Lauren
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Lauren
@renkate.bsky.social
Creating a safer, healthier, better world for my kids & yours through medicine, advocacy, policy, & parenting. Pediatric hospitalist, writer, mama, & human.
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Creating a safer, healthier, better world for my kids & yours through medicine, advocacy, policy, & parenting. Pediatrician, writer, mama, & human.
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I turn 40 this month and I am SO JAZZED. Here are 40 things I know.
December 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
A mother always knows when something is wrong with her child— and also with the world.

The best thing a pediatrician can do is trust her.

The best thing any of us can do is trust her.
December 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My home security camera system saves videos for 30 days.

It’s been 31 days since I had to say goodbye to the very best cat.

The last grainy video of her is officially gone 😥
December 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
How and where we spend our money is incredibly powerful—and political.

Here is my Gift Guide with an Agenda - A shopping list that makes the world better.

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Gift Guide with an Agenda
A shopping list that makes the world better.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Five things that give me hope:

1. Solutions journalism
2. Robin
3. Restricting maps ruling
4. Small wins in November
5. Scabies

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We will figure it out. We always do
Five things that give me hope right now.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Sometimes the things we are already doing are exactly the things that need to be done.

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Do Something: small actions, big impact.
Sometimes the same thing we have always done, is enough
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November 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Sometimes the things we are already doing are exactly the things that need to be done.

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Do Something: small actions, big impact.
Sometimes the same thing we have always done, is enough
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November 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Pear season ❤️
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Grief is love looking for a place to land

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Lauren Gambill, MD, MPA (@someoneshoulddosomething)
Grief is love looking for a place to land ❤️
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November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
My favorite kind of festival
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Grief is love looking for a place to land

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Lauren Gambill, MD, MPA (@someoneshoulddosomething)
Grief is love looking for a place to land ❤️
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November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Five things that give me hope this month.

1. Science
2. Richard Pan
3. Vegetables
4. Local elections
5. Cleveland

Read more here:

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We will figure it out. We always do.
Five things that give me hope right now.
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October 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Five things that give me hope this month.

1. Science
2. Richard Pan
3. Vegetables
4. Local elections
5. Cleveland

Read more here:

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We will figure it out. We always do.
Five things that give me hope right now.
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October 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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The seasons have shifted and so must our advocacy.

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Seasons of Democracy
The sun has shifted, and so must we.
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October 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The seasons have shifted and so must our advocacy.

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Seasons of Democracy
The sun has shifted, and so must we.
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October 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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I’m trying something new!

Small actions, big impact.

Five minute actions for people who are tired of being told to “call your legislator”

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Do Something: Small actions, big impact.
I’m Trying Something New
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October 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I’m trying something new!

Small actions, big impact.

Five minute actions for people who are tired of being told to “call your legislator”

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Do Something: Small actions, big impact.
I’m Trying Something New
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October 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Sometimes activists use megaphones… but sometimes they make bracelets.
September 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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We will get through this.
Five things that give me hope right now.

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We will figure it out. We always do.
Five things that give me hope.
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September 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We will get through this.
Five things that give me hope right now.

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We will figure it out. We always do.
Five things that give me hope.
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September 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Sometimes activists use megaphones… but sometimes they make bracelets.
September 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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We can’t stay silent

attempting not to rock the boat

when the ship is sinking.
September 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
We can’t stay silent

attempting not to rock the boat

when the ship is sinking.
September 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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School shootings are optional.

But we have to work together to end them.

One step you can take today

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School shootings are optional
But preventing them is a choice we all must make.
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August 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM