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My doctoral student Hasan Jamil has published a Bayesian projection of progress on tobacco control for each Japanese prefecture. We estimate probability of reaching targets, and find that wealthier / more urban prefectures will achieve targets first. tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...
Regional disparities in Japan’s progress towards the Health Japan 21 smoking reduction target
Background Japan’s ‘Health Japan 21’ initiative targets a reduction in adult smoking prevalence to 12% by 2032. This study evaluates the probability of meeting this target at both national and prefect...
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
My doctoral student Hasan Jamil has published a Bayesian projection of progress on tobacco control for each Japanese prefecture. We estimate probability of reaching targets, and find that wealthier / more urban prefectures will achieve targets first. tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...
I had a meeting with my graduate students and RAs last week where we agreed that there will be no LLMs (AI) used in any way in our lab, anywhere any time for any reason. Here are my reasons why: global-health-data-laboratory.ghost.io/my-laborator...
February 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
I had a meeting with my graduate students and RAs last week where we agreed that there will be no LLMs (AI) used in any way in our lab, anywhere any time for any reason. Here are my reasons why: global-health-data-laboratory.ghost.io/my-laborator...
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Pro-RFK doctors and the results for their institutions
UCSF
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UCSF
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February 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Pro-RFK doctors and the results for their institutions
UCSF
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UCSF
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Deepseek's reinterpretation of quotes by Lenin and Mao in the voice of Quellchrist Falconer (pic 1) vs. chatGPT's (pic 2). I think Deepseek has a better sense of her voice.
January 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Deepseek's reinterpretation of quotes by Lenin and Mao in the voice of Quellchrist Falconer (pic 1) vs. chatGPT's (pic 2). I think Deepseek has a better sense of her voice.
This year’s meeting of the Japan Society for AIDS Research has a whole section on caring for elderly people living with HIV. Something I could not have imagined when I started working in this field 30 years ago!
November 28, 2024 at 4:15 AM
This year’s meeting of the Japan Society for AIDS Research has a whole section on caring for elderly people living with HIV. Something I could not have imagined when I started working in this field 30 years ago!
Today the Lancet published my correspondence asking them when they are going to speak up about the genocide in Gaza. It demands an end to their silence, and asks if the absence of comment on Gaza reflects editorial priorities or politics. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Time for The Lancet to speak up for the children of Gaza
On Sept 15, 2024, the Gaza Health Ministry released a document identifying 34 344
of the more than 40 0001 Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks. The first 13 pages
of this document, which listed the...
www.thelancet.com
November 2, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Today the Lancet published my correspondence asking them when they are going to speak up about the genocide in Gaza. It demands an end to their silence, and asks if the absence of comment on Gaza reflects editorial priorities or politics. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Reminder that Aaron Swartz was facing 35 years in prison and financial devastation for trying to programmatically download and open the contents of JSTOR, which led to him taking his own life.
But OpenAI is going to scrape all of academia and make billions by plagiarizing it.
But OpenAI is going to scrape all of academia and make billions by plagiarizing it.
October 26, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Reminder that Aaron Swartz was facing 35 years in prison and financial devastation for trying to programmatically download and open the contents of JSTOR, which led to him taking his own life.
But OpenAI is going to scrape all of academia and make billions by plagiarizing it.
But OpenAI is going to scrape all of academia and make billions by plagiarizing it.