1/#CaLeg just took a BIG step towards creating safer #cannabis market w. passage of #AB1207 – The Cannabis Candy Child Safety Act - through Assembly! Special THX to bill authors ASM Jacqui Irwin, Josh Lowenthal, @AsmKevinMcCarty! Next: CA Senate! Press Release: gettingitrightfromthestart.org/wp-content/upl…

Excited to share this paper on #intersectionality and #measurement #invariance testing with Ellicott Matthay Betsy McCoach. We found evidence of intersectional measurement invariance for the PHQ-8 across 16 intersectional subgroups using the alignment method. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

1/From Mercury News & East Bay Times editorial re: #AB1207 (ASM Jacqui Irwin): “The #cannabis industry (is) putting profit before children’s health by marketing…#edibles that mimic kids’ favorite candy, soda & snacks.” #CALeg CA Senate Dems CA Senate Republicans Governor Gavin Newsom bit.ly/3PXqgvo

Check out my latest paper in the International Journal of Drug Policy: Alignment in local approaches to alcohol and cannabis control policy: A case study of California cities and counties authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S09…

1/9: We’ve seen in the news that AI has reached its “Oppenheimer moment”—so it’s concerning to see the policy conversations about AI dominated by the tech giant advocates pushing for its rapid development. That's why I’m thrilled to launch AIPI 🤖🏛️...🧵

Politico: “Colson views it this way: The top scientists at the biggest AI firms believe that they can make artificial intelligence a billion times more powerful than today’s most advanced models, creating “something like a god” within five years. His proposal to stop them:

JUST OUT: An impressive study in JAMA Psychiatry concludes that the #Oregon decrim initiative (and a similar law in #Washington) DID NOT result in an increase in #overdose fatalities. Evidence-based studies were & are crucial to sustaining support for #decrim jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

Have you every wondered how generalizability or transportability work with difference-in-differences? Check it out in a new preprint with Ellicott Matthay and Kara Rudolph. arxiv.org/abs/2310.17806

Announcing our 2023 Pilot Project Grant Program awardees for the Center for Opioid Epidemiology & Policy! med.nyu.edu/departments-in…

Join my team! #Hiring a dynamic, experienced, & equity-oriented Assistant Program Director to launch a new Center on community engagement in diabetes research. If you're passionate about real-deal partnerships & impactful research this position is for you! lnkd.in/eB5p8kEt

A one- or two-year postdoctoral fellowship position is available at COEP in collaboration with a research team in the Department of Epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. med.nyu.edu/research/postd…

Come work with us at COEP! Brilliant researchers, dedicated to improving the health of underserved populations, strong sense of community, great training resources, kind and warm culture. What more could you ask for?

Pleased to announce @AliRowhani's appointment appointment as the director of @UWFIPRP! One of the foremost researchers in firearm injury prevention, Ali will lead work to inform equitable programs, practices and policies that prevent firearm-related harm. buff.ly/49ztaNl

Why am I so critical of conventional racial inequality research? I'm glad you asked that question. Let me explain!

🚨 THRILLED to announce our #LiberateMethadone Conference Report is finally published! Amazing collaborative effort from our Population Health Center for Opioid Epidemiology and Policy, National Survivors Union (NSU, formerly USU) and National Coalition to Liberate Methadone, & support from Pew Health. Access: liberatemethadone.org/conference 👏👏

My new commentary in Nature Reviews Psychology: "Why clinical research fails to improve population mental health" rdcu.be/dKvIs