Dear Friends - please consider supporting our collaborators and friends in Cebu, Philippines affected by Supertyphoon Rai- widespread destruction, loss of power and water during an already difficult time. All funds go directly to OPS employees in need gofund.me/2178fccb

In Chicago neighborhoods with frequent complaints about excessive police force, Black women are at greater risk of preterm delivery and developing cardiovascular disease find Foundations of Health Research Center's Alexa Freedman & Greg Miller and @N3Initiative's Andrew Papachristos. science.org/doi/full/10.11…

Not too late to apply for our summer institute--great opportunity to network and learn about theory and method at the biosocial interface: russellsage.org/summer-institu…

Provocative findings from a cool study led by the amazing Monica Kidd! Hopefully just the beginning of a productive collaboration.

If you want to read or retweet - here's the article! academic.oup.com/emph/article/1…

Just out, with Kathie Harris @uncpopcenter.bsky.social: A short perspective piece laying out our vision for why/how biosocial research is important to countering simplistic determinism and reductionism in biomedicine rdcu.be/cIEnk

Congratulations to Thomas McDade Thomas McDade, new co-director of the CIFAR Child & Brain Development program alongside Candice Odgers. We thank Takao Hensch for his leadership in the role as he steps into the role of program advisor. cifar.ca/research-progr…

How do people respond to trauma? Thomas McDade and Brian Mustanski, PhD study how LGBTQIA+ youth responded to difficult experiences and find prior active inflammation may make people more vulnerable to mental health issues after experiencing a traumatic event. spr.ly/6017KvW0V

Terrific ceremony, and wonderful opportunity to meet other members. Excited to be part of the NAS community!

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Small fully vaxxed cohort followed across Omicron wave in Chicago. 1 in 5 reported a breakthrough infection. An additional 2 in 5 showed serological evidence of infection, in absence of symptoms. Both groups got big antibody boosts.

Excited to share our paper linking BW and mom's pregn energy to offspring epigen clocks at Cebu. Slower fetal growth/LBW--> poorer adult health in males but not females, consistent with our past work w/CVD biomarkers Calen P. Ryan 🌊 Kobor Lab Thomas McDade USC-OPS tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

1,000,000 congratulations to @MbulloOwuor who is now Dr. Patrick Mbullo Owuor!!!! His #PhD defense was stellar, the contributions to #biosocial #biocultural #anthroplogy impressive, & insights into #dams fantastic. We are proud to call him a student, friend & colleague. E2HD

Check out our new paper led by the amazing @jessicapolos, with Stephanie Koning Taylor W. Hargrove & Kiarri Kershaw, developing new approaches for studying the impact of structural racism on adolescents in Add Health Research. urldefense.com/v3/__https://d…

Fixed the link (I think): sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Very excited to be a part of this amazing T32 program: isgmh.northwestern.edu/2022/09/15/t32… If you know anyone interested in a postdoc focused on LGBTQ health equity please encourage them to apply (or reach out to me for more info).

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