Physician, epidemiologist. Interest in health policy, econ, and infectious diseases. Tweets = own.
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“Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Do not become bitter or hostile. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.” - Rep. John Lewis
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The Orange Cat Brain Atlas is here. 🧠🐈
Today, we published the first comprehensive cellular map of the orange cat brain. The new atlas reveals a single, specialized neuron responsible for behaviors like staring at walls, knocking objects off tables, and the 3am "zoomies."
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This lobby wasn’t just built to impress—it was built to welcome. For 90 years, LA General has served every Angeleno, regardless of their ability to pay. Great architecture. Greater mission. ❤️
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🔥We highlight our approach for developing and deploying an outreach campaign that ultimately linked hundreds of Latinos to sexual health services in Atlanta - GA
doi.org/10.1080/17538068.202…
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1/ After residency at Mass General Hospital, I reported to Atlanta to meet my fellow CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Officers.
I have never felt so intimidated by my peers
The best and the brightest, they were star clinicians, had served in disaster zones; MD/PhDs and MSF.
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Our new paper explores how pass/fail grading has created a "shadow economy of effort," as medical students engage in extracurricular activities to compete for residency positions, often at the expense of clinical skill and well-being. @Midwest_MedPeds
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I kept changing my mind which Jimmy Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.
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A frank and productive exchange of views with my counterpart on key issues like expanding the global supply of candy and toys and tightening sanctions against chores.
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Visited @GradyHealth’s Ponce De Leon Center in Atlanta to learn about their STI prevention work and to talk about @CDCgov's new clinical guidelines on #doxyPEP — the newest STI prevention tool.
Learn more: bit.ly/4c8si3W
ALT Dr. Cohen poses with Grady Health Center leadership.
“133 students, 14 percent were Black and 30 percent were Hispanic… A vast majority of the U.C. Davis class — 84 percent — comes from disadvantaged backgrounds, and 42 percent are the first in their family to go to college.”
UC Davis doing it right.
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This paper reminds me why my undergrad has a course called "Physics for Biological Science Majors"
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What harm can be done by a scientist or public health official agreeing to debate an anti-vaccination huckster? It's not just a thought execise. The damage has been done before. Let's look at Minnesota's "Vaccination Debate" of 1902. 1/
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NEW: A Tennessee doctor who signed covid-19 vaccine waivers for people without actually examining them has lost his medical license after a Nashville news station duped him into giving a waiver to… a dog.
📝: @BrettKelman kffhealthnews.org/news/artic…
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Our new systematic review of 38 studies on effectiveness of 💵incentives for 💉vaccination during COVID 🤒, and we found....
THEY WORK! 👍
...contrary to the predictions of some bioethicists.
Open access through 7/1.
authors.elsevier.com/c/1h3gP…
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Peter Thiel’s theory of California’s decline has several problems, writes @TheEconomist
“In the past five years, California’s state-level GDP has grown by 18%, a better performance than either Florida or Texas”
@Noahpinion @Jason @mollywood @chavkin
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This feels like a metaphor for my workplace “wellness” and “resiliency” programs.
A chimpanzee who ran away from a Ukrainian zoo was talked into returning after zookeepers offered her a raincoat, a hug and a bike ride. wapo.st/3ew4A92
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Data visualization inspiration thanks to DALL-E: how Rothko, Basquiat, Picasso, and Monet would create an academic chart.
In spite of nearly 2x dispensing sites, poorer zip codes had about 1/2 the rates of dispensing for oral COVID medications. Not okay.
Dispensing of Oral Antiviral Drugs for Treatment ... cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/m… via @CDCgov
