Boring cities are bad for health! "Very [soon, neuroscientific findings will be] key information to be weighed up alongside structural-load calculations, [etc. This change] will improve our health [and] make our world much more joyful and engaging." wired.com/story/boring-c…

Parenting is a public health crisis. Idea: "'Underparenting requires structural change... [we need to] build back our tolerance for children in public spaces... and create safe environments where lightly supervised kids can roam freely.'” bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg CityLab

"God never created an illegal person; systems do that. The heartache, fear, confusion, and lack of respect visited on our undocumented brothers and sisters is not God’s plan, and should not be our tool of choice." inquirer.com/opinion/commen…

I am overjoyed to share that I will be joining the faculty at the University of North Florida Brooks College of Health as an Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Science. North or nowhere; it's time to soar! University of North Florida

Question for #AcademicTwitter! Where do you report your postdoc experience in your CV? Under the education heading, job experience heading, or elsewhere? PostdocVoice Academic Chatter™

"A new economy inspired by Francis of Assisi can and must become an economy of friendship with the earth and an economy of peace.” - Pope Francis #RIP #PopeFrancis #EconomyOfFrancesco

Call for Applications! Are you an early-career academician and/or junior-level postgraduate student in West and Central Africa? Apply for the Advanced Biostatistics Regional Training Workshop on September 22 - 26, 2025. 📍Dakar, Senegal Registration: buff.ly/sGDGYVh

A wonderful paper. Cash alone is insufficient to meaningfully affect outcomes. What will work? Deimplementation of structural racism. How can we get there? Centering deimplementation of structural racism as a funders' priority and a policy goal.

“It was not by accident that the greatest thinkers of all ages were deeply religious souls.” - Max Planck #QuoteOfTheDay #InspirationalQuote