Our latest article. Always wonderful to write with my sisters Chelsey Carter and Oni Blackstock Oni Blackstock, MD MHS.
Past Is Prologue: Dismantling Colonial Legacies to Advance Black Health Equity in the United States | Health Equity liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/he…

📢STUDY RECRUITMENT📢

Our colleagues Dr. Shekinah A. Fashaw-Walters & Quinton Cotton, PhD, MSSA are looking for Black older adults to share their experiences on racism in the U.S.

Contact [email protected] / 612-301-2749 for more info, and please share widely in your networks!

Health services researchers: has anyone developed good measures of healthcare access for disabled populations (e.g., whether medical facilities are accessible)? Would appreciate suggestions as a starting point.

What timing! Literally hot off the presses, a piece of the work with Project Life with Lesley Kailani Glenn I will be discussing today at #SABCS23 JUST dropped. Read it in Supportive Care in Cancer (open access) here: shorturl.at/kBLSV

I am hiring two postdoctoral fellows to work with me at Brown University. We are doing research related to adults with complex health needs, natural disasters and migration. Please reach out with any questions. Apply today! BrownGerontology Health Services, Policy & Practice Department Brown University School of Public Health Brown Research

Check out my new paper with Dr. Shekinah A. Fashaw-Walters in this special issue of Health Affairs!

I’m looking forward to sharing more about my most recent work with Cydney McGuire - Don’t miss it!

It's job market season, so as someone who works in a medical school but got my PhD in a school of public health and calls myself an economist, some thoughts on what's unique about working as a social scientist in a med school and what that means for job market candidates.

IAPHS 2023 Awards! Naomi Harada Thyden from University of Minnesota was awarded the 2023 IAPHS Student Award, congratulations! Read more here: iaphs.org/conference/awa…

Thank you International Health Economics Association (IHEA) for having recorded and made this #IHEA2023Congress plenary widely available. I highly recommend watching this — good way to get up to speed on current international perspective on diversifying health economics.

That’s my mentor! 🙌🏾🙌🏾 Congratulations again, Dr Kosali Simon

It’s official! 🎉 I am thrilled & humbled to be promoted to Full Professor with tenure UMN School of Public Health! I am grateful to God, my family, & my mentors! I also appreciate my colleagues, friends, & all those who have supported me along the way. Looking to #passitforward ! University of Minnesota

New Health Affairs paper related to Medicaid and OUD: Medicaid has become the largest source of financing for OUD treatment, so it’s policies are especially influential.

I am grateful that Research In Color Foundation exists. Truly.

Thanks to the communications folks for writing this up! Work from my dissertation with Cydney McGuire

“This research provides evidence that the HBCU environment can have a positive impact on long-term mental health outcomes for Black students.” – Naomi Thyden, PhD MPH, UMN School of Public Health Postdoctoral Fellow

📰 Learn more: sph.umn.edu/news/new-study….

Join us in celebrating Black women for #BlackHistoryMonth !

In this newsletter, we highlight J’Mag Karbeah, PhD, MPH & Asha from our team, and we also share work toward Black #maternalhealth equity in MN! #WeAreCARHE #antiracism mailchi.mp/c77836cc7c7d/c…

Our work will be stronger, more relevant, & more likely to translate into action if it's informed by a wider range of perspectives. Our internship program w/ Research In Color Foundation aims to ⬆️ the number of Black people & people of color in economics. Learn more j-p.al/7p6

Last spring, J-PAL partnered with RIC to develop a paid internship aimed at increasing diversity in economics. We’re happy to announce the 2nd yr of the internship, which is open to all eligible mentees who’ve completed the RIC mentorship program! #PaintTheProfession #RICBenefits