Beth Humberd, Ph.D

Thank you @matteroffacttv for inviting me to join @soledadobrien in discussing the challenges organizations face in supporting women’s return to the workforce @UMLResearch @ManningUML

My recent research with my colleague J. Mauricio Galli Geleilate is out in @mitsmr ⬇️

@KellyMSocia Slow clap

New @BrookingsInst research with @UMassLowell @bkhumberd on the impact of #AI & #AutonomousVehicles on the #gender imbalance of household labor. Can we really reduce the mental load of coordinating, organizing, planning, deciding, etc.? brookings.edu/articles/the-g…

This #InternationalEqualPayDay, @lizaltman & @bkhumberd find that #AI and #AVs "hold great promise in improving the gendered division of labor in households" in a new @BrookingsInst working paper ⬇️ brookings.edu/articles/the-g…

Women disproportionately manage household labor, including domestic tasks, child-rearing, and elder care. Can AI help alleviate the burden? @sanjay_patnaik, @KatyaH_kenkyuu, @lizaltman, and @bkhumberd discuss today at 2 PM EDT. RSVP: brookings.edu/events/ai-emer…

Tomorrow, join @KatyaH_kenkyuu, @lizaltman, @bkhumberd, and @sanjay_patnaik for an event discussing the role of AI and domestic labor. Are there areas of household labor tasks that can benefit from the application of emerging technologies? Tune in tomorrow #AIDomesticLabor

Our business school home, the Pulichino Tong Business Center is all sparkles and ready to welcome the class of 2027 tomorrow at Welcome Day! @ManningUML @UMassLowell

@DrakeVanEgdom Congratulations Drake! 👏

@ShiraDoronMD Well deserved and even more well intentioned - bravo, my friend 👏.

I never had any interest in politics. In 2020 I realized not only do I have something to offer, but I *need* to feel less helpless and more heard. In addition to advising state officials, I’ve attended every meeting of my town’s board of health. And now I’m an elected member.

It’s been super fun cheering this team on — go ‘hawks 🏀 👏 !!

@srossmktg Weren’t you here in 2021? They made it to the AE championship game that year too.

Happy ❄️ snow day ❄️ @UMassLowell from our RiverHawks snowman! ⛄️

@BethALivingston She’s so good, Beth!! 👏👏

@ShiraDoronMD @Brian_Higgins @DrLeanaWen Perhaps not nefarious but that’s a really poor definition (the w/in 29 days part especially). As researchers, we are taught that the way a construct is defined can drastically shift results. Why not adjust to a definition w/ better face validity to avoid being seen as nefarious?

@Brian_Higgins Right. And as @DrLeanaWen wrote, that doesn’t imply there’s anything nefarious going on. Surveillance definitions are never perfect but can often be improved upon.

I’m noting a lot of confusion about how it could be that a death is counted as a COVID death when it’s incidental. It’s important to understand the HHS definition of a COVID death. It doesn’t have to be on the death certificate. cdn.ymaws.com/www.cste.org/r…

@ErinBromage @TheNickFoy Perhaps for southern MA, but this was definitely not the case at all across the rest of MA. My elementary kids (and many in the state) were in a hybrid model with only two in-person days until April 2021.

@TheNickFoy We were fortunate. In southern Mass and RI, almost all schools, public and private, were in-person in by mid-September 2020. A few schools had hybrid program for a few months, esp. packed high schools, but elementary and middle schools were in person (for those that wanted).

I'm not sure why everyone is fussing at Wes here. Private schools reopened in August of 2020 and who cares about public school kids anyway.

In today’s @BostonGlobe, @ElissaPerkins, @wbranchelliman and I connect the dots: The current surge in resp viruses is one of the many consequences of the necessary measures we took to protect people from #COVID19… bostonglobe.com/2022/12/15/opi…

…which means we need to think very hard before we consider bringing those measures back again in this era of high immunity and low severity of #COVID19. Doing so will kick the can down the road. Great visual explainer from the Lancet: thelancet.com/journals/lance…

End of Fall semester @UMassLowell and my @ManningUML Org Behavior students are feeling a (hopefully healthy) mix of tired, educated, exhausted, relieved, stressed, knowledgeable, busy….and HAPPY!

@ShiraDoronMD Context matters. Trade-offs do, too. You demonstrate that wonderfully here 👌 💯

In response to this study, and the ensuing backlash, I hear people on both sides of the mask debate calling for RCTs. Of mask effectiveness and of mask harms. I like high quality research as much as the next girl, but I don’t agree we need RCTs. 🧵 nytimes.com/2022/11/10/hea…

What would an RCT on mask harms tell us? That these people’s experiences don’t matter? That they are lying? That they are in the minority and the minority doesn’t count? That when they say they can’t bear the thought of going back to that, we shouldn’t care?