Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH

@RMCarpiano
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Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Riverside. I'm a public health scientist and sociologist who studies and does policy work around population health and community issues. Sometimes in the news. Views are my own. Science and other serious stuff served up with a side of pop culture takes. Also on that other site using this same handle. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
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Pay for Cal State presidents has grown at nearly twice the rate as pay for lecturers
https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/college-beat/2023/12/cal-state-salaries/
Pay for Cal State presidents has grown at nearly twice the rate as pay for lecturers

The rate of Cal State salary increases for chancellor and presidents have outpaced faculty. Executives say their pay still lags behind the national average.

CalMatters
If you've fallen out of practice of wearing a mask, this would be a good week to start again! COVID rates are rising because of a new variant, and because many people will have gotten sick over Thanksgiving. Your best protection is wearing a high quality mask.

Please boost and circulate: UCR School of Public Policy is hiring for an Asst. Professor. We're open to the area of scholarship but have a particular interest in energy & environmental policy, housing policy, and immigration policy. Great place to be & work. aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01753

#policy #sociology #economics #PublicHealth

Good news... NIH announces long covid treatment studies with hundreds of patients - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/07/31/long-covid-treatment-studies-nih/

NIH announces long covid treatment studies with hundreds of patients

Critics have said the response from the National Institutes of Health is long overdue.

The Washington Post

The Good, The Bad, and The Unappealing

The Loneliness of the Short Distance Runner

#RejectedSongBookOrMovieTitles
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Please Boost.

Great news--The University of California, Riverside's School of Public Policy is hiring this fall for an Assistant Professor.

Job ad here: https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01753

#Policy #Sociology #Law #Econ #PopHealth #PublicHealth

TIL, the International Committee of the Red Cross has its own academic, peer-reviewed journal... https://international-review.icrc.org/about/about-review
#sociology #policy #PublicHealth #PopHealth
About the Review

Established in 1869, the International Review of the Red Cross is a peer-reviewed, academic journal produced by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and published by Cambridge University Press. The Review's audience includes governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, humanitarian practitioners, academics, the media and all those interested in humanitarian issues.

International Review of the Red Cross
Great read on where the US stands on vaccine mandates. More of the trend re: courts & legislators focusing on the "major questions" doctrine--that Congress must explicitly grant agencies powers regarding matters of vast social/economic significance.
#PublicHealth #law #policy
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2807811
Vaccination Mandates—An Old Public Health Tool Faces New Challenges

This Viewpoint discusses how federal vaccine requirements have helped thwart vaccine-preventable diseases as well as how growing public resistance to vaccines and judicial and legislative limits to vaccination mandates may change that.

FACT SHEET: White House Launches Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy | The White House

Major General (ret) Paul Friedrichs Will Serve as the Inaugural Director The Biden-Harris Administration has made historic progress on our nation’s ability to manage COVID-19 so that it no longer meaningfully disrupts the way we live our lives. Under President Biden’s leadership, the Administration has taken significant steps to ensure all individuals have continued access…

The White House