Lauren Nephew MD, MSCE
@laurennephewmd.bsky.social
Transplant hepatologist, health equity scientist, wife & mom. @IUGastro. Alum: @MGHMedicine @pennGiHep. Opinions and typos my own. She/Her
Pinned
Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
How can you help support your colleagues who do DEI, health disparities or health equity work? Don’t tell them “it” will be fine. I don’t know what “it” is, but nothing is or will be fine. I am resilient. But I am not fine and “it” won’t be fine. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Reposted by Lauren Nephew MD, MSCE
How do we interpret and act on disparities in liver cancer outcomes ??
Expert editorial by @laurennephewmd.bsky.social
journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full...
#liversky
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Expert editorial by @laurennephewmd.bsky.social
journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full...
#liversky
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Learn, adapt, act: A pragmatic approach for intervening on... : Hepatology Communications
An abstract is unavailable.
journals.lww.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
How do we interpret and act on disparities in liver cancer outcomes ??
Expert editorial by @laurennephewmd.bsky.social
journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full...
#liversky
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Expert editorial by @laurennephewmd.bsky.social
journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full...
#liversky
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Reposted by Lauren Nephew MD, MSCE
Even better
@laurennephewmd.bsky.social is actively building interventions to reduce disparities by involving the patients in their design
journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full...
@laurennephewmd.bsky.social is actively building interventions to reduce disparities by involving the patients in their design
journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full...
March 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Even better
@laurennephewmd.bsky.social is actively building interventions to reduce disparities by involving the patients in their design
journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full...
@laurennephewmd.bsky.social is actively building interventions to reduce disparities by involving the patients in their design
journals.lww.com/hepcomm/full...
Working on an aims page and trying to get some Beyoncé tickets. How’s your afternoon going?
February 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Working on an aims page and trying to get some Beyoncé tickets. How’s your afternoon going?
We are all stuck in this time line but we must resist. www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Medical journal editors must resist CDC order and anti-gender ideology
The news that on 31 January 2025 the Trump administration instructed scientists employed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to withdraw or retract articles from medical and sci...
www.bmj.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
We are all stuck in this time line but we must resist. www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Pause. Breath. Pray. Discern. Act Strategically.
January 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Pause. Breath. Pray. Discern. Act Strategically.
How can you help support your colleagues who do DEI, health disparities or health equity work? Don’t tell them “it” will be fine. I don’t know what “it” is, but nothing is or will be fine. I am resilient. But I am not fine and “it” won’t be fine. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
How can you help support your colleagues who do DEI, health disparities or health equity work? Don’t tell them “it” will be fine. I don’t know what “it” is, but nothing is or will be fine. I am resilient. But I am not fine and “it” won’t be fine. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Reposted by Lauren Nephew MD, MSCE
One of my friends has a grant from the #FDA to look at disparities in clinical trial research and just submitted a manuscript with the findings. She was told today by the collaborators from the #FDA to rescind it.
#Censorhip has started, we are living in authoritarian government.
#Censorhip has started, we are living in authoritarian government.
US FDA drops web pages on improving clinical trial diversity
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has pulled draft guidance from its website requiring companies to test medicines and devices in diverse populations as part of a purge of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at U.S. health agencies.
www.reuters.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
One of my friends has a grant from the #FDA to look at disparities in clinical trial research and just submitted a manuscript with the findings. She was told today by the collaborators from the #FDA to rescind it.
#Censorhip has started, we are living in authoritarian government.
#Censorhip has started, we are living in authoritarian government.
Reposted by Lauren Nephew MD, MSCE
Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉)
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉)
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Lauren Nephew MD, MSCE
🔎 Phase 2 trial of cirrhosis+ HE on lactose+rifaximin
capsule and enema FMT was
📍safe
📍⬇️ HE recurrence
📍regardless of dose, route or donor
#liversky
www.journal-of-hepatology.eu/article/S016...
capsule and enema FMT was
📍safe
📍⬇️ HE recurrence
📍regardless of dose, route or donor
#liversky
www.journal-of-hepatology.eu/article/S016...
January 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🔎 Phase 2 trial of cirrhosis+ HE on lactose+rifaximin
capsule and enema FMT was
📍safe
📍⬇️ HE recurrence
📍regardless of dose, route or donor
#liversky
www.journal-of-hepatology.eu/article/S016...
capsule and enema FMT was
📍safe
📍⬇️ HE recurrence
📍regardless of dose, route or donor
#liversky
www.journal-of-hepatology.eu/article/S016...
My clinical life would be exponentially more enjoyable if I didn’t have to write notes. I know it’s part of job to convey plan to other clinicians but data so much time. Are people finding AI solutions helpful?
November 26, 2024 at 2:52 PM
My clinical life would be exponentially more enjoyable if I didn’t have to write notes. I know it’s part of job to convey plan to other clinicians but data so much time. Are people finding AI solutions helpful?
That’s me! So proud to present the hard work of all the committees working in this space. Grateful to Dr. Ray Kim, AASLD president, for the opportunity.
November 17, 2024 at 2:18 PM
That’s me! So proud to present the hard work of all the committees working in this space. Grateful to Dr. Ray Kim, AASLD president, for the opportunity.