Roger Figueroa, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.Sc.
@rogerfigphd.bsky.social
Assistant professor of Social and Behavioral Science in Nutrition at Cornell University.
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Circulating a petition against a proposal to force UNC system faculty to share their syllabi publicly, a move that would potentially exposing faculty to bad faith actors without necessarily improving student access to syllabi (which are already accessible in the course catalog) #AcademicFreedom
Protect Academic Freedom, Our Faculty, Our Communities
Faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members: The UNC System is preparing to cave to political pressure from the Heritage Foundation, the Oversight Project, and the James Martin Center by ...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Circulating a petition against a proposal to force UNC system faculty to share their syllabi publicly, a move that would potentially exposing faculty to bad faith actors without necessarily improving student access to syllabi (which are already accessible in the course catalog) #AcademicFreedom
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Interventions to enable or improve evidence-informed decision-making in public health and preventive medicine: A scoping review
Emily Groot, Jessica Pelley, Anne-Marie Boylan, David Nunan
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...
Emily Groot, Jessica Pelley, Anne-Marie Boylan, David Nunan
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...
Interventions to enable or improve evidence-informed decision-making in public health and preventive medicine: A scoping review
Public health and preventive medicine (PHPM) is the branch of medicine that plans,
implements, and evaluates population-level health interventions (1,2). Historically,
PHPM was primarily concerned wit...
www.ajpmfocus.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Interventions to enable or improve evidence-informed decision-making in public health and preventive medicine: A scoping review
Emily Groot, Jessica Pelley, Anne-Marie Boylan, David Nunan
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...
Emily Groot, Jessica Pelley, Anne-Marie Boylan, David Nunan
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...
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As 2025 comes to an end, let us not forget the devastating loss of USAID & its impact for those who suffer from food insecurity and hunger. This New Yorker documentary reminds us about the loss and devastating consequences of rash decision-making. Powerful and tragic but a must watch. bit.ly/4aLjjYP
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
bit.ly
December 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
As 2025 comes to an end, let us not forget the devastating loss of USAID & its impact for those who suffer from food insecurity and hunger. This New Yorker documentary reminds us about the loss and devastating consequences of rash decision-making. Powerful and tragic but a must watch. bit.ly/4aLjjYP
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Americans are watching the prices of groceries, utilities, medical care and housing skyrocket—but Trump says it’s not happening.
Trump Keeps Insisting There's No Affordability Crisis Despite Data Showing Otherwise
Americans are watching the prices of groceries, utilities, medical care and housing skyrocket—but Trump says it’s not happening.
www.forbes.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Americans are watching the prices of groceries, utilities, medical care and housing skyrocket—but Trump says it’s not happening.
and/including much better resource allocation for prevention efforts…
once this nation learns the hard way that destroying public health isn’t an option for modern life, PH workers need to unite to demand fair pay. our field already had terrible pay before the years of inflation, during which pay has not gone up, exactly
December 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
and/including much better resource allocation for prevention efforts…
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What direction will we take the future of our field of public health?
We are at a crossroads
Dr. Mary Bassett represents the best of us, and I hope will continue to be supported in leading the way forward
Heartened to see much support for her on this petition
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
We are at a crossroads
Dr. Mary Bassett represents the best of us, and I hope will continue to be supported in leading the way forward
Heartened to see much support for her on this petition
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Petition to Reinstate Dr. Mary Bassett as the FXB Center Director
docs.google.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
What direction will we take the future of our field of public health?
We are at a crossroads
Dr. Mary Bassett represents the best of us, and I hope will continue to be supported in leading the way forward
Heartened to see much support for her on this petition
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
We are at a crossroads
Dr. Mary Bassett represents the best of us, and I hope will continue to be supported in leading the way forward
Heartened to see much support for her on this petition
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
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"Immigrant childcare workers & preschool teachers, the majority of whom work & live in the US legally, say they are wracked by anxiety over possible encounters w ICE. Some left the field, others have been forced out by changes to immigration policy."
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
Trump's crackdown on immigration is taking a toll on child care workers
President Donald Trump’s push for the largest mass deportation in history has had an outsized impact on the child care field, which is heavily reliant on immigrants and already strained by a worker sh...
apnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"Immigrant childcare workers & preschool teachers, the majority of whom work & live in the US legally, say they are wracked by anxiety over possible encounters w ICE. Some left the field, others have been forced out by changes to immigration policy."
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
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1/4. The U.S. continues to be a place where people’s life experiences and outcomes differ dramatically by social positioning. How does that affect the way people make meaning of what is happening around them? Those questions guided this new paper. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
1/4. The U.S. continues to be a place where people’s life experiences and outcomes differ dramatically by social positioning. How does that affect the way people make meaning of what is happening around them? Those questions guided this new paper. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
After 5+ years of hard work, I am excited to share our new open-access publication in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine Focus synthesizing recent evidence on barriers and facilitators to participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Woman, Infants, and Children (WIC).
Barriers and Enablers to WIC Participation: Review of Evidence From Studies Published Between 2019 and 2024
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
supports low-income mothers and children aged <5 years in the U.S. with nutrition
and healthcare resources; however, n...
www.ajpmfocus.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
After 5+ years of hard work, I am excited to share our new open-access publication in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine Focus synthesizing recent evidence on barriers and facilitators to participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Woman, Infants, and Children (WIC).
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Brooke Rollins has made a case for sweeping changes to food aid programs by claiming USDA has uncovered "massive fraud." But she and USDA haven't provided the underlying data or any evidence.
The agriculture secretary says SNAP changes are coming. Here's what we know
Brooke Rollins has made a case for sweeping changes to food aid programs by claiming USDA has uncovered "massive fraud." But she and USDA haven't provided the underlying data or any evidence.
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Brooke Rollins has made a case for sweeping changes to food aid programs by claiming USDA has uncovered "massive fraud." But she and USDA haven't provided the underlying data or any evidence.
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
I was featured in this recent podcast episode of @npr.org Short Wave on how hunger and food insecurity affect individuals and whole societies.
www.npr.org/2025/11/24/n...
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Here’s how hunger and food insecurity affect individuals – and whole societies : Short Wave
One in every eight households in the U.S. isn’t always sure where the next meal will come from. Limited food access can spell hunger – and that can affect the body and mind. So can cheaper, less nutri...
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November 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I was featured in this recent podcast episode of @npr.org Short Wave on how hunger and food insecurity affect individuals and whole societies.
www.npr.org/2025/11/24/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/24/n...
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Weekend food for thought: The USDA’s unrelenting opposition to SNAP
The USDA is engaged in a concerted effort to reduce enrollment in SNAP, even though people who qualify are entitled to benefits. Assigning food stamps (SNAP) to the USDA was a mistake from the get go, but once SNAP was part of the…
The USDA is engaged in a concerted effort to reduce enrollment in SNAP, even though people who qualify are entitled to benefits. Assigning food stamps (SNAP) to the USDA was a mistake from the get go, but once SNAP was part of the…
Weekend food for thought: The USDA’s unrelenting opposition to SNAP
The USDA is engaged in a concerted effort to reduce enrollment in SNAP, even though people who qualify are entitled to benefits. Assigning food stamps (SNAP) to the USDA was a mistake from the get go, but once SNAP was part of the Farm Bill it seemed to make sense. SNAP takes up most of the USDA's budget, the blue in this figure.
www.foodpolitics.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Weekend food for thought: The USDA’s unrelenting opposition to SNAP
The USDA is engaged in a concerted effort to reduce enrollment in SNAP, even though people who qualify are entitled to benefits. Assigning food stamps (SNAP) to the USDA was a mistake from the get go, but once SNAP was part of the…
The USDA is engaged in a concerted effort to reduce enrollment in SNAP, even though people who qualify are entitled to benefits. Assigning food stamps (SNAP) to the USDA was a mistake from the get go, but once SNAP was part of the…
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Even as SNAP benefits are restored, food banks and pantries around the nation continue to feel the strain with no reprieve in sight. n.pr/4oOIUEl
Food banks, already strained, brace for prolonged demand
Even as SNAP benefits are restored, food banks and pantries around the nation continue to feel the strain with no reprieve in sight.
n.pr
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Even as SNAP benefits are restored, food banks and pantries around the nation continue to feel the strain with no reprieve in sight. n.pr/4oOIUEl
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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This open-access article by @abregoleisy.bsky.social and Lucia León is an incredibly useful overview of how immigration policies shape families' lives. Great reference for scholars, students, policymakers, journalists – everyone, really.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Impacts of Immigration Policies on Families
US immigration policies have profound impacts on immigrant families. In a robust field of study across disciplines, scholars have documented how the multi-layered, complex immigration regime opens and...
www.annualreviews.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This open-access article by @abregoleisy.bsky.social and Lucia León is an incredibly useful overview of how immigration policies shape families' lives. Great reference for scholars, students, policymakers, journalists – everyone, really.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Want to make your science heard beyond academia? Join us Nov 19 for the SBM webinar: “Science in Plain Language: Writing, Speaking, and Engaging Beyond Academia.”
✅ Learn how to simplify your findings
✅ Pitch op-eds that matter
✅ Engage the public & policy audiences
🔗 www.sbm.org/training...
✅ Learn how to simplify your findings
✅ Pitch op-eds that matter
✅ Engage the public & policy audiences
🔗 www.sbm.org/training...
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Want to make your science heard beyond academia? Join us Nov 19 for the SBM webinar: “Science in Plain Language: Writing, Speaking, and Engaging Beyond Academia.”
✅ Learn how to simplify your findings
✅ Pitch op-eds that matter
✅ Engage the public & policy audiences
🔗 www.sbm.org/training...
✅ Learn how to simplify your findings
✅ Pitch op-eds that matter
✅ Engage the public & policy audiences
🔗 www.sbm.org/training...
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The Applied Exercise Science at the Univ Michigan has launched two searches for tenure-line (open-rank) and clinical (asst/assoc prof) faculty colleagues with expertise in the Social and Behavioral Sciences of Physical Activity.
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The Applied Exercise Science at the Univ Michigan has launched two searches for tenure-line (open-rank) and clinical (asst/assoc prof) faculty colleagues with expertise in the Social and Behavioral Sciences of Physical Activity.
I was featured in this recent story by Richard Haller from @ncprnews.bsky.social on the challenges that Head Start and eligible families in Warren County (NY) are experiencing amid the federal government shutdown.
www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5...
www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5...
Head Start in Warren County could close its doors amid shutdown funding delays
The federal childcare program is stuck in limbo as the government shutdown continues.
www.northcountrypublicradio.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I was featured in this recent story by Richard Haller from @ncprnews.bsky.social on the challenges that Head Start and eligible families in Warren County (NY) are experiencing amid the federal government shutdown.
www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5...
www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5...
Reposted by Roger Figueroa, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.Sc.
Op-ed: SNAP reduces hunger, lifts children out of poverty, improves health outcomes, and supports local economies. It is one of the most effective anti-poverty tools this country has ever created.
Op-ed: SNAP Is a Lifeline. I Know Firsthand.
SNAP reduces hunger, lifts children out of poverty, improves health outcomes, and supports local economies.
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Op-ed: SNAP reduces hunger, lifts children out of poverty, improves health outcomes, and supports local economies. It is one of the most effective anti-poverty tools this country has ever created.
Reposted by Roger Figueroa, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.Sc.
Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the uncertainty and lapse in benefits in states across the country.
When SNAP benefits will arrive is still in flux. Here's what communities are doing to fill the gap
Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the uncertainty and lapse in benefits in states across the country.
n.pr
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the uncertainty and lapse in benefits in states across the country.
Similar to the Responsible Conduct of Research trainings, where are the Responsible Conduct of GenAI use ones? Is there such a thing yet?
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Similar to the Responsible Conduct of Research trainings, where are the Responsible Conduct of GenAI use ones? Is there such a thing yet?
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BOSTON (AP) — Judges order the federal government to use contingency funds for SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown.
October 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
BOSTON (AP) — Judges order the federal government to use contingency funds for SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown.
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Some 42 million people in the U.S. who rely on SNAP benefits could soon join the already long lines at the nation's food banks and pantries that are also serving struggling federal workers. n.pr/436mKVB
Photos: Food banks scramble to get ready as SNAP funding deadline looms
Some 42 million people in the U.S. who rely on SNAP benefits could soon join the already long lines at the nation's food banks and pantries that are also serving struggling federal workers.
n.pr
October 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Some 42 million people in the U.S. who rely on SNAP benefits could soon join the already long lines at the nation's food banks and pantries that are also serving struggling federal workers. n.pr/436mKVB
Reposted by Roger Figueroa, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.Sc.
Canvas, the course management platform used by my university (and many others), has been down all day due to the AWS outage. It has prompted some good discussions about how much critical infrastructure is now outsourced to a few companies.
Amazon Web Services outage shows internet users ‘at mercy’ of too few providers, experts say
Amazon Web Services outage shows internet users ‘at mercy’ of too few providers, experts say
Crash that hit apps and websites around world demonstrates ‘urgent need for diversification in cloud computing’
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Experts have warned of the perils of relying on a small number of companies for operating the global internet after a glitch at Amazon’s cloud computing service brought down apps and websites around the world.
The affected platforms included Snapchat, Roblox, Signal and Duolingo as well as a host of Amazon-owned operations including its main retail site and the Ring doorbell company. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Canvas, the course management platform used by my university (and many others), has been down all day due to the AWS outage. It has prompted some good discussions about how much critical infrastructure is now outsourced to a few companies.