🚨Public good alert! 🚨#EconTwitter The public-use NUMIDENT is now available for download with nearly 50 million death records and 25 million claims records (1936-2007)! Link: doi.org/10.3886/E20720… 🧵1/N

The Dean called me out during orientation as our best dressed professor. I'm humbled. Yes, I like fashion. But there are deeper reasons why I like to dress up in suits and ties and pocket squares when I teach law school classes (the most important is about my dad) 🧵⤵️

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🚨🚨We (UPenn Medical Ethics & Health Policy) are hiring up to two new faculty members (Assistant Professors) in #HealthPolicy! We are specifically looking for researchers interested in #populationhealth (highlighted below) -- a key growth area for us. Join us! apply.interfolio.com/152931

It’s kind of wild to me that, as of two weeks ago, there are now 3 large cluster randomized trials across five countries in Sub-Saharan Africa showing that giving every kid antibiotics reduces child mortality by ~14% and I don’t see anyone talking about it!

Thinking about PhD programs in health policy? Harvard's is having an info session in two weeks (Sep 19, 12-1 ET). This could be especially useful if you don't know how the different "tracks" work, or which one is the best fit for you. Register here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regist…