Elaine Hernandez

@emhernandez.bsky.social

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Inequities in health are ubiquitous. I study the processes that create and perpetuate them.

Medical sociology (PhD), health policy (MPH), & health demography.

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These cuts to SCSU, a university serving a large swath of central Minnesota, are huge — and include the sociology department m.startribune.com/st-cloud-sta...

St. Cloud State to eliminate nearly 100 programs, 57 faculty in latest cutsm.startribune.com The reductions are part of a five-year plan to balance what was a projected $24 million budget deficit at the beginning of last year.

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Hiring a postdoc to work w/me to engage w/communities & policy processes. This is a great position for anyone (1) still looking for a position for next year (2) who cares about making research relevant to real people & communities. Apply! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/27543

Cornell University, Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy academicjobsonline.org Full service online faculty recruitment and application management system for academic institutions worldwide. We offer unique solutions tailored for academic communities.

Planning to view the eclipse? Help Indiana University researchers collect data on bird behavior using the SolarBird app, available in Apple! Please share widely!

The panic about students feeling unwelcome is out of touch with what I’m seeing in the classroom. For my racism & medicine class I traded our discussion board for a private response. In this red state (IN) students were overwhelmingly grateful to learn about health inequities, & racism specifically.

Adding my unwavering support to Christina Cross as well as the respected sociologists who accurately explain that describing large datasets using similar terms is both expected & standard practice. Efforts to label this approach plagiarism are inaccurate & unfounded. docs.google.com/document/u/0...

It’s the constant onslaught of viruses that caught me off guard, a November virus followed by COVID in December “If you pick up the flu, get RSV two weeks later, and then are unlucky enough to get Covid, your immune system takes a beating.” Boost if you can, consider masking too…

"There’s a Huge Covid Surge Right Now and Nobody Is Talking About It" via WIRED Science www.wired.com/story/theres... 🧪

There’s a Huge Covid Surge Right Now and Nobody Is Talking About Itwww.wired.com The US is in the midst of the largest Covid surge since Omicron, but with minimal testing and good population immunity, the wave is largely being ignored.

Been staying off of social media as much as possible. It is going to be…a year. I encourage scholars of color, women, those who are marginalized in academic spaces to find ways to protect your energy & find connection IRL as often as possible. Find spaces that help recharge you.

This tracks. At least 2 of the 8 people planning to gather with our family on Monday have tested positive for COVID. And my case is so mild (so far) I wouldn’t have tested if not for Christmas around the corner.

U.S. COVID levels are higher today than during 90% of the pandemic (Source: @michael_hoerger)

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My last byline of the year: for @sciam.bsky.social, I wrote about where to find and how to use COVID-19 wastewater data this holiday season. Featuring the CDC's new dashboard!

Online COVID Wastewater Sites Can Help You Stay Safe during the Holidayswww.scientificamerican.com Here’s how to plan COVID-safer holiday get-togethers, using websites that show viral levels in wastewater

During the COVID public health emergency people using Medicaid were able to maintain their coverage. In 2023 this changed. For the first time in 3 years they had to prove their eligibility. We interviewed a stratified random sample of (~100) of these individuals, wrapping fieldwork yesterday.

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NextGenPop is an undergraduate program in population research that aims to increase the diversity of the population field and nurture the next generation of population scientists. Application Open for Summer 2024! Summer 2024 Session Hosted by Duke University June 2—15, 2024 nextgenpop.org

NextGenPopnextgenpop.org Next Generation of Scholars in Population Research

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New report from PRB on young women's well-being cites research from @emhernandez.bsky.social, @amandajean.bsky.social, Monica Oxford and more.

Millennial young women in the US are working hard, but they're still losing ground compared to GenX. They're LESS LIKELY to give birth as teens, drop out of school, or be incarcerated. But they're MORE LIKELY to die by homicide, suicide, or complications from pregnancy/childbirth Read bit.ly/49SmjzX

Are we going to talk about the TikTokification (etc.) of medical diagnoses? The ways it does (or doesn’t) medicalize & decrease stigma? ADHD, T/trauma, other topics? Fascinating (and important) to see the intersection with the stress process literature.

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New @PNASnews article w @je_nobles shows large adverse impact of COVID infection on infant health. Adverse impact disappeared ~1 year earlier in zipcodes with high vaccination rates, suggesting vaccines prevented thousands of preterm births. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Funded by NICHD_NIH, NSF

PNASwww.pnas.org Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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The Washington Post has published photos from the initial aftermath of some of the worst mass shootings in America. "Most Americans have no way to understand the full scope of an AR-15’s destructive power or the extent of the trauma inflicted on victims." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/...

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Research shows higher levels of depressive symptoms among Black Americans relative to Whites. But how do other dimensions of stratification—like skin tone—shape mental health inequality? Looking across an early life course, Taylor Hargrove has stark findings: doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

Mental Health across the Early Life Course at the Intersection of Race, Skin Tone, and School Racial...academic.oup.com Abstract. Prior research documents higher levels of depressive symptoms among Black Americans relative to Whites. Yet, we know less about the role of other dime

New PNAS paper by Rob Warren and Gina Rumore on the association between playing professional American football and longevity. Details in the picture from the press release, linemen die earlier. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Colorful ofrendas (offerings) in Arizona & details explaining how Aztec & Catholic traditions became Día de los Muertos when the Spaniards forced indigenous people to become Catholic

Just returned home from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Leaders program fall meeting in Minneapolis. An impressive meeting overall, here are a few takeaways:

Gorgeous day to be visiting one of my alma maters, the University of Minnesota

Should the opportunity ever arise, try a crisp, fresh, Haralson apple in Minnesota. I promise.

The joy of landing in Minneapolis and remembering the endearing Minnesotan accent. Ya know.

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Check out this helpful article with best practices for academics on how to talk to journalists. Thank you @alicetiara.bsky.social for this great resource! citap.pubpub.org/pub/2ie80mi4... #academicsky #sociology

How to talk to journalists: Best practices for academics · The Bulletin of Technology & Public Lifecitap.pubpub.org Although academics frequently speak to the press, we aren't taught how and mostly learn by doing. This is a crowd-sourced guide to working with journalists.

Eye catching colors on my morning walk to the office, Bloomington, IN

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