Anamara Ritt-Olson (she/her)

Often research conferences are intellectually stimulating and sometimes they make you ugly cry and vow to continue to devote your life to help, any way we can. Thank you @ceres_jacobs for these days.

New in Advance Access: This article provides a blueprint for using human-centered design to build an mHealth intervention aimed at promoting healthcare transition readiness with early teens @CaitlinSayegh #digitalhealth doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy…

Wow this hit home

Mortality rates have been increasing in the US, but not from COVID-19. Many factors are responsible for this trend—ranging from the opioid epidemic & increasing obesity rates to intensifying economic precarity. A new JAMA Viewpoint examines these causes. ja.ma/3Z0QEsT

I have this amazing all volunteer group of undergraduates and masters students helping me for the last six months. After every meeting I’m just so impressed by them.

The experiences and goals of care for each cancer survivor are unique and dynamic. This figure depicts one way to think about the different types of #cancersurvivors. Learn more about the phases of cancer survivorship and cancer survivorship research at cancercontrol.cancer.gov/ocs/definitions.

#Announcement: The first #CallForProposals is open for the Learning Variability Network Exchange (LEVANTE)! 📢 This global initiative aims to improve our understanding of #LearningVariability.💡 ➡️ For more details on how to apply, visit: bit.ly/3Au1htY

This review outlines the care components of school-based substance use prevention interventions used in low-and-middle-income countries and the common theories, models or frameworks that underpin those interventions. Research by @CadriAbdul and colleagues buff.ly/3YsI7ij

@davidhogg111 Wow that’s a great advertisement Thank you for sharing

Tim Walz is an incredible communicator and former high school football coach. He made one of the best political ads I have ever seen for his run for Minnesota governor. He would make an incredible VP.

I’m not sure how I feel about an IFRIT contributing to my document.

In 2022, @MollyJongFast spoke to Kamala Harris about protecting abortion rights post-Roe and tackling immigration, along with how, as a woman of several firsts—from DA to AG to VP—she hopes to “create a path and widen the path for others.” Read more: vanityfair.com/news/2022/12/k…

Unlike a bunch of my colleagues, I don’t mind flying Spirit (or Frontier), and they’ve gotten me home when other airlines were canceling flights. Not surprised by this low number. @SpiritAirlines

UC Irvine to launch the first School of Population & Public Health in Orange County, promoting community engagement & health equity. Approved today by UC Board of Regents, the school is 4th within 10-campus UC system. @UCIPublicHealth @UofCalifornia bit.ly/3WvPBQk

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Study from @JunMaoMD & @KevinLiouMD finds Hispanic patients w/ cancer have a higher expectation of benefit from acupuncture & massage therapy compared to non-Hispanic counterparts. Understanding these expectations could improve pain management strategies. #Sec6" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Many common environmental toxicants are associated with depressive symptoms, providing potential targets for intervention measures and mechanistic research. ja.ma/3zBB9Nm

@steveschueller @DavidCMohr @draguilera Yes you are the coolest!!!

Pretty sweet day, I got to give an award to an award to one of my favorite people @DavidCMohr #ISRII12, I got promoted to full professor, and @draguilera and my research was mentioned by the White House: whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-upda…

@TheRyanHamilton @ahwellherewego2 Thank you so much for pouring your pain into this page. It was so powerful and I pray it brings change. Sending you and your partner healing

@ahwellherewego2 You think it was easy to share this? You think my wife didn’t discuss people like you responding exactly like this? PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING. THINGS HAVE TO CHANGE.

My heart is broken💔: As friends & family know, my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, & about to begin her 2nd trimester. A few days ago she had severe pains, & bleeding, and had to go to the emergency room. There, it was discovered that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Devastated doesn't come close to what that feels like. Unfortunately for people like us, because of the current laws in the state of Texas, that was only the beginning of this nightmare. Jess (my wife) had an "incomplete miscarriage", and what needed to happen, what was best for HER, and her health, was to terminate the pregnancy, and get the baby out. The doctor gave her a medication that would move this process along, and sent her home. Where, apparently we would be handling it ourselves. We were told it might take a couple of attempts before it worked. I'll let you decide how you feel about that. After a long, painful night of the equivalent of early labor, the baby was still with her. So, we went back to the Emergency Center to get the 2nd dose. A new doctor was on call. He was an older man. You could hear him in the hallway as he said, "I'm not giving her a pill so she can go home and have an ab*rtion!". Being well aware that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Then, he came into the room to say, and I quote: "Considering the current stance. I'm not going to prescribe you this pill". Then, just sent us on our way. The "CURRENT STANCE"?! Did he really just say that?! No one should ever have to hear their wife say: "Get this dead baby out of me!". Can you even imagine how that must feel? The pain, and the bleeding continued. So, we decided to go to another hospital, about an hour away. There was a female doctor on call there, and we thought we might have better luck. I should probably mention, the procedure to get the baby out is called a D & C. It's scary, & traumatizing, but sometimes necessary in situations like ours. Especially in emergency circumstances. So we get to the next hospital. They take Jess in, ask her a bunch of questions, do a new scan... confirm that the baby is still there, with no heartbeat, and then disappear... for hours. Only to come back in and keep asking the same questions over and over. It's becoming clear that they're primary concern is NOT my wife's health. Instead, they seem to be worried about the legalities involved. So, they decide it is not "enough of an emergency" to perform the D & C. They do, however, prescribe another, stronger, final dose of the medication for us to try again... at home. So, we go home to try again. Another long day/night of early labor pains. Only to discover my wife UNCONSCIOUS in the bathroom. Having to pick my wife's cold, limp body off of that bathroom floor, not sure if I was about to lose her, is something I will NEVER forget. She had to be rushed to the hospital. By this point she had lost so much blood, and bodily fluid, her body gave out. They were able to stabilize her, give her the fluids she needed, and we came back home yesterday afternoon. We were also able to confirm that our baby was no longer with her. Now, not only do we have to live with the loss of our baby... we have to live with the nightmare of what we just experienced because of political and religious beliefs. MY WIFE'S HEALTH SHOULD HAVE COME FIRST. PERIOD! God knows what mental and emotional damage this has done. If you consider yourself a staunch "pro-lifer" ... 1) You've never been through what we just went through, and 2) You should take a long, hard look in the mirror and reevaluate your reasons for supporting such a cold, barbaric, ignorant point of view. It's not that black & white, and it's never going to be. If you think your "Pray To End Ab*rtion" sign in your yard is "Christian", I suggest you revisit the teachings of Jesus and try again. If you support these laws that make ab*rtion illegal, and result in people being put through what we just were, you should be ashamed of yourself. I've never been so angry, or heartbroken... and the devastation I'm feeling must pale in comparison to what my poor wife is feeling.

@LeighGTurner A bunch of police passed me just a few minutes ago as I left. Stay safe everyone

@CDelawalla I’m currently letting them lead. They have the aims and the timeline, and damn they’re doing the coolest stuff. They tell me what they are doing for the week they’re working in small teams together to tackle projects. I just support and provide feedback.

I have some questions about working with undergrad RA’s that I’d love to hear from the hive on: 1) favorite systems for managing them? 2) favorite readings/resources/teaching tools? 3) fun things you do with them? 4) general wisdom you’ve learned over the years?