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Joanne Spetz

@joannespetz.bsky.social

2K followers 1.1K following 250 posts

Health economist focusing on the healthcare workforce, institute director, live music fan, mother, cat lover, knitter, hiker, skier. All opinions and snark my own.

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Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · 3d

Want to spend a week learning skills & strategies to study the dementia care workforce?

Join us for the @awardnetwork.bsky.social Summer Training Institute, July 20-24, 2026. A stipend of $1700 will be provided for travel expenses.

Applications due Feb 27!

awardnetwork.ucsf.edu/content/summ...

Summer Training Institute | awardnetwork

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Stacie Dusetzina @dusetzinas.bsky.social · 3d

My pleasure to be on the Health Affairs podcast talking about the "Great American Healthcare Plan" - er....non-plan? Vision board (h/t Jeff). Hope you enjoy!

www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/h...

Health Affairs Journal

www.healthaffairs.org

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NBER @nber.org · 3d

Open call for applications, NBER Innovation Research Boot Camp 2026. Boot Camp to be held in Cambridge, MA on July 17–23, 2026. Submit applications by 11:59pm EDT on February 12, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...

Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · 11d

Blueberry likes the heater on a cold day. He hates ice.

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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 16d

My latest in @jamahealthforum.com looks at health care affordability -- or, more aptly, unaffordability -- in the context of the debate over enhanced ACA premium tax credits.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Bianca Frogner @biancafrogner.bsky.social · 29d

Mark your calendars for our 4th Annual AWARD Network Speed Sharing webinar on Wed Jan 7, 12pm ET / 9am PT! It's always a fun, fast, and informative event about recent work at the intersection of Alzheimer's disease & dementia, long-term care & health workforce!
awardnetwork.ucsf.edu/monthly-webi...

Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · Dec 26

Team Science is FUN!!! Thank you all for bringing me on the journey with you.

Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · Dec 26

Audrey's team:
Audrey Lyndon
Kate Simpson
Gay Landstrom
Caryl Gay
Jason Fletcher

Lisa's team:
@lisarotenstein.bsky.social
Estelle Martin
Bruce Landon
Susan Edgman-Levitan
@hneprash.bsky.social
David Bates

Team Oral Health:
Nady Pourat
Xiao Chen
James Godwin

& Team OCEBHA, led by Walt Dawson

Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · Dec 26

UCSF LTC teams:
@anilmakam.bsky.social
Xenia Mendez
Kyoko Peterson
Jackie Miller
Tim Bates
David O'Riordan
Steve Pantilat
Leslie Ross - may her memory be a blessing to all

Others in LTC:
Jasmine Travers Altizer
Jenny Reckrey
@biancafrogner.bsky.social
David Grabowski
Rachel Heitner
Brynn Bowman

Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · Dec 26

(more Team NDWS)
Amy R. Pettit
Ji Qi
Raphael Nishimura
Piotr Dworak
Margaret Hudson
Jennifer Kelley

Team NP-Midwife Surveys:
Kim Dau
Roz de Lisser
Amy Quan
Tim Bates
Ulli (again)

Fantastic post-docs:
Lei Chen
Moroni Cajavilca

Tingting's team:
Tingting Yao
Hai-Yen Sung
Lela Chu
Wendy Max

Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · Dec 26

(more Team NDWS)
Lauren Hunt
Lauren Gerlach
@alissasideman.bsky.social
Johanna van Tyen Silbersack Hickey
Kate Possin
Winston Chiong
Susan Chapman
Esther M. Friedman
Soo-Jeong Lee
Rachel Tocco
Joanie Rothstein
Pongpat Putthinun
Sofia Sandoval
Amber Rose
Kate Stewart
Heidi Guyer
Sandi Nelson

Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · Dec 26

It's time to thank my coauthors of 2025! I don't have a great list of who is on BlueSky, so tags are incomplete.

Team NDWS:
@dtmaust.bsky.social
@betsywhite25.bsky.social
Laura Wagner
James Wagner
Steve Marcus
Ulli Muench
Sheryl Zimmerman
@jarminyeh.bsky.social
@kristalynharrison.bsky.social

Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · Dec 19

I love this list very much and had implemented a lot of the same things myself.

Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · Dec 18

Would it be terribly annoying if I posted about things that have made my academic work more... efficient?

Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · Dec 18

I love past me for developing the habit of simultaneously drafting presentation slides when I write papers and/or grant proposals. It makes things sooooo much easier when people ask me to give a talk.

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · Dec 18

Would it be terribly annoying if I posted about things that have made my academic work more... efficient?

Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · Dec 18

I love past me for developing the habit of simultaneously drafting presentation slides when I write papers and/or grant proposals. It makes things sooooo much easier when people ask me to give a talk.

Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · Dec 16

One more reason we get along!

Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · Nov 13

A neighbor responded to a quip I made about the Pres being a pedo with “those were fully developed girls.”
Keeping my distance from her now.

Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · Nov 13

OMG, as a father, allow me to emphasize it is not ok for adult men to be into teen age girls, and if you are an adult rationalizing “15 year olds” as somehow ok:

You are gross

You need help

Stay the hell away from my children or my students

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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · Nov 13

OMG, as a father, allow me to emphasize it is not ok for adult men to be into teen age girls, and if you are an adult rationalizing “15 year olds” as somehow ok:

You are gross

You need help

Stay the hell away from my children or my students

Reposted by Joanne Spetz

Josh Woolley MD/PhD @trpr-ucsf.bsky.social · Nov 13

The UCSF/VA Translational Psychedelic Research Program seeks postdoctoral fellows to advance rigorous psychedelic-therapy trials investigating neural, cognitive, & behavioral mechanisms in depression, neurodegenerative & eating disorders, chronic pain, and Veterans. 2 years guaranteed, 3rd possible.

Reposted by Joanne Spetz

Cornell Health Policy Center @chpc-cornell.bsky.social · Nov 13

⭐️ Dr. Allison Ju-Chen Hu, Kristen Underhill, & Yuhua Bao have a paper out in Health Affairs titled "State Laws Banning Prior Authorization For Medications For Opioid Use Disorder Increased Substantially, 2015–23."

👉 Read the CHERISH summary: buff.ly/xc2iXWa

🔗 Read publication: buff.ly/AH6mwyp

Pilot Grant Analysis Examines Prior Authorization Trends for MOUD in Private Insurance

Researchers observed a positive trend towards removing prior authorization requirements for MOUD.

Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · Nov 12

Conference hotel view of my alma mater!
And yes I have already had a cup of Toscanini’s.

Reposted by Michael Wagner, Joanne Spetz, Ruairidh Milne

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Oct 31

Bottom line of systematic assessment of studies on Covid vaccinations/boosters:
~50% reduction of hospitalization, across all adults (not just older) who are not immunocompromised
Real data on vaccine-induced myocarditis: occurred in 1-3 per 100,000 male adolescents
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Oct 31

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UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education @ctcre-ucsf.bsky.social · Oct 30

CTCRE & @ucsfcancer.bsky.social hosted the annual Tobacco & Cancer Control Scientific Trainee Retreat in Sept! We were fortunate to be joined by Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, 2009 Nobel Laureate in medicine, who delivered the keynote conversation and thoughtfully answered questions from our fellows.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Oct 30

To recap: Trump is spending money Congress never appropriated to pay federal employees with guns, and cutting programs and grants even when Congress has appropriated funds.
They literally have a contingency fund for SNAP that they are refusing to use.
No Speaker has done more to weaken Congress.

In a new set of court filings, submitted late Wednesday, administration officials acknowledged that they had billions of dollars left over across multiple federal accounts. The amounts appeared to total more than would be needed to cover the full costs of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, for the next month.

Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · Oct 27

You can download the datafiles at awardnetwork.ucsf.edu

Reposted by Stacie B. Dusetzina

Joanne Spetz @joannespetz.bsky.social · Oct 27

Want to do research on home care, assisted living, and nursing home workers, but are having trouble finding info about the policies that affect them?

Look no further! The AWARD Network Data Compendium has data for you!

Learn more in our new JAMDA article.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Enterprise Cybersecurity Solutions, Services & Training | Proofpoint US

Proofpoint helps protect people, data and brands against cyber attacks. Offering compliance and cybersecurity solutions for email, web, cloud, and more.

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Joanne Spetz, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · Oct 17

The research is clear that peaceful protest movements are extremely effective. Movements that involve property damage are less effective but usually still effective in general.

a cartoon of a man saying now you know and knowing is half the battle .

Alt: a cartoon of a man saying now you know and knowing is half the battle .

media.tenor.com

Reposted by Joanne Spetz, Aaron Sojourner, Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia

ASHEcon @ashecon.bsky.social · Oct 17

Med cannabis law adoption induces sustained reductions in pain-medication use, esp opioids, among commercially insured patients. On avg, patients prescribed opioids drop by over 100 per 10,000 enrollees qrtrly within 4 yrs after policy adoption.(1/3)

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ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social · Oct 16

Link: www.dovepress.com/patient-pers...

Patient Perspectives and Concerns Regarding Cataract Surgery and Catar | OPTH

Patients are open to changes in the sedation management strategy in the presence of appropriate perioperative education and communication. Read more.

www.dovepress.com

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ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social · Oct 16

New in Clinical Ophthalmology:

Patient Perspectives and Concerns Regarding Cataract Surgery and Cataract Surgery Sedation: A Qualitative Study - Molina et al.

Spotlighting IHPS Faculty: Dr. Catherine L. Chen