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braycharles.bsky.social
Public health researcher @Harvard Med HCP, biostatistician in training @Harvard SPH. Dedicated runner. Minnesotan by birth and virtue, Bostonian by career expedience.
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The US WW2 medical research and development effort catalyzed postwar science, modernized drug discovery, and fueled the postwar National Institutes of Health — reshaping biomedical innovation for decades, from Daniel P. Gross and Bhaven N. Sampat https://www.nber.org/papers/w33457

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Check out our new piece (with video!) in @time-magazine.bsky.social, about how science is often used to justify someone’s values, rather than inform tradeoffs based on those values, in debate on health issues (More to come with @time-magazine.bsky.social Ideas, too!) time.com/7198764/scie...

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ADHD diagnoses among children increase on Halloween, consistent with changes in behavior and highlighting subjectivity in the medical diagnosis, from Christopher Worsham, Charles Bray, and Anupam Jena https://www.nber.org/papers/w33232

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Beep beep! Which occupations are associated with the lowest risk of death from Alzheimer's disease? Check out our analysis in @bmj.com Christmas Issue with some interactive graphics to explore links between Alzheimer's and navigational jobs 🚕🚑✈️🚢🚌 www.bmj.com/content/387/...

submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

Check out this great writeup in @planetmoney.bsky.social by @elliswonk.bsky.social about our working paper and the types of cognitive biases that might be affecting medical care surrounding various holidays--or really any day www.npr.org/sections/pla...

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🚨👀 Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world. www.propublica.org/article/3m-f...

submitted 286 days ago • 12 comments

It turns out that the major pharmacies in the U.S. routinely provide patient medical records to law enforcement without a warrant. The potential ramifications of this for anyone on birth control, ordering abortion pills, or medication for mental illness and other personal conditions are staggering.

submitted 446 days ago • 52 comments

Should really be age-adjusted. 25-34 is a huge range (it's much of the fertility window) and we know that a higher % of Millennial women give birth at the high end than past gens. So is it an age--or some other--effect? Along w/changing reporting standards, can we appropriately draw any conclusions?

submitted 443 days ago • 1 comment