Aaron Reuben
@aaronreuben
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Asst. Prof. of neuropsychology & environmental health @ University of Virginia.
Durham, NC
Joined March 2009
New mental health survey of East Palestine in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia 1 year after train derailment. We found high rates of @PTSD and @Depression, physical health symptoms, and significant concerns about quality of public information.
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Where You Live Could Increase Your #Dementia Risk @Newsweek write-up of our study on neighborhoods and dementia across adulthood.
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Neuropsychologist Aaron Reuben told Newsweek that a correlation between where people live and dementia risk in industrialized has been widely observed.
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Irrespective of income or education, people living in disadvantaged neighborhoods show early signs of cognitive decline decades before they will show up in clinics with overt symptoms of dementia.
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New study from our team out today in @alzdemjournals shows that where you live predicts your risk of getting dementia up to 20 years later @DukeBrain @DukePsychNeuro
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Does having access to #nature matter less in #rural areas? A critical new perspective piece on green space and health in #Appalachia
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New study @MedUnivSC @JrnlEnvirOccMed finds many children with high blood lead levels don't receive full follow-up (36%) or see declines in #lead levels over time (80%). Black & Hispanic children more likely to see lead levels go up over repeat testing.
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RT @DukePsychNeuro: Aaron Reuben (@aaronreuben), a postdoctoral researcher @DukeU, has been awarded '22 paper of the year from the Proceedi….
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Aaron Reuben, postdoctoral researcher in the Moffit & Caspi lab, has been awarded the 2022 Cozzarelli Prize from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences for h
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1 in 4 Flint residents estimated to have diagnosable #PTSD, and 1 in 5 diagnosable #Depression 5 years after the #FlintWaterCrisis began. New findings reported by myself @DukeUniveristy and colleagues @MUSChealth today via @JAMANetworkOpen:
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RT @lkirchner: Without Roe, “clinics in 22 states would shut down as abortion would be banned immediately or in relatively short order…. Th….
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Legal abortions would fall, particularly among poor women in the South and Midwest, and out-of-state travel and abortion pills would play a bigger role.
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RT @thehauer: NBC News coverage of our recent lead exposure paper in PNAS with @aaronreuben.
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A nice summary from @guardian here:
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Researcher calls findings ‘infuriating’ as team finds significant impact on cognitive development
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In @PNASNews today my colleagues and I report estimates that half the US population was exposed to adverse lead levels as children, resulting in >800million lost IQ points. With @thehauer and Michael McFarland @DukePsychNeuro @floridastate
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Lead is a developmental neurotoxicant in wide industrial use that was once broadly distributed in the environment. The extent of the US population ...
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RT @DukeBrain: Half of all US adults were exposed to harmful levels of lead from gas fumes in childhood, finds @DukePsychNeuro PhD candidat….
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RT @dukeresearch: Americans born before 1996 may have a lower IQ from exposure to leaded gasoline, study finds. Here’s why. .
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RT @DukeBrain: A diverse team of researchers, including @DukeU clinical psychology PhD candidate @aaronreuben, published a paper today in @….
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RT @GaryWMiller3: Great follow up from #NASEM meeting. The Interplay of Environmental Exposures and Mental Health: Setting an Agenda | Envi….
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Background: To date, health-effects research on environmental stressors has rarely focused on behavioral and mental health outcomes. That lack of research is beginning to change. Science and policy...
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An agenda setting commentary on environmental health & mental health from myself and colleagues @GaryWMiller3 @bucher_meghan @GinaSolomonMD .@NeuroethCabrera @ErikaManczak @emilycfreeman at @DukeEnvironment @HarvardMed @UofDenver @MassGeneralNews @UCSF @Columbia @GWtweets
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Environmental factors can harm or benefit #mentalhealth. In a new commentary @EHPoline we call on researchers and policymakers to recognize the psychological dimensions of #environmentalhealth and prepare communities for #resilency. @theNASEM.
ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: To date, health-effects research on environmental stressors has rarely focused on behavioral and mental health outcomes. That lack of research is beginning to change. Science and policy...
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