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deb umberson @DebUmberson

U TX sociologist of family, gender, health

Joined April 2015
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Dual pandemics? Assessing associations between area racism, COVID-19 case rates, and mental... - goo.gl/scholar/QNtQCu #ScholarAlerts
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via @NYTimes. Climate change. Yet another contributor to social isolation in older populations. nytimes.com/2023/07/20/world…

For Europe’s Older Population, Heat Is the New Covid (Published 2023)

Scorching temperatures have threatened the health of the elderly and pushed them inside, while governments are trying to take extraordinary steps to protect them.

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Time of Healing: Can Social Engagement after Bereavement Reduce Trajectories of Depression after the Death of a Child? academic.oup.com/psychsocger…
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We're recruiting! Help us learn more about how spouses shape each other’s health over time. Visit liberalarts.utexas.edu/healt… for more info
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Deborah Carr@DeborahCarr723
21 May 2023
The GA BRFSS was the first to have a bereavement module. Learn about how bereavement and binge drinking co-occur, and for whom. @tmiles2054 @BU_CISS @BU_Tweets @BUsociologydept mdpi.com/2296620 #mdpiijerph via @IJERPH_MDPI
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Study Reveals Staggering Toll of Being Black in America: 1.6M Excess Deaths Over 22 Years - Physician's Weekly physiciansweekly.com/study-r…

Study Reveals Staggering Toll of Being Black in America: 1.6M Excess Deaths Over 22 Years |...

Research has long shown that Black people live sicker lives and die younger than white people. Now a new study, published…

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Parental Death Across the Life Course, Social Isolation, and Health in Later Life: Racial/Ethnic... - goo.gl/scholar/BJCC9K #ScholarAlerts
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Gendered Racial Microaggressions, Psychosocial Resources, and Depressive Symptoms among Black Women Attending a Historically Black University - Christy L. Erving, Tiffany R. Williams, Whitney Frierson, Megan Derisse, 2022 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…

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The Center for Aging and Population Sciences@utxcaps
28 Sep 2022
CAPS Faculty Member Chandra Muller has been awarded @NIHAging $50M grant to link NLSY72 data with new physical, biographical, and neurological data. Read more @ bit.ly/ChandraMuller @DebUmberson @KarenFingerman @nia_demography @FriendsofNIA
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Sexual Motives, Stress, and Depressive Symptoms Among Midlife Different-Sex and Same-Sex Couples - goo.gl/scholar/5t4nFv #ScholarAlerts

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Death of a Child and Parents’ Psychological Distress in Mid to Later Life: Racial/Ethnic Differences in Exposure and Vulnerability academic.oup.com/psychsocger…

The Death of a Child and Parents’ Psychological Distress in Mid to Later Life: Racial/Ethnic...

AbstractObjectives. This study considered whether experiencing the death of a child is associated with subsequent psychological distress in older populatio

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Sibling Deaths, Racial/Ethnic Disadvantage, and Dementia in Later Life academic.oup.com/psychsocger…
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Gendered Racial Microaggressions, Psychosocial Resources, and Depressive Symptoms among Black Women Attending a Historically Black University - Christy L. Erving, Tiffany R. Williams, Whitney Frierson, Megan Derisse, 2022 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…

Gendered Racial Microaggressions, Psychosocial Resources, and Depressive Symptoms among Black Women...

The current study integrates stress process model and intersectionality framework to explore psychological effects of an intersectional stressor experienced by ...

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Multiple Family Member Deaths and Cardiometabolic Health among Black and White Older Adults - goo.gl/scholar/SNkv48 #ScholarAlerts
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Zhiyong Lin@zylinsoc
27 Jul 2022
It's my great honor to be part of @DebUmberson's Reeder Award paper, with @HyungminCha. Using @Add_Health and @hrsisr, we identified distinctive gendered patterns of social isolation across the life course from adolescence to late adulthood @ASAMedSoc @UTPopCenter @utxcaps
OOIR@ObserveIR
27 Jul 2022
Trending in #Sociology: ooir.org/trending.php?d=7&ca… 1) Oligarchs & Bourgeoisie in the Chilean Congress, 1834–94 2) Gender & Social Isolation across the Life Course (@JofHSB) 3) Social Media Creators & Algorithmic (In)Visibility 4) Military Tattoos & War Temporalities
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Canada Will Allow Americans To Cross The Border For Abortions: Trudeau | HuffPost Latest News huffpost.com/entry/canada-wi…

Canada Will Allow Americans To Cross The Border For Abortions: Trudeau

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn a constitutional right to abortion "horrific."

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Mieke Beth Thomeer@MiekeBeth
31 May 2022
Our new study was just published in Advances in Life Course Research. Using innovative lifeline data from 87 transgender and nonbinary people from projectaffirm.org, we examine the types of events experienced by this group over the life course. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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The case against Revise and Resubmit - LSE Impact

Extensive revising is required by many journals in the social sciences. It is expected that authors “revise and resubmit” (R&R) their manuscripts several times before they are accepted for publicat...

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Deborah Carr@DeborahCarr723
17 May 2022
Social scientists discuss the devastating milestone of 1 million COVID deaths. @DebUmberson @NAChristakis @ASA_SALC @ASAMedSoc @BU_CISS @BUSociology
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@NPR
17 May 2022
The U.S. has reached another tragic milestone: 1 million people reported dead from COVID-19. n.pr/3yEeHRn
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The Center for Aging and Population Sciences@utxcaps
17 May 2022
@KarenFingerman featured in @WSJ article“Parents are always in the parent role”: When adult children move home in crisis wsj.com/articles/parents-are… @nia_demography @NIHAging @DebUmberson

‘Parents Are Always in the Parent Role’: When Adult Children Move Home in Crisis

For parents, the return home often means shelving retirement plans, facing new worries about their child’s emotional and mental health.

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