Mayuko Ito Fukunaga
@itofukunaga.bsky.social
Pulmonary and critical care physician, healthcare researcher, lung cancer screening, implementation science, health informatics, co-creation
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Fred Hutch's Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center is recruiting an Open Rank Faculty position to lead a laboratory-based program focused on tumor immunology and cancer immunotherapy with a strong vision/path toward clinical translation.
Learn more: https://apply.interfolio.com/176403
Learn more: https://apply.interfolio.com/176403
November 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Fred Hutch's Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center is recruiting an Open Rank Faculty position to lead a laboratory-based program focused on tumor immunology and cancer immunotherapy with a strong vision/path toward clinical translation.
Learn more: https://apply.interfolio.com/176403
Learn more: https://apply.interfolio.com/176403
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My session not until 4pm tomorrow. I really hope people will come and I won’t be talking to an empty room! @accpchest.bsky.social #Chest2025 #ChestSoMe
October 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
My session not until 4pm tomorrow. I really hope people will come and I won’t be talking to an empty room! @accpchest.bsky.social #Chest2025 #ChestSoMe
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Tomorrow Weds 10/22 @10am come see superstar mentee Dr Rachel Wile UCSF IM INTERN extraordinaire present on #ICUPAUSE 5 years of implementation to improve #handoffs & acknowledge #uncertainty See you at the Exhibit Hall poster area 2! #CHEST2025 🎉
October 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Tomorrow Weds 10/22 @10am come see superstar mentee Dr Rachel Wile UCSF IM INTERN extraordinaire present on #ICUPAUSE 5 years of implementation to improve #handoffs & acknowledge #uncertainty See you at the Exhibit Hall poster area 2! #CHEST2025 🎉
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Plain language is so important. Way to go, @uw-ictr.bsky.social!
Join the Recruitment & Retention Resource Center for the next session of their workshop series. This session focuses on building techniques you can use to connect with participants and ensure your message is understood the first time, every time. Register today: go.wisc.edu/db871i
October 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Plain language is so important. Way to go, @uw-ictr.bsky.social!
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Free consulting service. NIH K grant applicants: Apply to receive tailored feedback on your draft Specific Aims page & attend a career development consult with a Harvard-affiliated distinguished mentor. Free for @harvard.edu affiliates. Apply: hvrdct.me/947b9d
October 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Free consulting service. NIH K grant applicants: Apply to receive tailored feedback on your draft Specific Aims page & attend a career development consult with a Harvard-affiliated distinguished mentor. Free for @harvard.edu affiliates. Apply: hvrdct.me/947b9d
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Ruth Strauss Foundation have grants up to £50,000 available for research into Non-Smoking #LungCancer; to improve understanding, diagnosis & quality of life 🫁
🗓️ Apply by 10 Jan 2026 #LCSM
ruthstraussfoundation.com/grants-progr...
🗓️ Apply by 10 Jan 2026 #LCSM
ruthstraussfoundation.com/grants-progr...
September 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Ruth Strauss Foundation have grants up to £50,000 available for research into Non-Smoking #LungCancer; to improve understanding, diagnosis & quality of life 🫁
🗓️ Apply by 10 Jan 2026 #LCSM
ruthstraussfoundation.com/grants-progr...
🗓️ Apply by 10 Jan 2026 #LCSM
ruthstraussfoundation.com/grants-progr...
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Reminder: applications are due Oct 1, 2025, for BIRCWH, an NIH funded mentored career development program. BIRCWH is designed to improve women's health by developing a scientific workforce capable of leading independently funded research programs. Learn more and apply: ictr.wisc.edu/funding/buil...
September 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Reminder: applications are due Oct 1, 2025, for BIRCWH, an NIH funded mentored career development program. BIRCWH is designed to improve women's health by developing a scientific workforce capable of leading independently funded research programs. Learn more and apply: ictr.wisc.edu/funding/buil...
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First copies of my book are here!! As a new faculty member, I realized that in addition to my research job, I also had a leadership job…and I wasn’t prepared for that.
This book is the guide I wish I’d had then, with the goal of helping others now.
jenheemstra.com/book
This book is the guide I wish I’d had then, with the goal of helping others now.
jenheemstra.com/book
July 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
First copies of my book are here!! As a new faculty member, I realized that in addition to my research job, I also had a leadership job…and I wasn’t prepared for that.
This book is the guide I wish I’d had then, with the goal of helping others now.
jenheemstra.com/book
This book is the guide I wish I’d had then, with the goal of helping others now.
jenheemstra.com/book
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Many are asking how they can help. I am still stunned by the power of this storm and know that recovery will be a long process. TY to the WashU community for letting us know how we can come together to support the community of those in need. stlouis.washu.edu/st-louis-sto...
St. Louis Storm Recovery Efforts | In St. Louis, For St. Louis | WashU
On Friday, May 16, a severe storm impacted lives across St. Louis. More than 5,000 homes in the region were affected, along with parts of our campus. We are holding everyone impacted in our hearts and...
stlouis.washu.edu
May 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Many are asking how they can help. I am still stunned by the power of this storm and know that recovery will be a long process. TY to the WashU community for letting us know how we can come together to support the community of those in need. stlouis.washu.edu/st-louis-sto...
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Interesting article by @vmontori.bsky.social and others.
Business schools and accelerators especially teach to focus on niche markets and groups.
This has broad consequences and it doesn't take into account the person who will use it!
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Business schools and accelerators especially teach to focus on niche markets and groups.
This has broad consequences and it doesn't take into account the person who will use it!
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cumulative Burden of Digital Health Technologies for Patients With Multimorbidity
This systematic review identifies digital health technologies (DHTs) prescribable for a hypothetical patient with 5 conditions and models the number of DHTs this patient would need to use to receive b...
jamanetwork.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Interesting article by @vmontori.bsky.social and others.
Business schools and accelerators especially teach to focus on niche markets and groups.
This has broad consequences and it doesn't take into account the person who will use it!
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Business schools and accelerators especially teach to focus on niche markets and groups.
This has broad consequences and it doesn't take into account the person who will use it!
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
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Over 50% of Asian American women who have lung cancer have never smoked. For Chinese and Indian American women who have lung cancer, that number shoots to 80% to 90%.
Asian American women are getting lung cancer despite never smoking. It’s baffling scientists and leading to more research.
Over 50% of Asian American women who have lung cancer have never smoked. For Chinese and Indian American women who have lung cancer, that number shoots to 80% to 90%.
nbcnews.to
April 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Over 50% of Asian American women who have lung cancer have never smoked. For Chinese and Indian American women who have lung cancer, that number shoots to 80% to 90%.
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excellent summary of best practices to address health literacy. I just saved this article for my class, as this Monday's topic is about HL interventions. TY to Dr. Paasche-Orlow and Dr. Wolf for the timely summary. I would add that orgs can work on the HL environment. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Addressing Health Literacy
This JAMA Insights discusses personal and organizational health literacy and offers recommendations on how clinicians and health care institutions can improve their patients’ health literacy skills.
jamanetwork.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
excellent summary of best practices to address health literacy. I just saved this article for my class, as this Monday's topic is about HL interventions. TY to Dr. Paasche-Orlow and Dr. Wolf for the timely summary. I would add that orgs can work on the HL environment. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Our latest study in BMJ Open examined how women react to learning about overdiagnosis in breast cancer screening. We found that preexisting beliefs about cancer made it hard for some women to comprehend and accept overdiagnosis bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/3/e087997
Evaluation of how US women react to a decision aid informing them of the harms and benefits of mammography: a qualitative study
Objectives To evaluate how women react to a decision aid (DA) informing them of the harms and benefits of mammography, including overdiagnosis.
Background Breast cancer is the most common cancer affe...
bmjopen.bmj.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Our latest study in BMJ Open examined how women react to learning about overdiagnosis in breast cancer screening. We found that preexisting beliefs about cancer made it hard for some women to comprehend and accept overdiagnosis bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/3/e087997
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The relationship between wealth and mortality in the US and Europe
@nejm.org
Here's the bottom line👇
nejm.org/doi/full/10....
@nejm.org
Here's the bottom line👇
nejm.org/doi/full/10....
April 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The relationship between wealth and mortality in the US and Europe
@nejm.org
Here's the bottom line👇
nejm.org/doi/full/10....
@nejm.org
Here's the bottom line👇
nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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We're hiring!
The @arnoldventures.bsky.social Criminal Justice team is looking for a Research Director to join our team. They'll report to the fabulous Ashna Arora.
Salary: $145-200k
Location: Houston, DC, or NYC (not remote)
More info here:
www.arnoldventures.org/careers/dire...
Please share!
The @arnoldventures.bsky.social Criminal Justice team is looking for a Research Director to join our team. They'll report to the fabulous Ashna Arora.
Salary: $145-200k
Location: Houston, DC, or NYC (not remote)
More info here:
www.arnoldventures.org/careers/dire...
Please share!
March 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
We're hiring!
The @arnoldventures.bsky.social Criminal Justice team is looking for a Research Director to join our team. They'll report to the fabulous Ashna Arora.
Salary: $145-200k
Location: Houston, DC, or NYC (not remote)
More info here:
www.arnoldventures.org/careers/dire...
Please share!
The @arnoldventures.bsky.social Criminal Justice team is looking for a Research Director to join our team. They'll report to the fabulous Ashna Arora.
Salary: $145-200k
Location: Houston, DC, or NYC (not remote)
More info here:
www.arnoldventures.org/careers/dire...
Please share!
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WashU's HIGH IRI is accepting applications to join the 2025 cohort!
This two year program offers mentored training in dissemination and #impsci research focused on #HIV, infectious diseases and #globalhealth. Apply by March 31! #idsky #medsky sites.wustl.edu/highiri/
This two year program offers mentored training in dissemination and #impsci research focused on #HIV, infectious diseases and #globalhealth. Apply by March 31! #idsky #medsky sites.wustl.edu/highiri/
HIV, Infectious Disease and Global Health Implementation Research Institute (HIGH IRI)
A website by WashU Sites
sites.wustl.edu
March 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
WashU's HIGH IRI is accepting applications to join the 2025 cohort!
This two year program offers mentored training in dissemination and #impsci research focused on #HIV, infectious diseases and #globalhealth. Apply by March 31! #idsky #medsky sites.wustl.edu/highiri/
This two year program offers mentored training in dissemination and #impsci research focused on #HIV, infectious diseases and #globalhealth. Apply by March 31! #idsky #medsky sites.wustl.edu/highiri/
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#MedSky… we all need to check on trainees who are here on visas and not expect they function normally under such impossible conditions ❤️🩹
March 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
#MedSky… we all need to check on trainees who are here on visas and not expect they function normally under such impossible conditions ❤️🩹
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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This doctor who worked at Brown was deported despite judge’s orders and a valid H1B visa.
Even as a US citizen, I’m wondering whether it’s safe to leave the country unless I never want to come back.
MedSky
Even as a US citizen, I’m wondering whether it’s safe to leave the country unless I never want to come back.
MedSky
March 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This doctor who worked at Brown was deported despite judge’s orders and a valid H1B visa.
Even as a US citizen, I’m wondering whether it’s safe to leave the country unless I never want to come back.
MedSky
Even as a US citizen, I’m wondering whether it’s safe to leave the country unless I never want to come back.
MedSky
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It's always been striking how the approaches in #MedEd & #ImpSci can help improve both in #PCCM - Dr. Pat Lyons @ohsunews.bsky.social & I discuss this in our @accpchest.bsky.social piece on Bringing #MedEd frm Bench to Bedside: Applying #ImpSci to #PCCM www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Bringing MedEd Interventions From the Bench to the Bedside: Applying Implementation Science to Pulmonary and Critical Care Medical Education
www.sciencedirect.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It's always been striking how the approaches in #MedEd & #ImpSci can help improve both in #PCCM - Dr. Pat Lyons @ohsunews.bsky.social & I discuss this in our @accpchest.bsky.social piece on Bringing #MedEd frm Bench to Bedside: Applying #ImpSci to #PCCM www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Breaking: CHEST announces critical care education and certification exam for NPs and PAs.
🔗 Learn more in CHEST Physician: www.chestphysician.org/chest-announ...
🔗 Learn more in CHEST Physician: www.chestphysician.org/chest-announ...
March 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Breaking: CHEST announces critical care education and certification exam for NPs and PAs.
🔗 Learn more in CHEST Physician: www.chestphysician.org/chest-announ...
🔗 Learn more in CHEST Physician: www.chestphysician.org/chest-announ...
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We need to organize--let’s help each other.
NIH is cancelling grants, but it's not clear exactly what they're cancelling and why. Without this information, we can't respond.
I've started a Google Sheet to track grant cancellations.
Please add any canceled grants you know of and spread the word!
NIH is cancelling grants, but it's not clear exactly what they're cancelling and why. Without this information, we can't respond.
I've started a Google Sheet to track grant cancellations.
Please add any canceled grants you know of and spread the word!
March 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We need to organize--let’s help each other.
NIH is cancelling grants, but it's not clear exactly what they're cancelling and why. Without this information, we can't respond.
I've started a Google Sheet to track grant cancellations.
Please add any canceled grants you know of and spread the word!
NIH is cancelling grants, but it's not clear exactly what they're cancelling and why. Without this information, we can't respond.
I've started a Google Sheet to track grant cancellations.
Please add any canceled grants you know of and spread the word!
Reposted by Mayuko Ito Fukunaga
Rollout trial designs in implementation research are often necessary and sometimes preferred #impsci
implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Rollout trial designs in implementation research are often necessary and sometimes preferred - Implementation Science
Background Rollout designs, which include stepped wedge designs, are defined by staggered implementation of new or alternative programs or services. Critiques of stepped wedge and other rollout design...
implementationscience.biomedcentral.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Rollout trial designs in implementation research are often necessary and sometimes preferred #impsci
implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....