Anusha M. Vable
@anushamvable.bsky.social
Social Epidemiologist & Associate Professor
@WashU.
Details on my work here: https://schoolofpublichealth.washu.edu/people/anusha-vable/
@WashU.
Details on my work here: https://schoolofpublichealth.washu.edu/people/anusha-vable/
“Despite contributing to Medicare throughout their working lives, Black individuals in the US are less likely to live long enough to reach the qualifying age for coverage.”
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Racial Disparities in Premature Mortality and Unrealized Medicare Benefits
This cohort study examines racial disparities in premature mortality in the US and discusses the implications of these trends for unrealized Medicare benefits among populations with lower life expecta...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
“Despite contributing to Medicare throughout their working lives, Black individuals in the US are less likely to live long enough to reach the qualifying age for coverage.”
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Someone asked me yesterday how I find time for grant writing.
I set aside 2, 3-hour windows a week for grant writing for 2-3 months before the deadline I’m targeting.
For me, it’s 9-noon Monday & Thursday because my best brain is in the morning (I’d prefer earlier, but I have little kids).
I set aside 2, 3-hour windows a week for grant writing for 2-3 months before the deadline I’m targeting.
For me, it’s 9-noon Monday & Thursday because my best brain is in the morning (I’d prefer earlier, but I have little kids).
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Someone asked me yesterday how I find time for grant writing.
I set aside 2, 3-hour windows a week for grant writing for 2-3 months before the deadline I’m targeting.
For me, it’s 9-noon Monday & Thursday because my best brain is in the morning (I’d prefer earlier, but I have little kids).
I set aside 2, 3-hour windows a week for grant writing for 2-3 months before the deadline I’m targeting.
For me, it’s 9-noon Monday & Thursday because my best brain is in the morning (I’d prefer earlier, but I have little kids).
“Populous developing countries like China and India led the charge in making the switch to renewable energies …Meanwhile, Western societies including the European Union and the United States increased their consumption of coal during this period.”
We can do better
www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...
We can do better
www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...
Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says
For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.
www.npr.org
October 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“Populous developing countries like China and India led the charge in making the switch to renewable energies …Meanwhile, Western societies including the European Union and the United States increased their consumption of coal during this period.”
We can do better
www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...
We can do better
www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...
Judge Arun Subramanian to Cassie & Jane:
“I am proud of you for coming to the court to tell the world what really happened,” he said. “You weren’t just speaking to the 12 folks in the jury box. You were speaking to the millions of women out there who have been victims, but who feel invisible and
“I am proud of you for coming to the court to tell the world what really happened,” he said. “You weren’t just speaking to the 12 folks in the jury box. You were speaking to the millions of women out there who have been victims, but who feel invisible and
October 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Judge Arun Subramanian to Cassie & Jane:
“I am proud of you for coming to the court to tell the world what really happened,” he said. “You weren’t just speaking to the 12 folks in the jury box. You were speaking to the millions of women out there who have been victims, but who feel invisible and
“I am proud of you for coming to the court to tell the world what really happened,” he said. “You weren’t just speaking to the 12 folks in the jury box. You were speaking to the millions of women out there who have been victims, but who feel invisible and
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Are you a PCP pulling your hair out trying to maneuver through maddening insurance and pharma barriers to getting your patients the medications they need? A 2 word solution: pharmacy technicians. Check out our study @annalsofem.bsky.social on the benefit of adding pharm techs to primary care teams👇
A new study just published in the @annalsofem.bsky.social (Sept/Oct 2025) shows that integrating pharmacy technicians in team-based primary care:
- Reduces clinician and nurse admin burden
- Improves efficiency & care
- Expands patient medication access
👉https://www.annfammed.org/content/23/5/412
- Reduces clinician and nurse admin burden
- Improves efficiency & care
- Expands patient medication access
👉https://www.annfammed.org/content/23/5/412
September 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Are you a PCP pulling your hair out trying to maneuver through maddening insurance and pharma barriers to getting your patients the medications they need? A 2 word solution: pharmacy technicians. Check out our study @annalsofem.bsky.social on the benefit of adding pharm techs to primary care teams👇
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A Saturday morning shout out to Washington University (St. Louis, not us :)) for establishing a *new* School of Public Health.
We think that’s awesome 🤩
#IDSky
schoolofpublichealth.washu.edu WashU School of Public Health
We think that’s awesome 🤩
#IDSky
schoolofpublichealth.washu.edu WashU School of Public Health
WashU School of Public Health
With the School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis, WashU is establishing its first new school in 100 years.
schoolofpublichealth.washu.edu
August 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A Saturday morning shout out to Washington University (St. Louis, not us :)) for establishing a *new* School of Public Health.
We think that’s awesome 🤩
#IDSky
schoolofpublichealth.washu.edu WashU School of Public Health
We think that’s awesome 🤩
#IDSky
schoolofpublichealth.washu.edu WashU School of Public Health
“analysts at Earth Economics, a nonprofit, studied three of Elizabeth’s microforests and found that for each dollar invested, the public will gain on average $10.90 in benefits like air quality and heat reduction.”
In New Jersey, Benefits Bloom in Tiny Forests www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
In New Jersey, Benefits Bloom in Tiny Forests www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
In New Jersey, Benefits Bloom in Tiny Forests
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
“analysts at Earth Economics, a nonprofit, studied three of Elizabeth’s microforests and found that for each dollar invested, the public will gain on average $10.90 in benefits like air quality and heat reduction.”
In New Jersey, Benefits Bloom in Tiny Forests www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
In New Jersey, Benefits Bloom in Tiny Forests www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
We characterized patterns of diabetes risk progression using #SequenceAnalysis and found evidence of 9 patterns including stable normoglycemia, 5 patterns of impaired fasting glucose that did not progress to diabetes, and 3 patterns of diabetes with onset at younger, middle, and older ages.
Paper 👇🏽
Paper 👇🏽
June 27, 2025 at 3:39 AM
We characterized patterns of diabetes risk progression using #SequenceAnalysis and found evidence of 9 patterns including stable normoglycemia, 5 patterns of impaired fasting glucose that did not progress to diabetes, and 3 patterns of diabetes with onset at younger, middle, and older ages.
Paper 👇🏽
Paper 👇🏽
“the kayakers will pass the rehabilitated sites of the largest dam-removal project in U.S. history. They will pass salmon swimming upstream in places that the fish had not been able to reach since the early 1900s.”
This made me feel hopeful. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
This made me feel hopeful. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
First Time in 100 Years: Young Kayakers on a Ride for the Ages
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June 19, 2025 at 3:51 AM
“the kayakers will pass the rehabilitated sites of the largest dam-removal project in U.S. history. They will pass salmon swimming upstream in places that the fish had not been able to reach since the early 1900s.”
This made me feel hopeful. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
This made me feel hopeful. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
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"Every day I think about my role as a scientist.
"I am motivated to be brave and be bold.
"The next generation is going to have higher expectations for the world. I owe it to them to unrelentingly continue the work to protect science"
@gretchentg.bsky.social
#SER2025
"I am motivated to be brave and be bold.
"The next generation is going to have higher expectations for the world. I owe it to them to unrelentingly continue the work to protect science"
@gretchentg.bsky.social
#SER2025
June 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"Every day I think about my role as a scientist.
"I am motivated to be brave and be bold.
"The next generation is going to have higher expectations for the world. I owe it to them to unrelentingly continue the work to protect science"
@gretchentg.bsky.social
#SER2025
"I am motivated to be brave and be bold.
"The next generation is going to have higher expectations for the world. I owe it to them to unrelentingly continue the work to protect science"
@gretchentg.bsky.social
#SER2025
“The administration’s anti-science actions are further evidence of its corruption, incompetence and illegal behavior”
#SER2025
Thank you to Dr. Gretchen Goldman for the inspiring keynote address.
#SER2025
Thank you to Dr. Gretchen Goldman for the inspiring keynote address.
June 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“The administration’s anti-science actions are further evidence of its corruption, incompetence and illegal behavior”
#SER2025
Thank you to Dr. Gretchen Goldman for the inspiring keynote address.
#SER2025
Thank you to Dr. Gretchen Goldman for the inspiring keynote address.
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Huge congratulations to @annerimoin.bsky.social for winning the Roger Detels Award for distinguished research in infectious disease epidemiology ! #SER2025
June 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Huge congratulations to @annerimoin.bsky.social for winning the Roger Detels Award for distinguished research in infectious disease epidemiology ! #SER2025
Glad to see so much interest in #SequenceAnalysis at #SER2025! Link to our didactic paper & some applied papers 👇🏽
I’m happy to share that our sequence analysis “didactic” paper is now published!
I think this method is powerful, flexible and solves the persistent challenge of characterizing variables that unfold over time (& produces great graphics).
Applied examples below.
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
I think this method is powerful, flexible and solves the persistent challenge of characterizing variables that unfold over time (& produces great graphics).
Applied examples below.
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
Using sequence and cluster analysis to characterize variables that unfold over time: implementation and practical considerations for epidemiologists
Abstract. Characterizing longitudinal trajectories of variables that unfold over time (e.g. social, health or environmental variables) is a persistent chal
academic.oup.com
June 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Glad to see so much interest in #SequenceAnalysis at #SER2025! Link to our didactic paper & some applied papers 👇🏽
“More schooling is associated with lower Hemoglobin A1c at the high-risk tail of the distribution: An unconditional quantile regression analysis” led by the excellent Jilly Hebert is now out!
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40196001/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40196001/
More schooling is associated with lower Hemoglobin A1c at the high-risk tail of the distribution: An unconditional quantile regression analysis - PubMed
Educational attainment is inversely associated with HbA1camong those with 12 or more years of schooling, with larger point estimates for those in the high-risk tail of the HbA1c distribution.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
June 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
“More schooling is associated with lower Hemoglobin A1c at the high-risk tail of the distribution: An unconditional quantile regression analysis” led by the excellent Jilly Hebert is now out!
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40196001/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40196001/
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Watching Scott Zimmerman and Erin Ferguson lead a workshop on reproducible research and multiverse analysis. It's their practice for a workshop at #EpiResearch #SER 2025. epiresearch.org/annual-meeti... Drawing on Erin's paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1... So cool.
May 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Watching Scott Zimmerman and Erin Ferguson lead a workshop on reproducible research and multiverse analysis. It's their practice for a workshop at #EpiResearch #SER 2025. epiresearch.org/annual-meeti... Drawing on Erin's paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1... So cool.
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NEW: We (mostly @noamross.net) launched a website to shine a brighter light on terminated NIH and NSF grants.
grant-watch.us
It links to our NIH & NSF trackers, grant info submission forms, and other info. We'll also add new analyses soon.
Check it out and let us know what else you'd like to see.
grant-watch.us
It links to our NIH & NSF trackers, grant info submission forms, and other info. We'll also add new analyses soon.
Check it out and let us know what else you'd like to see.
Grant Watch
grant-watch.us
April 30, 2025 at 4:19 AM
NEW: We (mostly @noamross.net) launched a website to shine a brighter light on terminated NIH and NSF grants.
grant-watch.us
It links to our NIH & NSF trackers, grant info submission forms, and other info. We'll also add new analyses soon.
Check it out and let us know what else you'd like to see.
grant-watch.us
It links to our NIH & NSF trackers, grant info submission forms, and other info. We'll also add new analyses soon.
Check it out and let us know what else you'd like to see.
As I senior author more papers, and am ultimately responsible for the work and any errors, I am **SO GLAD** we practice code review for all papers.
Short story & link to our #CodeReview paper below.
Short story & link to our #CodeReview paper below.
April 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
As I senior author more papers, and am ultimately responsible for the work and any errors, I am **SO GLAD** we practice code review for all papers.
Short story & link to our #CodeReview paper below.
Short story & link to our #CodeReview paper below.
I’m happy to share that our sequence analysis “didactic” paper is now published!
I think this method is powerful, flexible and solves the persistent challenge of characterizing variables that unfold over time (& produces great graphics).
Applied examples below.
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
I think this method is powerful, flexible and solves the persistent challenge of characterizing variables that unfold over time (& produces great graphics).
Applied examples below.
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
Using sequence and cluster analysis to characterize variables that unfold over time: implementation and practical considerations for epidemiologists
Abstract. Characterizing longitudinal trajectories of variables that unfold over time (e.g. social, health or environmental variables) is a persistent chal
academic.oup.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I’m happy to share that our sequence analysis “didactic” paper is now published!
I think this method is powerful, flexible and solves the persistent challenge of characterizing variables that unfold over time (& produces great graphics).
Applied examples below.
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
I think this method is powerful, flexible and solves the persistent challenge of characterizing variables that unfold over time (& produces great graphics).
Applied examples below.
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
“[Universities] must abandon all the concerns — rankings, donors, campus amenities — that preoccupy and distract them, and focus on their core mission: the production and dissemination of knowledge.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
Opinion | This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, If They Dare
It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
“[Universities] must abandon all the concerns — rankings, donors, campus amenities — that preoccupy and distract them, and focus on their core mission: the production and dissemination of knowledge.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
“20% ⬇️ in belief in conspiracy theories after participants interacted with a powerful, flexible, personalized GPT-4 Turbo conversation partner.
…
⬇️ in belief held across a range of topics, including covid-19 and the outcome of the 2020 presidential election”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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⬇️ in belief held across a range of topics, including covid-19 and the outcome of the 2020 presidential election”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Finally, something is puncturing conspiracy theories
Researchers have long struggled to combat conspiracy theories. Artificial Intelligence offers hope.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
“20% ⬇️ in belief in conspiracy theories after participants interacted with a powerful, flexible, personalized GPT-4 Turbo conversation partner.
…
⬇️ in belief held across a range of topics, including covid-19 and the outcome of the 2020 presidential election”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
…
⬇️ in belief held across a range of topics, including covid-19 and the outcome of the 2020 presidential election”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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You can find a great review for the study of structural racism and pophealth in an excellent #SERPlaylist by @anushamvable.bsky.social @zinzinator.bsky.social and @juliaraifman.bsky.social Find it here: epiresearch.org/2022/10/25/p...
Plausible counterfactuals in the study of structural racism and population health – Society for Epidemiologic Research
epiresearch.org
February 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
You can find a great review for the study of structural racism and pophealth in an excellent #SERPlaylist by @anushamvable.bsky.social @zinzinator.bsky.social and @juliaraifman.bsky.social Find it here: epiresearch.org/2022/10/25/p...