Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡)
@tomasaragon.bsky.social
Impact Fellow & Adjunct Faculty, UC Berkeley Public Health
Former State Health Officer & Director, California Dept Public Health.
Former Health Officer & Director, Pop Health Div, SF Dept Public Health
Blog: TEAMPublicHealth.substack.com
Former State Health Officer & Director, California Dept Public Health.
Former Health Officer & Director, Pop Health Div, SF Dept Public Health
Blog: TEAMPublicHealth.substack.com
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Becoming a learning, healing, and impactful organization
The LHI model for transforming self, relationships, teams, and more
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Becoming a learning, healing, and impactful organization:
The LHI model for transforming self, teams, and more
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The LHI model for transforming self, teams, and more
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Dr. Susan Monarez — Former CDC Director, First Live Interview with Dr. Eric Topol of "Ground Truths" on Substack. Wonderful podcast!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL02...
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Dr. Susan Monarez—Former CDC Director, First Live Interview
YouTube video by Eric Topol
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November 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Dr. Susan Monarez — Former CDC Director, First Live Interview with Dr. Eric Topol of "Ground Truths" on Substack. Wonderful podcast!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL02...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL02...
"The Road Best Traveled" -- Susan Monarez's new Substack blog. Be sure to subscribe! Dr. Monarez is the former CDC director that was ousted by RFK, Jr.
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The Road Best Traveled | Substack
Highlighting healthcare challenges and the inspirational people seeking to overcome them using science, medicine, technology, and policy. Click to read The Road Best Traveled, a Substack publication w...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
"The Road Best Traveled" -- Susan Monarez's new Substack blog. Be sure to subscribe! Dr. Monarez is the former CDC director that was ousted by RFK, Jr.
susanmonarez.substack.com?r=8n7u7&utm_...
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Real ID! --- "Don't leave home without it!" (especially if you're brown)
(WARNING: Your experience may vary.)
¡Identificación "Real ID"! --- "¡No salgas de casa sin ella!" (especialmente si eres de color)
(ADVERTENCIA: Su experiencia puede variar.)
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(WARNING: Your experience may vary.)
¡Identificación "Real ID"! --- "¡No salgas de casa sin ella!" (especialmente si eres de color)
(ADVERTENCIA: Su experiencia puede variar.)
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Opinion | He’s a citizen with a Real ID. ICE detained him anyway. Twice.
Leo Garcia Venegas’s experience shows why Trump’s immigration raids are unconstitutional.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Real ID! --- "Don't leave home without it!" (especially if you're brown)
(WARNING: Your experience may vary.)
¡Identificación "Real ID"! --- "¡No salgas de casa sin ella!" (especialmente si eres de color)
(ADVERTENCIA: Su experiencia puede variar.)
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
(WARNING: Your experience may vary.)
¡Identificación "Real ID"! --- "¡No salgas de casa sin ella!" (especialmente si eres de color)
(ADVERTENCIA: Su experiencia puede variar.)
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Regardless of where you stand with the ending of the government shutdown, Ezra Klein of The New York Times provides an insightful, nuanced analysis worth watching. It's only 5 minutes long!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRCE...
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Ezra Klein: What Were Democrats Thinking?
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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November 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Regardless of where you stand with the ending of the government shutdown, Ezra Klein of The New York Times provides an insightful, nuanced analysis worth watching. It's only 5 minutes long!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRCE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRCE...
You can't make this up.
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Fullerton police stop man pointing gun at female driver, only to learn he is ICE agent
A Fullerton police officer told the agent he couldn't help 'with someone following or recording him if no crime had occurred.' Under state law, local police cannot enforce federal immigration law.
www.latimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
You can't make this up.
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The brain is an prediction machine. It guesses what will happen and updates future guesses based on experience. Every perception, emotion, & decision depends on these forecasts. Over time, predictions become expectations, and expectations define who we become.
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The Science of Expectation: How We Shape Our World
Your brain predicts life before it happens. Learn how biology, stress, and meaning shape your expectations—and how to retrain them toward hope.
www.psychologytoday.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The brain is an prediction machine. It guesses what will happen and updates future guesses based on experience. Every perception, emotion, & decision depends on these forecasts. Over time, predictions become expectations, and expectations define who we become.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/myel...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/myel...
Character matters: The moral determinants of health -- and what to do about it. #TEAMPublicHealth #CharacterMatters
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Character matters
The moral determinants of health -- and what to do about it.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Character matters: The moral determinants of health -- and what to do about it. #TEAMPublicHealth #CharacterMatters
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Medicare Advantage: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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October 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Finally - the “Duolingo” of decision quality frameworks! Introducing Decision Intelligence 4 Health (DI4H) -- Version 1.0. #DecisionIntelligence4Health #TEAMPublicHealth
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Finally - the “Duolingo” of decision quality frameworks!
Introducing Decision Intelligence 4 Health (DI4H) -- Version 1.0
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October 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Finally - the “Duolingo” of decision quality frameworks! Introducing Decision Intelligence 4 Health (DI4H) -- Version 1.0. #DecisionIntelligence4Health #TEAMPublicHealth
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My synthesis: Choose to spend your time on contributions that compound and transcend us.
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Life is Short (Here's How to Spend It)
YouTube video by Mark Manson
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October 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
My synthesis: Choose to spend your time on contributions that compound and transcend us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jgu...
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Governor Spencer Cox is correct: "The consequences of America’s moral drift: Consumerism and the addiction economy are undermining the republic." #CharacterMatters #TEAMPublicHealth
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Opinion | The consequences of America’s moral drift
Consumerism and the addiction economy are undermining the republic.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Governor Spencer Cox is correct: "The consequences of America’s moral drift: Consumerism and the addiction economy are undermining the republic." #CharacterMatters #TEAMPublicHealth
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Sharing slides from recent presentation!
"Decision Intelligence 4 Health: Strategic decision making under constraints (Values – Information – Time – Resources)" #TEAMPublicHealth #DecisionIntelligence4Health
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"Decision Intelligence 4 Health: Strategic decision making under constraints (Values – Information – Time – Resources)" #TEAMPublicHealth #DecisionIntelligence4Health
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October 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Sharing slides from recent presentation!
"Decision Intelligence 4 Health: Strategic decision making under constraints (Values – Information – Time – Resources)" #TEAMPublicHealth #DecisionIntelligence4Health
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"Decision Intelligence 4 Health: Strategic decision making under constraints (Values – Information – Time – Resources)" #TEAMPublicHealth #DecisionIntelligence4Health
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Congrats! Dean Michael Lu transformed public health by his research that gave us what we now call "the life-course perspective -- the idea that birth outcomes reflect not only the nine months of pregnancy but the long arc of a woman’s life before it."
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Dean Michael C. Lu elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Lu’s contributions to medicine have been recognized with one of the field’s highest honors.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Congrats! Dean Michael Lu transformed public health by his research that gave us what we now call "the life-course perspective -- the idea that birth outcomes reflect not only the nine months of pregnancy but the long arc of a woman’s life before it."
publichealth.berkeley.edu/articles/new...
publichealth.berkeley.edu/articles/new...
Download selected #TEAMPublicHealth infographics. Frameworks organize our reasoning, decisions, actions, reflections, learnings, and improvements.
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Downloadables from TEAM Public Health
These are the most popular infographics on TEAM Public Health.
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October 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Download selected #TEAMPublicHealth infographics. Frameworks organize our reasoning, decisions, actions, reflections, learnings, and improvements.
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#CharacterMatters We have a crisis of moral character in the US. "Good character is the foundation of building trust. Good character is having steady and permanent dispositions to do what is right and to refrain from doing what is wrong." Virtue is the act of good character. Use downloadable image.
October 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
#CharacterMatters We have a crisis of moral character in the US. "Good character is the foundation of building trust. Good character is having steady and permanent dispositions to do what is right and to refrain from doing what is wrong." Virtue is the act of good character. Use downloadable image.
“What I don’t have in experience, I make up for in integrity,” Mr. Mamdani said. “And what you don’t have in integrity, you could never make up for in experience.” #MoralCharacterMatters
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7 Takeaways From the First N.Y.C. Mayoral Debate
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“What I don’t have in experience, I make up for in integrity,” Mr. Mamdani said. “And what you don’t have in integrity, you could never make up for in experience.” #MoralCharacterMatters
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/n...
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"A growing body of research suggests that behavior is not just a matter of willpower; it's the result of prediction. Our mental system constantly generates expectations about what will happen next, including what we ourselves are likely to do, think, or feel."
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www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/spon...
Why We Act Against Our Values and How to Change
You know better, yet you stay stuck in old patterns. Maybe the real issue isn’t willpower, but your mind’s predictions about who you are.
www.psychologytoday.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"A growing body of research suggests that behavior is not just a matter of willpower; it's the result of prediction. Our mental system constantly generates expectations about what will happen next, including what we ourselves are likely to do, think, or feel."
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/spon...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/spon...
Manage Conflict with PDSA Looping: A practical tool for deep inquiry, listening, and learning. #TEAMPublicHealth
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Manage Conflict with PDSA Looping
A practical tool for deep inquiry, listening, and learning
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October 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Manage Conflict with PDSA Looping: A practical tool for deep inquiry, listening, and learning. #TEAMPublicHealth
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From public health heroes Michael Mann and Peter Hotez!
Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZq7...
Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZq7...
Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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October 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
From public health heroes Michael Mann and Peter Hotez!
Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZq7...
Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZq7...
Was the backlash against the childhood immunization schedule inevitable? Prediction with causal loop diagrams and systems thinking #TEAMPublicHealth
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Was the backlash against the childhood immunization schedule inevitable?
Prediction with causal loop diagrams and systems thinking
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October 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Was the backlash against the childhood immunization schedule inevitable? Prediction with causal loop diagrams and systems thinking #TEAMPublicHealth
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Download table: "Listening with intention and purpose"! Courtesy of #TEAMPublicHealth
October 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Download table: "Listening with intention and purpose"! Courtesy of #TEAMPublicHealth
On principle, I am boycotting ai fake content.
October 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
On principle, I am boycotting ai fake content.
I use Obsidian for note taking and personal knowledge management #PKM. I love this free and powerful app! I use Nick Milo's ACE method to organize my notes. Here is great 15 minute introduction by Nick Milo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Ab...
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Give Me 15 Minutes. I'll Teach You 80% of Obsidian
YouTube video by Linking Your Thinking with Nick Milo
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September 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I use Obsidian for note taking and personal knowledge management #PKM. I love this free and powerful app! I use Nick Milo's ACE method to organize my notes. Here is great 15 minute introduction by Nick Milo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Ab...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Ab...
Political survival for public health officials: A primer for appointed government health officials
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Political survival for public health officials
A primer for appointed local government health officials
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September 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Political survival for public health officials: A primer for appointed government health officials
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This news story will lift y/our spirits and warm y/our heart! We need it!
New documentary "Speak" explores world of high school debate
www.youtube.com/watch?v=InCW...
New documentary "Speak" explores world of high school debate
www.youtube.com/watch?v=InCW...
New documentary "Speak" explores world of high school debate
YouTube video by CBS Mornings
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September 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This news story will lift y/our spirits and warm y/our heart! We need it!
New documentary "Speak" explores world of high school debate
www.youtube.com/watch?v=InCW...
New documentary "Speak" explores world of high school debate
www.youtube.com/watch?v=InCW...