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Prof. J. Jaime Miranda
@jjaimemiranda.bsky.social
Academic leader, curious, research on chronic conditions, Head of School @ University of Sydney's School of Public Health. Views expressed here are my own.
Honoured to share perspectives on #HealthSystems and dementia as a litmus test for care models in Latin America at the #AAICsatellite Symposium in Lima 🇵🇪. Grateful for the opportunity to contribute to such vital discussions.

@alzassociation.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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April 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
My solidarity to my peers, colleagues and friends in the US who are going through such uncertain times. Patience. Patience.

www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH freezes funds to Harvard and four other universities, but can’t tell them
Move follows broader White House attack on Harvard funding and stop-work orders to contractors
www.science.org
April 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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New @alliancehpsr.bsky.social call for proposals on improving health and climate policy making through applied systems thinking in #Iran, #Mozambique, #Nepal and #Uganda. Check it out here: ahpsr.who.int/funding-oppo...
Funding opportunities
The Alliance HPSR issues calls for research proposals and bids on a regular basis targeted towards institutions from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Previous calls can be accessed in the Arc...
ahpsr.who.int
April 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Thanks to the Naked Scientists pod for featuring another one of our tech stories!

This week, we meet the enzymes that could help us turn the tide on plastic waste - and the scientists preparing them for their rollout into recycling plants.

Listen 🎧

www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/int...
How biological enzymes are fighting the plastic crisis
The breakdown on the breaking down...
www.thenakedscientists.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Kudos!

Graber’s shirt — which directly copies the style of a shirt that Zuckerberg wore onstage recently — says “Mundus sine caesaribus.” Or, “a world without Caesars.”
techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/a...
techcrunch.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
“It’s exactly like compound interest. If you start preventive health interventions early, the economic gains are about four times larger than if you start later.”

via @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/arti...
Why preventing long-term sickness in the UK is an economic necessity
With extended life expectancy Britain has wound up an increasingly sick nation – and experts say that this is as bad for GDP as it is for our health
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
"At the heart of #epidemiology is a history of violence and conquest. Imperialism and the transatlantic slave trade depended on the violent use of power to assert authority over people in a particular setting in order to understand how diseases spread."

Via @time.com
time.com/6094376/tran...
How Transatlantic Slave Trade Shaped Epidemiology Today
Slave ships and colonial plantations created environments that enabled doctors to study how diseases spread.
time.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"In fact, I am highlighting the hypocrisy of rich countries in erasing their corrupt past (and sometimes legalizing corruption today). Looking at contemporary China forces us to revisit the troubled history of richer countries."
@projectsyndicate.bsky.social
www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/lea...
The Moral of the China Story | by Yuen Yuen Ang - Project Syndicate
Yuen Yuen Ang explains why the world’s second-largest economy has gone from being a model to a warning in just six years.
www.project-syndicate.org
February 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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An update with latest data available for graph of life expectancy vs health care expenditures per capita for 20 countries and one outlier.
February 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"La propuesta de decreto marca el punto de partida para un cambio de fondo: la redistribución de una carga que hasta ahora se ha concentrado en la esfera doméstica, con poco apoyo estatal... La meta es que el cuidado deje de ser un asunto exclusivo de los hogares."
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Colombia le abre paso a la creación de su Sistema Nacional de Cuidado
El Gobierno busca saldar una deuda histórica redistribuyendo la carga del cuidado, que hoy recae principalmente sobre las mujeres
elpais.com
February 1, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Hot off the press!🔥Our new @naturefood.bsky.social paper asks how have governments regulated ultra-processed foods?

We find a strong skew towards voluntary & information-based (i.e. weak) measures. There is huge potential to expand scope & strength of regulation 👇🧵

www.nature.com/articles/s43...
January 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
“This disconnect was on full display last month, when 77 Nobel laureates [urged] the Senate to reject RFK Jr’s nomination… Their indignation had little to no effect, a very illustrative example of science people being unable to reach the non-science people.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The people fighting to get through to anti-science Americans: ‘It’s just talking to each other’
As science misinformation takes hold in the White House, those seeking to set the record straight need to meet people where they are
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Remember what is behind the algorithm.

"Following a week in which Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta was getting rid of factchecking, as of Friday the company is also terminating its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, effective immediately."

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Meta terminates its DEI programs days before Trump inauguration
Meta, fresh off announcement to end factchecking, follows McDonald’s and Walmart in rolling back diversity initiatives
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Curious about Peru’s health system and the state of cardiovascular health? 🏥📊 Check out my updated list!

Big thanks to @amnesty.org for their 2024 report, ‘Peru: The Right to Health, a Privilege for the Few.’ 👏📖

👉🏽https://amnistia.org.pe/noticia/sistema-salud-peru-desigualdad-acceso-2024/
December 27, 2024 at 2:34 AM
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As heat-related health risks increase, researchers stress the importance of effective adaptation strategies – a timely report from recent #HEAL2024 conference as so much of Australia swelters
www.croakey.org/as-heat-rela...
By @alisonsbarrett.bsky.social
As heat-related health risks increase, researchers stress the importance of effective adaptation strategies
Introduction by Croakey: Researchers are working to support Australian policymakers and communities in responding to extreme weather conditions, including through
www.croakey.org
December 16, 2024 at 10:11 AM
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Applications for round 1 of our International Visitor Program are open! Are you a mathematician looking to visit Australia & spend time doing research? Apply by Feb 18: bit.ly/3XqOxxK. Please share with interested parties 🔁 #mathsky #statsky #IVP #SMRI
International Visitor Program - Sydney Mathematical Research Institute
IVP August 2023 applications are due 8 August 2023, for July 2024–June 2025 visits (general applicants) & March 2024–June 2025 for Australian citizens/PR & NZ citizens.
bit.ly
December 16, 2024 at 4:20 AM
“Amid increasingly stringent abortion laws, doctors who provide maternal care have been fleeing the state.”

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Texas Ob-Gyn Exodus
Amid increasingly stringent abortion laws, doctors who provide maternal care have been fleeing the state.
www.newyorker.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Amazing read from #LatinAmerica colleagues on their research ventures and adventures.

“The initiatives discussed illustrate how researchers’ collaborative agency challenges the boundaries of GMH in ways that conflict with the normative expectations of the DGH movement.”

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Researchers’ agency and the boundaries of global mental health: perspectives from and about Latin America
The decolonise global health movement has critically reassessed the field’s historical and political underpinnings, urging researchers to recognise biases and power imbalances through reflexivity and ...
gh.bmj.com
December 15, 2024 at 9:45 AM
I do not work on the molecular sciences but this caught my attention, ‘mirror life’.

“Experts warn that mirror bacteria, constructed from mirror images of molecules found in nature, could put humans, animals and plants at risk of lethal infections”

www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research
Experts warn that mirror bacteria, constructed from mirror images of molecules found in nature, could put humans, animals and plants at risk of lethal infections
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 10:40 PM
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NEW PAPER: Led by our former
PhD student Dr Amy Bond @deciphercentre.bsky.social with Dr Jemma Hawkins on parental involvement with schools and parental engagement with learning in areas of socioeconomic deprivation.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Understanding parental involvement with schools and parental engagement with learning across schools in areas of socioeconomic deprivation in Wales
Parents’ involvement and engagement with their child’s school and learning are important in children’s educational outcomes and their overall life successes, and both parental involvement and engag...
www.tandfonline.com
December 7, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Thank you, @zulmacucunuba.bsky.social, for your inspiring work in Latin America. You are a star!

Fabuloso el trabajo que haces, inspirando a los demás. Muchas gracias.

"Zulma M. Cucunubá — shaping public health with mathematical modelling"
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Zulma M. Cucunubá — shaping public health with mathematical modelling
Dr Zulma M. Cucunubá is a pioneering Colombian researcher specialised in applied mathematical modelling for infectious diseases. Trained as a physician with a master's degree in public health and a doctorate in epidemiology of infectious diseases, Dr Cucunubá combines her mathematical expertise and community values to address critical health issues.
www.thelancet.com
December 7, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Branches, twilight.
November 30, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Rushed? Maybe. Needed? I will lean toward yes. A space to watch from a #PublicHealth perspective.

The Australian Parliament has passed a social media ban for young children in a world-first law.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Australian Parliament bans social media for under-16s with world-first law
The Australian Parliament has passed a social media ban for young children in a world-first law
abcnews.go.com
November 29, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Is that time if the year, feeling the cold in your nose when passing through this bookstore.
November 29, 2024 at 5:58 AM