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Michelle Kelly-Irving

@mkellyirving.bsky.social

Health equity, social inequalities, lifecourse, embodiment Leads the Inserm #Equity team University of Toulouse, France Social Epidemiologist & quantitative social scientist Health Inequality, 3rd Ed, polity https://cerpop.inserm.fr/equipe-equity

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Michelle Kelly-Irving@mkellyirving.bsky.social · 2w ago

While in an infernal login loop nightmare on the European tenders platform trying to find out if our project was funded or not… I’m choosing to experience this as a “Schrödinger's cat” moment rather than think about the balance of probabilities

James M. Thomas (JT)@insurgentprof.bsky.social · 4w ago

I’m fascinated by some of the folks in this article who keep repeating the boogeyman claims but who I know for a fact (1) rarely teach Intro to Sociology and (2) don’t talk to many people who do teach Intro to Sociology. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Essay | Is It Time to ‘Liquidate’ the Study of Sociology?

Sociology has long been tasked with investigating society’s most pressing challenges. But these days, sociologists’ greatest obstacle may be themselves.

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Jess McCabe@jessmccabe.bsky.social · 4w ago

Well this is a frankly terrifying read from @peteapps.bsky.social about the risk of e-bike fires, in particular from illegal ones and conversion kits. Also there is a Brexit angle here, as we are now a "dumping ground" for unsafe imported e-bikes www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/the-...

The risk of e-bike fires: ‘Don’t have them in your bedroom, don’t have them in the means of escape’

A new investigation by Inside Housing reveals that e-bike fires have grown 13-fold in the past five years, and they are already leading to deaths. How can social housing providers manage the risk?

insidehousing.co.uk

Michelle Kelly-Irving@mkellyirving.bsky.social · last mo.

Some thoughts about health inequities research, intersectionality, social power systems, social epidemiology & public health #episky #publichealth

Michelle Kelly-Irving@mkellyirving.bsky.social · last mo.

This paper 👇 has me thinking about quantitative approaches to #intersectionality, where we use micro-level variables (sex, occupation, ethnicity) to represent macro-level systems (gender, social class, racism) - to what extent are we making conceptual leaps & estimation errors about those systems?

Michelle Kelly-Irving@mkellyirving.bsky.social · last mo.

Can you point me to cutting take-downs of that abomination of our times of a world cup half time “show” my kids made me stay & watch last night, now seared into my brain… I keep thinking about it in the context of global politics, & I can’t cope

Michelle Kelly-Irving@mkellyirving.bsky.social · last mo.

Brief historical overview of #healthinequalities in Europe, especially useful for students or people less familiar with the field 👇 "The evolution of health inequalities in the western world: From early origins to modern times" by E Lahelma journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

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Michelle Kelly-Irving@mkellyirving.bsky.social · last mo.

Weber defined 3 types of social stratification: status, class & party, ie. politics- which are poorly considered in social epi While the data in this paper are on political preferences at the indiv level, could patterns reflect structural/ systemic aspects of power? www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The political polarization of health outcomes in the USA - Nature Human Behaviour

Using individual-level medical data and death records, this study finds that conservatives in the USA experienced worse health and higher mortality than liberals during the 2010s. No significant gaps ...

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Michelle Kelly-Irving@mkellyirving.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm still mulling over the awful Guardian reporting of the Oxford longevity study. Thankfully Jennie Popay sent a letter back But now I've read their report.... and even more peeved. I'm mulling over a retort to their "recommendations" - anyone interested or should I drop it?

Photo of headline from the Guardian reading "At least 80% responsibility for ill health in old age down to individual, study says; UK report argues people have greater control over longevity than widely understood, but others say claim is simplistic" with a picture of two older people out for a run in the countryside
George Davey Smith@mendelrandom.bsky.social · 4mo ago

If you're interested in the history and philosophy of randomization in all its forms I'm co-organising a *FREE* conference in glorious Bristol 2-3rd July wth the legendary Samir Okasha, registration is here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/randomizat... If you think it looks interesting please advertise

Randomization in Science, Society and Nature

Exploring the role of randomization across decision theory, clinical trials, politics, evolutionary biology and genetics

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Inequality News@inequalitynews.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📢 TRUTH 🔽 "Our politics is dominated by people who have never lived on a low income and know little of what such a life involves. There are remarkably few ways for people to truly shape government decisions that will determine their own lives." www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

We have allowed poverty to become normalised in our country | Letters

Letters: Readers respond to deepening poverty in the UK and ways to address it

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Michelle Kelly-Irving@mkellyirving.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I’m still not sure if enough Americans fully understand how they have subjected the rest of the world, and themselves to this… by voting for it Twice

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I’m still not sure if enough Americans fully understand how hard it is for the rest of us to continually see polls showing “how unpopular Trump is” when he’s he’s still ridiculously and shockingly more popular than he should be in any sane nation.

Michelle Kelly-Irving@mkellyirving.bsky.social · 7mo ago

#HealthInequalities are exacerbated in the health system when women’s symptoms are considered to be “atypical” or explained-away as being not ‘true’ physical symptoms. When building research projects on health this issue needs to be addressed in the design phase

Michelle Kelly-Irving@mkellyirving.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Despite the call being driven by well-known inequities in cardiovascular health care, the idea that women’s symptoms are “atypical” is still in the vocabulary of practicing clinicians. They are not atypical. so don’t bake that into your design or you’re perpetuating avoidable inequalities