Jocalyn Clark
@jocalynclark.bsky.social
International Editor, The BMJ.
Former editor The Lancet, icddr,b and PLOS Medicine. Adjunct faculty UofT and UCL. ๐จ๐ฆ in ๐ฌ๐ง. Views mine.
Former editor The Lancet, icddr,b and PLOS Medicine. Adjunct faculty UofT and UCL. ๐จ๐ฆ in ๐ฌ๐ง. Views mine.
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One day before the first showdown with Team USA, and 10 days from a gold medal game, Marie-Philip Poulin limped off, and now Canada holds its breath. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
Bruce Arthur: Canada holds its breath after Marie-Philip Poulin leaves win over the Czechs with an injury
The Canadians will likely face the rival Americans without Poulin on Tuesday. The bigger concern is if she will be available for a rematch.
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February 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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@mark-carney.bsky.social
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#GlobalHealth #Politics #Power
Geopolitics of global health: Call for papers
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
@bmj.com
#GlobalHealth #Politics #Power
Geopolitics of global health: Call for papers
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Geopolitics of global health: a call for papers
External factors are forcing change to the global health architecture, demanding creative reform amid an uncertain future
If 2025 marked the dismantling of the global health architecture, then 2026 m...
www.bmj.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:47 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social
@bmj.com
#GlobalHealth #Politics #Power
Geopolitics of global health: Call for papers
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
@bmj.com
#GlobalHealth #Politics #Power
Geopolitics of global health: Call for papers
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
As Mark Carney said in Davos: We take the world as it is, not as we wish it to be
So how should health professionals adapt & frame responses amid challenging geopolitics that might require us to forge alliances with foes?
One of the many questions we are interested in YOU exploring #CallForPapers
So how should health professionals adapt & frame responses amid challenging geopolitics that might require us to forge alliances with foes?
One of the many questions we are interested in YOU exploring #CallForPapers
February 10, 2026 at 2:47 PM
As Mark Carney said in Davos: We take the world as it is, not as we wish it to be
So how should health professionals adapt & frame responses amid challenging geopolitics that might require us to forge alliances with foes?
One of the many questions we are interested in YOU exploring #CallForPapers
So how should health professionals adapt & frame responses amid challenging geopolitics that might require us to forge alliances with foes?
One of the many questions we are interested in YOU exploring #CallForPapers
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it will really be something if the Epstein Files unseat a British Prime Minster who isn't in them, and not the American President who was Epstein's best friend.
February 9, 2026 at 2:24 PM
it will really be something if the Epstein Files unseat a British Prime Minster who isn't in them, and not the American President who was Epstein's best friend.
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SMH. RFK's CDC measles dashboard has a lead image of flights coming into the US from abroad -- as if other countries are to blame for our skyrocketing measles numbers.
>89% of cases last year were home-grown and >92% of cases this year. This is a US problem that needs domestic solutions.
>89% of cases last year were home-grown and >92% of cases this year. This is a US problem that needs domestic solutions.
February 9, 2026 at 7:33 PM
SMH. RFK's CDC measles dashboard has a lead image of flights coming into the US from abroad -- as if other countries are to blame for our skyrocketing measles numbers.
>89% of cases last year were home-grown and >92% of cases this year. This is a US problem that needs domestic solutions.
>89% of cases last year were home-grown and >92% of cases this year. This is a US problem that needs domestic solutions.
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๐Iโm delighted to join @jocalynclark.bsky.social and the team @bmj.com as a guest editor of a new series on Global Health Geopolitics!
The call for papers is now published:
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Please do submit Commentaries (800 words) or Analysis pieces (2,000 words)
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The call for papers is now published:
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Please do submit Commentaries (800 words) or Analysis pieces (2,000 words)
1/n
Geopolitics of global health: a call for papers
External factors are forcing change to the global health architecture, demanding creative reform amid an uncertain future
If 2025 marked the dismantling of the global health architecture, then 2026 m...
www.bmj.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
๐Iโm delighted to join @jocalynclark.bsky.social and the team @bmj.com as a guest editor of a new series on Global Health Geopolitics!
The call for papers is now published:
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Please do submit Commentaries (800 words) or Analysis pieces (2,000 words)
1/n
The call for papers is now published:
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Please do submit Commentaries (800 words) or Analysis pieces (2,000 words)
1/n
From devastation of USโs global gag rule, to return of the manosphere in global health affairs, to brutal economic insecurity that hits women hard, to the dead manโs emails of depravity toward girls, there is a profound need to forge paths to equity, fairness, humanity & ensuring womenโs RIGHTS.
February 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM
From devastation of USโs global gag rule, to return of the manosphere in global health affairs, to brutal economic insecurity that hits women hard, to the dead manโs emails of depravity toward girls, there is a profound need to forge paths to equity, fairness, humanity & ensuring womenโs RIGHTS.
SEVEN yrs ago today I had the privilege of launching w/ @drzucc.bsky.social & many incredible dedicated colleagues a special theme issue of research & commentary to advance #WomeninMedicine
It started a movement & reckoning on #genderequality #diversityandincusion that I feel sadly is backsliding
It started a movement & reckoning on #genderequality #diversityandincusion that I feel sadly is backsliding
February 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM
SEVEN yrs ago today I had the privilege of launching w/ @drzucc.bsky.social & many incredible dedicated colleagues a special theme issue of research & commentary to advance #WomeninMedicine
It started a movement & reckoning on #genderequality #diversityandincusion that I feel sadly is backsliding
It started a movement & reckoning on #genderequality #diversityandincusion that I feel sadly is backsliding
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Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by ICE in Trump's first year back in the White House had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security document obtained by CBS News.
Less than 14% of those ICE arrested had violent criminal records, data show
The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.
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February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by ICE in Trump's first year back in the White House had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security document obtained by CBS News.
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๐ Woman in #Bangladesh dies after contracting #Nipah virus in January
In Metro, Kaja Abbas highlights Nipah has a 40-75% fatality rate, but there is limited human-to-human transmission and low likelihood of pandemic spread.
#PublicHealth
๐ metro.co.uk/2026/02/09/w...
In Metro, Kaja Abbas highlights Nipah has a 40-75% fatality rate, but there is limited human-to-human transmission and low likelihood of pandemic spread.
#PublicHealth
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Woman dies from brain-damaging Nipah virus in Bangladesh
metro.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
๐ Woman in #Bangladesh dies after contracting #Nipah virus in January
In Metro, Kaja Abbas highlights Nipah has a 40-75% fatality rate, but there is limited human-to-human transmission and low likelihood of pandemic spread.
#PublicHealth
๐ metro.co.uk/2026/02/09/w...
In Metro, Kaja Abbas highlights Nipah has a 40-75% fatality rate, but there is limited human-to-human transmission and low likelihood of pandemic spread.
#PublicHealth
๐ metro.co.uk/2026/02/09/w...
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My colleague @jocalynclark.bsky.socialโs take on the race to be the next UN Director Generalโand why it must be a woman.
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Inside the movement to elect a woman as UN secretary general
In its 80 year history, the United Nations has been exclusively ruled by men. A growing movement is calling for womenโs leadership of the international body to help bring about reform and strengthen g...
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December 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
My colleague @jocalynclark.bsky.socialโs take on the race to be the next UN Director Generalโand why it must be a woman.
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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๐ฃ Call for papers on the geopolitics of global health.
We are inviting submissions of articles that interrogate and uncover the geopolitical determinants of global health.
Read more in this editorial from @jocalynclark.bsky.social and Gabriel Leung
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
We are inviting submissions of articles that interrogate and uncover the geopolitical determinants of global health.
Read more in this editorial from @jocalynclark.bsky.social and Gabriel Leung
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
February 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM
๐ฃ Call for papers on the geopolitics of global health.
We are inviting submissions of articles that interrogate and uncover the geopolitical determinants of global health.
Read more in this editorial from @jocalynclark.bsky.social and Gabriel Leung
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
We are inviting submissions of articles that interrogate and uncover the geopolitical determinants of global health.
Read more in this editorial from @jocalynclark.bsky.social and Gabriel Leung
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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๐ In a new piece in @bmj.com, @jonshaffer.bsky.social & I argue that the powerful physicians who lead federal agenciesโe.g., the NIH & FDAโshould be RESISTING Trump & RFK Jrโs damaging health policies
Instead, theyโre collaborating with them, aiding & abetting the harm
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Instead, theyโre collaborating with them, aiding & abetting the harm
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Trump and RFK Jr are dismantling public healthโaided and abetted by powerful doctors
High profile physicians should be using their positions of power to resist Trump and RFK Jrโs damaging policies, not collaborating with them, say Gavin Yamey and Jonathan Shaffer
President Donald Tr...
www.bmj.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:37 PM
๐ In a new piece in @bmj.com, @jonshaffer.bsky.social & I argue that the powerful physicians who lead federal agenciesโe.g., the NIH & FDAโshould be RESISTING Trump & RFK Jrโs damaging health policies
Instead, theyโre collaborating with them, aiding & abetting the harm
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Instead, theyโre collaborating with them, aiding & abetting the harm
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
I saw her at a recent event in London promoting this book and I couldnโt agree more - she has a wicked sense of humour (and justice) that made me feel I could listen to her stories and insights forever.
December 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I saw her at a recent event in London promoting this book and I couldnโt agree more - she has a wicked sense of humour (and justice) that made me feel I could listen to her stories and insights forever.
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Comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights is inherently social and political.
Yet the current funding environment sidelines this reality, privileging what's apolitical, say @khosla.bsky.social @pascaleallotey.bsky.social Sofia Gruskin #SRHR #HumanRightsDay
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Yet the current funding environment sidelines this reality, privileging what's apolitical, say @khosla.bsky.social @pascaleallotey.bsky.social Sofia Gruskin #SRHR #HumanRightsDay
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
December 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights is inherently social and political.
Yet the current funding environment sidelines this reality, privileging what's apolitical, say @khosla.bsky.social @pascaleallotey.bsky.social Sofia Gruskin #SRHR #HumanRightsDay
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Yet the current funding environment sidelines this reality, privileging what's apolitical, say @khosla.bsky.social @pascaleallotey.bsky.social Sofia Gruskin #SRHR #HumanRightsDay
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
So wonderful to see you ๐๐ซ
December 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
So wonderful to see you ๐๐ซ
Terminated as director of FXB
December 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Terminated as director of FXB
December 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The incomparable health & human rights leader Dr Mary Bassett has been terminated - a shocking move by Harvard bowing to pressure ๐บ๐ธ
Read more & sign petition
Read more & sign petition
Harvard Dismisses Director of FXB Center for Health and Human Rights | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard forced out the director of the Franรงois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights โ another shakeup at a center whose programming on the Israel-Palestine conflict has been a flashpoint...
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December 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The incomparable health & human rights leader Dr Mary Bassett has been terminated - a shocking move by Harvard bowing to pressure ๐บ๐ธ
Read more & sign petition
Read more & sign petition
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6/ You can read the full paper here:
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Contribution and influence of social capital on corruption in the health sector: a view through the lens of service users
Background The interplay between social capital and health system corruption in healthcare systems is underexplored, yet vital, a major barrier to advancing universal health coverage is underexplored....
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December 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
6/ You can read the full paper here:
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gh.bmj.com/content/10/1...
Lots of BUZZ but smartphone bans alone fail to equip children for healthy use of technology. Focus should shift to a rights based approach, argue experts in @bmj.com
Approaches to childrenโs smartphone and social media use must go beyond bans
Supporting the healthy development of children requires an approach to smartphone and social media use underpinned by age appropriate design and education, argue Victoria Goodyear and colleagues
Chi...
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December 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Lots of BUZZ but smartphone bans alone fail to equip children for healthy use of technology. Focus should shift to a rights based approach, argue experts in @bmj.com
You should convert this interesting thread and post it as a rapid response to the Analysis
December 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
You should convert this interesting thread and post it as a rapid response to the Analysis
I hear you. I sure as heck would not ask my GP about sports medicine or my performance goals. For health and fitness, social media is king but so too do we need more scrutiny of claims & financial COIs, more responsibility from platforms & more sophistication in how we define problem & solutions
December 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I hear you. I sure as heck would not ask my GP about sports medicine or my performance goals. For health and fitness, social media is king but so too do we need more scrutiny of claims & financial COIs, more responsibility from platforms & more sophistication in how we define problem & solutions
Yes! This is what Tina Purnat has been arguing incisively (and more) about the nature of information environments. Check out her work.
December 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Yes! This is what Tina Purnat has been arguing incisively (and more) about the nature of information environments. Check out her work.