I'm an epidemiologist (#epitwitter) at the UMN SPH. I like rabbits. I like iced tea. I also like plots that involve time travel. Also: @rwidome@mastodon.social
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Jan 18
Could the ~3 interesting accounts/people that are still only posting here PLEASE move over to Bluesky? I miss you and it's really annoying to have to log into this thing to see what's up with you. š
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10 Jun 2025
Itās been an honor to serve as a voting member of ACIP. Iām so grateful to the extraordinary CDC staff who partnered with us on our work. And to Melinda Wharton, the ACIP Secretary who Iāve long looked up to as a public health leader.
9 Jun 2025
This is the big one: Kennedy is firing the entire #ACIP in a move he says is needed to restore confidence in vaccines.
"It scares me to think of whatās ahead,ā Mike Osterholm of CIDRAP told me. statnews.com/2025/06/09/rfk-ā¦
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16 Jun 2020
On #academictwitter people refer to a #HiddenCurriculum of informally acquired knowledge about how our world works that not everyone has equal access too.
I want to do some unhiding of this, in a few threads over the next few weeks...
Today = letters of recommendation! 1/n
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2 Jul 2020
Are you thinking about applying for a MPH (Master of Public Health) degree program this year? I direct the MPH in epidemiology program at @PublicHealthUMN, and in today's unhiding of the #hiddencurriculum thread, I'll share my tips on how to put together a strong application.
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6 Mar 2025
I wrote a piece in the Minnesota Reformer about how the Trump Administration is wrecking the future of biomedical and public health research by trashing diversity programs and freezing scientific advisory meetings:
minnesotareformer.com/2025/0ā¦
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3 Mar 2025
I wrote about the "health freedom" movement currentaffairs.org/news/healā¦
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17 Feb 2025
Melissa and I wrote a piece about our work being censored by the US government. minnpost.com/community-voiceā¦
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5 Dec 2024
Please, for me, at least cross post on Bluesky. It's just one more thing for me to do to remember to stop by here occasionally to see what the 3 interesting people who are still exclusively posting here might have said.š¤£
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24 Nov 2024
The worst thing about being an epidemiologist is knowing you shouldnāt eat batter
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24 Nov 2024
I really should warn people of this at our Spring program info sessions. So they go into the MPH with eyes open
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Rachel Widome retweeted
21 Nov 2024
You don't have to leave Twitter but could you please also start posting on BlueSky so I can reduce the amount of things I need to check? For me, please?
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Rachel Widome retweeted
8 Nov 2024
The internet is increasingly full of bad data analyses and fake science. If you want to avoid getting sucked in by nonsense, then it's a good idea to learn how science is supposed to work.
Lucky for you, Epidemiology An Introduction is here to help!
@OxUniPress
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Rachel Widome retweeted
5 Nov 2024
Ellison says Minnesota will share in $49 million settlement over drug company fraud kimt.com/news/health/ellisonā¦
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Rachel Widome retweeted
4 Nov 2024
It's November 5th, 2024. Thousands of men look at their shoe closet, realizing they threw out their dress sneakers bc of my tweets. They only have uncomfortable dress shoes and decide not to walk to the polls. Kamala Harris wins. We now have communism.
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Rachel Widome retweeted
4 Nov 2024
Some of my top statistical pet peeves below:
3 Nov 2024
You could teach a pretty informative, semester-long course on the dozen ways that this is wrong
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Rachel Widome retweeted
16 Oct 2024
Pitt Public Health is hiring 2 tenure-stream faculty in the Dept of Epidemiology! Epi methods (assist/assoc) and social epi (all ranks). Come join our team! Links to both positions here and in the thread below. #epitwitter
Open Epi Methods job:
cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectā¦
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