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Courtney D. Lynch, PhD MPH @doccourtney.bsky.social · Sep 9

This has been painfully obvious to those of us in higher education for some time.

www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/u...

US high school students math and reading scores hit record new low, continuing yearslong decline | CNN

A decade-long slide in high schoolers’ reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders’ scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to...

www.cnn.com

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Courtney D. Lynch, PhD MPH @doccourtney.bsky.social · Jul 29

I received a call today asking me to participate in @CDC BRFSS. The pitch was terrible - sounded like a scam.

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Courtney D. Lynch, PhD MPH @doccourtney.bsky.social · Jul 24

Sometimes I actually want to type <3 @Office! The fact that it defaults to autocorrecting to a ❤️ is embarrassing.

Courtney D. Lynch, PhD MPH @doccourtney.bsky.social · Jul 4

Drone show > fireworks

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Courtney D. Lynch, PhD MPH @doccourtney.bsky.social · Jul 3

Proud math-loving mama moment: my son received a 5 on his Calc AB AP exam. 🙌🏼.

And he didn’t even study!🙄

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Courtney D. Lynch, PhD MPH @doccourtney.bsky.social · Jul 3

In this episode of the best things that I’ve read:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Estimating Treatment Effects From Observational Data

This Viewpoint describes the target trial emulation approach and the importance of it being used thoughtfully and correctly.

jamanetwork.com

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Courtney D. Lynch, PhD MPH @doccourtney.bsky.social · Apr 11

😔

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Courtney D. Lynch, PhD MPH @doccourtney.bsky.social · Mar 11

Reviewers don’t forget to suggest your postdoctoral mentees as reviewers if you decline a manuscript.

Sponsorship is so important with regard to helping someone develop a national reputation!

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Courtney D. Lynch, PhD MPH @doccourtney.bsky.social · Feb 20

The word transformational should be reserved for things that are truly transformational.

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Courtney D. Lynch, PhD MPH @doccourtney.bsky.social · Feb 18

I strive to deliver the grandest and roundest talks of them all.😂

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Courtney D. Lynch, PhD MPH @doccourtney.bsky.social · Feb 18

I just received an email asking me to evaluate the grand rounds lecture that I gave last week.🧐

It was fabulous?🤷🏻‍♀️

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Courtney D. Lynch, PhD MPH @doccourtney.bsky.social · Jan 23

Halting NIH business operations isn’t efficient or fiscally or socially responsible.

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Courtney D. Lynch, PhD MPH @doccourtney.bsky.social · Dec 12

And data are plural, at least in the scientific literature.🤷🏻‍♀️

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Courtney D. Lynch, PhD MPH @doccourtney.bsky.social · Dec 12

Plural data and the Oxford comma for life.

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Courtney D. Lynch, PhD MPH @doccourtney.bsky.social · Dec 12

I want to be a feline reproductive epidemiologist.

KaminskiMed @kaminskimed.bsky.social · Dec 11

Cannot wait to return home & tell Marquie that deletion of X linked ARHGAP36 is the reason she has orange patches.
Love these two preprints and the fact that they coordinated release - and yes, we need more cat papers

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Courtney D. Lynch, PhD MPH @doccourtney.bsky.social · Dec 12

I need a self-inking stamp that says, “Data are plural; datum is the singular.”

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Courtney D. Lynch, PhD MPH @doccourtney.bsky.social · Dec 12

I like Calibri for tables and Arial for text.

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Courtney D. Lynch, PhD MPH @doccourtney.bsky.social · Dec 12

I’m a sans serif kind of person.

Courtney D. Lynch, PhD MPH @doccourtney.bsky.social · Dec 12

Not a fan of the look of Times New Roman.

No offense, @nytimes.com

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Courtney D. Lynch, PhD MPH @doccourtney.bsky.social · Dec 12

Tip of the day for early career folks: use Dr. or credentials, not both.

For instance, I’m either Dr. Courtney Lynch or Courtney Lynch, PhD MPH

NOT

Dr. Courtney Lynch, PhD MPH

a rainbow colored shooting star with the words the mo you know behind it

ALT: a rainbow colored shooting star with the words the mo you know behind it

media.tenor.com

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KaminskiMed @kaminskimed.bsky.social · Dec 11

Cannot wait to return home & tell Marquie that deletion of X linked ARHGAP36 is the reason she has orange patches.
Love these two preprints and the fact that they coordinated release - and yes, we need more cat papers

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...