Bill Hersh
@billhersh.bsky.social
Opinions my own and not those of my employer.
Professor
Division of Informatics, Clinical Epidemiology, and Translational Data Science
Department of Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University
http://www.billhersh.info
Professor
Division of Informatics, Clinical Epidemiology, and Translational Data Science
Department of Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University
http://www.billhersh.info
Ok, I am impressed. Flying a United Embraer 175 tonight with Starlink from SFO to PDX. You can get it via wifi as soon as you board the plane, no need to wait until takeoff or 10,000 feet. And it's fast!
www.speedtest.net/result/18826...
www.speedtest.net/result/18826...
www.speedtest.net
February 10, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Ok, I am impressed. Flying a United Embraer 175 tonight with Starlink from SFO to PDX. You can get it via wifi as soon as you board the plane, no need to wait until takeoff or 10,000 feet. And it's fast!
www.speedtest.net/result/18826...
www.speedtest.net/result/18826...
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Applications for this #microbiome #datascience short course are due next week!
If you're in biomedical research, interested in building data science skills to study the microbiome and reusing publicly available data, this course is for you!
If you're in biomedical research, interested in building data science skills to study the microbiome and reusing publicly available data, this course is for you!
Applications are open for the Human Microbiome Data Discovery short course!
This is a 2-week course for postdocs and junior faculty to learn #datascience skills in #microbiome science.
Offered May 4 - 15, 2026 in Portland, OR at OHSU
Learn more at bit.ly/microbiome-data-course
This is a 2-week course for postdocs and junior faculty to learn #datascience skills in #microbiome science.
Offered May 4 - 15, 2026 in Portland, OR at OHSU
Learn more at bit.ly/microbiome-data-course
Human Microbiome Data Discovery Short Course | OHSU
The Knight Cancer Institute Human Microbiome Data Discovery is a two-week training program designed for early-career researchers.
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January 15, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Applications for this #microbiome #datascience short course are due next week!
If you're in biomedical research, interested in building data science skills to study the microbiome and reusing publicly available data, this course is for you!
If you're in biomedical research, interested in building data science skills to study the microbiome and reusing publicly available data, this course is for you!
This is an excellent, if sad, collection.
Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread)
1. Pat Bagley
1. Pat Bagley
January 9, 2026 at 2:05 PM
This is an excellent, if sad, collection.
I genuinely enjoy Bluesky, its content, and the people on it with whom I interact, but the engagement here is nothing like other social media platforms, namely LinkedIn and Facebook.
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billhersh.bsky.social's Bluesky Wrapped 2025
Check out billhersh.bsky.social's year on Bluesky!
www.madebyolof.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I genuinely enjoy Bluesky, its content, and the people on it with whom I interact, but the engagement here is nothing like other social media platforms, namely LinkedIn and Facebook.
www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...
www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...
Applications are open for our Human Microbiome Data Discovery short course at Oregon Health & Science University!
Applications are open for the Human Microbiome Data Discovery short course!
This is a 2-week course for postdocs and junior faculty to learn #datascience skills in #microbiome science.
Offered May 4 - 15, 2026 in Portland, OR at OHSU
Learn more at bit.ly/microbiome-data-course
This is a 2-week course for postdocs and junior faculty to learn #datascience skills in #microbiome science.
Offered May 4 - 15, 2026 in Portland, OR at OHSU
Learn more at bit.ly/microbiome-data-course
Human Microbiome Data Discovery Short Course | OHSU
The Knight Cancer Institute Human Microbiome Data Discovery is a two-week training program designed for early-career researchers.
bit.ly
December 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Applications are open for our Human Microbiome Data Discovery short course at Oregon Health & Science University!
The @amia.org 10x10 (“ten by ten”) course, Introduction to Biomedical Informatics & Artificial Intelligence, provides a broad and in-depth introduction to biomedical informatics and AI. For more information and registration, visit bit.ly/AMIA10x10
AMIA 10x10: Introduction to Biomedical Informatics and Artificial Intelligence
The goal of this course is to provide a detaile
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December 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The @amia.org 10x10 (“ten by ten”) course, Introduction to Biomedical Informatics & Artificial Intelligence, provides a broad and in-depth introduction to biomedical informatics and AI. For more information and registration, visit bit.ly/AMIA10x10
Come on Nashville, we are pulling for you!
December 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Come on Nashville, we are pulling for you!
It was gratifying to be awarded the @amia.org AMIA Academic Forum Health Informatics Educator of The Year Award at the Annual Symposium, but equally gratifying to be called out twice in Jim Cimino’s Year in Review session at the meeting.
November 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
It was gratifying to be awarded the @amia.org AMIA Academic Forum Health Informatics Educator of The Year Award at the Annual Symposium, but equally gratifying to be called out twice in Jim Cimino’s Year in Review session at the meeting.
This year marks my 40th consecutive #AMIA2025 fall meeting, dating back to SCAMC, and including the virtual meeting during the pandemic in 2020. Extra special this year is my daughter Alyssa attending, along with my grandson, and we will all be decked out in AMIA t-shirts!
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This year marks my 40th consecutive #AMIA2025 fall meeting, dating back to SCAMC, and including the virtual meeting during the pandemic in 2020. Extra special this year is my daughter Alyssa attending, along with my grandson, and we will all be decked out in AMIA t-shirts!
There are many worse things the Trump Administration has done but this one hits close to home for me. One of the things that the US government does very well is create high-quality data sets and tools to use them. It is sad to lose these tremendous resources.
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Data scientists perform last rites for 'dearly departed datasets' in 2nd Trump administration
A group of U.S. data scientists has published a list of federal datasets that have been altered or removed since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
apnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
There are many worse things the Trump Administration has done but this one hits close to home for me. One of the things that the US government does very well is create high-quality data sets and tools to use them. It is sad to lose these tremendous resources.
apnews.com/article/cens...
apnews.com/article/cens...
What a great night! I feel better this morning than I have in a long time. Even though I do not agree with all of his policy positions, I am thrilled for Zohran Mandani. Great news in Virginia, New Jersey, and California! I hope this is the beginning of the end of Trump 2, but much work still to do.
November 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
What a great night! I feel better this morning than I have in a long time. Even though I do not agree with all of his policy positions, I am thrilled for Zohran Mandani. Great news in Virginia, New Jersey, and California! I hope this is the beginning of the end of Trump 2, but much work still to do.
I am a Cubs fan through and through, but enjoyed this World Series immensely. I was rooting for the Canadian team just to be able revel at a non-US team winning in the era of Donald Trump, but I can't complain about the victorious team from a blue state with many immigrants on its roster.
November 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I am a Cubs fan through and through, but enjoyed this World Series immensely. I was rooting for the Canadian team just to be able revel at a non-US team winning in the era of Donald Trump, but I can't complain about the victorious team from a blue state with many immigrants on its roster.
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
I am thrilled and honored to announce that I have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). NAM is one of three academies that make up the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the US.
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news.ohsu.edu/2025/10/20/o...
OHSU biomedical informatics expert elected to National Academy of Medicine
William Hersh recognized as an innovator, expert in biomedical informatics education.
news.ohsu.edu
October 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I am thrilled and honored to announce that I have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). NAM is one of three academies that make up the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the US.
news.ohsu.edu/2025/10/20/o...
news.ohsu.edu/2025/10/20/o...
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Science is rarely perfect. But there is better inquiry, and worse.
And political theater is a different thing from science, altogether.
Glad to see @henryfordhealth.bsky.social clearing the air:
www.henryford.com/News/2025/09...
And political theater is a different thing from science, altogether.
Glad to see @henryfordhealth.bsky.social clearing the air:
www.henryford.com/News/2025/09...
Henry Ford Health logo
DETROIT—Henry Ford Health condemns the spread of dangerous disinformation connected to a “documentary” that falsely claims our nationally recognized academic medical center and research institute suppressed a draft of a research study because of its results.
www.henryford.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Science is rarely perfect. But there is better inquiry, and worse.
And political theater is a different thing from science, altogether.
Glad to see @henryfordhealth.bsky.social clearing the air:
www.henryford.com/News/2025/09...
And political theater is a different thing from science, altogether.
Glad to see @henryfordhealth.bsky.social clearing the air:
www.henryford.com/News/2025/09...
People as far as the eyes can see at the Portland #NoKings rally! @indivisible.org
October 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
People as far as the eyes can see at the Portland #NoKings rally! @indivisible.org
I am honored to receive the Inaugural @amia.org Academic Forum Health Informatics Educator of the Year Award. Thanks to students and colleagues who make teaching such an enjoyable pursuit!
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William R. Hersh, MD, FACMI, FAMIA, FACP, FIAHSI, to be awarded the inaugural Academic Forum Health Informatics Educator of the Year Award
AMIA's Academic Forum will present the Academic
amia.org
October 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I am honored to receive the Inaugural @amia.org Academic Forum Health Informatics Educator of the Year Award. Thanks to students and colleagues who make teaching such an enjoyable pursuit!
amia.org/news-publica...
amia.org/news-publica...
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Not to make light of this tragedy, but maybe we should redeploy the National Guard soldiers in Portland to Mississippi?
www.cnn.com/2025/10/11/u...
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At least 6 killed and others injured in Mississippi shootings near high school football games, authorities say | CNN
At least three shootings across Mississippi this weekend, all apparently connected to high school football games, left several people dead—including an expectant mother—and others injured.
www.cnn.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Not to make light of this tragedy, but maybe we should redeploy the National Guard soldiers in Portland to Mississippi?
www.cnn.com/2025/10/11/u...
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Kudos to MIT! And I hope all the other universities offered this will likewise reject it.
I especially like this quote: "Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
I especially like this quote: "Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Kudos to MIT! And I hope all the other universities offered this will likewise reject it.
I especially like this quote: "Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
I especially like this quote: "Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Sad.
I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.
Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
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Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
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October 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Sad.
Even the lousiest seats in the stadium at the Super Bowl go for thousands of dollars a pop. I'm sure that DHS will find all sorts of undocumented immigrants in the stands watching the game. Such a wise use of taxpayer dollars.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/a...
Kristi Noem Says ICE Will Be ‘All Over’ the Super Bowl
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Even the lousiest seats in the stadium at the Super Bowl go for thousands of dollars a pop. I'm sure that DHS will find all sorts of undocumented immigrants in the stands watching the game. Such a wise use of taxpayer dollars.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/a...