Resisting Attacks on Science
So it happened. We have officially withdrawn a paper accepted for publication in a scientific journal because of editorial requests to remove language deemed out of compliance with executive orders.
Learning From LGBTQIA+ Young Adults
Over the summer we produced a science communication report for a study investigating tobacco use among LGBTQIA+ young adults that we’re currently wrapping up. The study, funded by the Tobacco-Related …
Truth-telling, trust and e-cigarettes
It should go without saying that public health institutions and researchers have an obligation to tell the truth. In principle, there aren’t many stakeholders in e-cigarette research who would argue …
We’re all freaks here: Queer community, punk identity & cigarettes
Today I’m interviewing Tabatha, a young woman in her 20s with a cloud of curly red-tinted hair, who wears a jacket and skirt with combat boots and a septum ring. …
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Critical public health research discussion list
We’ve started a new discussion list focused on critical public health research. We would like this list to be a place where researchers can talk informally about ideas and methods, …
Digital media & critical public health
A grad student at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, Sharon O’Hara, interviewed our center director Tamar Antin about digital innovation and public health. Sharon then put together the great …
Another ‘ugly truth’ ad
One of our first interview respondents, Jovante*, a 19-year-old African American artist, mentioned this ad from the ugly truth campaign (“the nation’s largest smoking prevention campaign for youth and young …