New IAS - the International AIDS Society-Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights report examines the current state of health and human rights, and features five Johns Hopkins Epidemiology faculty co-authors: Stefan Baral, Javier Cepeda, Lorraine T. Dean, ScD, Carrie Lyons, PhD MPH, and Len Rubenstein. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

What would happen if PrEP patients faced higher costs? @drltdean + coauthors of Johns Hopkins University, Brown University, Penn Medicine, UC San Francisco predict patient abandonment of PrEP scripts and higher HIV incidence if out-of-pocket costs increased: hubs.la/Q02hkq8x0

I was glad to join over 500 Johns Hopkins University faculty, staff, alumni, and students in signing this open letter to the leaders of Johns Hopkins Medicine, regarding their response to a definition of 'privilege' published in a recent Johns Hopkins Medicine newsletter.

“We already knew from previous research that health disparities mostly disappeared when Black and white adults lived in more equitable areas—now we know that extends to health care expenditures, too,' said lead author Lorraine T. Dean, ScD. publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/black-and…

Listen to some of the most clear and compelling insights on structural racism you’ll ever hear.
Lorraine T. Dean, ScD Deidra Crews, MD, ScM, FASN, MACP

Lorraine T. Dean, ScD 'The US calls out South Africa's apartheid system while ignoring its own'
1. Mechanisms that drive racism & inequity must be addressed.
2. Key recommendations for structural change
'We must also look at our own institutions' - YES to that!
#IAS2023

The Family Prosperity Act has its first hearing on 2/16 in Ways and Means! #SB552 #HB547

THANK YOU to Gov. Gov. Wes Moore & LG Aruna K. Miller for your leadership💜

Join them in support and tell #MGDA23 why we need this crucial legislation! ➡️ bit.ly/2023FPA

Congrats Mudia Uzzi on your award: well-deserved recognition of an outstanding scientist!

The next generation of gun violence researchers shoutout to the award winners and to the Awards Committee for their commitment dedication love and vision for moving the field ahead to make this possible #2022FirearmResearchConf

THREAD. Two Harvard professors published an academic article calling for 500,000 more armed cops, who they say will arrest 7.8 million more people per year. The article reveals alarming flaws in elite academia at a time of rising fascism. This is one of my most important posts.

It was also great to meet people in real life at #guaranteedincome Now that have been virtual partners for months - like our evaluation team at @abtassociates

'Freedom is never won; it must be earned every generation.' Be A King dropping the mic on us at the #guaranteedincomenow conference

Baltimore contingency in Atlanta for #GuaranteedIncome Now — CASH Campaign of MD + Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (@DrLTDean Sevly, MPH) + Mayor’s Office

Today's assigned reading for the social epi-minded: Mental Health Is Political nyti.ms/3BUbNcw

Baltimore’s #guaranteedincome pilot provides 200 young parents with an unconditional cash payment of $1k/month over 2 years.

How does it work & what lessons have been learned so far? Join Brandon M. Scott and CASH Campaign of MD for an insightful chat at our upcoming webinar:

'Structural' racism...'institutional' racism...'systemic' racism: how are they different? Read a recounting of these terms, and what Roland J. Thorpe, Jr and I recommend to the epi community, in our new Am J Epidemiology article: What Structural Racism Is (or Is Not) doi.org/10.1093/aje/kw…

'Guaranteed income falls in line with all of the studies we've seen for over 100 years that suggest that as people's economic standing improves, their health also improves,' says Lorraine T. Dean, ScD.

'[It] targets a lot of the social determinants of health,' says Sevly, MPH.

'Guaranteed income falls in line with all of the studies we've seen for over 100 years that suggest that as people's economic standing improves, their health also improves,' explains Lorraine T. Dean, ScD. publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/what-guar…

Congratulations to #SER2022 Sherman A James Diverse & Inclusive Epidemiology Award Winner Lorraine T. Dean, ScD from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health! Award sponsored by Michigan Public Health.