The annual U.S. News and World Report Best Jobs report is out and this year’s No.1 science job is epidemiology. Epidemiology is a medical science that investigates all the factors that determine the presence or absence of diseases and disorders in populations. The report featured NIEHS Epidemiology Branch Chief and Senior Investigator Dale Sandler, Ph.D. She weighed in on what it is like to work as an epidemiologist.

Sandler was selected by U.S. News and World Report to represent epidemiology as the No. 1 “Best Job” in science in 2023. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw / NIEHS)

“The thing about epidemiology is it’s a career that can go in many different directions,” …….

A new University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions study finds that a large proportion of participants in a study on weight stigma reported their disagreement with negative stereotypes about people with higher weight, such as being lazy, lacking willpower or having poor eating habits.

However, most of the participants said they nonetheless struggled with positive self-image because of their weight.

The findings, which appear online ahead of the print version of the journal Body Image, suggest the mechanisms of internalized weight stigma are more complicated than previously thought, said lead investigator Rebecca Pearl, Ph.D., an assistant professor i…….

The annual U.S. News and World Report Best Jobs report is out and this year’s No.1 science job is epidemiology. Epidemiology is a medical science that investigates all the factors that determine the presence or absence of diseases and disorders in populations. The report featured NIEHS Epidemiology Branch Chief and Senior Investigator Dale Sandler, Ph.D. She weighed in on what it is like to work as an epidemiologist.

Sandler was selected by U.S. News and World Report to represent epidemiology as the No. 1 “Best Job” in science in 2023. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw / NIEHS)

“The thing about epidemiology is it’s a career that can go in many different directions,” …….

A new University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions study finds that a large proportion of participants in a study on weight stigma reported their disagreement with negative stereotypes about people with higher weight, such as being lazy, lacking willpower or having poor eating habits.

However, most of the participants said they nonetheless struggled with positive self-image because of their weight.

The findings, which appear online ahead of the print version of the journal Body Image, suggest the mechanisms of internalized weight stigma are more complicated than previously thought, said lead investigator Rebecca Pearl, Ph.D., an assistant professor i…….

The annual U.S. News and World Report Best Jobs report is out and this year’s No.1 science job is epidemiology. Epidemiology is a medical science that investigates all the factors that determine the presence or absence of diseases and disorders in populations. The report featured NIEHS Epidemiology Branch Chief and Senior Investigator Dale Sandler, Ph.D. She weighed in on what it is like to work as an epidemiologist.

Sandler was selected by U.S. News and World Report to represent epidemiology as the No. 1 “Best Job” in science in 2023. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw / NIEHS)

“The thing about epidemiology is it’s a career that can go in many different directions,” …….

A new University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions study finds that a large proportion of participants in a study on weight stigma reported their disagreement with negative stereotypes about people with higher weight, such as being lazy, lacking willpower or having poor eating habits.

However, most of the participants said they nonetheless struggled with positive self-image because of their weight.

The findings, which appear online ahead of the print version of the journal Body Image, suggest the mechanisms of internalized weight stigma are more complicated than previously thought, said lead investigator Rebecca Pearl, Ph.D., an assistant professor i…….

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The annual U.S. News and World Report Best Jobs report is out and this year’s No.1 science job is epidemiology. Epidemiology is a medical science that investigates all the factors that determine the presence or absence of diseases and disorders in populations. The report featured NIEHS Epidemiology Branch Chief and Senior Investigator Dale Sandler, Ph.D. She weighed in on what it is like to work as an epidemiologist.

Sandler was selected by U.S. News and World Report to represent epidemiology as the No. 1 “Best Job” in science in 2023. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw / NIEHS)

“The thing about epidemiology is it’s a career that can go in many different directions,” …….

Sexuality is commonly thought to be a spectrum. If that is true, is anyone fully straight? Does that blur the label of what heterosexual means? A study published in Archives of Sexual Behavior explores sexual preferences and experiences of people who self-identify as heterosexual.

Sexuality is a complicated topic for many people and sexualities deviating from the norm of heterosexuality often face stigma. Same-sex experiences or feelings can threaten people who identify as heterosexual’s sense of self and can have emotional impacts that leave them questioning their sexual orientations. From 1939 until 1976, Spain was under a dictatorship that criminalized homosexuality.

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The annual U.S. News and World Report Best Jobs report is out and this year’s No.1 science job is epidemiology. Epidemiology is a medical science that investigates all the factors that determine the presence or absence of diseases and disorders in populations. The report featured NIEHS Epidemiology Branch Chief and Senior Investigator Dale Sandler, Ph.D. She weighed in on what it is like to work as an epidemiologist.

Sandler was selected by U.S. News and World Report to represent epidemiology as the No. 1 “Best Job” in science in 2023. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw / NIEHS)

“The thing about epidemiology is it’s a career that can go in many different directions,” …….