Carlyn Harris, MD, MPH
@carlynharrismd.bsky.social
UCLA IM- Primary Care PGY-2. MD by Emory/Grady. Interested in global health equity, HIV, tropical medicine, community engagement. First gen doc finding my way in medicine.
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Gender-responsive #HIV prevention and care research with transgender communities: lessons learned from Peru www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... (open access)
Gender-responsive HIV prevention and care research with transgender communities: lessons learned from Peru
Globally, transgender, nonbinary, and gender diverse (trans) people experience HIV
inequities. Calls have been made to engage trans communities in HIV research. Yet
few resources exist on how to not o...
www.thelancet.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Gender-responsive #HIV prevention and care research with transgender communities: lessons learned from Peru www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... (open access)
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June 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
April 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
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PEPFAR funding cuts will lead to up to 74,000 excess #HIV deaths in Africa by 2030, experts warn
The Trump administration's executive order has upended one of the most successful health programs in the history of public health.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/h...
The Trump administration's executive order has upended one of the most successful health programs in the history of public health.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/h...
April 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
PEPFAR funding cuts will lead to up to 74,000 excess #HIV deaths in Africa by 2030, experts warn
The Trump administration's executive order has upended one of the most successful health programs in the history of public health.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/h...
The Trump administration's executive order has upended one of the most successful health programs in the history of public health.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/h...
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AIDS activists are coming out of their retirement to fight again
I am grateful to them for their inspiring advocacy
But I am upset that they have to come out of retirement and do such activism again!
They did such work 30+ years ago, but, in 2025, we should be close to ending AIDS!!!
I am grateful to them for their inspiring advocacy
But I am upset that they have to come out of retirement and do such activism again!
They did such work 30+ years ago, but, in 2025, we should be close to ending AIDS!!!
April 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
AIDS activists are coming out of their retirement to fight again
I am grateful to them for their inspiring advocacy
But I am upset that they have to come out of retirement and do such activism again!
They did such work 30+ years ago, but, in 2025, we should be close to ending AIDS!!!
I am grateful to them for their inspiring advocacy
But I am upset that they have to come out of retirement and do such activism again!
They did such work 30+ years ago, but, in 2025, we should be close to ending AIDS!!!
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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A sad day for science & public health www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/h...
‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts began at US health agencies | CNN
A massive wave of job cuts began at US health agencies early Tuesday, with some employees receiving early morning emails that their jobs were eliminated and some unable to access the building when the...
www.cnn.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A sad day for science & public health www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/h...
A great time to be an aspiring public health/ID doc interested in HIV, global health, and care of LGBTQIA folks and immigrants 😔 (also first gen, the daughter of a veteran with ALS, and sister of someone on state disability/medicaid). Like yall….
April 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
A great time to be an aspiring public health/ID doc interested in HIV, global health, and care of LGBTQIA folks and immigrants 😔 (also first gen, the daughter of a veteran with ALS, and sister of someone on state disability/medicaid). Like yall….
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On days like this I remember there was time people when people applauded frontline responders of the pandemic every night. Public health workers, doctors, nurses etc.. How quickly we went from that to "public health bad, science bad, researchers bad and must be erased" is true mind blowing.
April 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
On days like this I remember there was time people when people applauded frontline responders of the pandemic every night. Public health workers, doctors, nurses etc.. How quickly we went from that to "public health bad, science bad, researchers bad and must be erased" is true mind blowing.
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“We're turning the clock back decades, and even centuries, on infectious diseases,” warns HIVMA Chair Colleen Kelley, MD, MPH, FIDSA.
Our latest press briefing explores the implications of federal health research funding cuts: buff.ly/OpbnZaq
Our latest press briefing explores the implications of federal health research funding cuts: buff.ly/OpbnZaq
March 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“We're turning the clock back decades, and even centuries, on infectious diseases,” warns HIVMA Chair Colleen Kelley, MD, MPH, FIDSA.
Our latest press briefing explores the implications of federal health research funding cuts: buff.ly/OpbnZaq
Our latest press briefing explores the implications of federal health research funding cuts: buff.ly/OpbnZaq
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Such a dreadful plot, the purple graph is predicted HIV deaths if PEPFAR is cut. So much unnecessary death and disease. I cannot understand the cruelty and selfishness.
Proposed cuts to foreign aid could result in millions of HIV deaths and soaring rates of global HIV infections, new modelling study in The Lancet HIV estimates.
Explore the data 👉 tinyurl.com/5hud9dxm #MedSky
Explore the data 👉 tinyurl.com/5hud9dxm #MedSky
March 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Such a dreadful plot, the purple graph is predicted HIV deaths if PEPFAR is cut. So much unnecessary death and disease. I cannot understand the cruelty and selfishness.
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How sad is this?? 😔
“America’s most celebrated global health program is on life support”
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
“America’s most celebrated global health program is on life support”
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Global AIDS program teetering after Trump admin’s shock-and-awe
President Trump is taking apart one of George W. Bush’s proudest achievements.
www.politico.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
How sad is this?? 😔
“America’s most celebrated global health program is on life support”
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
“America’s most celebrated global health program is on life support”
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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99.4% of new drugs approved by the FDA are the product of NIH funded research.
Remember this every time you see another headline on the NIH funding cuts.
It will directly impact YOU.
#ScienceNOTSilence
Remember this every time you see another headline on the NIH funding cuts.
It will directly impact YOU.
#ScienceNOTSilence
March 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
99.4% of new drugs approved by the FDA are the product of NIH funded research.
Remember this every time you see another headline on the NIH funding cuts.
It will directly impact YOU.
#ScienceNOTSilence
Remember this every time you see another headline on the NIH funding cuts.
It will directly impact YOU.
#ScienceNOTSilence
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every person involved in this needs to be in prison
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
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☎️ ☎️ Get those phones out folks! Protect #CDC #HIVPrevention Division
Defunding/eliminating the CDC’s HIV Prevention Division, jeopardizes decades of progress in fighting #HIV/AIDS.
#DefendPublicHealth #ActionAlert #IDsky #Episky #Medsky #PublicHealth
click and call 👇
Defunding/eliminating the CDC’s HIV Prevention Division, jeopardizes decades of progress in fighting #HIV/AIDS.
#DefendPublicHealth #ActionAlert #IDsky #Episky #Medsky #PublicHealth
click and call 👇
Protect the CDC’s HIV Prevention Division ⭑ 5 Calls
Amid broad threats to slash Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) staffing, the Trump administration is reportedly considering slashing …
5calls.org
March 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
☎️ ☎️ Get those phones out folks! Protect #CDC #HIVPrevention Division
Defunding/eliminating the CDC’s HIV Prevention Division, jeopardizes decades of progress in fighting #HIV/AIDS.
#DefendPublicHealth #ActionAlert #IDsky #Episky #Medsky #PublicHealth
click and call 👇
Defunding/eliminating the CDC’s HIV Prevention Division, jeopardizes decades of progress in fighting #HIV/AIDS.
#DefendPublicHealth #ActionAlert #IDsky #Episky #Medsky #PublicHealth
click and call 👇
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People have no idea how scary this is. XDR-TB is virtually untreatable.
Even if you don’t care about others should you support combating infectious disease elsewhere.
Pathogens know no borders nor care about your beliefs.
🧪🦠
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Even if you don’t care about others should you support combating infectious disease elsewhere.
Pathogens know no borders nor care about your beliefs.
🧪🦠
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
USAid cuts could create untreatable TB bug ‘resistant to everything we have’
Projects to detect, treat and research new ways to fight TB among those disrupted by sudden funding freeze
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
People have no idea how scary this is. XDR-TB is virtually untreatable.
Even if you don’t care about others should you support combating infectious disease elsewhere.
Pathogens know no borders nor care about your beliefs.
🧪🦠
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Even if you don’t care about others should you support combating infectious disease elsewhere.
Pathogens know no borders nor care about your beliefs.
🧪🦠
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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This is going to get worse and worse.
March 15, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This is going to get worse and worse.
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If you’re in LA - 12 pm at the Federal Building on Wilshire…
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
March 3, 2025 at 3:39 AM
If you’re in LA - 12 pm at the Federal Building on Wilshire…
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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
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Dr. @gavinyamey.bsky.social & I highlight the serious risks of the U.S. withdrawing from the WHO,both for American & global health security. When the WHO is supported, the world benefits. In the face of rising infectious & chronic disease threats, we need solidarity, not isolation.
#GlobalSolidarity
#GlobalSolidarity
March 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Dr. @gavinyamey.bsky.social & I highlight the serious risks of the U.S. withdrawing from the WHO,both for American & global health security. When the WHO is supported, the world benefits. In the face of rising infectious & chronic disease threats, we need solidarity, not isolation.
#GlobalSolidarity
#GlobalSolidarity
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According to the AP, local and WHO reports say 419 cases, and 50 deaths within 48 hours in an as-yet undiagnosed outbreak in NW DRC, ongoing since January 21. Tests for Ebola and Marburg are negative; with some positive for malaria.
#PreventPandemics
apnews.com/article/cong...
#PreventPandemics
apnews.com/article/cong...
An unknown illness kills over 50 people in part of Congo with hours between symptoms and death
An unknown illness has killed over 50 people in northwestern Congo. That's according to doctors on the ground and the World Health Organization on Monday.
apnews.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM
According to the AP, local and WHO reports say 419 cases, and 50 deaths within 48 hours in an as-yet undiagnosed outbreak in NW DRC, ongoing since January 21. Tests for Ebola and Marburg are negative; with some positive for malaria.
#PreventPandemics
apnews.com/article/cong...
#PreventPandemics
apnews.com/article/cong...
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Everyone who ever got funding through NIAID should be aware of this bill and start sending messages to their US legislators. The bill intends to dissolve NIAID. This is Project 2025
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
February 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Everyone who ever got funding through NIAID should be aware of this bill and start sending messages to their US legislators. The bill intends to dissolve NIAID. This is Project 2025
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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Cutting all of CDC’s newest EIS officers—the very people trained to track and stop outbreaks—is beyond reckless.
#PublicHealth #EpiSky
#PublicHealth #EpiSky
An update on HHS cuts today
#1 - all of CDC's most recent class of Epidemic Intelligence Services officers, aka agency's "disease detectives," are among cuts
#2 - Stat is reporting that NIH is working out which probationary to cut
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...
#1 - all of CDC's most recent class of Epidemic Intelligence Services officers, aka agency's "disease detectives," are among cuts
#2 - Stat is reporting that NIH is working out which probationary to cut
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...
The latest I've heard on cuts at HHS
- FDA officials say heard nothing about probationary cuts, so far
- lots of rumors at NIH about cuts, all from a Reddit thread I think, but nothing official yet?
- many contractors have contracts not renewed
www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
- FDA officials say heard nothing about probationary cuts, so far
- lots of rumors at NIH about cuts, all from a Reddit thread I think, but nothing official yet?
- many contractors have contracts not renewed
www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
February 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Cutting all of CDC’s newest EIS officers—the very people trained to track and stop outbreaks—is beyond reckless.
#PublicHealth #EpiSky
#PublicHealth #EpiSky