3/ and Alfredo Morabia who spoke on "Epidemiology at a Crossroads: History, Misinformation, and the Defense of Public Health."

2/Issa Dahabreh who spoke on "Causal Inference and Causal Language for Observational Studies in Medical Journals," Stefanie Friedhoff who spoke on "Defending the Science, Losing the Narrative: A Path Forward for Health Promotion in Chaotic Information Ecosystems,"

From Harvard: 1/ The 9th Symposium in the Cutter Lectures on Preventive Medicine series on Friday, May 9, 2025 at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.This year's topic was "Medical Information and Misinformation - The Role of Epidemiology" and featured three preeminent speakers.

#SoonInAJPH: "The Mechanisms of the Long Term Effects of Racial Housing Inequalities Needs To Be Thought Through” Researchers must move beyond correlations to explain how past redlining shapes present-day health disparities.

#SoonInAJPH: "Was the Allocation of COVID Vaccines Globally Fair and Equitable?" Middle-income countries with high excess deaths, like Peru and South Africa, were inequitably treated in global vaccine distribution.

#SoonInAJPH: "Strategic Litigation, Public Health, and the Decriminalization of Same-Sex Sexual Intimacy: Lessons from Legal Challenges Across Former British Colonies" Criminalizing same-sex intimacy harms LGBTQ+ health worldwidepublic health experts can help challenge these laws.

#SoonInAJPH: "History of risk assessments of the organophosphate pesticide chlorpyrifos at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1980-2024" EPA assessments of chlorpyrifos long favored lab data over human epidemiology, influenced by corporate-aligned experts, delaying health protections.

#SoonInAJPH: "Polysubstance Use is Not Synonymous with Poly-Substance Use Disorder" New research explains why polysubstance use should not be equated with poly-substance use disorder.

#SoonInAJPH: "Building Community Research Capacity to Address Cardiovascular Health Disparities" An adapted curriculum significantly boosts community research capacity and participation in cardiovascular health initiatives.

#SoonInAJPH: "A Flexible Framework For Urgent Public Health Climate Action" A new framework supports U.S. health departments in urgent public health climate action with an accessible, adaptable approach.

#SoonInAJPH: "Health inequalities, disparities, equity, inequity: What’s in a name?" This paper clarifies the concepts of health inequalities, disparities, equity, and inequity, and encourages greater consensus in their use.

#SoonInAJPH "Barriers to gender-affirming care, healthcare services, and experiences of healthcare provider bias among transgender people in Nigeria" Transgender people in Nigeria face major barriers to gender-affirming and general healthcare, including provider discrimination and bias.

Public health surveillance or monitoring⁉️ What is clear is that we need both more than ever for evidence-based decision💪 #PopHealthLab @amjpublichealth.bsky.social @alfredomorabia.bsky.social @eupha.bsky.social @drtomfrieden.bsky.social ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...

Monitoring Is Not Enough | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 5

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#SoonInAJPH "Advancing a Research and Policy Agenda on Housing and Health" A research and policy agenda aimed at improving housing and health outcomes are proposed to foster a clearer collective understanding of the housing-health relationship and identify key intervention points.

#SoonInAJPH "Housing as a Determinant of Health: A Population-Level Approach" The Housing Quality Dimensions index identifies hotspots of housing concerns nationwide, highlighting that the dimensions of housing quality are highly interrelated.

"At the heart of the problem is the confusion between public health surveillance and health data science" #PopHealthLab @alfredomorabia.bsky.social ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...

Data Are Not Enough to Reimagine Public Health | AJPH | Vol. 110 Issue 11

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"Public health is often invisible — until it fails. Without these programs, there will be more outbreaks, more tobacco-related illnesses, and more Americans dying unnecessarily." 🙈🤯 @drtomfrieden.bsky.social @alfredomorabia.bsky.social #PopHealthLab www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/c...

Former CDC Director Tom Frieden: Cuts to the agency will cost American lives and dollars

The Office on Smoking and Health, the Environmental Health Laboratory, CDC Communications offices — the gutting of these teams will make America sicker, writes former CDC Director Tom Frieden.

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#SoonInAJPH "Considerations for a Research and Policy Agenda to Improve Housing and Health Outcomes" A research and policy agenda aims to clarify the housing-health link and identify key interventions.

Today, my cup of hope is overflowing thanks to @alfredomorabia.bsky.social and @booker.senate.gov. I will not sit quietly while history watches me and a tyrant threatens everything we hold dear.

#SoonInAJPH "Understanding Housing as a Determinant Of Health is a Population-Level Process and Requires Linking Multiple Dimensions of Housing Quality" The Housing Quality Dimensions Index maps U.S. housing concerns, showing how housing issues are connected.

#SoonInAJPH "Persistent Sadness, Violence, Bullying, and Screen Time Among NYC Public High School Teens, 2021" Students need support for violence, bullying, and cyberbullying, with a focus on prevention. More research is needed on screen time and teen mental health.

#SoonInAJPH "To Arms, Public Health Citizens!" Keeping "public health surveillance" as a powerful term to maintain firepower against public health threats.

#SoonInAJPH "The Public Health Workforce Beyond Government Health Departments: Proposing a New Definition" To understand the full scope of the public health workforce, we need to redefine it.

#SoonInAJPH "Building Common Ground for Public Health: Perspectives and Practice Experiences" Bringing together diverse perspectives and experiences to strengthen public health collaboration and impact.

#SoonInAJPH "Rethinking the Common Ground of Public Health and Religion" Exploring the shared values of public health and religion to create stronger, community-driven health solutions.

#SoonInAJPH "Addressing HIV Care Gaps: A Syndemic and Intersectional Framework for Transgender Women in India" A new framework combines syndemic theory and intersectionality to address barriers to HIV treatment for transgender women in India.

#SoonInAJPH "Adolescent Dating Violence and Suicide Planning among Girls in US High Schools: An Intracategorical Intersectional Analysis by Race and Ethnicity" Latina girls facing sexual dating violence are at higher suicide risk. Prevention efforts should address structural gendered racism.

"...small concessions to political pressures can snowball into broader suppression of research, censorship of public health information, and obstructions to scientific progress." Such an important & thoughtful piece by @alfredomorabia.bsky.social in AJPH: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/epdf/10....

#SoonInAJPH "The Evolving Overdose Crisis: United States Needs Robust Policy Change to Address the 4th Wave" Overdose prevention sites, treatment access, and safer supplies are key to fighting the overdose crisis.

Just published: AJPH’s statement on political interference with scientific publication. @alfredomorabia.bsky.social @amjpublichealth.bsky.social @apha.org ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/epdf/10....