Yassen Tcholakov
@yassentch.bsky.social
Public Health Doc, Head of Infectious Diseases in Nunavik
Passionate about epi, global health, & planetary health
Assistant Prof at @McGill University
#EpiSky #IDsky #MedSky
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yassentch/
Passionate about epi, global health, & planetary health
Assistant Prof at @McGill University
#EpiSky #IDsky #MedSky
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yassentch/
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Huge congratulations to @drejoanneliu.bsky.social & @tivabaral.bsky.social for launching the Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL) at @mcgillspgh.bsky.social @mcgilldgph.bsky.social
Bravo! 👏🏽👏🏽
Bravo! 👏🏽👏🏽
February 3, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Huge congratulations to @drejoanneliu.bsky.social & @tivabaral.bsky.social for launching the Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL) at @mcgillspgh.bsky.social @mcgilldgph.bsky.social
Bravo! 👏🏽👏🏽
Bravo! 👏🏽👏🏽
Very interesting critical evaluation of things that media struggled with for communication during the #pandemic. @picardonhealth.bsky.social :
-Communicating uncertainty
-Showing the equity impacts
#GlobalHealth
@mcgillghp.bsky.social
-Communicating uncertainty
-Showing the equity impacts
#GlobalHealth
@mcgillghp.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Very interesting critical evaluation of things that media struggled with for communication during the #pandemic. @picardonhealth.bsky.social :
-Communicating uncertainty
-Showing the equity impacts
#GlobalHealth
@mcgillghp.bsky.social
-Communicating uncertainty
-Showing the equity impacts
#GlobalHealth
@mcgillghp.bsky.social
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Can't make it to the launch event in person? You can watch the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/0hD5r_4...
February 3, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Can't make it to the launch event in person? You can watch the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/0hD5r_4...
Deep thoughts about the state of the world at the PERL launch: "Maybe the withdrawal of the US from bilateral structures, and the increasing reliance on bilateral agreements, is lifting the blanket and showing us the state of how things have been for a long time".
@roojinhabibi.org
#GlobalHealth
@roojinhabibi.org
#GlobalHealth
February 3, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Deep thoughts about the state of the world at the PERL launch: "Maybe the withdrawal of the US from bilateral structures, and the increasing reliance on bilateral agreements, is lifting the blanket and showing us the state of how things have been for a long time".
@roojinhabibi.org
#GlobalHealth
@roojinhabibi.org
#GlobalHealth
Very nice to see old #GlobalHealth advocates and colleagues @nschwalbe.bsky.social and @roojinhabibi.org taking about the politics of #pandemic preparedness during the @mcgillspgh.bsky.social Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL) launch.
February 3, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Very nice to see old #GlobalHealth advocates and colleagues @nschwalbe.bsky.social and @roojinhabibi.org taking about the politics of #pandemic preparedness during the @mcgillspgh.bsky.social Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL) launch.
Nice shootout to #NewZealand when discussing countries which deployed "fairer" travel restriction policies during the #COVID19 #pandemic.
@mcgillspgh.bsky.social
#PublicHealth #GlobalHealth
@mcgillspgh.bsky.social
#PublicHealth #GlobalHealth
February 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Nice shootout to #NewZealand when discussing countries which deployed "fairer" travel restriction policies during the #COVID19 #pandemic.
@mcgillspgh.bsky.social
#PublicHealth #GlobalHealth
@mcgillspgh.bsky.social
#PublicHealth #GlobalHealth
Very glad to be at the launch of the Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL) at @mcgillspgh.bsky.social.
@drejoanneliu.bsky.social @tivabaral.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social
@drejoanneliu.bsky.social @tivabaral.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Very glad to be at the launch of the Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL) at @mcgillspgh.bsky.social.
@drejoanneliu.bsky.social @tivabaral.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social
@drejoanneliu.bsky.social @tivabaral.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social
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Midway through #IGWG4, progress on the #PandemicAgreement’s #PABS Annex remains slow, with several pending issues and limited negotiation days.
Here are key midweek takeaways 🧵👇🏼
Here are key midweek takeaways 🧵👇🏼
December 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Midway through #IGWG4, progress on the #PandemicAgreement’s #PABS Annex remains slow, with several pending issues and limited negotiation days.
Here are key midweek takeaways 🧵👇🏼
Here are key midweek takeaways 🧵👇🏼
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At the #UnionConf World Conference on Lung Health in Copenhagen, our Steering Committee member, Dr @yassentch.bsky.social presented how gaps in Canada’s health system make it harder for people to get the TB medicines they need, and how providers are helping drive change.
#EndTB
#EndTB
November 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
At the #UnionConf World Conference on Lung Health in Copenhagen, our Steering Committee member, Dr @yassentch.bsky.social presented how gaps in Canada’s health system make it harder for people to get the TB medicines they need, and how providers are helping drive change.
#EndTB
#EndTB
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Starting now:
Plenary A - High stakes, low certainty: Post-Normal Science in public health governance with Silvio Funtowicz from University of Bergen.
Listen, comment and join the discussion!
You can still register and follow the conference LIVE here: bit.ly/ESCAIDE2025Register
#ESCAIDE2025
Plenary A - High stakes, low certainty: Post-Normal Science in public health governance with Silvio Funtowicz from University of Bergen.
Listen, comment and join the discussion!
You can still register and follow the conference LIVE here: bit.ly/ESCAIDE2025Register
#ESCAIDE2025
November 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Starting now:
Plenary A - High stakes, low certainty: Post-Normal Science in public health governance with Silvio Funtowicz from University of Bergen.
Listen, comment and join the discussion!
You can still register and follow the conference LIVE here: bit.ly/ESCAIDE2025Register
#ESCAIDE2025
Plenary A - High stakes, low certainty: Post-Normal Science in public health governance with Silvio Funtowicz from University of Bergen.
Listen, comment and join the discussion!
You can still register and follow the conference LIVE here: bit.ly/ESCAIDE2025Register
#ESCAIDE2025
Interesting #epi conversation during session on #TB diagnostics at #WCLH2025 about diagnostic yield and tradeoff between accessibility and sensitivity.
Conclusion: yield of tongue swabs is not inferior to sputum, using both maximizes yield.
@madhupai.bsky.social @cdenki.bsky.social
#EndTB #EpiSky
Conclusion: yield of tongue swabs is not inferior to sputum, using both maximizes yield.
@madhupai.bsky.social @cdenki.bsky.social
#EndTB #EpiSky
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Interesting #epi conversation during session on #TB diagnostics at #WCLH2025 about diagnostic yield and tradeoff between accessibility and sensitivity.
Conclusion: yield of tongue swabs is not inferior to sputum, using both maximizes yield.
@madhupai.bsky.social @cdenki.bsky.social
#EndTB #EpiSky
Conclusion: yield of tongue swabs is not inferior to sputum, using both maximizes yield.
@madhupai.bsky.social @cdenki.bsky.social
#EndTB #EpiSky
#WCLH2025: TB medications:
We are in an oasis of new developments.
We are in the midst robust drug pipeline in history.
Will those developments be available to Canadians when they become available to the world? There are already many challenges to access for currently exciting medications!
We are in an oasis of new developments.
We are in the midst robust drug pipeline in history.
Will those developments be available to Canadians when they become available to the world? There are already many challenges to access for currently exciting medications!
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
#WCLH2025: TB medications:
We are in an oasis of new developments.
We are in the midst robust drug pipeline in history.
Will those developments be available to Canadians when they become available to the world? There are already many challenges to access for currently exciting medications!
We are in an oasis of new developments.
We are in the midst robust drug pipeline in history.
Will those developments be available to Canadians when they become available to the world? There are already many challenges to access for currently exciting medications!
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TB advocates remind us about the impact of devastating funding and aid cuts at the @theunion.org conference on TB
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
TB advocates remind us about the impact of devastating funding and aid cuts at the @theunion.org conference on TB
Why is it that at every conference these days, we have to discuss how Visa issues further exacerbate inequities in the world; the invited keynote speaker shouldn't be denied telling their story #WCLH2025.
@lars-loekke.bsky.social @theunion.org @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social
@lars-loekke.bsky.social @theunion.org @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Why is it that at every conference these days, we have to discuss how Visa issues further exacerbate inequities in the world; the invited keynote speaker shouldn't be denied telling their story #WCLH2025.
@lars-loekke.bsky.social @theunion.org @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social
@lars-loekke.bsky.social @theunion.org @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social
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Dr Cassandra Kelly-Cirino, Executive Director of The Union, opened #WCLH2025 with powerful words:
“In the face of devastating funding cuts & geopolitical turmoil, we must squeeze every drop of potential from this conference to move the needle & avert any further derailment.”
“In the face of devastating funding cuts & geopolitical turmoil, we must squeeze every drop of potential from this conference to move the needle & avert any further derailment.”
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Dr Cassandra Kelly-Cirino, Executive Director of The Union, opened #WCLH2025 with powerful words:
“In the face of devastating funding cuts & geopolitical turmoil, we must squeeze every drop of potential from this conference to move the needle & avert any further derailment.”
“In the face of devastating funding cuts & geopolitical turmoil, we must squeeze every drop of potential from this conference to move the needle & avert any further derailment.”
Fun to have @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social as the opening keynote of the #WCLH2025. With his book "Everything Is Tuberculosis" he did an amazing work of popularising TB science in a way that other, beyond scientists and clinicians deeply involved in this work can understand!
@theunion.org #EndTB
@theunion.org #EndTB
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Fun to have @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social as the opening keynote of the #WCLH2025. With his book "Everything Is Tuberculosis" he did an amazing work of popularising TB science in a way that other, beyond scientists and clinicians deeply involved in this work can understand!
@theunion.org #EndTB
@theunion.org #EndTB
Very glad to be at the @who.int #EndTB summit in the @whoeurope.bsky.social in #Copenhagen!
The summit opens with Hans Kluge and Tereza Kasaeva.
"Ending TB is not a question of science, we have the science, it's a question of courage and political will."
#TheUnion2025
The summit opens with Hans Kluge and Tereza Kasaeva.
"Ending TB is not a question of science, we have the science, it's a question of courage and political will."
#TheUnion2025
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Very glad to be at the @who.int #EndTB summit in the @whoeurope.bsky.social in #Copenhagen!
The summit opens with Hans Kluge and Tereza Kasaeva.
"Ending TB is not a question of science, we have the science, it's a question of courage and political will."
#TheUnion2025
The summit opens with Hans Kluge and Tereza Kasaeva.
"Ending TB is not a question of science, we have the science, it's a question of courage and political will."
#TheUnion2025
If you're going to be at #ESCAIDE2025, do drop by our poster on #Wastewater surveillance in #Nunavik presented by @carolinerusso.bsky.social
Programming looks great, I encourage #EpiSky colleagues to register even to attend a few of the sessions virtually! www.escaide.eu/en/attendees...
@escaide.eu
Programming looks great, I encourage #EpiSky colleagues to register even to attend a few of the sessions virtually! www.escaide.eu/en/attendees...
@escaide.eu
Registration
Information about how to register for ESCAIDE.
www.escaide.eu
October 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
If you're going to be at #ESCAIDE2025, do drop by our poster on #Wastewater surveillance in #Nunavik presented by @carolinerusso.bsky.social
Programming looks great, I encourage #EpiSky colleagues to register even to attend a few of the sessions virtually! www.escaide.eu/en/attendees...
@escaide.eu
Programming looks great, I encourage #EpiSky colleagues to register even to attend a few of the sessions virtually! www.escaide.eu/en/attendees...
@escaide.eu
As the @medwma.bsky.social just concluded its GA discussing critical medical ethics issues, it has come to my attention that wastewater-based surveillance is being politicized to track compounds linked to reproductive and gender-affirming care in the US!
#EpiSky #PublicHealth #MedicalEthics
#EpiSky #PublicHealth #MedicalEthics
Wastewater surveillance requires ethical use
Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) enables the early detection of infectious diseases (1, 2) and monitoring of community health trends (3), making it a critical public health tool. This year, US poli...
www.science.org
October 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
As the @medwma.bsky.social just concluded its GA discussing critical medical ethics issues, it has come to my attention that wastewater-based surveillance is being politicized to track compounds linked to reproductive and gender-affirming care in the US!
#EpiSky #PublicHealth #MedicalEthics
#EpiSky #PublicHealth #MedicalEthics
The @cmadocs.bsky.social rejoins the @medwma.bsky.social!
Nice to see the Canadians back in this important #GlobalHealth forum!
Nice to see the Canadians back in this important #GlobalHealth forum!
October 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The @cmadocs.bsky.social rejoins the @medwma.bsky.social!
Nice to see the Canadians back in this important #GlobalHealth forum!
Nice to see the Canadians back in this important #GlobalHealth forum!
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What an incredible journey in Porto 🇵🇹💫
Thank you to everyone who joined us, in person and online, for making the JDN Fall Meeting 2025 a space of growth, connection, and inspiration. Together, we keep building the future of junior doctors worldwide 🩺🗺
#JDN #WMA #JDNFallMeeting2025
Thank you to everyone who joined us, in person and online, for making the JDN Fall Meeting 2025 a space of growth, connection, and inspiration. Together, we keep building the future of junior doctors worldwide 🩺🗺
#JDN #WMA #JDNFallMeeting2025
October 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
What an incredible journey in Porto 🇵🇹💫
Thank you to everyone who joined us, in person and online, for making the JDN Fall Meeting 2025 a space of growth, connection, and inspiration. Together, we keep building the future of junior doctors worldwide 🩺🗺
#JDN #WMA #JDNFallMeeting2025
Thank you to everyone who joined us, in person and online, for making the JDN Fall Meeting 2025 a space of growth, connection, and inspiration. Together, we keep building the future of junior doctors worldwide 🩺🗺
#JDN #WMA #JDNFallMeeting2025
Nice timely coverage by @radiocanadainfo.bsky.social of work on #WastewaterSurveillance in Nunavik!
This public health tool allows a new way of generating information about the health of the population in the region and informing #PublicHealth interventions.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/217...
This public health tool allows a new way of generating information about the health of the population in the region and informing #PublicHealth interventions.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/217...
Tester les eaux usées pour lutter contre la tuberculose
Des équipes de chercheurs se sont unies dans un projet d’analyse des eaux usées des villages du Nunavik, pour lutter contre la tuberculose.
ici.radio-canada.ca
June 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Nice timely coverage by @radiocanadainfo.bsky.social of work on #WastewaterSurveillance in Nunavik!
This public health tool allows a new way of generating information about the health of the population in the region and informing #PublicHealth interventions.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/217...
This public health tool allows a new way of generating information about the health of the population in the region and informing #PublicHealth interventions.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/217...
@helenclarknz.bsky.social and @drmarianeira.bsky.social discusshe clean air from and describe the economic case for investing: being sick prevents people from working, it costs a lot to health system.
#WHA78.
@who.int @gchalliance.bsky.social @cleanairfund.bsky.social
#WHA78.
@who.int @gchalliance.bsky.social @cleanairfund.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
@helenclarknz.bsky.social and @drmarianeira.bsky.social discusshe clean air from and describe the economic case for investing: being sick prevents people from working, it costs a lot to health system.
#WHA78.
@who.int @gchalliance.bsky.social @cleanairfund.bsky.social
#WHA78.
@who.int @gchalliance.bsky.social @cleanairfund.bsky.social
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As you follow news from #WHA78, read @craigspencer.bsky.social's essay (from March) on the effects of US withdrawal from global health.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Diseases Are Coming
Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn government tear will have lasting effects on global health.
www.theatlantic.com
May 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
As you follow news from #WHA78, read @craigspencer.bsky.social's essay (from March) on the effects of US withdrawal from global health.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...