Julie Ann Sosa, MD MA
@jasosamd.bsky.social
Surgeon-scientist (and eternal optimist!) determined to improve care for thyroid cancer patients and the elderly; Chair, UCSF Surgery; Former President, American Thyroid Assn; Opinions mine
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If You’re So Successful, Why Are You Still Working 70 Hours a Week?
In the old days, if you were a white-collar worker, the deal was that you worked as hard as you could at the start of your career to earn the right to be rewarded later on, with security of tenure and...
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Don't let work become a habit because you've forgotten how to live any other way. And don't judge colleagues who work less hard. The ultimate 'duty of care' is to yourself. Pinching myself to remember! @academicsurgery.bsky.social A staple from another SoMe platform on 2/5/18.
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Study (N=1,400) finds female sponsors balance their own career interests w/ their protégés' interests. Men tend to focus more on how providing sponsorship benefits their own careers. This was especially true of men more senior in their role.
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Are Men More Selfish Sponsors? Gender Differences in Workplace Advocacy Explained
In many competitive industries, sponsorship is often seen as a key driver of career advancement. A new study from UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management reveals that men and women take distinctly di...
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September 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Study (N=1,400) finds female sponsors balance their own career interests w/ their protégés' interests. Men tend to focus more on how providing sponsorship benefits their own careers. This was especially true of men more senior in their role.
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Ali Solomon. #NewYorkerCartoons
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“To the scientists wondering if there will even be an NIH by the end of this administration, this committee’s resounding message is: ‘Yes, Congress has your back’,” said @murray.senate.gov
We’re not near the finish line yet - but this is a strong step in the right direction.
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We’re not near the finish line yet - but this is a strong step in the right direction.
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‘Congress has your back’: US senators tell scientists they want to protect NIH budget
Senate budget bill includes small increase for the health-research agency — but faces a long road before being signed into law. Senate budget bill includes small increase for the health-research agency — but faces a long road before being signed into law.
www.nature.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
“To the scientists wondering if there will even be an NIH by the end of this administration, this committee’s resounding message is: ‘Yes, Congress has your back’,” said @murray.senate.gov
We’re not near the finish line yet - but this is a strong step in the right direction.
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We’re not near the finish line yet - but this is a strong step in the right direction.
zurl.co/AzSK7
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Paid sick leave mandates were associated w/ ➕ use of PCP, specialist, diagnostic & preventive care services, highlighting the role for policies enhancing workplace flexibility to improve access to health care. #MedSky @ucsfsurgery.bsky.social @mikepesko.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Health care utilization following the adoption of U.S. paid sick leave mandates: a cohort study using health insurance claims data
PSL mandates were associated with greater use of PCP, specialist, diagnostic, and
preventive care services. These findings highlight the role for policies that enhance
workplace flexibility, including...
www.thelancet.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Paid sick leave mandates were associated w/ ➕ use of PCP, specialist, diagnostic & preventive care services, highlighting the role for policies enhancing workplace flexibility to improve access to health care. #MedSky @ucsfsurgery.bsky.social @mikepesko.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Health care utilization following the adoption of U.S. paid sick leave mandates: a cohort study using health insurance claims data
PSL mandates were associated with greater use of PCP, specialist, diagnostic, and
preventive care services. These findings highlight the role for policies that enhance
workplace flexibility, including...
www.thelancet.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Paid sick leave mandates were associated w/ ➕ use of PCP, specialist, diagnostic & preventive care services, highlighting the role for policies enhancing workplace flexibility to improve access to health care. #MedSky @ucsfsurgery.bsky.social @mikepesko.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The dismantling of the National Cancer Institute and the FDA
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July 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The dismantling of the National Cancer Institute and the FDA
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New paper alert! We use claims data to find that paid sick leave mandates in the USA increased a wide array of different healthcare visits, particularly for individuals in industries with low PSL coverage historically, and along the extensive margin of any visit.
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Health care utilization following the adoption of U.S. paid sick leave mandates: a cohort study using health insurance claims data
The U.S. is one of the only developed countries in the world without a federal requirement that employers provide paid sick leave (PSL) to workers. We…
sciencedirect.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
New paper alert! We use claims data to find that paid sick leave mandates in the USA increased a wide array of different healthcare visits, particularly for individuals in industries with low PSL coverage historically, and along the extensive margin of any visit.
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Like other universities, Stanford has been hit by the Trump administration’s cutting of federal research funding.
Stanford cuts $140 million, warns of layoffs as research funding dries up, endowment tax looms
Like other universities, Stanford has been hit by the Trump administration’s cutting of federal research funding.
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June 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Like other universities, Stanford has been hit by the Trump administration’s cutting of federal research funding.
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A guide to all the Michelin starred restaurants in the Bay Area
All the Michelin-starred restaurants in the Bay Area
A guide to all the Michelin starred restaurants in the Bay Area
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June 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A guide to all the Michelin starred restaurants in the Bay Area
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The Trump administration has ended several U.S. science agencies’ subscriptions to Springer Nature journals, including the prestigious Nature titles. scim.ag/3I2aJJ4
Trump cuts subscriptions to Springer Nature journals
Other publishers appear unscathed in recent actions
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June 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The Trump administration has ended several U.S. science agencies’ subscriptions to Springer Nature journals, including the prestigious Nature titles. scim.ag/3I2aJJ4
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"Dismantling this system without ensuring that its functions are safeguarded will cost lives." This Viewpoint discusses the potential risks of the proposed overhaul of the US Department of Health and Human Services. https://ja.ma/4l7oHrb
Health and Human Services Restructuring—Threats to the US Preventive Services Task Force and Health
This Viewpoint discusses restructuring of the USPSTF while ensuring that its functions are safeguarded to avoid destabilizing vital public health infrastructure.
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June 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"Dismantling this system without ensuring that its functions are safeguarded will cost lives." This Viewpoint discusses the potential risks of the proposed overhaul of the US Department of Health and Human Services. https://ja.ma/4l7oHrb
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Breaking news: The National Institutes of Health has ceased terminating grants on politically sensitive topics after a federal judge ruled last week that the cancellations were illegal.
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Following court order, NIH ceases new terminations of politically sensitive grants
After a judge told agency to restore hundreds of killed grants, NIH backs off plans to cancel more existing projects
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June 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Breaking news: The National Institutes of Health has ceased terminating grants on politically sensitive topics after a federal judge ruled last week that the cancellations were illegal.
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BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore millions of dollars in canceled grants to University of California researchers, calling the terminations flagrantly illegal and unconstitutional. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
June 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore millions of dollars in canceled grants to University of California researchers, calling the terminations flagrantly illegal and unconstitutional. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The Trump administration’s gutting of global aid is threatening to collapse a critical network of laboratories responsible for measles and rubella surveillance around the world. Now, philanthropic leaders are rushing to try to save it.
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Philanthropies rush to save measles surveillance network pushed to brink of collapse by U.S. cuts
The Trump administration’s gutting of global aid is threatening to collapse a network of laboratories responsible for global measles and rubella surveillance
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June 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The Trump administration’s gutting of global aid is threatening to collapse a critical network of laboratories responsible for measles and rubella surveillance around the world. Now, philanthropic leaders are rushing to try to save it.
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The suicide rate for veterans is 50 per cent higher than that of the general population, and a quarter of V.A. workers are veterans. Nonetheless, Veterans Crisis Line employees were among the workers targeted for termination by the Trump Administration.
The Department of Veterans Affairs Is Not O.K.
V.A. insiders describe themselves as miserable—and they worry that the Trump Administration will do long-term damage to the agency.
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June 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The suicide rate for veterans is 50 per cent higher than that of the general population, and a quarter of V.A. workers are veterans. Nonetheless, Veterans Crisis Line employees were among the workers targeted for termination by the Trump Administration.
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Every medical educator in the country has been warning us about this....
"Travel and visa restrictions imposed by the Trump administration threaten patient care at hundreds of hospitals that depend on medical residents recruited from overseas."
"Travel and visa restrictions imposed by the Trump administration threaten patient care at hundreds of hospitals that depend on medical residents recruited from overseas."
Trump Travel Restrictions Bar Residents Needed at U.S. Hospitals
Limits on travel and visa appointments have delayed or prevented foreign doctors from entering the country for jobs set to begin in weeks.
www.nytimes.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Every medical educator in the country has been warning us about this....
"Travel and visa restrictions imposed by the Trump administration threaten patient care at hundreds of hospitals that depend on medical residents recruited from overseas."
"Travel and visa restrictions imposed by the Trump administration threaten patient care at hundreds of hospitals that depend on medical residents recruited from overseas."
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Health-funding cuts are wreaking havoc on many African countries’ ability to gain control diseases such as cholera, according to the continent’s main health-advisory body.
Africa Battles to Halt Cholera Cases as Funding Cuts Hurt
Health-funding cuts are wreaking havoc on many African countries’ ability to gain control diseases such as cholera, according to the continent’s main health-advisory body.
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June 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Health-funding cuts are wreaking havoc on many African countries’ ability to gain control diseases such as cholera, according to the continent’s main health-advisory body.
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From me: It hasn't been stressed enough just how disastrous the Republican Medicaid cuts would be for the hospital system—rural hospitals, yes, but ALL hospitals will be more crowded, more burdened, & at more risk of collapse if hundreds of closures occur, as is likely.
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Republicans Threaten a Hospital Apocalypse
Experts warn of potentially hundreds of hospital closures, which would degrade the entire medical system.
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June 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
From me: It hasn't been stressed enough just how disastrous the Republican Medicaid cuts would be for the hospital system—rural hospitals, yes, but ALL hospitals will be more crowded, more burdened, & at more risk of collapse if hundreds of closures occur, as is likely.
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Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.”
In the US alone.
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In the US alone.
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Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe
This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...
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June 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.”
In the US alone.
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In the US alone.
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New data analyzed by the Chronicle paints a complicated and granular picture of how the Great Highway’s closure has affected traffic in the surrounding SF neighborhoods.
Has the Great Highway closure led to a traffic nightmare? This is the most complete data yet
New data analyzed by the Chronicle paints a complicated and granular picture of how the Great Highway’s closure has affected traffic in the surrounding SF neighborhoods.
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June 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
New data analyzed by the Chronicle paints a complicated and granular picture of how the Great Highway’s closure has affected traffic in the surrounding SF neighborhoods.
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An NIH staffer reacts to today's ruling:
"I'm looking forward to the day that we are so slammed with work trying to reinstate everything that we had to terminate illegally — I'll work 24/7 to make that happen if I can."
"I'm looking forward to the day that we are so slammed with work trying to reinstate everything that we had to terminate illegally — I'll work 24/7 to make that happen if I can."
🚨 BREAKING: Nearly 4 months the NIH cut its first grants, a judge has ruled that the directives and process that led to cuts are arbitrary and capricious.
"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."
Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.
"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."
Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.
June 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
An NIH staffer reacts to today's ruling:
"I'm looking forward to the day that we are so slammed with work trying to reinstate everything that we had to terminate illegally — I'll work 24/7 to make that happen if I can."
"I'm looking forward to the day that we are so slammed with work trying to reinstate everything that we had to terminate illegally — I'll work 24/7 to make that happen if I can."
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Medicaid cuts could result in more than 16,000 preventable deaths annually
The cuts would also result in 7.6 million people losing coverage
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The cuts would also result in 7.6 million people losing coverage
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Medicaid cuts could result in more than 16,000 preventable deaths annually
Health care proposals in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could lead to more than 16,000 preventable deaths, a new analysis finds.
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June 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Medicaid cuts could result in more than 16,000 preventable deaths annually
The cuts would also result in 7.6 million people losing coverage
www.statnews.com/2025/06/16/m...
The cuts would also result in 7.6 million people losing coverage
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Major decision today regarding NIH funding, with some fairly scathing comments from Judge Young about the government’s anti-DEI bent.
How have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?”
Our full story:
How have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?”
Our full story:
Trump’s Cuts to N.I.H. Grants Are Illegal, Federal Judge Rules
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Major decision today regarding NIH funding, with some fairly scathing comments from Judge Young about the government’s anti-DEI bent.
How have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?”
Our full story:
How have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?”
Our full story:
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Where are we with generative A.I./chatbots to support mental health?
John Torous MD and I provide a concise summary of progress and what's needed @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
John Torous MD and I provide a concise summary of progress and what's needed @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
June 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Where are we with generative A.I./chatbots to support mental health?
John Torous MD and I provide a concise summary of progress and what's needed @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
John Torous MD and I provide a concise summary of progress and what's needed @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...