Meredith Doherty
@_MDoherty_LCSW
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AsstProf @PennSP2. Social worker, scientist, educator. Studies health & wealth inequity. #HealthJustice #FirstGen #ImpSci
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Joined July 2012
Housing and health are intricately connected. A new @BCPlaybook Collection shares evidence on housing interventions and supports and how to implement them to improve the health of people experiencing housing instability and chronic homelessness.
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Housing and health are intricately connected. People experiencing housing instability and chronic homelessness have worse health outcomes, less access to primary care, and higher hospital use than...
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Out now in @OncNav: Study led by PC3I's @_MDoherty_LCSW & @cadet_tamara analyzed delivery of Oncology Financial Advocacy to ⬇️ financial hardship in pts w/ #cancer. Results show effectiveness of OFA & call for more investment & standardization. (@PennSP2)
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Cancer-related financial hardship is linked to poor health outcomes and early mortality. Oncology financial advocacy (OFA) aims to prevent cancer-related financial hardship in oncology settings by...
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A statement from Penn's School of Social Policy & Practice on the Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decision:
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Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This decision departs from decades of preced...
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#PhiladelphiaMarathon training Day 1 was slow and heavy. but it will get easier. Playlist recs always appreciated!
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Just registered for the @Philly_Marathon to raise funds for cancer research and our beloved @AACR. Would any of my colleagues from @PennSP2 @PC3Innovation @PennLDI @PennMedicine @PennCancer @pennsp2_acosw @PennCGIR like to join me?
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Amazing opportunity for postdocs interested in UBI and economic interventions !
Care about poverty and economic justice? Want to study #ubi #guaranteedincome & #unconditionalcash ? We’re hiring 2 post-docs for a fall start! One quant and one qual. https://t.co/o4Eu20ZceI
@KarlWiderquist @MichaelALewis10 @PennSP2 @TerriFriedline @JennieRomich @jcgreenfield
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💘This labor of love has finally been delivered! 💵 The G.I.F.T. Trial protocol has been published in a special issue of Frontiers of Psychology: https://t.co/NRmBaXhLk3
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Cancer-related financial hardship (i.e., financial toxicity) has been associated with anxiety and depression, greater pain and symptom burden, treatment nona...
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It sucks when your science is rejected from top journals It sucks more when your results are high impact but the editor couldnt see it Helping publish >250 papers in 5yrs, I found that the addition of 1 sentence reduces desk rejects at top journals Learn how🧵 #AcademicChatter
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I read this Matt Desmond article and... I don't know. I appreciate his argument about exploitation (of workers, and of poor people) as a cause of poverty. But the article starts out by first implying that our safety net in the US is just fine, and... no! 🧵 https://t.co/Vqb9gRQypB
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning sociologist offers a new explanation for an intractable problem.
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Today, we mourn the passing of The Mother of Disability Rights, Judy Heumann. To say she left this world a better place is an understatement—Judy Heumann is the one who blazed the trail for disability rights. (1/?) #RestInPower #JudyHeumann #DisabilityRights #DisabilityAdvocate
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You can take advantage of AI chatbots in class to boost learning. Our paper outlining exercises to do: https://t.co/cwrNvUjTAd Guide to using AI: https://t.co/m8Vi984Xjj My class policies requiring AI use: https://t.co/EsD3MPpyVT How its been going so far:
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Exciting news in the world of #CancerPrevention! A validated and reliable measure to assess organizational readiness for implementation of #EvidenceBasedInterventions has been developed. Cognitive interviews were used to refine the survey. @bjweiner @Maria_e_prof @WandersmanC
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My incredible PhD advisor, mentor, and friend is in need of a kidney. Dan is the best dude & at least half the reason I am able to do the research work I love! Please follow the link to learn more and please share! https://t.co/mDRO8r8KXq
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"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is one of the most shocking and inhumane." -MLK
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