MJ
@msjalali.bsky.social
Associate Prof @HarvardMed, MGH; Senior Lecturer @MITSloan. Systems scientist, developing simulation models for population-based health problems
Reposted by MJ
"Public investment in biomedical research is not merely a budgetary decision; it is an investment in human health, longevity, and quality of life." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Potential Trade-Offs of Proposed Cuts to the US National Institutes of Health
This qualitative systems modeling analysis examines potential long-term impacts of National Institutes of Health funding constraints in biomedical innovation and health care costs.
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July 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"Public investment in biomedical research is not merely a budgetary decision; it is an investment in human health, longevity, and quality of life." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Whether you're facing job loss, stalled funding, or just uncertainty... systems shift because people make them shift. Keep imagining. Keep showing up. Keep pushing. We’re all part of something bigger and that still matters!
April 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Whether you're facing job loss, stalled funding, or just uncertainty... systems shift because people make them shift. Keep imagining. Keep showing up. Keep pushing. We’re all part of something bigger and that still matters!
But systems respond to pressure. A colleague reminded me of this quote from Donella Meadows: “The ability to self-organize is the strongest form of system resilience. A system that can evolve can survive almost any change, by changing itself.”
April 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
But systems respond to pressure. A colleague reminded me of this quote from Donella Meadows: “The ability to self-organize is the strongest form of system resilience. A system that can evolve can survive almost any change, by changing itself.”
These may sound simple but they’re deeply complex and somehow still manage to catch us off guard...
April 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
These may sound simple but they’re deeply complex and somehow still manage to catch us off guard...
2. Delays mess everything up
Even good policies can flop if we don’t account for time delays, whether in behavior change, system capacity, or policy rollout. By the time the effects show up, people are already reacting to the wrong signal.
Even good policies can flop if we don’t account for time delays, whether in behavior change, system capacity, or policy rollout. By the time the effects show up, people are already reacting to the wrong signal.
April 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
2. Delays mess everything up
Even good policies can flop if we don’t account for time delays, whether in behavior change, system capacity, or policy rollout. By the time the effects show up, people are already reacting to the wrong signal.
Even good policies can flop if we don’t account for time delays, whether in behavior change, system capacity, or policy rollout. By the time the effects show up, people are already reacting to the wrong signal.
1. Fixes that fail are everywhere
Quick policy wins often backfire. Without looking at feedback loops, we may end up solving the symptom while making the problem worse. It’s like whack-a-mole but with policy!
Quick policy wins often backfire. Without looking at feedback loops, we may end up solving the symptom while making the problem worse. It’s like whack-a-mole but with policy!
April 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
1. Fixes that fail are everywhere
Quick policy wins often backfire. Without looking at feedback loops, we may end up solving the symptom while making the problem worse. It’s like whack-a-mole but with policy!
Quick policy wins often backfire. Without looking at feedback loops, we may end up solving the symptom while making the problem worse. It’s like whack-a-mole but with policy!