Jason Gallagher
@jgpharmd.bsky.social
ID pharmacy professor who'd rather be biking. Author of Antibiotics Simplified. Editor-in-Chief of Contagion. Marching band parent.
Hey, she's in that crucial 5th author position - don't knock it.
January 14, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Hey, she's in that crucial 5th author position - don't knock it.
My extra-credit "Show me an error that you caught AI making" idea is either a smashing success at illuminating the weaknesses in LLMs or instead illuminated that students are good at prompting AI to say stupid things. I'm going to hope for the first. #IDSky #academiclife
October 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My extra-credit "Show me an error that you caught AI making" idea is either a smashing success at illuminating the weaknesses in LLMs or instead illuminated that students are good at prompting AI to say stupid things. I'm going to hope for the first. #IDSky #academiclife
Talk about a timely highlight of the importance of NIH #idweek @idweek.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Talk about a timely highlight of the importance of NIH #idweek @idweek.bsky.social
As long as I get this done, I am!
October 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
As long as I get this done, I am!
I think of serum vs tissue concentrations like the Rockies vs. the Appalachians 4/
September 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I think of serum vs tissue concentrations like the Rockies vs. the Appalachians 4/
Same- I think of this all the time.
The most common reaction I get to this graphic is "wow, heart disease and cancer have gotten really bad."
No- thanks to sanitation, vaccines, and antibiotics, we live long enough to die from chronic diseases.
The most common reaction I get to this graphic is "wow, heart disease and cancer have gotten really bad."
No- thanks to sanitation, vaccines, and antibiotics, we live long enough to die from chronic diseases.
July 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Same- I think of this all the time.
The most common reaction I get to this graphic is "wow, heart disease and cancer have gotten really bad."
No- thanks to sanitation, vaccines, and antibiotics, we live long enough to die from chronic diseases.
The most common reaction I get to this graphic is "wow, heart disease and cancer have gotten really bad."
No- thanks to sanitation, vaccines, and antibiotics, we live long enough to die from chronic diseases.
Nice! If you can, take this kind of photo with a telephoto lens - it will compress the viewpoint and make them standout more.
Here's a harshly lit example (mine).
Here's a harshly lit example (mine).
May 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Nice! If you can, take this kind of photo with a telephoto lens - it will compress the viewpoint and make them standout more.
Here's a harshly lit example (mine).
Here's a harshly lit example (mine).
"Today I’m joined by the IDSA- they fight bacteria harder than I fight medical consensus!" @idsainfo.bsky.social
(Yes, this is what I saw) #IDSky
"Tell us, IDSA- why is antibiotic stewardship is so important when I have a probiotic smoothie that cures literally everything and tastes like mango?”
(Yes, this is what I saw) #IDSky
"Tell us, IDSA- why is antibiotic stewardship is so important when I have a probiotic smoothie that cures literally everything and tastes like mango?”
May 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"Today I’m joined by the IDSA- they fight bacteria harder than I fight medical consensus!" @idsainfo.bsky.social
(Yes, this is what I saw) #IDSky
"Tell us, IDSA- why is antibiotic stewardship is so important when I have a probiotic smoothie that cures literally everything and tastes like mango?”
(Yes, this is what I saw) #IDSky
"Tell us, IDSA- why is antibiotic stewardship is so important when I have a probiotic smoothie that cures literally everything and tastes like mango?”
I’m circling any session presented by Dr G-B from now on. He may be talking about CAP, but he’d fit right in with a showing of Hamlet #escmidglobal #idsky
April 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I’m circling any session presented by Dr G-B from now on. He may be talking about CAP, but he’d fit right in with a showing of Hamlet #escmidglobal #idsky
It is 2025, and Examsoft still makes the most confusing piece of software I've ever encountered. Avoid if possible.
At least I'm not alone?
At least I'm not alone?
March 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
It is 2025, and Examsoft still makes the most confusing piece of software I've ever encountered. Avoid if possible.
At least I'm not alone?
At least I'm not alone?
Even ChatGPT can't believe this timeline.
March 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Even ChatGPT can't believe this timeline.
This reminds me of this comic truism.
March 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This reminds me of this comic truism.
I had to leave it to appreciate it. NJ rocks.
February 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I had to leave it to appreciate it. NJ rocks.
Just gonna say, you need to know what you're doing if you accept ChatGPT's analysis of an article on face value. I'm no expert in immortal time bias, but its initial suggestion of it as a critique didn't make sense to me.
"Oh, my bad! I was entirely wrong." 1/
"Oh, my bad! I was entirely wrong." 1/
February 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Just gonna say, you need to know what you're doing if you accept ChatGPT's analysis of an article on face value. I'm no expert in immortal time bias, but its initial suggestion of it as a critique didn't make sense to me.
"Oh, my bad! I was entirely wrong." 1/
"Oh, my bad! I was entirely wrong." 1/
I thought about looking up how a beta-lactam can affect an organism that doesn't have a cell wall, but I'm too busy so I'll assume it's wrong. Ditto Legionella.
Also, while I get that there are plenty of antibiotic-sensitive C. difficile strains, please don't think that your CDI patient has one. 2/
Also, while I get that there are plenty of antibiotic-sensitive C. difficile strains, please don't think that your CDI patient has one. 2/
January 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I thought about looking up how a beta-lactam can affect an organism that doesn't have a cell wall, but I'm too busy so I'll assume it's wrong. Ditto Legionella.
Also, while I get that there are plenty of antibiotic-sensitive C. difficile strains, please don't think that your CDI patient has one. 2/
Also, while I get that there are plenty of antibiotic-sensitive C. difficile strains, please don't think that your CDI patient has one. 2/
I tried to get ChatGPT to help me prove the case that switching from meropenem to ertapenem is barely narrowing therapy, since the effects on gut flora are likely the same and the differences on medically important aerobes are minimal. It did worse than I expected. 1/
January 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I tried to get ChatGPT to help me prove the case that switching from meropenem to ertapenem is barely narrowing therapy, since the effects on gut flora are likely the same and the differences on medically important aerobes are minimal. It did worse than I expected. 1/
Now is the time of year where my Word dictionary changes languages, just to mess with me. This is an effective way to stress someone who is upset by the misuse of adjectives as adverbs.
January 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Now is the time of year where my Word dictionary changes languages, just to mess with me. This is an effective way to stress someone who is upset by the misuse of adjectives as adverbs.