Jon Oberlander

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In "Public Health Under Siege," a special issue of @jhppl.bsky.socia (51:2), articles explore the many ways in which public health policy has been transformed and dismantled during the second Trump administration. View the TOC and read the introduction, freely available: buff.ly/7Vvdiwh

US public health is in crisis. In this special JHPPL issue edited by @oberlanderunc.bsky.social & @sarahgollust.bsky.social, you’ll find articles that help contextualize the erosion of public health infrastructure & adoption of policies harmful to public health. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/advanc...

The One Big Beautiful Bill is a big step back for US health policy. My take in @nejm.org www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Josh Hawley would like a word with House Republicans on Medicaid www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...

Academic SOS (RIP, paper assignments)

How is this Final 4 different than all others? With Todd Golden, Bruce Pearl & Jon Scheyer, it’s looking a lot like a Passover Seder of NCAA coaches

Any good resources out there on what to do if you receive a NIH termination notice? Asking not for me but a friend

So many organizations I’ve had the privilege of working with received termination letters from USAID this week. Here’s an estimate of how many lives may be lost as a result, in South Africa alone: >500k additional deaths, >500k new infections doi.org/10.7326/ANNA...

Inbox: Medicaid at 60 issue of @jhppl.bsky.social just dropped. How timely. 😭 But seriously, read the amazing scholarship in this issue for in-depth understanding of the program's past, present, & future. @oberlanderunc.bsky.social @ericpatashnik.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/issue/...

With a looming threat to Medicaid, @jhppl.bsky.social's special issue "Medicaid at 60" provides context to understand the program's remarkable growth since 1965 as well as its resilience & political vulnerability. Free & Open Access! @haroldpollack.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/issue/...

After 10 yrs as chair of UNC’s Dept of Social Medicine, today is my last day in that role. Thrilled that the awesome Mara Buchbinder will be our new chair. And I am looking forward to post-chair life!

Earlier this year, Phil Singer, @bradwrightphd.bsky.social, and I published a piece in JHPPL in which we looked at 1332 waiver activity from 2019 to 2023. We examined how the Trump administration used waivers to try to accomplish some of their #healthpolicy priorities, and how Biden reversed course.

Some news from JHPPL: This will be my last year as editor. Excited to announce that @sarahgollust.bsky.social will be the new editor. Sarah will be awesome! CC @dukepress.bsky.social @ericpatashnik.bsky.social @povertyscholar.bsky.social @mattmotta.bsky.social

New in JHPPL advanced pubs: special issue on Polarization, Partisanship & Health. With @sarahgollust.bsky.social @efranklinfowler.bsky.social @adrianna.bsky.social @timcallaghan.bsky.social @mattmotta.bsky.social and many more! Ungated: read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/advanc...

I was delighted to host a conference @ the Watson Institute on Medicaid at 60: From Welfare Medicine to America's Most Important Healthcare Program. The conference will lead to a special issue of JHPPL. A summary of the conf is below. @oberlanderunc.bsky.social home.watson.brown.edu/news/2023-10...