Tiffany Cornwall, PhD, MPH 🇯🇲

.@UM_PSC trainee Kimson Johnson @geroequity presents aging research at #GSA2024 on Saturday: "Early Life Education Contexts and Late-Life Cognitive Status: Toward Identifying Modifiable Risks." And with Jay Kayser, on the effect of social isolation on cognition.

We are accepting applications for the JAMA Editorial Fellowship Program. This remote fellowship is an opportunity for early career researchers to immerse themselves in the editorial process of a top-tier medical journal. Applications are due Nov. 29. See flyer for more info.

Congratulations to alumna Dr. Ruha Benjamin, C’2001 (@ruha9) on being named a 2024 @macfound Genius Fellow! Your groundbreaking work in science, technology and social justice continues to inspire us all. #SpelmanExcellence

California bans legacy admissions at all colleges politico.com/news/2024/09/3… politico.com/news/2024/09/3…

If you’re enraged about Marcellus Williams (you absolutely should be), you need to make sure that you’re viewing this violent, racist injustice, not as an isolated incident, but as part of pattern of systemic violence and racism.

The length, complexity and expense of gene therapy can prompt deep uncertainty in people living with sickle cell disease. @UMichSPH prof @MelissaSCreary is one of them. Creary is a scholar researching the ways science, culture and policy intersect in sickle cell. Read in @Sciam myumi.ch/zXnJw

while haiti is in the news so much this week maybe we should all take a moment to discuss the fact that their economic destitution is entirely due to being forced to spend ~80% of their federal budget every year for 150 years on reparations to france for freeing the slaves

Next time I'm asked how my manuscript is going my response is going to be, "I have concepts of a manuscript."

At Brown University, Black freshman enrollment drops 40 percent browndailyherald.com/article/2024/0…

Texas A&M University Dept of Sociology is hiring a TT Assistant Professor in #Demography and Health. Review of applications begins Oct 7. I'm Chair of the Search Committee and would be happy to answer questions. @PopAssocAmerica @ASAMedSoc @asa_population apply.interfolio.com/152946

the funniest part of this cover is that when @newyorker actually had an employee who pointed out the lack of diversity & representation on its own staff—with no Black editor for articles hired in ~15 yrs—instead of thanking her they put her on a retaliatory PIP & fired her…

The Department of Health Behavior and Health Equity at @umichsph is looking for an Assistant Prof! Come work with us in Ann Arbor. Ask me questions. Check out the posting. Circulate widely. apply.interfolio.com/153108

Two job openings at the assistant level this fall @uw_sociology Sex/Gender/Sexuality position is at apply.interfolio.com/151038 Health/Health Inequality/Medical Sociology is at apply.interfolio.com/151028 I will be part of the Health Search Committee. @ia4phs @PopAssocAmerica @ASAnews

🚨🚨Announcement: I’m looking for a few part-time remote qualitative research assistants to help conduct research on Black and Latine tech entrepreneurs. Information about the position can be found in the ad. Please share with your networks and ✨apply✨: forms.gle/2L4ks4Ugc3w4tU…

Yesterday, @UMich PhDs got an email from Provost McCauley outlining the salary & benefits we earn in compensation for our work. Not mentioned was that almost all of these benefits were won by grad workers organizing through GEO, often going on strike to win them. A thread 🧵

The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan seeks applicants for a tenure-track/tenured faculty position focusing on environmental factors, racism, inequity, and public policy. higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?Jo… #PAJobMarket

I was sexually harassed and assaulted by my dissertation chair for most of my PhD program. For >2 years, I navigated the labyrinthine Title IX process. This week, my abuser/former mentor was the 2nd prof in 60 years to have tenure revoked. Some things I learned along the way: 🧵