.who.int/clinical-tri...
Next up, Amber Peterman on providing referral services for sensitive topics in surveys like violence in confidential ways? What if there are no quality services in study area – good news, there’s a pocket guide!
#Evidence4Impact
psea.interagencystandingcommittee.org/resources/gb...
#Evidence4Impact
psea.interagencystandingcommittee.org/resources/gb...
December 4, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Next up, Amber Peterman on providing referral services for sensitive topics in surveys like violence in confidential ways? What if there are no quality services in study area – good news, there’s a pocket guide!
#Evidence4Impact
psea.interagencystandingcommittee.org/resources/gb...
#Evidence4Impact
psea.interagencystandingcommittee.org/resources/gb...
What can we do to improve representation?
Journals can require global south authors from settings where research takes place
Collaborate more with local researchers
Increase grants for global south researchers to attend international conferences
@Monica_lambon
#Evidence4Impact
Journals can require global south authors from settings where research takes place
Collaborate more with local researchers
Increase grants for global south researchers to attend international conferences
@Monica_lambon
#Evidence4Impact
December 4, 2024 at 4:26 PM
What can we do to improve representation?
Journals can require global south authors from settings where research takes place
Collaborate more with local researchers
Increase grants for global south researchers to attend international conferences
@Monica_lambon
#Evidence4Impact
Journals can require global south authors from settings where research takes place
Collaborate more with local researchers
Increase grants for global south researchers to attend international conferences
@Monica_lambon
#Evidence4Impact
Next up, Monica Lambon-Quayefio from U Ghana shares disappointing stats on representation,: fewer than 20% of publications from 1990-2019 in top 20 development econ journals were published by global south researchers.
@Monica_lambon
#Evidence4Impact
@Monica_lambon
#Evidence4Impact
December 4, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Next up, Monica Lambon-Quayefio from U Ghana shares disappointing stats on representation,: fewer than 20% of publications from 1990-2019 in top 20 development econ journals were published by global south researchers.
@Monica_lambon
#Evidence4Impact
@Monica_lambon
#Evidence4Impact
First up, Douglas Mackay challenges us to ask, “when is a “pure control” (no intervention arm) acceptable?”
Standard of care: you can’t randomize people to a study arm inferior to the most effective intervention that agency has resources & authority to implement
Standard of care: you can’t randomize people to a study arm inferior to the most effective intervention that agency has resources & authority to implement
December 4, 2024 at 4:26 PM
First up, Douglas Mackay challenges us to ask, “when is a “pure control” (no intervention arm) acceptable?”
Standard of care: you can’t randomize people to a study arm inferior to the most effective intervention that agency has resources & authority to implement
Standard of care: you can’t randomize people to a study arm inferior to the most effective intervention that agency has resources & authority to implement
⭐ All star speakers include:
Indran Naidoo @IFAD
Douglas Mackay, UNC
Monica Lambon-Quayefio @UnivofGh
Amber Peterman, UNC
Ana Garcia Hernandez @JPAL
Indran Naidoo @IFAD
Douglas Mackay, UNC
Monica Lambon-Quayefio @UnivofGh
Amber Peterman, UNC
Ana Garcia Hernandez @JPAL
December 4, 2024 at 4:26 PM
⭐ All star speakers include:
Indran Naidoo @IFAD
Douglas Mackay, UNC
Monica Lambon-Quayefio @UnivofGh
Amber Peterman, UNC
Ana Garcia Hernandez @JPAL
Indran Naidoo @IFAD
Douglas Mackay, UNC
Monica Lambon-Quayefio @UnivofGh
Amber Peterman, UNC
Ana Garcia Hernandez @JPAL
Kicking off the final day of the @UNICEF & @WFP Global Impact Evaluation Forum with a session on #ethics in impact evaluation.
#Evidence4Impact
www.unicef.org/evaluation/s...
#Evidence4Impact
www.unicef.org/evaluation/s...
December 4, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Kicking off the final day of the @UNICEF & @WFP Global Impact Evaluation Forum with a session on #ethics in impact evaluation.
#Evidence4Impact
www.unicef.org/evaluation/s...
#Evidence4Impact
www.unicef.org/evaluation/s...
At UNICEF and World Food Programme Global Impact Evaluation Forum, Dean Karlan @USAID on tough choices & challenges in impact evaluation: Making the case to:
1) spend less money on study designs that don’t credibly answer question at hand >>
1) spend less money on study designs that don’t credibly answer question at hand >>
December 3, 2024 at 5:36 PM
At UNICEF and World Food Programme Global Impact Evaluation Forum, Dean Karlan @USAID on tough choices & challenges in impact evaluation: Making the case to:
1) spend less money on study designs that don’t credibly answer question at hand >>
1) spend less money on study designs that don’t credibly answer question at hand >>
Yesterday was a great start to the UNICEF and World Food Programme Global Impact Evaluation Forum 2024. Some key takeaways from Day 1:
#Evidence4impact
#Evidence4impact
December 3, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Yesterday was a great start to the UNICEF and World Food Programme Global Impact Evaluation Forum 2024. Some key takeaways from Day 1:
#Evidence4impact
#Evidence4impact