How SCOTUS's Chevron decision works in real life:

Concurrent opioid-benzo use can ⬆️fall risk. This analysis shows varying risk across OPI-BZD trajectories, suggesting prescribers should consider dose & duration when assessing risk. Jenny Lo-Ciganic Walid Gellad Juan Hincapie-Castillo, PharmD, PhD Read more: mdpi.com/2077-0383/13/1…

Want to exercise at the track or work on your health while at UNC-Chapel Hill? Well, not at the track apparently unless you’re varsity team or @Puma elite team. This is a state university… disheartening. Tough luck faculty, staff, and fee-paying students. Duke University track? Open to public…

Pain is the number one cause of #disability globally. #LivingWithPain #PainFacts #ChronicPain

LAST CALL! Registration for the 2024 Policy Surveillance Institute closes THIS THURSDAY July 18. Don't miss your chance to join us for training on scientific legal mapping. bit.ly/PSInstitute24

What a year of highs and lows… and it is only July. Thank you God! 🥲 Grateful to NIH Loan Repayment The National Institute on Aging (NIA) for this support!

This is the first general election in which I can vote as new U.S. citizen. 🇺🇸🗳️I don’t take my vote for granted and I consider this my right and duty ♥️🤍💙 I signed up to encourage others to vote by writing letters. Join me? votefwd.org

Because of over 1,000 activists who led the historic Capitol Crawl of 1990, the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act turns 34 today. We owe it to them to tear down every shameful wall of exclusion. And build an America that is truly, fully accessible for all.

This was beautiful. Made me cry. Respect to THE vocal athlete!

New on the Blog: Bringing Legal Epi to @uncpublichealth! We talked with CPHLR Fellow and Assistant Prof Juan Hincapie-Castillo, PharmD, PhD and student Emily Wichmann about a new course on #legalepi launched last spring. ow.ly/43ET50SMg9Z

Only two weeks remain until #ISPEAnnual2024! Join us in Berlin, August 24-28 to network with global experts and discuss essential topics in pharmacoepidemiology. Register now: bit.ly/3TRrn1m #PharmacoEpi #EpiTwitter #RWE

And this is yet another reason why I decided to not donate to FLORIDA again. Their Board of Trustees and leadership continue to fail. #GoGators?

We will stop posting content on this Twitter/X account. Follow us on our new public LinkedIn page to stay up to date with news and updates from the UNC Pharmacoepi Program: LinkedIn.com/company/uncpha…

I will be presenting at the upcoming #ISPEAnnual2024 International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology Conference in Berlin at a pre-conference course: The Pharmacoepidemiologist's Toolbox for Professional Empowerment. My talk will focus on authenticity and identity at work.

Gabapentinoid use ⬆️over time in the study cohort, but use was higher among those with chronic cough. Analyses also identified 3 trajectories of gabapentinoid use. Jenny Lo-Ciganic (CP3) Juan Hincapie-Castillo, PharmD, PhD Read more: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

.Voto Latino is correct. Also, research we conducted with Young-Rock Hong showed that Hispanic patients were more likely to purchase medications from abroad because of cost. Link to study: jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

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Annual meeting of International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology 🙌🏽🙌🏽 Start your engines!!!! 💯 #ISPEAnnual2024

I shared some of my lived experience in today’s workshop at #ISPEAnnual2024 discussing authenticy at the workplace and what it takes to show as your true self at work

AI-based clinical decision support tools can be helpful, but they can also cause serious harm to patients needing medication therapy. I’ll be presenting a case study on the limits to analgesic drugs at #ISPEAnnual2024