Tara Strome
@tlantz.bsky.social
COO of Milbank Memorial Fund and Managing Editor, the Milbank Quarterly. Cats, quilting, gardening, & population health & health policy
At a publishing conference where the entire program is centered on AI solutions to problems created by AI (like this example) and I think this might be the bad place.
Louise Amoore@amoorelouise.bsky.social · 3mo agoIf you are the editor of a journal and you have received a submission from me that looks a bit weird (weirder than usual) please assume it is a LLM-generated paper from a ghost author. This has happened four times in recent weeks. In each case it is possible to see how a genuine published paper 1/2
A house near me had a large Trump sign for the campaign and then a small Trump sign for the past year that slowly moved farther from the road but was still visible. It has been taken down this weekend.
My latest personal reflections for @milbankfund.bsky.social: Engaging the Victim’s Voice in Public Safety Research. www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
Engaging the Victim’s Voice in Public Safety Research | Milbank Memorial Fund
I recently attended a National Institutes of Health (NIH) meeting concerned with criminal justice interventions. Speakers emphasized the importance of involving people with lived experience—which ever...
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I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors. Great work everyone.
"Give us the funding or we name the Port Authority Bus Terminal after you"
We are deeply saddened by the loss of Dr. William H. Foege, a towering figure in global public health whose visionary leadership changed the course of human history. Bill's contributions to the eradication of smallpox stand as one of the most extraordinary achievements in medicine and epidemiology.
Join us for a Milbank Quarterly webinar THIS Friday, January 9th from 12-1 ET drawing from articles on developing and implementing opioid settlement fund policies from our special issue, Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges Facing the United States: What Can State Policymakers Do?
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Apparently I’ve been successful in not seeing ads all year because I have no idea what this is about. All credit goes to my 3 year old who wakes at 5 am every day, which means it’s lights out by 9 pm most nights.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8mo agoI choose to believe that one day Billy Bob Thornton and Luke Wilson will come to actual blows as their weird AT&T-Verizon ad feud spirals out of control.
My three year singing Here We Come A-wassailing in the bathroom last night: “And God send a mistress too”
Alarming decline in public awareness of Trump admin public health actions @rebekahnagler.bsky.social @sarahgollust.bsky.social
Milbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly@milbankfund.bsky.social · 9mo agoUS adults’ awareness of actions threatening public health and science declined between March and September 2025, according to a new survey from @commhsp.bsky.social.
Since Larry Summers is in the news for being a real son of a bitch I wanted to show my favorite piece of economic wisdom he had about the US coming out of COVID where he just lists all the possibilities and says they’re all equally likely
Did Underage Girls Ruin Politics? Tomorrow in the @nytimes.com
From Paul Kim on leucovorin: "Proffering a proactive guarantee of approval on the basis of a limited, non-trial-based dossier effectively broadcasts that the FDA is prepared to approve new drugs without clinical trials." www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
The New Politics of New Drug Approval | Milbank Memorial Fund
As feared at the start of the second Trump Administration, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proven a willing good soldier in fulfilling the
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In a new Milbank Quarterly Opinion, Lawrence Gostin argues that the mass firings across federal agencies and the appointment of ideologically driven advisors represents an unprecedented assault on the independence/credibility of science that threatens the health of populations in the US and abroad
You Serve at the Pleasure of the President: As Such You are No Longer Wanted or Needed | Milbank Memorial Fund
Throughout my career, I have chaired and been a member of countless scientific and health policy advisory committees for the federal government—from AIDS
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We are excited to announce that Debra Lubar, PhD, who served in leadership roles at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under five administrations, will become the Milbank Memorial Fund’s 11th president on December 1, 2025.
Milbank Memorial Fund Names Debra Lubar Next President | Milbank Memorial Fund
News article: Debra Lubar, PhD, who served in leadership roles at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under five administrations, will become the Milbank Memorial Fund’s 11th presi...
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Super excited for this discussion on the structural determinants of health, moderated by Paula Braveman. A powerhouse panel - @tyson-brown.bsky.social @povertyscholar.bsky.social and Jonathan Heller
Milbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly@milbankfund.bsky.social · 10mo agoJoin us for a Milbank Quarterly webinar on defining the structural determinants of health on Thursday, October 23 from 12-1pm ET us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Good news for puffin fans. Here are a few on Skellig Michael from 2019. They are goofy and beautiful little birds.
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 11mo agoA longstanding effort off the coast of Maine continues to provide Atlantic puffins with a crucial nesting habitat and a place to thrive. https://to.pbs.org/4nmmQzY
segregationists basically acknowledging that structural racism exists while also claiming there is NO racism except antisemitism
Tyler Kingkade@tktk.bsky.social · last yr.Here's the letter that NSF sent UCLA last week about cutting its research funding NSF says UCLA is doing affirmative action by asking applicants' their zip codes, family income and what HS they went to, and that they can discuss race in personal statements storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Turns out that NPR and PBS' pandering to the right still didn't save their funding. Maybe there's a lesson here for media that think that tilting to the right will spare them from accusations of "liberal bias."
Brian Stelter@brianstelter.bsky.social · last yr.The rescission bill has passed the Senate. Once it passes the House, as expected, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's budget will be zeroed out for the first time since 1967, back when TV stations still broadcast in black and white.
After mismanaging the MTA for 10+ years as Governor, Andrew Cuomo would now like to mismanage it as Mayor.
Ethan Stark-Miller@estarkmiller.bsky.social · last yr.Cuomo repeats that he would propose the city takes over the management of the MTA, which is run by the state. "The MTA is too big to be able to manage the transit authority, effectively, let the mayor, manage the New York City Transit Authority," he says.
What voters think nativism will mean: stop giving benefits to others, so you can focus resources on citizens What it actually means in practice: stop giving citizens benefits, so you can focus resources on punishing others
Instagram channel @Art_DailyDose Jo Hobbs, is a UK needle-felting artist known for crafting realistic miniature animal figures from wool Artist: @jurlyjocreation #art #needlefelting #dog #sculpture #animals #UnitedKingdom #UK #artist
We’re collecting stories from population health researchers about the impact of the Trump administration’s funding cuts and other actions on their work and the potential impact to health. Read these stories and share your own www.milbank.org/stories-from...
Stories from the Field: The Impact of Federal Funding Cuts on Population Health Researchers | Milbank Memorial Fund
In collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science, The Milbank Quarterly invited population health researchers to
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