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📢 Now hiring for a post-doctoral scholar for the Health x Housing Lab Population Health. Projects will include a qualitative study of pathways out of homelessness for older adults. Spread the word. Giselle Routhier, PhD …-lab-opportunities.mailchimpsites.com/hxh-lab-postdo…

3. One way being in academia has changed over the years is that the cognitive load we all face, at all career stages, has increased. Constant emails, text msgs, online trainings, paper work, the number of papers published, the # of things competing for our attention is staggering

"If [cities have] really done the cost-benefit analysis that includes issues of health and livability, they’ll find it’s a no-brainer: Smart surfaces are a win-win-win for communities." amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/08/1… via New York Amsterdam News

"Putting initiatives that emphasise economic and social independence can aid [in] improving liveability... every African city has a distinct context and set of problems and that intervention tactics should be customised and localized." goo.gl/scholar/RKxT81

"A dignified life means that persons can live how they wish to live, even as we may need to tolerate disagreement with how some wish to live. But living how people wish to live is best served by them not being encumbered by poor health." - Sandro Galea sandrogalea.substack.com/p/centering-di…

Co-pays are a barrier to care seeking among incarcerated. "Prison wages [range] between 4 cents and 40 cents/hour, making a $2 to $8 co-pay equate to a roughly $69 to $1,090 co-pay for the same number of hours of work among [those not] incarcerated." axios.com/2024/08/06/co-…

"The continued dominance of these individualistic theories is inexcusable... [how we] embody our societal and ecological context, shaped by political economies spanning from global to local, is [fundamental]." - Nancy Krieger journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

I'm humbled to work with some amazing people at ColumbiaSocialWork! #CommonMondayLunch

"'77% of people are concerned that they wouldn't be able to respond if they saw someone having an overdose... the more of us who are prepared to save a life, the more lives we can save.'" - Trent Hall, Ohio State medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-s… via Medical Xpress

"Climate change will not affect populations equally. [Financial institutions are engaging] in "bluelining"—building on the racist practice of "redlining"—where [high] environmental risk will further erode economic progress in climate-threatened areas." thinkglobalhealth.org/article/move-h…

"When you exist in spaces that weren’t built for you, remember, sometimes that just being you is the revolution." - Elaine Welteroth #InspiringQuotes #QuoteOfTheDay

"Tigard City Council has a goal of reducing homelessness by 2025 [by] adding shelter capacity, including a car camping program called Safe Parking. Safety and livability must remain front and center as we work to support those experiencing homelessness." tigardlife.com/local-news/opi…

"Italy has taken this painful lesson to heart, rebuilding its health care system with a new focus: Helping people avoid the hospital by getting their basic health needs met close to home." texastribune.org/2024/09/03/tex… via Texas Tribune Global Health NOW

Great Idea for Poster presentation...!!! Via Caroline O'Donnell/O'Flaherty Lab (Linkedin) #scicomm #scienceoutreach #sciencetalk #scienceposter

"A more fruitful approach was the holistic methods [of] rigorous observations and [to construct] logical systems... Sampson's findings [used this approach] to revive the idea of neighborhoods as a powerful way to create safer and more livable cities." safe-growth.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-ne…

I am incredibly proud of my daughter, Nishi Dsouza and all she has achieved at Columbia University University. Keep striving for excellence, and never stop reaching for the stars! You have so much potential, and I know you’ll continue to accomplish amazing things.

"'Economic development has been turned on its head in the sense that if you are not a community that is investing in that livability and lovability, you're missing the boat.' - Olympia's Economic Development Director Mike Reid" thejoltnews.com/stories/olympi…

Honored to present at the New York State Association for Rural Health's 2024 Symposium about housing, implementation science, and community-based system dynamics! NYS Association for Rural Health (NYSARH) Social Intervention Group

"While the role of structural factors (e.g., homelessness and unstable housing) is recognized, responsibility is often placed on patients for controlling their own success." Goal: Foster collective and community action against structural injustices. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…