In an otherwise largely homogeneous sample of female nurses, participants identifying as lesbian or bisexual had markedly earlier mortality during the study period compared with heterosexual women. ja.ma/3JxLZ99

Very happy to announce that I joined the IZA network as a research affiliate!!

Many thanks to Kitt Carpenter and Analisa Packham for the nominations.

Our new study finds same-sex couples are at greater risk of the negative effects of climate change. 'It helps to shine a light on what is likely a much larger and more complicated picture for all LGBTQ people.' - Ari Shaw #EarthDay kqed.org/science/199241…

🚨🚨🚨our newest paper in JAMA Network Open demonstrates that a majority of US acute care hospitals do not admit Black Medicare patients proportional to their market area using our new Local Hospital Segregation Index. JAMA Network Open Amber E. Barnato MD

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Please submit your papers and help spread the word for one of the dopest health conferences in the region!

Alarming rise in mental health distress among transgender adults in the US highlights the urgent need for better access to gender-affirming and mental health services. #TransRights #MentalHealthAwareness

Read more: buff.ly/3W0Mf83

@donnfeir Sam

The most insanely talented student I’ve ever met! So excited for you and cannot wait to see what you achieve!!!

Reminder that the Journal of Economics, Race and Policy has a Call for Papers for a Special Issue on LGBTQ+ Economics! The deadline is April 15, 2024.

link.springer.com/journal/41996/…

Guest Editors: Patrick Button (they/he), Donn. L. Feir & Kitt Carpenter

Tomorrow at 4pm (UK time), I am excited to present a seminar at the Queer Populations and Policies (QPaP), focusing on the changes in employment and health before and after legal gender transitions. Looking forward!

Sign up via the link below! ⬇️

Just posted: Arnold Ventures has put together guidance for conducting power analyses of various causal research designs (RCTs and non-RCTs).

Huge thanks to Stephen Billings, Jonah Gelbach, and Kevin Schnepel for their help with this.

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Plenty of time to sign up to this months seminar - details below #queerdata #lgbtresearch

This month's seminar: 28th March 2024 4-5pm (UK time)

Dynamics in Health and Employment Before and After Transgender Transitioning: Evidence from Administrative Data.

Elisa de Weerd, PhD Candidate, Erasmus School of Economics, sign up here: forms.gle/8miJQYqQH7wjfo…. #queerdata

Findings suggest wildfire smoke causes a 2.8 percent increase in workplace injuries. Impacts are widespread across workers and occur at pollution levels below regulatory thresholds, from Marika Cabral and Marcus Dillender nber.org/papers/w32232

New in First Look: Using BRFSS survey data from 2014–2021 @donnfeir and Sam show that the transgender–cisgender mental health disparity in the United States has worsened over time.

Read more here: buff.ly/3v292VH

🚨New research out AJPH with Donn. L. Feir 🚨

Using data from CDC/BRFSS we document trends in the transgender-cisgender mental health and frequent mental distress disparities

ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJ…

We have another great seminar lined up for this week. Still time to sign up! See the link in the quoted tweet (are they still called tweets?) This will be a great session so you won't want to miss it!

The non-profit RAND is conducting online focus groups with prior service members discharged under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell or similar policies to try to improve the Review Board process for correcting military records. Learn more and register: respond.rand.org/wix/2/p8683273…

Out now in J. of Climate Change and Health with Sam and Gilbert Gonzales, PhD, MHA, here are 7 actions to reduce climate change-related harms for LGBTQ+ populations. @LGBTPolicyLabVU MHS Vanderbilt RAND
doi.org/10.1016/j.jocl…

CfP!
4th (virtual) discrimination & diversity workshop, 2-3 July

Great line-up of speakers, with sessions on
Inequalities in education,
LGBTQ+ individuals,
Stereotypes,
Social integration and migrant children, and
Access to healthcare
sites.google.com/view/dnd-works…

#EconTwitter

“I wanna thank all the evil gays!!!”

—Jennifer Coolidge winning her second Emmy for The White Lotus lol