Liz Whitlock, MD, MSc
@lizwhitlockmd.bsky.social
Board-certified anesthesiologist, but make it geriatrics/epidemiology. Mask up! Tweets are my own views.
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June is Pride Month! 🏳🌈🌈 ASA is committed to providing meaningful support to all of our members, including those in the LGBTQ community. We celebrate the contributions of LGBTQ individuals to medicine and society.
#Pride #PrideMonth
#Pride #PrideMonth
June 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
June is Pride Month! 🏳🌈🌈 ASA is committed to providing meaningful support to all of our members, including those in the LGBTQ community. We celebrate the contributions of LGBTQ individuals to medicine and society.
#Pride #PrideMonth
#Pride #PrideMonth
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If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
May 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
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"Sustaining this progress will be especially vital to future domestic medical advances & the prosperity of millions of Americans in future generations."
Could not agree more. Investing in research makes America great. Suppressing it makes America weak.
"Sustaining this progress will be especially vital to future domestic medical advances & the prosperity of millions of Americans in future generations."
Could not agree more. Investing in research makes America great. Suppressing it makes America weak.
Medical and Scientific Research Makes America Great
Those who care about America's global leadership, should be alarmed by deep funding cuts to the NSF and NIH.
time.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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"Sustaining this progress will be especially vital to future domestic medical advances & the prosperity of millions of Americans in future generations."
Could not agree more. Investing in research makes America great. Suppressing it makes America weak.
"Sustaining this progress will be especially vital to future domestic medical advances & the prosperity of millions of Americans in future generations."
Could not agree more. Investing in research makes America great. Suppressing it makes America weak.
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ASA has joined over 20 national medical specialties to express concern about the impact of recent Congressional proposals on Medicaid beneficiary coverage. Members, learn more from ASA President Dr. Donald Arnold: community.asahq.org/mmo/5-19-25
#anesthesiology #anesthesiology
#anesthesiology #anesthesiology
May 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
ASA has joined over 20 national medical specialties to express concern about the impact of recent Congressional proposals on Medicaid beneficiary coverage. Members, learn more from ASA President Dr. Donald Arnold: community.asahq.org/mmo/5-19-25
#anesthesiology #anesthesiology
#anesthesiology #anesthesiology
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Thinking today about the visionary Richard Suzman, who saw the necessity of cross-national data to understand health in the US and embedded values of data & research sharing in HRS and intn'l sister studies. A credit to #NIA and a force still. #PublicHealth #EpiSky
www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/h...
www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/h...
Richard Suzman, 72, Dies; Researcher Influenced Global Surveys on Aging (Published 2015)
www.nytimes.com
May 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Thinking today about the visionary Richard Suzman, who saw the necessity of cross-national data to understand health in the US and embedded values of data & research sharing in HRS and intn'l sister studies. A credit to #NIA and a force still. #PublicHealth #EpiSky
www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/h...
www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/h...
Wonderful message from Dr. Holden Thorp (EIC @science.org ) about @elisabethbik.bsky.social identifying fabricated data, sometimes in Science papers, & "trusted colleague" in the scientific publishing process. Deeply important for public trust to run towards, not away from, corrections.
May 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Wonderful message from Dr. Holden Thorp (EIC @science.org ) about @elisabethbik.bsky.social identifying fabricated data, sometimes in Science papers, & "trusted colleague" in the scientific publishing process. Deeply important for public trust to run towards, not away from, corrections.
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See this? It's called a non-inferiority trial. It compares the new vaccine with the current vaccines to see if the new vaccine does better. This new vaccine did.
Placebo-controlled trials are not needed to test most new vaccines. Demanding them will only reduce vaccine access. Which is the point.
Placebo-controlled trials are not needed to test most new vaccines. Demanding them will only reduce vaccine access. Which is the point.
May 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
See this? It's called a non-inferiority trial. It compares the new vaccine with the current vaccines to see if the new vaccine does better. This new vaccine did.
Placebo-controlled trials are not needed to test most new vaccines. Demanding them will only reduce vaccine access. Which is the point.
Placebo-controlled trials are not needed to test most new vaccines. Demanding them will only reduce vaccine access. Which is the point.
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I support the US garment industry. I don't believe in making life harder for immigrants or erecting blanket tariffs. So how can we reshore some of our US garment manufacturing without xenophobia or protectionism? Here's my view. 🧵
April 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I support the US garment industry. I don't believe in making life harder for immigrants or erecting blanket tariffs. So how can we reshore some of our US garment manufacturing without xenophobia or protectionism? Here's my view. 🧵
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“Target trial emulation” is an observational research framework that helps investigators avoid pitfalls in study design and analysis. In a new Readers' Toolbox, Messinger et al. present an overview of the framework and considerations for research: ow.ly/teg450VfPLQ
March 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“Target trial emulation” is an observational research framework that helps investigators avoid pitfalls in study design and analysis. In a new Readers' Toolbox, Messinger et al. present an overview of the framework and considerations for research: ow.ly/teg450VfPLQ
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Sure, this is bad for Johns Hopkins, bad for its employees, bad for America, bad for the world, but that's just the price we have to pay for the eugenics project of bored billionaires who long for the good old days of apartheid.
Federal Cuts Prompt Johns Hopkins to Cut More Than 2,000 Workers
The university, a leader in scientific research, has been hard hit by the Trump administration’s cuts, which will slash at least $800 million from its budget.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Sure, this is bad for Johns Hopkins, bad for its employees, bad for America, bad for the world, but that's just the price we have to pay for the eugenics project of bored billionaires who long for the good old days of apartheid.
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A lot of the “achievements” of western civilization actually kind of suck but one thing that definitely does not suck is how half our children don’t die anymore
March 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A lot of the “achievements” of western civilization actually kind of suck but one thing that definitely does not suck is how half our children don’t die anymore
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The Anesthesia Research Council steering committee formed an AI expert workgroup to evaluate the current state of AI in anesthesiology, provide examples of future AI applications, and identify barriers to AI progress. Read their recommendations: ow.ly/Lhka50VfOrt
March 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The Anesthesia Research Council steering committee formed an AI expert workgroup to evaluate the current state of AI in anesthesiology, provide examples of future AI applications, and identify barriers to AI progress. Read their recommendations: ow.ly/Lhka50VfOrt
Fantastic article about suppression of intellectual freedom, starting with science and universities, from a fellow academic/research mom. 😓 Scary, scary times. Call, write, demonstrate, communicate the importance of science as part of America's freedom!!
minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/13/i...
minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/13/i...
If we don’t act now, we risk losing the institutions that keep our society open, informed and free • Minnesota Reformer
History shows us the dangers of suppressing opposing views.
minnesotareformer.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Fantastic article about suppression of intellectual freedom, starting with science and universities, from a fellow academic/research mom. 😓 Scary, scary times. Call, write, demonstrate, communicate the importance of science as part of America's freedom!!
minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/13/i...
minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/13/i...
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Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization
Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region.
We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant
survival over the past 50...
www.thelancet.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
👋 me too! shopping locally & intentionally has been good in all possible ways except for how my kids are assholes in a store bc we inadvertently neglected to teach them how to behave while shopping. 😐 too much delivery during critical neural plasticity periods.
In a matter of 6 weeks, I have completely changed my spending habits. Not with my fists in the air, but it was just that shopping at certain places of prior convenience now felt dirty.
Now I’m more local. And Costco. Or consuming less.
I’m far from the only one…
Now I’m more local. And Costco. Or consuming less.
I’m far from the only one…
March 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
👋 me too! shopping locally & intentionally has been good in all possible ways except for how my kids are assholes in a store bc we inadvertently neglected to teach them how to behave while shopping. 😐 too much delivery during critical neural plasticity periods.
ADRCs provide incredible care to people w healthy aging & w cognitive complaints, AND are driving the next therapeutics and strategies to help preserve cognitive health.
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias will affect nearly all of us if we're lucky to live long enough, btw.😐 We need these!
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias will affect nearly all of us if we're lucky to live long enough, btw.😐 We need these!
🧪The Alzheimer's Disease Research Center program is a crown jewel in the NIA's funding portfolio. 35 centers in red, blue and purple states put data in a single repository working towards a shared goal of curing AD. Funding for center renewals is on hold.
tinyurl.com/yc2pr626
#standupforscience2025
tinyurl.com/yc2pr626
#standupforscience2025
March 9, 2025 at 4:54 AM
ADRCs provide incredible care to people w healthy aging & w cognitive complaints, AND are driving the next therapeutics and strategies to help preserve cognitive health.
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias will affect nearly all of us if we're lucky to live long enough, btw.😐 We need these!
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias will affect nearly all of us if we're lucky to live long enough, btw.😐 We need these!
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Years ago my wife got me a t-shirt with this delightful sequence from "Curious George Takes a Job". I wore that t-shirt out.
March 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Years ago my wife got me a t-shirt with this delightful sequence from "Curious George Takes a Job". I wore that t-shirt out.
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The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
February 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
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Very grateful to our @scripps.edu President/CEO Pete Schultz, for this OpEd in @sandiegouniontribune.com on the key importance of research institutions in U.S. biomedical science and how federal support is critical to fuel new discoveries and medicines.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/25/o...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/25/o...
Opinion: Science funding cuts are based on flawed logic. Here’s the truth.
Earlier this month, the National Institutes of Health issued supplemental guidance indicating it would immediately impose a 15% cap on indirect costs for research grants, an unprecedented and abrup…
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Very grateful to our @scripps.edu President/CEO Pete Schultz, for this OpEd in @sandiegouniontribune.com on the key importance of research institutions in U.S. biomedical science and how federal support is critical to fuel new discoveries and medicines.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/25/o...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/25/o...
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Here's an example of "government waste"
In 1982, at least 7 people in the Chicago area died from poisoned Tylenol
The killer was never found, but government scientists figured out how the packages were tampered with
That's why we have safety seals
*Regulations are one way we protect ourselves*
In 1982, at least 7 people in the Chicago area died from poisoned Tylenol
The killer was never found, but government scientists figured out how the packages were tampered with
That's why we have safety seals
*Regulations are one way we protect ourselves*
February 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Here's an example of "government waste"
In 1982, at least 7 people in the Chicago area died from poisoned Tylenol
The killer was never found, but government scientists figured out how the packages were tampered with
That's why we have safety seals
*Regulations are one way we protect ourselves*
In 1982, at least 7 people in the Chicago area died from poisoned Tylenol
The killer was never found, but government scientists figured out how the packages were tampered with
That's why we have safety seals
*Regulations are one way we protect ourselves*
Reposted by Liz Whitlock, MD, MSc
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Behind the scenes, the Trump administration has "brought biomedical research to the brink of crisis by holding up much of the $47 billion the United States spends on the field every year."
Article gifted from @nytimes.com - read it for free without a subscription.
Behind the scenes, the Trump administration has "brought biomedical research to the brink of crisis by holding up much of the $47 billion the United States spends on the field every year."
Article gifted from @nytimes.com - read it for free without a subscription.
President Trump vs. Medical Research (Gift Article)
How government cuts are slowing research.
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Behind the scenes, the Trump administration has "brought biomedical research to the brink of crisis by holding up much of the $47 billion the United States spends on the field every year."
Article gifted from @nytimes.com - read it for free without a subscription.
Behind the scenes, the Trump administration has "brought biomedical research to the brink of crisis by holding up much of the $47 billion the United States spends on the field every year."
Article gifted from @nytimes.com - read it for free without a subscription.
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We met with policymakers about the importance of federal programs that support biomedical research and discovery. Proposed NIH F&A cuts to 15% would cost UCSF ~$200M annually, threatening life-saving research. We urge protecting the current rate negotiation system.
February 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
We met with policymakers about the importance of federal programs that support biomedical research and discovery. Proposed NIH F&A cuts to 15% would cost UCSF ~$200M annually, threatening life-saving research. We urge protecting the current rate negotiation system.
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"In a world of ideological and partisan division, health should be the ultimate nonpartisan good. We do the research we do so that more people can live long, healthy lives, and live them as they wish to live them." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
The Value of Academic Health Research
In the past month, the academic health research community in the US has been rocked by the new administration’s efforts to curtail health research expenditures. In the form of “Supplemental Guidance t...
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February 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"In a world of ideological and partisan division, health should be the ultimate nonpartisan good. We do the research we do so that more people can live long, healthy lives, and live them as they wish to live them." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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1/ When using observational data for #causalinference, emulating a target trial helps solve some problems... but not all problems.
In a new paper, we explain why and when the #TargetTrial framework is helpful.
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Joint work with my colleagues @causalab.bsky.social
In a new paper, we explain why and when the #TargetTrial framework is helpful.
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Joint work with my colleagues @causalab.bsky.social
February 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
1/ When using observational data for #causalinference, emulating a target trial helps solve some problems... but not all problems.
In a new paper, we explain why and when the #TargetTrial framework is helpful.
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Joint work with my colleagues @causalab.bsky.social
In a new paper, we explain why and when the #TargetTrial framework is helpful.
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Joint work with my colleagues @causalab.bsky.social
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"Without research to point toward a healthier country, there will be poorer national health and less capacity to do what people do...on either end of the political spectrum."
Read the Editorial by JAMA Health Forum EIC Sandro Galea and JAMA EIC @kbibbinsdomingo.bsky.social.
ja.ma/4b6Z2LJ
#MedSky
Read the Editorial by JAMA Health Forum EIC Sandro Galea and JAMA EIC @kbibbinsdomingo.bsky.social.
ja.ma/4b6Z2LJ
#MedSky
February 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"Without research to point toward a healthier country, there will be poorer national health and less capacity to do what people do...on either end of the political spectrum."
Read the Editorial by JAMA Health Forum EIC Sandro Galea and JAMA EIC @kbibbinsdomingo.bsky.social.
ja.ma/4b6Z2LJ
#MedSky
Read the Editorial by JAMA Health Forum EIC Sandro Galea and JAMA EIC @kbibbinsdomingo.bsky.social.
ja.ma/4b6Z2LJ
#MedSky