Proud Momma Brag. This is my kid: www.hubcity.org/news/kaylie-... You can find her writing at www.kayliesaidin.com

Kaylie Saidin is the winner of the C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize | Hub City Writers Project

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A highlight of this past week was going to the @reprorights.org benefit on Thursday with my brilliant colleague & friend @kathrynp-phd.bsky.social. We need to keep fighting for our rights in the courts and ballot box.

Telehealth and abortion medication delivered by mail have been instrumental in helping to preserve access following the Supreme Court’s decision overturning the right to an abortion. www.kff.org/womens-healt...

That's right. Worse than Pointless www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...

Things you can do on March 5 - see me in an iHEA Health Workforce Interest Group webinar on the US National Dementia Workforce Study! It's free and I hope to learn about initiatives in other countries. @ndws.bsky.social healtheconomics.org/event/buildi...

When CA State Legislature needs advice on the most current health policy issues UCSF IHPS provides hands-on support w/the latest research & clinical expertise. Thanks to our faculty who presented at our annual health policy symposium in the State Capitol this week! #healthpolicy

listen to CRR and read our paper on dementia's impact on household finances: www.nber.org/papers/w34659

Dementia and Long-run Trajectories in Household Finances

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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Center for Retirement Research at Boston College@crrbc.bsky.social · 8mo ago

What We’re Reading Now A hand-picked list of recommendations from CRR researchers. Featuring articles on how dementia impacts long-run household finances, Secure 2.0, and emergency savings and credit card debt. bit.ly/4sksnKC #EconSky

Are you a nursing researcher who'd like to dive deep on abortion and contraception research in a post-doc? Look no further! The ACTIONS program is taking applications! postdocs.ucsf.edu/postdoctoral... Nurses & midwives are prioritized for this great program, although any PhD/ScD can apply.

FIRST, of the international robotics competitions, has removed Dean Kamen from their Board after the latest dump of Epstein files makes it clear his was not a "limited" relationship as he claimed. Thank goodness they acted on this. I am a coach for FTC. www.firstinspires.org/about/press-...

Some good news to start your week - scientists and health professionals have been working on this for decades. The end is in sight!

Ars Technica@arstechnica.com · 8mo ago

Researchers: Are you ready to start working with NDWS survey data of the paid dementia care workforce and other linked data sources? Visit www.ndws.org to learn more about the three tiers of data available for FREE, including Public Use Files and Restricted Use Files.

I'd much prefer to go to a sing-along showing of K-Pop Demon Hunters with my spare time.

Andrew Couts@couts.bsky.social · 8mo ago

NEW: Ahem. For all of you "Melania" nay sayers out there, there are at least two sold out shows in the US for tomorrow's global release. Are they both before 3pm? Yes. Is one in Florida? Also yes. @regret.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/we-fou...

Want to spend a week learning skills & strategies to study the dementia care workforce? Join us for the @awardnetwork.bsky.social Summer Training Institute, July 20-24, 2026. A stipend of $1700 will be provided for travel expenses. Applications due Feb 27! awardnetwork.ucsf.edu/content/summ...

My pleasure to be on the Health Affairs podcast talking about the "Great American Healthcare Plan" - er....non-plan? Vision board (h/t Jeff). Hope you enjoy! www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/h...

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Past participants have raved about this Boot Camp.

NBER@nber.org · 9mo ago

Open call for applications, NBER Innovation Research Boot Camp 2026. Boot Camp to be held in Cambridge, MA on July 17–23, 2026. Submit applications by 11:59pm EDT on February 12, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...

Blueberry likes the heater on a cold day. He hates ice.

My latest in @jamahealthforum.com looks at health care affordability -- or, more aptly, unaffordability -- in the context of the debate over enhanced ACA premium tax credits. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Mark your calendars for our 4th Annual AWARD Network Speed Sharing webinar on Wed Jan 7, 12pm ET / 9am PT! It's always a fun, fast, and informative event about recent work at the intersection of Alzheimer's disease & dementia, long-term care & health workforce! awardnetwork.ucsf.edu/monthly-webi...

It's time to thank my coauthors of 2025! I don't have a great list of who is on BlueSky, so tags are incomplete. Team NDWS: @dtmaust.bsky.social @betsywhite25.bsky.social Laura Wagner James Wagner Steve Marcus Ulli Muench Sheryl Zimmerman @jarminyeh.bsky.social @kristalynharrison.bsky.social

I love this list very much and had implemented a lot of the same things myself.

Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA@arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Would it be terribly annoying if I posted about things that have made my academic work more... efficient?

A neighbor responded to a quip I made about the Pres being a pedo with “those were fully developed girls.” Keeping my distance from her now.

Jack Iwashyna@iwashyna.bsky.social · 11mo ago

OMG, as a father, allow me to emphasize it is not ok for adult men to be into teen age girls, and if you are an adult rationalizing “15 year olds” as somehow ok: You are gross You need help Stay the hell away from my children or my students

⭐️ Dr. Allison Ju-Chen Hu, Kristen Underhill, & Yuhua Bao have a paper out in Health Affairs titled "State Laws Banning Prior Authorization For Medications For Opioid Use Disorder Increased Substantially, 2015–23." 👉 Read the CHERISH summary: buff.ly/xc2iXWa 🔗 Read publication: buff.ly/AH6mwyp

Pilot Grant Analysis Examines Prior Authorization Trends for MOUD in Private Insurance

Researchers observed a positive trend towards removing prior authorization requirements for MOUD.

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The UCSF/VA Translational Psychedelic Research Program seeks postdoctoral fellows to advance rigorous psychedelic-therapy trials investigating neural, cognitive, & behavioral mechanisms in depression, neurodegenerative & eating disorders, chronic pain, and Veterans. 2 years guaranteed, 3rd possible.

Conference hotel view of my alma mater! And yes I have already had a cup of Toscanini’s.

CTCRE & @ucsfcancer.bsky.social hosted the annual Tobacco & Cancer Control Scientific Trainee Retreat in Sept! We were fortunate to be joined by Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, 2009 Nobel Laureate in medicine, who delivered the keynote conversation and thoughtfully answered questions from our fellows.

Bottom line of systematic assessment of studies on Covid vaccinations/boosters: ~50% reduction of hospitalization, across all adults (not just older) who are not immunocompromised Real data on vaccine-induced myocarditis: occurred in 1-3 per 100,000 male adolescents www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....