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The Cost of Opportunity: Anti-Black Discrimination in High Resource Settings pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article…
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Check out this new podcast that will regularly discuss the impact of #racism on middle-class #Black people's health: podbean.com/ew/pb-fmtgv-1746…
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Shervin Assari, MD MPH retweeted
Today, the @umich Board of Regents approved Detroit native & two-time @umichsph graduate Darrell Hudson, MPH ‘05, PhD ‘09, as the next chair of the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education.
Congratulations and welcome (back), @DrDHud! myumi.ch/9gyZE
Among people with similar education levels, Black parents earn less income, which explains why the effects of parental education on offspring education is weaker in Black than White families. scipublications.com/journal/… This is in line with our other work on youtube.com/watch?v=I0TQ-FXm…
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Getting an education, finding a job & getting married are the traditional steps to ascending the middle class. In this OpEd, @assarish (@cdrewu) argues that those steps are not enough to combat racial inequality & systemic racism.
Learn more in @theprogressive. ⤵️
Education, employment, and marriage do not uniformly lead to upward mobility for every group of Americans. @assarish @SSNScholars #racism #upwardmobility #inequality
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Shervin Assari, MD MPH retweeted
Education, employment, and marriage do not uniformly lead to upward mobility for every group of Americans. @assarish @SSNScholars #racism #upwardmobility #inequality
progressive.org/op-eds/we-ne…
Shervin Assari, MD MPH retweeted
The first presidential debate for the #2024Election was held last week. In this OpEd, @assarish (@cdrewu) draws on research to argue that Trump’s strategy of leaning into the "power of bad" is very effective.
Read more in @fulcrum_us : thefulcrum.us/ethics-leaders…
When comparing the influence of good and bad, there is an undeniable truth: Bad is stronger than good.
Read more: loom.ly/dAmIKY8
#thefulcrum #citizenconnect #presidentialdebate
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Umbrellas don’t make it rain. Here's a summary of my 10-year research: Highly educated Black families face discrimination and racism, leading to far worse health than equally educated Whites. #HealthInequity #StructuralRacism youtube.com/watch?v=I0TQ-FXm…
Shervin Assari, MD MPH retweeted
The first pub from my K01 award, and I'm so excited for my co-authors.
Full article: Effects of mTBI with loss of consciousness on neurobehavioral symptoms, depression, and insomnia in former collegiate and NFL football athletes tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Using @UMich @umisr HRS data, we found that the health effects of #incarceration of young #Black men can be detected decades later when they are retiring: aimspress.com/article/doi/10…
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Using @FFCWS data, we showed that incarceration of #Black men worsens mental health of Black boys 22 years later via increasing their risk of incarceration. Then we discuss how this is caused by structural and institutional #racism. Here is the paper: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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1/9 I wasn't gonna do this, but my name is involved. And I need y'all to put some respect on my name. This weekend @politico published our roundtable discussion about marriage. I don't like how people are framing the discussion.
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Shervin Assari, MD MPH retweeted
Thrilled to see our article open access @SCID__journal . We show that democracy reduces lifespan inequalities disproportionately for men, via reductions in injuries and accidents. @CGUnews @CguIprc link.springer.com/article/10…
Shervin Assari, MD MPH retweeted
My first R01! 🙌 Very excited to share the news that this special project has been funded by the @NINDSfunding! Can't wait to get to work with Dr. Michael Alosco (of @bu_cte), Bob Stern, Rajendra Morey, Jesse Mez and Guy Potter!
#SocialDeterminantsofHealth #Alzheimers #Dementia
Shervin Assari, MD MPH retweeted
Congratulations former @PRBA_ISR student and @TheMCUAAAR scientist @christinajcross. @umisr @RCGD_ISR @RCMARCC @SociologistRay @RyonCobb @BethAngell9 @prudencelcarter @SandyDarity @DarrickHamilton @ifatunji @Skip_PhD
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Very well deserved. Congratulations @paulalantz
I' honored & humbled to receive this recognition from @UMich. So grateful for @FordSchool community's support for my teaching, research, & service related to #HealthEquity, #PopHealth and the fundamental role of public policy in both creating & addressing structural inequality.
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Shervin Assari, MD MPH retweeted
Darrell Hudson, an associate professor at the Brown School, will become director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity at Washington University in St. Louis, effective July 1.
Please join us in congratulating @DrDHud! 🎉
Learn more: tinyurl.com/DirectorHudson
Shervin Assari, MD MPH retweeted
.@assarish, Sharon Cobb, Babak Najand, @HOSZARE & @amandasonnega examined the differential association between educational attainment and sustained high BMI among non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic White middle-aged and older adults in the USA myumi.ch/GkE9M