Over the past 2 years I've been guest editing a special issue for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics on #water & #nutrition in a changing world. I spoke w/ the EIC of JAND Linda Snetselaar about this SI & why #watersecurity is critical to nutrition and health www.youtube.com/watch?v=poZ8...

The Hidden Nutrient: Why Water Security is the Foundation of Health

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Over the past 2 years I've been guest editing a special issue for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics on #water & #nutrition in a changing world. I spoke w/ the EIC of JAND Linda Snetselaar about this SI & why #watersecurity is critical to nutrition and health www.youtube.com/watch?v=poZ8...

The Hidden Nutrient: Why Water Security is the Foundation of Health

YouTube video by Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Two postdoctoral opportunities in evolutionary anthropology at Duke University! The Pontzer Lab is hiring for projects on human ecology, energetics, and aging & health. More info: www.hbes.com/two-postdoct...

Two postdoctoral opportunities in evolutionary anthropology at Duke - HBES

https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30783 Position Description The Pontzer Lab in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University seeks two Postdoctoral Associates for research in h...

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I was on @npr.org's #Shortwave Science Podcast in which they discuss whether you really need sports drinks talking about #hydration, oral rehydration salts, and more! Check it out: www.npr.org/transcripts/...

In the quest to maximize hydration, do you really need extra electrolytes? : Short Wave

U.S. consumers spend more than $10 billion a year on sports drinks, according to Beverage Industry, a trade publication. And we can’t lie that sometimes a Gatorade or electrolyte tablet sounds really ...

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In this new paper led by Amanda McGrosky, we demonstrate that #water needs are substantially higher among pastoralists living in a hot, semi-arid environment than worldwide water recommendations. academic.oup.com/emph/article...

High water turnover, hydration status, and heat stress among Daasanach pastoralists in a hot, semi-arid climate

AbstractBackground and objectives. Water is essential for proper physiological function. As temperatures increase, populations may struggle to meet water n

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🎙️ JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: @ciddpsu.bsky.social Ctr for Infectious Disease Dynamics at PSU is searching for a Full or Associate Professor in Infectious Disease Modeling. This is a unique, cross-university search for someone to become a leader in our community! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

Full or Associate Professor in Infectious Disease Modeling

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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It was really fun getting texts and calls from old friends that they heard me on NPR this morning! Really enjoyed talking to NPR's @pien-huang.bsky.social about #water needs and #dehydration - have a listen! @psuanthro.bsky.social @pennstateuniv.bsky.social @pop.psu.edu www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...

What's the deal with electrolyte drinks — do you need them to stay hydrated?

Seems like nobody's drinking plain water these days. Electrolyte packets or colorful sports drinks are everywhere. But do you need them?

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one of my favorite things about knowing so many amazing researchers is hearing them on @npr.org! I woke up to texts this morning from people saying they heard @asherrosinger.bsky.social talking about hydration!! www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...

What's the deal with electrolyte drinks — do you need them to stay hydrated?

Seems like nobody's drinking plain water these days. Electrolyte packets or colorful sports drinks are everywhere. But do you need them?

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Excited to share our paper in the Aug issue of Hypertension! Shockingly no health standards exist for sodium & chloride in drinking water, only palatability standards. We show water NaCl is assoc w higher BP, hypertension & albuminuria w effects below palatability www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....

All-star alert! Huge congratulations to @kellyrosinger.bsky.social and team on their Gates Foundation grant!

Penn State College of Education@psuedu.bsky.social · last yr.

The College Admissions Futures Co-Laborative, with Associate Professor @kellyrosinger.bsky.social as a key partner, has secured a $560K grant to study the long-term impact of test-optional admissions on student success—aiming to inform more equitable policies. bit.ly/424Otob

New at Can We Still Govern: An anonymous NIH employee maps out the GOP budget gameplan to permanently gut our most important science agency. Impoundment, delay and red tape will create artificial "savings" that become the new benchmark for NIH budgets. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nih-bu...

The NIH budget is on a fast track to disaster

An NIH insider explains what Republicans are likely to do next, and what we can do

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On this #WorldWaterDay2025, I'm up in northern Kenya working to better understand how variation in drinking water salinity is affecting human health & potential interventions. This issue will be increasingly important as freshwater salinization affects more water supplies hhd.psu.edu/college-news...

🌎HUMAN ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY Human Biology, Climate Change & Sustainability This contribution to our latest Article Collection reports on hydration status & heat perception among children & adults in a semi-arid environment in relation to heat stress measures www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Ambient temperature and wet bulb globe temperature outperform heat index in predicting hydration status and heat perception in a semi-arid environment

Climate change is increasing temperatures, frequency of heatwaves, and erratic rainfall, which threatens human biology and health, particularly in already extreme environments. Therefore, it is imp...

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“Salt intake is a key risk factor for hypertension and chronic kidney disease. Yet, drinking water is overlooked as a source of salt,” Rosinger explained. “This study will help us understand how much it matters when saltwater enters our drinking water” smartwatermagazine.com/news/penn-st...

Drinking water is getting saltier. How does that affect humans?

In the United States and across the world, research shows that groundwater is becoming saltier. Higher levels of salts in water may be harmful to people...

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U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World. Story by @stephanienolen.bsky.social Gift link nyti.ms/41yWNgN

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World (Gift Article)

Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

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Really important thread from one of the best program officers NSF had - if you are wondering about NSF read below

Jeremy Koster@jeremykoster.bsky.social · last yr.

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

YIKES!!! The climate change and health initiative website at NIH is gone! All these websites from climateandhealth.nih.gov are down cc' @katharinehayhoe.com @cchyale.bsky.social @climatehealthcafe.bsky.social

A bright spot - one of my mentored undergrads just had a first author paper published!! We evaluated how different #heatstress measures relate to #hydration status & #thermal #heat perception in a semi-arid environment. tl/dr: Ambient temp & WBGT > heat index www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

YIKES!!! The climate change and health initiative website at NIH is gone! All these websites from climateandhealth.nih.gov are down cc' @katharinehayhoe.com @cchyale.bsky.social @climatehealthcafe.bsky.social

The Epidemic Intelligence Service was incredibly formative for me & 2 of the best years of my career. This is such a travesty and utterly thoughtless. EIS is the best of the best. They are losing those who could go into medicine, industry, etc & instead choose to make less to serve public health

Dr. Tom Frieden@drtomfrieden.bsky.social · last yr.

The abrupt terminations of more than 1,000 employees, including new Epidemic Intelligence Officers, across CDC are deeply disturbing. For more than 70 years, EIS officers have served on America’s front line as its disease detectives, ready at a moment’s notice to respond to emerging outbreaks.

The abrupt terminations of more than 1,000 employees, including new Epidemic Intelligence Officers, across CDC are deeply disturbing. For more than 70 years, EIS officers have served on America’s front line as its disease detectives, ready at a moment’s notice to respond to emerging outbreaks.

Apparently all institute directors are being asked to retire - this would set back NIH to the stone age

Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪@altnih4science.bsky.social · last yr.

We are hearing that there is a meeting of all NIH IC directors happening now. We are also hearing, from several sources, rumors about director and assistant director level removals coming soon. The impact of this wld be enormous. IC directors have all grantmaking authority for each institute. 🧪

🌊 Proud to share our new paper showing how during a historic 2022 drought in n. Kenya chronic #stress (via nail cortisol) & high levels of #waterinsecurity were assoc. with ⬆️ levels of inflammation. Climate change negatively affects human health & biology. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

This headline literally reads like an @theonion.com post

Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA@arrianna-planey.bsky.social · last yr.

This is a rather telling statement. Nearly a third of women in Louisiana are Black. www.businessinsider.com/gop-senator-...

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

🌊 Proud to share our new paper showing how during a historic 2022 drought in n. Kenya chronic #stress (via nail cortisol) & high levels of #waterinsecurity were assoc. with ⬆️ levels of inflammation. Climate change negatively affects human health & biology. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Glad to see Penn State stepping up to help deal with PFAS contamination in private wells close to the airport www.statecollege.com/articles/loc...?

Penn State in Talks to Help Bring Public Water to Homes With Contaminated Wells Near State College Airport

Penn State is ready to help bring public water to dozens of Benner Township homeowners facing chemical contamination in their private wells, the

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The executive branch does not have the legal right to cancel appropriated spending or eliminate agencies created by Congress. Trump and Musk are doing both. Entirely lawless and unconstitutional. The world's largest provider of food assistance shut down. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...