Nance Cunningham
@nancecunningham.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, Experimental Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Studying hepatitis C and why people don't get treated
Spoiler: It's mostly about equity
#UBC #BCCFE
#HumanitarianHealth with #MSF
#healthpromotion, art, maps
#HCV #healthequity #EpiSky #HepSky
Studying hepatitis C and why people don't get treated
Spoiler: It's mostly about equity
#UBC #BCCFE
#HumanitarianHealth with #MSF
#healthpromotion, art, maps
#HCV #healthequity #EpiSky #HepSky
Pinned
Discharge with insufficient or inappropriate care in Canada’s EDs: overcoming the challenges for people who use drugs
rdcu.be
People who use drugs report poor experiences in emergency care in Canada. We wrote a commentary presenting common experiences, effects, and a substantial list of suggested ways to improve the emergency room experience for staff, other patients, and people who use drugs. Read for free: rdcu.be/eqyRZ
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It's that time again.
For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions below in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice.
#AskAnIDDoc November 2025 edition.
For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions below in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice.
#AskAnIDDoc November 2025 edition.
a man is standing in a kitchen drinking from a cup and talking about flu season .
ALT: a man is standing in a kitchen drinking from a cup and talking about flu season .
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It's that time again.
For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions below in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice.
#AskAnIDDoc November 2025 edition.
For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions below in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice.
#AskAnIDDoc November 2025 edition.
Are you in Yangon? Love the old buildings? Come to this event! This Friday, 24 October
October 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Are you in Yangon? Love the old buildings? Come to this event! This Friday, 24 October
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“There’s the huge unspoken burden to save a world, which frankly, we didn’t break in the first place/ I think that pressure is so overwhelming for so many of us, it deteriorates and completely destroys our mental health in ways that I think we’re only beginning to understand.”
#ClimateSky
#ClimateSky
'If we don’t act on climate change within the next few years, the world as we know it disappears.'
"Climate anxiety is...weighing on younger Canadians’ emotions... More mental health awareness will not cure climate anxiety if the forests keep burning..."
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/social-...
"Climate anxiety is...weighing on younger Canadians’ emotions... More mental health awareness will not cure climate anxiety if the forests keep burning..."
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/social-...
Young Canadians’ happiness has nosedived. They’re coping by redefining a meaningful life
Economic hardship and the climate crisis have forced young adults to reshape their ideas of a successful life
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
“There’s the huge unspoken burden to save a world, which frankly, we didn’t break in the first place/ I think that pressure is so overwhelming for so many of us, it deteriorates and completely destroys our mental health in ways that I think we’re only beginning to understand.”
#ClimateSky
#ClimateSky
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I'm SO thrilled for the return of the CIIG this term with the most exciting presenter possible 💃 Everyone sign up join us!
Happy to announce that I'll give a talk on how we can make rigorous causal inference more mainstream 📈
You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...
You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...
October 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I'm SO thrilled for the return of the CIIG this term with the most exciting presenter possible 💃 Everyone sign up join us!
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Great article by a polio survivor. Salk declined to patent the polio vaccine, saying “it belongs to the people.”
"Physician-scientists are the artisans working through the night, arguing, racing, debating seemingly crazy ideas, all the while taking on complex questions to find a cure to benefit all of humankind. Vaccines are manmade miracles among us." www.thebulwark.com/p/polio-vacc...
The Polio Vaccine Was a Miracle—and We Must Not Forget It
As a polio survivor, I am a dinosaur today. My great hope is that our country’s living memory of the disease ends with my generation.
www.thebulwark.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Great article by a polio survivor. Salk declined to patent the polio vaccine, saying “it belongs to the people.”
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Whoa—my book is up for pre-order!
𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭 & 𝐌𝐋 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #Rstats 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #PyData
The book presents an ultra-simple and powerful workflow to make sense of ± any model you fit
The web version will stay free forever and my proceeds go to charity.
tinyurl.com/4fk56fc8
𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭 & 𝐌𝐋 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #Rstats 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #PyData
The book presents an ultra-simple and powerful workflow to make sense of ± any model you fit
The web version will stay free forever and my proceeds go to charity.
tinyurl.com/4fk56fc8
September 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Whoa—my book is up for pre-order!
𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭 & 𝐌𝐋 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #Rstats 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #PyData
The book presents an ultra-simple and powerful workflow to make sense of ± any model you fit
The web version will stay free forever and my proceeds go to charity.
tinyurl.com/4fk56fc8
𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭 & 𝐌𝐋 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #Rstats 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #PyData
The book presents an ultra-simple and powerful workflow to make sense of ± any model you fit
The web version will stay free forever and my proceeds go to charity.
tinyurl.com/4fk56fc8
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Another week, another magical #rstats gift from Emil.
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I'm exited to announce a new resource about making slides with quarto and revealjs. This book is the combination of all the work I have done in this area, reordered and polished up
There isn't a lot of new information yet, but this format allows me to add more easily
slidecrafting-book.com
#quarto
There isn't a lot of new information yet, but this format allows me to add more easily
slidecrafting-book.com
#quarto
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Another week, another magical #rstats gift from Emil.
🥰
🥰
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What is the credibility or purpose of an AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, or tropical medicine conference without scientists from the Global South, and people with deep, lived experience?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The Global North is increasingly unsafe for global health meetings
American civil rights activist Maya Angelou once wrote, “prejudice is a burden that
confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible”.1 At
a time of unprecedented national...
www.thelancet.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
What is the credibility or purpose of an AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, or tropical medicine conference without scientists from the Global South, and people with deep, lived experience?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Are you an early career researcher (undergrad to postdoc) who could use advice about navigating peer review? Are you stuck on a manuscript submission or revision? Have general questions about peer review?
Schedule a 30-min chat with any member of @reviewerzero.bsky.social! We'd love to help 😊
Schedule a 30-min chat with any member of @reviewerzero.bsky.social! We'd love to help 😊
Formative And Interactive Review (FAIR)
🌱 Formative And Interactive Review (FAIR) 🌱
Reviewer Zero's Formative and Interactive Review (FAIR) draft feedback program is designed for early career researchers (ECRs) to receive feedback on a draf...
www.reviewerzero.net
September 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Are you an early career researcher (undergrad to postdoc) who could use advice about navigating peer review? Are you stuck on a manuscript submission or revision? Have general questions about peer review?
Schedule a 30-min chat with any member of @reviewerzero.bsky.social! We'd love to help 😊
Schedule a 30-min chat with any member of @reviewerzero.bsky.social! We'd love to help 😊
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Xinka leaders are visiting Toronto next week. They have been fighting Canadian mining company Pan American Silver's attack on Indigenous self-determination Don't miss this event at York University on Thurs Sept 18!
September 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Xinka leaders are visiting Toronto next week. They have been fighting Canadian mining company Pan American Silver's attack on Indigenous self-determination Don't miss this event at York University on Thurs Sept 18!
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#MSF in @lancetgh.bsky.social - "Evolving crises and unprecedented need: research on health in humanitarian settings must not be overlooked" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Evolving crises and unprecedented need: research on health in humanitarian settings must not be overlooked
Humanitarian crises have evolved dramatically in scale, duration, severity, and complexity
since Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was founded in 1971. In 2024, over 120 million
people were forcibly disp...
www.thelancet.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
#MSF in @lancetgh.bsky.social - "Evolving crises and unprecedented need: research on health in humanitarian settings must not be overlooked" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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#TB drug patents are falling, new oral treatments are faster and cheaper, and even drug-resistant cases are now treatable. The science has moved. The question is: will policy catch up?
#AMR
ourworldindata.org/ending-tuber...
#AMR
ourworldindata.org/ending-tuber...
The world left its fight against tuberculosis unfinished — how can we complete the job?
If we get it right, the world could save more than 1.2 million lives every year.
ourworldindata.org
July 28, 2025 at 6:30 AM
#TB drug patents are falling, new oral treatments are faster and cheaper, and even drug-resistant cases are now treatable. The science has moved. The question is: will policy catch up?
#AMR
ourworldindata.org/ending-tuber...
#AMR
ourworldindata.org/ending-tuber...
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Strong leaders listen before they lead. They welcome counterarguments, learn when persuaded, and explain when they disagree. Weak leaders avoid uncivil critics yet attack those who are polite, mistaking aggression for strength and dialogue for weakness.
August 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Strong leaders listen before they lead. They welcome counterarguments, learn when persuaded, and explain when they disagree. Weak leaders avoid uncivil critics yet attack those who are polite, mistaking aggression for strength and dialogue for weakness.
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A reminder that the mRNA vaccine technology saved millions of lives during the Covid pandemic and received the 2023 Nobel Prize for Medicine
August 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
A reminder that the mRNA vaccine technology saved millions of lives during the Covid pandemic and received the 2023 Nobel Prize for Medicine
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
These surveys are needed for efficient work. It is easy for someone even outside of the health field to understand that you need to know the major health data when creating strategies. Many ministries of health do not have the staff to do such surveys on their own. They will be working in the dark
Here's a link to my article again:
ourworldindata.org/demographic-...
ourworldindata.org/demographic-...
The Demographic and Health Surveys brought crucial data for more than 90 countries — without them, we risk darkness
Cuts to US aid could end the Demographic and Health Surveys. This would leave a massive gap in our understanding of global health, mortality, and development.
ourworldindata.org
July 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
These surveys are needed for efficient work. It is easy for someone even outside of the health field to understand that you need to know the major health data when creating strategies. Many ministries of health do not have the staff to do such surveys on their own. They will be working in the dark
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In February, the US gov shut down the Demographic & Health Surveys.
It was the only data source on maternal & child health, births, household structure in many countries – making it crucial for research.
In a new article I explain why it should be rescued.
ourworldindata.org/demographic-...
It was the only data source on maternal & child health, births, household structure in many countries – making it crucial for research.
In a new article I explain why it should be rescued.
ourworldindata.org/demographic-...
July 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
In February, the US gov shut down the Demographic & Health Surveys.
It was the only data source on maternal & child health, births, household structure in many countries – making it crucial for research.
In a new article I explain why it should be rescued.
ourworldindata.org/demographic-...
It was the only data source on maternal & child health, births, household structure in many countries – making it crucial for research.
In a new article I explain why it should be rescued.
ourworldindata.org/demographic-...
I am so excited to have an abstract at the International Network in Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users conference in Cape Town
July 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am so excited to have an abstract at the International Network in Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users conference in Cape Town
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International voices. Late-night truths.
@alanparrywriter.co.uk reads from oh, man! + @paulwritespoems.bsky.social reads his own work on the theme.
🕚 Tues 23:00 BST
With @julianday.bsky.social #KeithMar #KarenFitzgerald
DM for Zoom link. Seats open.
@alanparrywriter.co.uk reads from oh, man! + @paulwritespoems.bsky.social reads his own work on the theme.
🕚 Tues 23:00 BST
With @julianday.bsky.social #KeithMar #KarenFitzgerald
DM for Zoom link. Seats open.
July 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
International voices. Late-night truths.
@alanparrywriter.co.uk reads from oh, man! + @paulwritespoems.bsky.social reads his own work on the theme.
🕚 Tues 23:00 BST
With @julianday.bsky.social #KeithMar #KarenFitzgerald
DM for Zoom link. Seats open.
@alanparrywriter.co.uk reads from oh, man! + @paulwritespoems.bsky.social reads his own work on the theme.
🕚 Tues 23:00 BST
With @julianday.bsky.social #KeithMar #KarenFitzgerald
DM for Zoom link. Seats open.
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Not only is #FeaturePoet @alanparrywriter.co.uk zooming in from the UK to the #SanFranciscoBayArea — the North Bay Poetics open mic spans UK, USA, Singapore.
🕚 Tues 15 July, 23:00 BST
DM for link or 📩 @alanparrywriter.co.uk @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
🕚 Tues 15 July, 23:00 BST
DM for link or 📩 @alanparrywriter.co.uk @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Not only is #FeaturePoet @alanparrywriter.co.uk zooming in from the UK to the #SanFranciscoBayArea — the North Bay Poetics open mic spans UK, USA, Singapore.
🕚 Tues 15 July, 23:00 BST
DM for link or 📩 @alanparrywriter.co.uk @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
🕚 Tues 15 July, 23:00 BST
DM for link or 📩 @alanparrywriter.co.uk @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
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Thanks to Creative Scotland and their support you can listen to each of the stories in Tâigael on the Tâigael website. For FREE.
We're so delighted to have been able to create this resource as a companion to our beautiful book.
Head here to listen! 👇
taigael.com/stories/
We're so delighted to have been able to create this resource as a companion to our beautiful book.
Head here to listen! 👇
taigael.com/stories/
Stories and Storytellers | Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese and Gaelic
Meet our storytellers and listen to their stories in all four languages.
taigael.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Thanks to Creative Scotland and their support you can listen to each of the stories in Tâigael on the Tâigael website. For FREE.
We're so delighted to have been able to create this resource as a companion to our beautiful book.
Head here to listen! 👇
taigael.com/stories/
We're so delighted to have been able to create this resource as a companion to our beautiful book.
Head here to listen! 👇
taigael.com/stories/
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The sheer volume of harmful & exploitive BS?
Study finds 81% of cancer cures touted by TikTok videos are fake medicalxpress.com/news/2024-11...
From study: "...draw on a conspiratorial worldview to present various miracle cures..."
"...the app provides accessible avenues for monetization..."
Study finds 81% of cancer cures touted by TikTok videos are fake medicalxpress.com/news/2024-11...
From study: "...draw on a conspiratorial worldview to present various miracle cures..."
"...the app provides accessible avenues for monetization..."
Study finds 81% of cancer cures touted by TikTok videos are fake
As many as 81% of cancer cures touted by content creators on TikTok are fake, according to new research from City St George's, University of London.
medicalxpress.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The sheer volume of harmful & exploitive BS?
Study finds 81% of cancer cures touted by TikTok videos are fake medicalxpress.com/news/2024-11...
From study: "...draw on a conspiratorial worldview to present various miracle cures..."
"...the app provides accessible avenues for monetization..."
Study finds 81% of cancer cures touted by TikTok videos are fake medicalxpress.com/news/2024-11...
From study: "...draw on a conspiratorial worldview to present various miracle cures..."
"...the app provides accessible avenues for monetization..."
My new writing music
Monday morning soundscape here at Wind&Bones Books HQ.
"Niteworks fuse the Gaelic language and traditional music that was central to their upbringing on the Isle of Skye with electronica and techno to create an electrifying and genre-defying sound."
open.spotify.com/artist/0ZPK5...
"Niteworks fuse the Gaelic language and traditional music that was central to their upbringing on the Isle of Skye with electronica and techno to create an electrifying and genre-defying sound."
open.spotify.com/artist/0ZPK5...
Niteworks
Artist · 21.9K monthly listeners.
open.spotify.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My new writing music
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FYI: Add -ai to the end of your input into Google to remove the stupid AI answers!
May 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
FYI: Add -ai to the end of your input into Google to remove the stupid AI answers!