To further encourage the mass exodus of #AcademicTwitter to bluesky, here is a starter pack I made for folks who study families/ social relationships and health! go.bsky.app/TR96EFy

📢Mark your calendars ‼️ You won't want to miss the upcoming spring 2025 CAPS events. We have an exciting line-up, including virtual & hybrid seminars. More information coming soon‼️

Resharing this again!

🎉 Call for Abstracts! Thrilled to co-edit a special issue on dementia-inclusive & age-friendly community planning for Taylor & Francis Research Insights @Planning_Practice_Research! Join us in bridging research & practice for more inclusive spaces 🌟 Submit your abstracts by March 31 📑: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues…

Looking forward to attending, catching up with friends, seeing the cherry blossoms 🌸, presenting, and chairing a session at #PAA2025!

📢You're invited‼️ Check out the webinar on the National Health & Aging Trends Study National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) & its insights into older adult #ruralhealth! Presented by: Jennifer Schrack, PhD & Maureen Skehan 📅 January 30, 2025 ⏰ 12 noon (Central) 🌟 Register here: tinyurl.com/377zhdxn

Stay warm!

Woohoo! I reached 1,000 citations! (Hope this translates to a job somehow, in this economy!😅)

📢 Call for papers‼️ @ia4phs Annual Conference: "Community Engagement in Population Health Science." #IAPHS2025 #PopHealth 📍 Sept 8-11, Pittsburgh ⭐️ Submit by March 10❗️ ▶️ Details: bit.ly/3EefInP

On Feb 17 11:45am ET, join Thoại Ngô, PhD (he/him/anh) of ColumbiaPopFam at ColumbiaPublicHealth and Brian Thiede of Penn State for a conversation on Population Health and Migration in a Changing Climate, first in its PopTalks series: mailchi.mp/cumc/introduci…

Not sure how to say it, but fine. Without DEI-focused initiatives, we will continue to be twice as productive, competitive, and excellent as our baseline peers. 😀

🚨I've posted BRFSS data in SAS, R, and Stata formats for 1987-2023 here on this Mendeley Data Repository Free to use without restriction! data.mendeley.com/datasets/shs97…

Removing 'welfare,' 'social protections,' and other 'bad' words from the grant I’m submitting next week.

📢 Save the date‼️ Join the annual Workshop on Determinants of Adult Mortality, Morbidity, & Healthy Aging in LMICs. 🗓️ March 7 | 11:15am ET 📍Hosted by the Center on the Economics & Demography of Aging ⭐️Register for Zoom information: bit.ly/40RQxiT

Breaking my Twitter/X hiatus to say: At least 6 jobs I applied for (a mix of postdocs & TTAPs) were rescinded—3 of which I was a finalist for.

🍊PhD in Maxwell PhD in Social Science 🦁Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn State 💡🏡Assistant Professor, Department of Gerontology, UMass Boston starting Fall 2025. I am overwhelmed with gratitude. Longer gratitude post on my Linkedin.

📣 Calling all students and early-career scholars in public policy and public administration: Together with Hannah Lebovits, we’ve put together a collaborative, evolving resource list to help you navigate the field, no matter where you're starting from. Inside you’ll find:

🚨 Southeast Asians applying to PhD programs in the U.S. or Canada for Fall 2026: We’re launching a free 10-part Zoom series to help you prepare. It’s part of the new SEAREG Pre-Doc Fellowship, launching this month. Starts Sept 2 PDT / Sept 3 morning across Southeast Asia.🧵👇

Below is a contribution I recently wrote for Generations Today on promoting cognitive healthy life expectancies. generations.asaging.org/the-new-brain-…