Thrilled to be part of this team to talk with experts about how to advance #healthequity throughout the research life cycle. We just released 4 Episodes and more to come!

Our bodies are not designed to absorb and process this much violence, loss, and grief.

As always, I learned so much from Bei Wu through our conversation about some of the challenges that we face in conducting health disparities research in older adults. Chinese Gerontology Studies Interest Group (CGSIG) #gerotwitter

I'm not sure who needs to hear this, but if you're on a Mac and HATE the new Microsoft Word update with "modern comments," you can disable them in preferences like this. You're welcome.

Breaking News from #AAIC22: New studies found that experiences of structural, interpersonal and institutional racism are associated with lower memory scores and worse cognition in midlife and old age, especially among Blacks. More at bit.ly/3oMmW7E. #ENDALZ

In a recent The New York Times story, Benjamin Mueller reports on our latest research, which examined changes in racial/ethnic and geographic disparities in Covid-19 mortality during the second year of the pandemic. Thread 1/8. nytimes.com/2022/07/28/hea…

Very excited to be part of this important project to look at hospitalizations from the life course perspective #gerotwitter Duke Aging Center

BREAKING: White House issues new policy that will require, by 2026, all federally-funded research results to be freely available to public without delay, ending longstanding ability of journals to paywall results for up to 1 year. Coverage coming on ScienceInsider.

Medicare's annual wellness visits (AWVs) should be updated to meet the needs of a diverse population of older adults including adding hearing, vision, oral health, unsafe medications, urinary incontinence, falls and what matters to the patient. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Caring for aging parents carries huge costs for adult children in their work life--reduced income, lost jobs, less social security. Its time for paid caregiving leave, caregiver social security credits. Great Paula Span article nytimes.com/2022/09/04/sci…

Tips on writing a NIH R01 on #AI. In last 6 weeks our group landed 4 NIH / National Cancer Institute R & U grants on #AI in #imaging & #medicine. I got a number of enquiries about grant writing tips. I share some thoughts below. Also free offer - Happy to review & provide f/b on your S aims page

JUST OUT: HHS.gov and ACL have released the 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers with nearly 350 actions the federal government will take to support family caregivers in the coming years. Read the announcement here: ow.ly/mngy50KPCgw #Cargiving

🚨New Stata package alert🚨 I have finished a complete overhaul of the 𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘁 suite of ultra-fast graphing commands for large datasets! Updated commands: ✅ use simplified syntax ✅ are downloadable from SSC ✅ come with detailed help files ✅ allow for finer customization

The legendary Jennie Chin Hansen, pioneer in Geriatrics, A founder of On Lok/PACE, president emeritus AARP and American Geriatrics Society receives UC San Francisco's highest recognition for career achievement. Video nicely shows her vision, passion, kindness youtu.be/AxBvn3ku1C4

Our new #LongCovid study in JAMA: Estimating the risk and duration of 3 common #LongCovid symptom clusters after symptomatic #COVID19 A thread 🧵

This literally just made my day #AcademicTwitter

Carl V. Hill Amy Kind, MD, PhD Kacie D @donaldhtaylorjr Dr. Amanda M. Simanek, PhD, MPH (she/her) Ronica Rooks Hanzhang Xu 许含章 Jennifer Schrack, PhD Kathleen "Kathie" Welsh-Bohmer Percy Griffin Tyson Brown patriciaj Whitney R. Robinson #ENDALZ

NEW: The Alzheimer's Association 2023 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures report estimates that 6.7 million Americans 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s dementia, one of the costliest conditions to society. #AlzResearch bit.ly/3mWr2N0

A powerful editorial by ⁦Science Magazine⁩ EIC ⁦Holden Thorp, dormant account⁩ on NIH and the shameful China Initiative. “The agency’s allegations and investigations have not only destroyed careers but also eroded trust in the agency and federal government…” science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

I need people to understand how difficult it is to get an NIH grant. You spend months writing a proposal, following strict guidelines that include a detailed multiyear budget, bios of everyone on your team, plans for participant safety & ethical conduct. Then you send it off -1/n