Marc A. Garcia (@proflatinxhlth) 's Twitter Profile
Marc A. Garcia

@proflatinxhlth

He/Him/His | Latinx Aging & Health Scholar | #BlackLivesMatter

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calendar_today20-06-2020 16:51:51

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Jason Resendez (@jason_r_dc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This #LaborDay, let's recognize family caregivers: the $600 billion workforce we rarely see. They're the backbone of our healthcare system & economy yet often struggle to put food on the table. It's time we better support our #caregivernation!

This #LaborDay, let's recognize family caregivers: the $600 billion workforce we rarely see. They're the backbone of our healthcare system & economy yet often struggle to put food on the table. It's time we better support our #caregivernation!
Maxwell School (@maxwellsu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Via Spectrum News NY1: ā€œIt doesn’t matter your age or your gender or your race, or your level of education, or your income or your health status. If you’re disabled, you’re about two times more likely to die than a non-disabled person,ā€ says Prof. @scottdlandes. bit.ly/47gXVqJ

Jenjira Yahirun (@jenjirayahirun) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Calling all migration & health scholars! Consider submitting to the ISA session (Rabat, Morocco, July 6-11, 2025) "Structural Forces Leading to Cumulative Disadvantage in Immigrant’s Health". Deadline is 10/15. isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2…

Centro PR (@centropr) 's Twitter Profile Photo

CENTRO condemns the racist, demeaning, ignorant, and grossly offensive remarks made by Tony Hinchcliffe during the campaign rally for Trump at Madison Square Garden yesterday afternoon. Full statement → centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/news/a-respons… #PuertoRico 🪔

Amy Thierry, PhD, MPH (@amydthierry) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The application portal for our tenure track position in public health is still open! We’re looking for a stellar teacher-researcher to join our department at Xavier in New Orleans. Happy to answer questions.

Bonnielin Swenor PhD (@bonnieswenorphd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

šŸ“¢To my disability community: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is conducting a survey to understand the barriers that people with disabilities experience in accessing healthcare. Please share with your networks! gaosurvey.gao.gov/jfe/form/SV_4N…

Samantha Artiga (@sartiga2) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How we measure race and ethnicity matters for health disparities. Learn more about how federal racial and ethnic measures have changed over time, and how they’ve been used in ways that both perpetuate and reduce disparities in our new KFF explainer kff.org/racial-equity-…

Claire Kamp Dush (@clairekampdush) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I was a guest on the Inside Higher Ed jobs podcast. I talked about the job market, and getting rejected, and we talked so much it ended up as a two-part podcast. So, check it out! E65: How to Promote Yourself and Keep Going in Your Job Search higheredjobs.transistor.fm/episodes/e65-h…

Nekehia (@nekehia1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Come work with me in the ocean state!!! My department is hiring 3 tenure-track faculty in Public Health: Health Policy: jobs.uri.edu/postings/14405 Biostatistics/Epidemiology: jobs.uri.edu/postings/14462 Community-Based Research: jobs.uri.edu/postings/14485 Share with your networks!

Marc A. Garcia (@proflatinxhlth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Below is a link to a talk I recently gave at the National Academies' Workshop on Health and Disability among Working-Age Adults: Trends, Disparities, and Implications for Employment and Federal Programs vimeo.com/1039019709

Steven E. Alvarado (@sealvarado_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We must defend birthright citizenship. Under the proposed policy, I would be denied U.S. citizenship because my parents were undocumented. There would be one less Latino professor at an elite university and the nation would not be any safer. The 14th amendment is unconditional.

Samantha Artiga (@sartiga2) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In yesterday's exchange with Senator Angela Alsobrooks, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. suggested that Black people have different immunity than White people. As I write in a KFF QuickTake, the idea of biological differences by race is disproven & has harmful consequences kff.org/quick-take/rac…

In yesterday's exchange with <a href="/Sen_Alsobrooks/">Senator Angela Alsobrooks</a>, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. suggested that Black people have different immunity than White people. As I write in a <a href="/KFF/">KFF</a> QuickTake, the idea of biological differences by race is disproven &amp; has harmful consequences kff.org/quick-take/rac…
PAA (@popassocamerica) 's Twitter Profile Photo

PAA and Association of Population Centers Presidents express alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. ow.ly/WAP850URObS

PAA and <a href="/PopCenters/">Association of Population Centers</a> Presidents express alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. ow.ly/WAP850URObS
Ellie Wolfe (@elliew0lfe) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: Faculty and staff at Johns Hopkins were told not to intervene if ICE agents come to campus looking to detain community members. Employees were also told to not help community members leave or hide, if they are being sought by federal agents. Read: thebaltimorebanner.com/education/high…