@drjenndowd.bsky.social
Prof of Demography & Population Health @oxforddemsci.bsky.social | Mortality, Epidemiology, Infections/Immunity, Biosocial science, COVID-19. | Science Communicator 🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧.
Substack: https://jenndowd.substack.com
@donmoyn.bsky.socialReposted by @drjenndowd.bsky.socialMy man ended USAID, condemning millions to death
@philipncohen.comReposted by @drjenndowd.bsky.socialIs America in a demographic crisis? Demographers don’t think so. I conducted a survey of U.S. demographers, and this is what I found: 3%: “The low birth rate is a demographic crisis” 25%: "serious concern” 53%: "should be monitored, but no intervention necessary” 20% :“not a problem at all.”
@shelleydclark.bsky.socialReposted by @drjenndowd.bsky.socialThe video recordings of the presentations from our conference, "Beyond Birth Rates: Advancing a Pro-Alignment Approach to Low Fertility in North America," are now available at this link. If you missed the conference, watch the outstanding work of our panelists!
@karenguzzo.bsky.socialReposted by @drjenndowd.bsky.social“Without physically removing a single person, these rules would bureaucratically disappear millions of people from the national count. They would also strip away an important reference point against which claims of unequal treatment can be measured.”
@drjenndowd.bsky.social😂😂
@drjenndowd.bsky.socialNew longevity hack just dropped
@drjenndowd.bsky.socialHey y'all--There are signs the flu season is off to an unusually early start.
This means I would amend my typical "by Halloween" advice-*now* is a good time to get your vaccine if you haven't already.
Protection takes about 2 weeks to build up.
Stay well!
@tenuretracker.bsky.socialReposted by @drjenndowd.bsky.socialMax Planck Gesellschaft (@maxplanck.de) is hiring:
Postdoctoral Researcher in Medical Demography
@martinenserink.bsky.socialReposted by @drjenndowd.bsky.socialI asked plague scientists in France, the U.K. and the U.S. what they make of the death of a lab technician in Siberian. (Spoiler: There's absolutely no reason to worry about a plague epidemic.)
@karenguzzo.bsky.socialReposted by @drjenndowd.bsky.socialWhat a lovely tribute to the life of demographer Reynolds Farley, who passed away in September. I didn't know him personally, but his impact on demography is profound.
@drjenndowd.bsky.social😂 Ok fair. I was referring to the less official "if we follow this trend forever we get to zero or infinity" flavor.
@hggaddy.bsky.socialReposted by @drjenndowd.bsky.socialOn 12 October, I'll be giving a seminar at @sociologyoxford.bsky.social. I'll be talking about missing data, Indigenous mortality during the 1918 flu, and the Alaskan census. Reach out if you want a hybrid link!
@drjenndowd.bsky.socialPopulation projections be like...
#demography
@drjenndowd.bsky.socialA treat to work w/ Ralph Lawton, @ermeara.bsky.social & Jonathan Skinner on this. This work made me realize I could probably spend the rest of my life just showing how changing age structure & other types of population composition affect associations we often take at face value. #demographyproblems
@drjenndowd.bsky.socialAn FDA advisory panel voted in favor of a new blood test that screens for 50+ cancers. The idea is great, but the test has lots of false negatives & false positives, so use w/ caution, & it shouldn't replace conventional screening. Read more:
jenndowd.substack.com/p/a-new-bloo... #medsky #episky
@amrcampop.bsky.socialReposted by @drjenndowd.bsky.socialInterested in a PhD in historical demography/population studies at @camunicampop.bsky.social, @camunigeography.bsky.social, Cambridge University? We have 3 suggested topics (see thread): contact me to discuss, or to suggest your own idea. Apply by early December for funded places.
@drjenndowd.bsky.socialWell, I haven't skimmed much beyond that! I think they do acknowledge healthy LE expansion, but not sure how it is consistent with this work that concludes the length of healthy life grandparenthood is expanding faster than delayed grandparenthood: read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
@rebeccasear.bsky.socialReposted by @drjenndowd.bsky.socialBBC's Today programme is currently contemporary fertility decline to the Black Death, and blaming women for the "disaster" because they're refusing to have kids with men under 6 feet tall <screams in demographer>
@rebeccasear.bsky.socialReposted by @drjenndowd.bsky.socialDemography is a fascinating subject and definitely deserves plentiful public discussion but *please* Radio 4 consult an actual demographer occasionally
@drjenndowd.bsky.socialI was also pretty stunned by the wording of this NBER abstract 🫠. As @rcobooth.bsky.social lays out very nicely, there are many important questions to be explored here, but language, especially around reproductive choices, matters. substack.com/home/post/p-... #econsky #demography
