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Investment Advice for America’s Health:
How Words From the “Oracle of Omaha” Apply to Government Funding of Research
Why do we need public funding of scientific research? The Oracle of Omaha offers some thinking on that.


NIH Grants Were a Huge Part of My Training.
How Will We Bridge the Gap Now?
The NIH Diversity Supplement Program is under attack. What can we do?

Member of the Month: Gabe Miller
Dr. Miller is a social demographer who’s on our conference program planning committee this year. Get to know him and his two cats.

Public-Facing Communications, Part 1:
Public Engagement in Science is Essential – Not Optional
As we face funding cuts and public mistrust, the need for public-facing, clear communication is mission-critical.

Population Health News Round-Up: May 2025
Food apartheid, mental health parity, cuts to environmental health funding, and more.

Member of the Month: Bruce Link
You won’t find Bruce Link polishing pebbles, but you might find him fishing for guppies.

Extracting the National Health Interview Survey Linked Mortality File (NHIS-LMF)
Here’s help in accessing and using IPUMS National Health Interview Survey Linked Mortality File Data.

Population Health News Round-Up: April 2025
Where the budget cuts are hitting hard: veterans, people with disabilities, blood disorder researchers, wildfire responders, and more.

Population Health News Round-Up: March 2025
Looming Medicaid cuts, sepsis rates after an abortion ban, funding threats to rural hospitals, and more.
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