Sociologist & demographer at Brown University. I study the political & structural drivers of population health.https://bsky.app/profile/courtneyboen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/courtneyboen.bsky.social/post/3mlgk5cxh5s2lWhat a pill to swallow after presenting in the “Public Policy & Population Health” session yesterday at #paa2026. One of the biggest challenges of doing work in this area has always been that institutions rarely provide researchers with evidence of their harms. Now they won’t fund it, either. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 May 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:da2hb2bikurwclragbnmk33e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgk5cxh5s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/courtneyboen.bsky.social/post/3mjmucze6nk2tApril Courtney, who is always scrambling to finish her PAA papers, has a lot of disdain for September Courtney, who always submits abstracts to PAA to “move projects along.” The two of them really need to get it together.16 Apr 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:da2hb2bikurwclragbnmk33e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmucze6nk2t