Dr. Tamara Dubowitz

Pitt Public Health is hiring 2 tenure-stream faculty in the Dept of Epidemiology! Epi methods (assist/assoc) and social epi (all ranks). Come join our team! Links to both positions here and in the thread below. #epitwitter Open Epi Methods job: cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/…

So proud of my better half @jaydaronson and his work husband @rmitch_jr for this kickass review from MY alma mater. hugely important work!!! harvardpublichealth.org/equity/review-…

Out now as a pre-proof: "Community Investments and Diet-related Outcomes: A longitudinal study of residents of two urban neighborhoods" ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-… @TamaraDubowitz @ASRichardson3 @BonnieStats

Our latest @RANDCorporation work in Journal of Urban Health found that police bias and low relatability may play a role in dietary disparities for Black Americans. Grateful to @TamaraDubowitz @Bexreport @Sameer_Siddiqi, Rachel Burns and Jonathan Cantor! link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…

What policies could help ensure more veterans experiencing food insecurity receive SNAP benefits? New report: bit.ly/3rrueTe via @TamaraDubowitz @ASRichardson3

The first episode of "Official Ignorance," the podcast companion to Roger Mitchell (@rmitch_jr) and Jay Aronson's (@jaydaronson) book on the crisis of deaths in custody, is out now. Listen here: officialignorance.com

@jaydaronson They declared the global emergency over acknowledging we are still in a pandemic.

How to reduce airborne disease transmission during indoor gatherings Besides mask-wearing, "ventilation and break times are critical" in prevention. "Their impact would equal or exceed that of masking and moderate isolation of infected individuals." pnas.org/doi/full/10.10…

@EricTopol @rushin311 @SarjuGanatraMD @LaheyMedicine @LaheyHospital @EricTopol and @Bob_Wachter, would you recommend paxlovid for generally low-risk <50? I'm conflicted! Metformin study only enrolled individuals with 25+ BMI. how generalizable is it? Anecdotally, i've seen so much rebound with paxlovid. Obv dont want long covid!

Independent replication of some reduction (~25-30%) of #LongCovid with Paxlovid treatment versus controls, among non-hospitalized, vaccinated people with acute Covid medrxiv.org/content/10.110… @rushin311 @SarjuGanatraMD and colleagues @LaheyMedicine @LaheyHospital

After much inquiry and conversation over the past several weeks, I think I understand the plan with regards to removing masks in healthcare: they intend to normalize in-hospital covid spread. There's no other explanation.

Wow - Higher Ed presidents take note!! Bowdoin college’s president using his platform for good! Amazing letter and graduate that does your institution proud!

“When babies die at a church school, it is time for us to move beyond thoughts and prayers,” Senate Chaplain Barry C. Black says. “Lord, deliver our senators from the paralysis of analysis that waits for the miraculous.”

@EM_RESUS I am a paediatric emergency physician working in Australia. I have NEVER seen a gunshot wound in a child, and have not seen a gunshot wound in anyone for over 20 years. This cause of death is the result of "choices" by politicians and the people they represent.

Our group is looking for a #PhDstudent to join us & work on a newly funded EPA project with RAND @TamaraDubowitz assessing the impact of climate change on basement flooding & human health. DM if you have questions. #EnvironmentalJustice #microbiology cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts…

Let this serve as a reminder that poverty is a policy choice. In the richest country in the world, it is absolutely inexcusable that millions of our children go to school hungry because they are living in poverty. Kudos to Governor Tim Walz and the Minnesota state legislature.

@chrishendel @dr_kkjetelina Can the metformin effect on LC generalize to non-overweight/obese vaccinated?

@chrishendel @dr_kkjetelina My read of the new randomized trial with metformin is that participants were only included with a BMI of 25+ (median BMI of 30). And ALSO, those who were vaccinated did not see a significant association metformin and long covid. Am I reading something incorrectly?

Yep. "There is still reason to avoid #COVID19, even if you’ve had it already." Catch up quick: #LongCovid by @dr_kkjetelina yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/catch-up-qui…

Do you know someone graduating from college soon? Someone looking to work as part of a community-based study? Come work with the Pittsburgh Hill/Homewood Research on Neighborhoods and Memory!!! lnkd.in/esb7G-Uc

So lucky and proud to call @RRamchand a friend and colleague. Please check out his important work with this Independent Review Comission