Lauren Wisk, PhD
Health services researcher, social epidemiologist & stats nerd at UCLA DGSOM. Formerly at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Med, and University of Wisconsin.
She/Her
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDEditorial: Social policies such as universal pre-kindergarten (#UPK), income supports, food and housing programs are associated with reduced child neglect, especially in disadvantaged populations. ja.ma/4pY6s9C
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDOf course. And that’s why Dems need to lean in and work towards dismantling ICE. First no funding. Impeach Noem. Demand hearings on ICE’s operation in MN. Demand that Miller resign. Don’t let up.
- “An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.” newrepublic.com/article/2057...
- Hey @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social you will never get another chance to have a backbone after this pathetic capitulation, and I hope to all that is good that you’re primaried (brutally) for this cowardice. Shame.
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDThe MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDAmong #COVID19 positive individuals, #LongCOVID prevalence varies significantly due to differing definitions, highlighting the need for a standardized, validated definition. ja.ma/4lpupob
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDWe're taking major steps back in #publichealth and instead of addressing the important issues we're creating more distractions. #SDOH Why are American kids getting sicker? www.vox.com/life/421703/... by @annanorth.bsky.social via @vox.com CC: @laurenwisk.bsky.social @htagerf.bsky.social
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDPut another way, Medicaid contributes roughly as much to Detroit's economy than car manufacturing, more to Houston than the chemical industry, almost twice as much to Los Angeles as motion picture production--these are big numbers!
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDIt's a worker's party now.
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDThe White House is touting tax benefits for tipped workers in the reconciliation bill, but 2 million tipped workers could be among those at risk of losing health coverage because of the #Medicaid and #ACA marketplace cuts in the bill. (1/3) www.nbcwashington.com/news/busines...
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDAccording to CBO, only 20% of the 7.8 million people expected to lose coverage because of Medicaid policies will have access to other coverage like subsidized marketplace plans or employer-based insurance.
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDMy wife @laurenwisk.bsky.social is in Time magazine! time.com/7292910/covi...
- New work with the INSPIRE team looking at long term (one year post infection) health-related quality of life in our #COVID registry. Big diffs in mental vs physical recovery after COVID, with about 20% seeing persistent poor #well-being at 1 yr urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
- I have often warned colleagues/students about the fact that LLM like ChatGPT just make up non-existent references (or inappropriately reference real work) so it’s nice to have a concrete example of how embarrassing it can be if you don’t take the time to check! www.cnn.com/2025/05/29/h...
- Yikes
- Equal insurance coverage for mental and physical care? The president's decision on mental health parity rules looms. @aneripattani.bsky.social explains what's at stake for millions. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDFrom @commonwealthfund.org big #Medicaid cost-shifts to states will harm children. Eliminating coverage for parents will result in their children losing coverage too. States will also have to cut coverage for kids federal law doesn't require them to cover: www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2025/de...
- George Armstrong Lecture @pas2025.bsky.social today was incredibly inspirational! These pioneers are the spark and hearing from them was exactly what I needed today! #PAS2025
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhD"Now, that path to a scientific career is in tatters. If the NIH continues to stall, reject, and terminate grants, we are in danger of losing an entire generation of scientists and the life-changing discoveries they would have made."
- This is really disheartening
- 📣To what extent is the U.S. public aware of firing of federal workers, canceling of research grants, or removal of public data that’s disrupting public health and science? Members of our team fielded a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults in late March. www.milbank.org/quarterly/op... 1/
- What the what?!?!
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDThe IMF released its latest forecasts today, and they seem to suggest that the folks most hurt by Trump's trade war are... Americans.
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhD4/5 HHS employees currently on administrative leave report they were given no opportunity to hand off their responsibilities, suggesting important work will simply be discontinued. Here's a quote from @sandhyawrites.bsky.social. ⤵️
- Despite all the turmoil, we’re hiring a #postdoc! Looking for someone with exceptional analytical skills to work with us to study mental health care utilization for adolescents and young adults, at the intersection of policy, process, and outcomes! Please share widely! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10254
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDI did an interview with my alma mater, and the result is a useful long-form interview that might provide a useful primer on the current tariff mess, for those who want to dig in a bit further:
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDExclusive: Members of President Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by The Post and interviews with U.S. officials. wapo.st/4caT5O4
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDIt's the biggest tax hike in decades and the most regressive in living memory.
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDMy thoughts are with all the HHS employees today. Please know that the cuts being made are not a reflection of the value of the work you all have been doing. We know how critical you all are to public health. #ThisIsPublicHealth
- So deeply F’d
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhD"Turned away when badges didn't work." Just gratuitous cruelty to committed civil servants who've already taken so much abuse. The costs of these reckless cuts to all of our health will be vast. But the inhumane treatment of hard-working employees is itself a moral stain.
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhD“Friday was my last day leading communications at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I left my job because I believe public health policy must always be guided by facts and not fantasy.” Kevin Griffis writing in WaPo about what it was like to work under RFK Jr
- Love that our federal government is just engaging in extortion now
- Completely unsurprising but still disheartening to see - new evidence that #OBGYN supply decreased in restrictive states post #Dobbs More women will suffer, but I guess that was always the point… jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDNEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more. The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law. No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhD
My kingdom for a chief justice who doesn’t inspire grateful backslapping from convicted felons - Let’s be very clear about what this is: trump’s attempt to punish scientists and physicians who he knows are against his numerous health-harming policies. He is just trying to silence/threaten potential opposition.
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- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDThree things worth knowing about the current fiscal debate: 1. When they're talking about savings, the numbers are usually billions (though sometimes millions). 2. When they're talking about tax cuts, the numbers are usually trillions. 3. A trillion is a thousand times larger than a billion.
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDHouse Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt 🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDGood morning. This week Republicans in the House may take a vote to advance their budget plan. That budget plan would: - Cut Medicaid by about $1 trillion - Cut food stamps - Spend trillions on tax cuts mostly for the rich and corporations - Add trillions to the national debt
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- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDTrump’s attack on US institutions, even if fully expected, is dispiriting, discombobulating and dangerous. In this very difficult time, we have to remember one thing: This is not normal, and it should not be normalized.
- Do not pre-comply! Make them force you to change language if that’s what they want. We make their jobs easier if we go along with all this nonsense.
- UPDATED with response from National Academies denying they are removing words not aligned with Trump EO and that such actions are part of normal review process - but authors of a protest letter disagree. NASEM also confirms removal of DEI action plan to comply w/ EO. www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/n...
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDThis is how it’s done.
- But sure let’s confirm RFK Jr and make this problem a whole lot worse.
- 🚨UPDATE: At least 14 people have been hospitalized in a measles outbreak in an under-vaccinated part of Texas. 24 cases so far, mainly children. Health officials worry some parents might not seek care for their kids. Dangerous & means this will keep spreading. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
- Worth noting that cutting government funding to SpaceX and Starlink would save 3.3 billion a year. Seems like that’s the fat we should trim instead…
- This is so terrifying
- Reposted by Lauren Wisk, PhDSeveral federal datasets and health surveys came offline last Friday. Some have returned. We explain what these data are and how they’re used in interventions to address our nation’s biggest health challenges:
- Really appreciated this editorial so nicely stating how important it is for medical and public health professionals to actively speak out against policies that harm health. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
