Miranda So PharmD MPH (Epidemiology)
@mirandapharmdmph.bsky.social
Manager, ID/Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist, Assistant Professor, Runner, Knitter
Clinical & research: immunocompromised hosts; public health; epidemiology; study design. #IDSky #PharmSky ๐จ๐ฆ
https://www.linkedin.com/in/miranda-so-pharmd-mph-98b9591a9/
Clinical & research: immunocompromised hosts; public health; epidemiology; study design. #IDSky #PharmSky ๐จ๐ฆ
https://www.linkedin.com/in/miranda-so-pharmd-mph-98b9591a9/
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About me:
PharmD (Toronto๐จ๐ฆ), MPH epidemiology (.@harvardchanschool.bsky.social).
Passionate about #antimicrobialstewardship in immunocompromised hosts-haem/onc, transplant.
๐ General #IDSky just as much!
๐ #EpiSky
๐ Distance ๐โโ๏ธbut I came into it later in life...so I am still catching up
๐ Learning
PharmD (Toronto๐จ๐ฆ), MPH epidemiology (.@harvardchanschool.bsky.social).
Passionate about #antimicrobialstewardship in immunocompromised hosts-haem/onc, transplant.
๐ General #IDSky just as much!
๐ #EpiSky
๐ Distance ๐โโ๏ธbut I came into it later in life...so I am still catching up
๐ Learning
Yesterdayโs run ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ before the major storm kicks in today. โ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ
January 25, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Yesterdayโs run ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ before the major storm kicks in today. โ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ
50 Years Ago, He Was an Olympian. At 80, Heโs Just as Happy to Finish Last.
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Thoroughly enjoyed this by @paulsaxmd.bsky.social in @nejm.org
blogs.nejm.org/hiv-id-obser...
My in-laws often complain about the lack of physical exam by their MDs as an inadequacy.
Yet my 1st year nursing student daughter is learning to use the stethoscope and sphyngomanometer in her skills lab.
blogs.nejm.org/hiv-id-obser...
My in-laws often complain about the lack of physical exam by their MDs as an inadequacy.
Yet my 1st year nursing student daughter is learning to use the stethoscope and sphyngomanometer in her skills lab.
What Use Is the Physical Examination in Current Medical Practice?
Share Tweet Pin Mail SMS A very interesting, quite scholarly perspective appeared in the NEJM last month called, โStrategies to Reinvigorate the Bedside Clinical ...
blogs.nejm.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Thoroughly enjoyed this by @paulsaxmd.bsky.social in @nejm.org
blogs.nejm.org/hiv-id-obser...
My in-laws often complain about the lack of physical exam by their MDs as an inadequacy.
Yet my 1st year nursing student daughter is learning to use the stethoscope and sphyngomanometer in her skills lab.
blogs.nejm.org/hiv-id-obser...
My in-laws often complain about the lack of physical exam by their MDs as an inadequacy.
Yet my 1st year nursing student daughter is learning to use the stethoscope and sphyngomanometer in her skills lab.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
As a runner ๐๐ป, this seems like good news but will have to read the paper itself to understand more.
As a runner ๐๐ป, this seems like good news but will have to read the paper itself to understand more.
Marathon Running Does Not Appear to Damage Heart
Ten-year follow-up of male marathoners showed no long-term negative effects on heart health.
www.medscape.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
As a runner ๐๐ป, this seems like good news but will have to read the paper itself to understand more.
As a runner ๐๐ป, this seems like good news but will have to read the paper itself to understand more.
First proper โ๏ธ winter run this season. Very refreshing 10km.
December 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
First proper โ๏ธ winter run this season. Very refreshing 10km.
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๐ข Registration for #ISHLT2026 is NOW OPEN! Join your global, multidisciplinary colleagues in Toronto.
โจ New this year: you can book your hotel at exclusive room rates while registering. โก๏ธ Register by 4 February ๐ to qualify for the early registration fee: ๐ bit.ly/4aFzxTd
#TransplantSky #MedSky
โจ New this year: you can book your hotel at exclusive room rates while registering. โก๏ธ Register by 4 February ๐ to qualify for the early registration fee: ๐ bit.ly/4aFzxTd
#TransplantSky #MedSky
December 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
๐ข Registration for #ISHLT2026 is NOW OPEN! Join your global, multidisciplinary colleagues in Toronto.
โจ New this year: you can book your hotel at exclusive room rates while registering. โก๏ธ Register by 4 February ๐ to qualify for the early registration fee: ๐ bit.ly/4aFzxTd
#TransplantSky #MedSky
โจ New this year: you can book your hotel at exclusive room rates while registering. โก๏ธ Register by 4 February ๐ to qualify for the early registration fee: ๐ bit.ly/4aFzxTd
#TransplantSky #MedSky
Yes, yes I can outrun the LRT ๐๐ปโโ๏ธand Iโm a slow runner! ๐
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Could you outrun the train? Finch LRT takes 55 minutes to cover 10.3-km route | CBC News
Northwest Toronto's newly-opened light-rail transit (LRT) line is getting its first taste of rush hour Monday โ but it doesn't appear to be rushing.
www.cbc.ca
December 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Yes, yes I can outrun the LRT ๐๐ปโโ๏ธand Iโm a slow runner! ๐
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
At a few recent talks, I showed the overlapping distribution between level of deprivation and density of #antibiotics use using the example of England (and others from HIC).
A targeted approach is needed to better support clinicians in #antimicrobialstewardship
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
A targeted approach is needed to better support clinicians in #antimicrobialstewardship
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Blackpool report: why do Englandโs deprived areas have the most troubled hospitals?
Clinicians in deprived areas are overwhelmed by generational ill health and poverty
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
At a few recent talks, I showed the overlapping distribution between level of deprivation and density of #antibiotics use using the example of England (and others from HIC).
A targeted approach is needed to better support clinicians in #antimicrobialstewardship
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
A targeted approach is needed to better support clinicians in #antimicrobialstewardship
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Three university students debating loudly in the quiet zone of the train about when to use t-test, one-way ANOVA and two-way ANOVA. Trying to memorize the rules before their exam.
Fond memories for me from undergrad stats course. ๐ฅธ TBH I didnโt understand those concepts till much later!
#biostats
Fond memories for me from undergrad stats course. ๐ฅธ TBH I didnโt understand those concepts till much later!
#biostats
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Three university students debating loudly in the quiet zone of the train about when to use t-test, one-way ANOVA and two-way ANOVA. Trying to memorize the rules before their exam.
Fond memories for me from undergrad stats course. ๐ฅธ TBH I didnโt understand those concepts till much later!
#biostats
Fond memories for me from undergrad stats course. ๐ฅธ TBH I didnโt understand those concepts till much later!
#biostats
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๐ฃ New #Communicable drops Mon 20 Oct!
@angelahuttner.bsky.social & @erinmccreary.bsky.social welcome Barbara Trautner @bwtrautner.bsky.social & Valรฉry Lavergne, the co-chairs of the first IDSA guidelines for complicated UTIs, to discuss this important milestone!
#IDSky #UTIsky #MedSky #clinmicro
@angelahuttner.bsky.social & @erinmccreary.bsky.social welcome Barbara Trautner @bwtrautner.bsky.social & Valรฉry Lavergne, the co-chairs of the first IDSA guidelines for complicated UTIs, to discuss this important milestone!
#IDSky #UTIsky #MedSky #clinmicro
October 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
๐ฃ New #Communicable drops Mon 20 Oct!
@angelahuttner.bsky.social & @erinmccreary.bsky.social welcome Barbara Trautner @bwtrautner.bsky.social & Valรฉry Lavergne, the co-chairs of the first IDSA guidelines for complicated UTIs, to discuss this important milestone!
#IDSky #UTIsky #MedSky #clinmicro
@angelahuttner.bsky.social & @erinmccreary.bsky.social welcome Barbara Trautner @bwtrautner.bsky.social & Valรฉry Lavergne, the co-chairs of the first IDSA guidelines for complicated UTIs, to discuss this important milestone!
#IDSky #UTIsky #MedSky #clinmicro
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Iโve only ever done half marathons. While they were not necessarily โfunโ in the physical sense, they were fun in the โlook what Iโve accomplished!โ ๐sense. I aim to improve my PB each time but enjoying the journey is much more important! ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
Iโve only ever done half marathons. While they were not necessarily โfunโ in the physical sense, they were fun in the โlook what Iโve accomplished!โ ๐sense. I aim to improve my PB each time but enjoying the journey is much more important! ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
Running on empty: why are so many marathon runners so miserable?
One in four endurance runners displays โworryingly highโ levels of anxiety and depression, according to a study led by a man who has himself run more than 400 marathons. Isnโt exercise supposed to mak...
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Iโve only ever done half marathons. While they were not necessarily โfunโ in the physical sense, they were fun in the โlook what Iโve accomplished!โ ๐sense. I aim to improve my PB each time but enjoying the journey is much more important! ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
Iโve only ever done half marathons. While they were not necessarily โfunโ in the physical sense, they were fun in the โlook what Iโve accomplished!โ ๐sense. I aim to improve my PB each time but enjoying the journey is much more important! ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
This brings me joy! ๐๐ฆฎ๐โ๐ฆบ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
โHe loves splashing aroundโ: UK pools host doggy dips for pets and owners
Gourock outdoor pool in Inverclyde drops its humans-only policy on last day of the swim season โ part of a trend at lidos around the country
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This brings me joy! ๐๐ฆฎ๐โ๐ฆบ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
@ichejournal.bsky.social is the journalโs website down by any chance ? I have not been able to get on it today to read these excellent papers.
Thank you. ๐
Thank you. ๐
September 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
@ichejournal.bsky.social is the journalโs website down by any chance ? I have not been able to get on it today to read these excellent papers.
Thank you. ๐
Thank you. ๐
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Antimicrobial resistance is the ability of germs to evade the treatment effects of antimicrobial drugs.
This JAMA Patient Page describes antimicrobial resistance, its risk factors, and how to decrease the spread of antibiotic resistance.
ja.ma/46ieWAE
This JAMA Patient Page describes antimicrobial resistance, its risk factors, and how to decrease the spread of antibiotic resistance.
ja.ma/46ieWAE
September 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Antimicrobial resistance is the ability of germs to evade the treatment effects of antimicrobial drugs.
This JAMA Patient Page describes antimicrobial resistance, its risk factors, and how to decrease the spread of antibiotic resistance.
ja.ma/46ieWAE
This JAMA Patient Page describes antimicrobial resistance, its risk factors, and how to decrease the spread of antibiotic resistance.
ja.ma/46ieWAE
Excellent pro-con debate on selective digestive tract decomtaination (SDD)
www.cmi-comms.org/article/S295...
@cmicomms.bsky.social
www.cmi-comms.org/article/S295...
@cmicomms.bsky.social
Selective digestive tract decontamination in the intensive care unit: Life saver or recipe for disaster?
โSelective digestive tract decontaminationโ (SDD) refers to the use of antibiotics
to decrease bacterial load in the gut with the intention of reducing the risk of pneumonia
(from microaspiration) and...
www.cmi-comms.org
September 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Excellent pro-con debate on selective digestive tract decomtaination (SDD)
www.cmi-comms.org/article/S295...
@cmicomms.bsky.social
www.cmi-comms.org/article/S295...
@cmicomms.bsky.social
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v1.108 is rolling out today ๐
Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!
Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there ๐
Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!
Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there ๐
September 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
v1.108 is rolling out today ๐
Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!
Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there ๐
Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!
Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there ๐
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
As a runner ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ I love this story so much! May be I will sign up for next year !!
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As a runner ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ I love this story so much! May be I will sign up for next year !!
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#TheMoment Mark Carney surprised a volunteer at an Ontario race
Agnes Jung tells The National about the moment she ran alongside Prime Minister Mark Carney when he appeared at the Haliburton Forest Trail Race in Ontario.
www.cbc.ca
September 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
As a runner ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ I love this story so much! May be I will sign up for next year !!
๐จ๐ฆ
As a runner ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ I love this story so much! May be I will sign up for next year !!
๐จ๐ฆ
A remarkable and moving human interest story.
The Millionaire Who Left Wall Street to Become a Paramedic www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/n...
The Millionaire Who Left Wall Street to Become a Paramedic www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/n...
The Millionaire Who Left Wall Street to Become a Paramedic
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
A remarkable and moving human interest story.
The Millionaire Who Left Wall Street to Become a Paramedic www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/n...
The Millionaire Who Left Wall Street to Become a Paramedic www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/n...
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๐ always appreciate the analyses and recommendations from ECIL! ๐
August 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
๐ always appreciate the analyses and recommendations from ECIL! ๐
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