Roger J. Lewis, MD, PhD
@rogerjlewis.bsky.social
Emergency physician and statistician; Bayesian adaptive and platform trial clinical trial design and implementation; Senior Statistical Editor at @jama.com.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Even as my own life is imperiled by the Trump administration’s actions, I understand the populist rage and institutional distrust that drive the Make America Healthy Again movement,” writes Sam Braslow, who has Stage IV melanoma.
“Even as my own life is imperiled by the Trump administration’s actions, I understand the populist rage and institutional distrust that drive the Make America Healthy Again movement,” writes Sam Braslow, who has Stage IV melanoma.
Opinion | MAHA Threatens My Life. I Understand Its Appeal.
The Trump administration has undermined the once bipartisan war on cancer and declined to approve a promising melanoma therapy.
nyti.ms
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Even as my own life is imperiled by the Trump administration’s actions, I understand the populist rage and institutional distrust that drive the Make America Healthy Again movement,” writes Sam Braslow, who has Stage IV melanoma.
“Even as my own life is imperiled by the Trump administration’s actions, I understand the populist rage and institutional distrust that drive the Make America Healthy Again movement,” writes Sam Braslow, who has Stage IV melanoma.
Happy Veterans Day! This post is celebrating my mother's service as a WASP--Women Airforce Service Pilot--during WW II, flying P-52s, P-47s, etc. from the factory to bases for subsequent deployment. Flying newly built planes is risky; 38 of the 1074 women died, often due to mechanical failures.
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Happy Veterans Day! This post is celebrating my mother's service as a WASP--Women Airforce Service Pilot--during WW II, flying P-52s, P-47s, etc. from the factory to bases for subsequent deployment. Flying newly built planes is risky; 38 of the 1074 women died, often due to mechanical failures.
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📢 JAMA Senior Statistical Editor @rogerjlewis.bsky.social, MD, PhD, @jamaotolaryngology.com EIC Jay Piccirillo, MD, & @jamaotolaryngology.com Statistics Editor Dorina Kallogjeri, MD, MPH, will be speakers at the 2nd Annual Midwest Critical Appraisal Workshop.
See flyer for more details. ⬇️
See flyer for more details. ⬇️
November 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
📢 JAMA Senior Statistical Editor @rogerjlewis.bsky.social, MD, PhD, @jamaotolaryngology.com EIC Jay Piccirillo, MD, & @jamaotolaryngology.com Statistics Editor Dorina Kallogjeri, MD, MPH, will be speakers at the 2nd Annual Midwest Critical Appraisal Workshop.
See flyer for more details. ⬇️
See flyer for more details. ⬇️
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On halloween there’s nothing spookier than a future without CDC
October 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
On halloween there’s nothing spookier than a future without CDC
Reposted by Roger J. Lewis, MD, PhD
In children 6 months after heart transplant, everolimus with low-dose tacrolimus was as effective as standard therapy in preventing major complications and showed potential benefits for kidney function and reduced CMV infection.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In children 6 months after heart transplant, everolimus with low-dose tacrolimus was as effective as standard therapy in preventing major complications and showed potential benefits for kidney function and reduced CMV infection.
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Calling all early career researchers!
Applications are open for the JAMA Editorial Fellowship Program. Individuals interested in becoming journal editors, as well as those looking to learn more about journal review processes, are invited to apply.
🔗 ja.ma/46ZoFMG
Applications are open for the JAMA Editorial Fellowship Program. Individuals interested in becoming journal editors, as well as those looking to learn more about journal review processes, are invited to apply.
🔗 ja.ma/46ZoFMG
October 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Calling all early career researchers!
Applications are open for the JAMA Editorial Fellowship Program. Individuals interested in becoming journal editors, as well as those looking to learn more about journal review processes, are invited to apply.
🔗 ja.ma/46ZoFMG
Applications are open for the JAMA Editorial Fellowship Program. Individuals interested in becoming journal editors, as well as those looking to learn more about journal review processes, are invited to apply.
🔗 ja.ma/46ZoFMG
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It’s a big week for artificial intelligence publications at JAMA.
Editors are celebrating the one-year anniversary of the JAMA Summit on #AI and the launch of JAMA+ AI.
Today, JAMA published a Special Communication from Summit attendees, a podcast, and calls for papers. 🧵
Editors are celebrating the one-year anniversary of the JAMA Summit on #AI and the launch of JAMA+ AI.
Today, JAMA published a Special Communication from Summit attendees, a podcast, and calls for papers. 🧵
October 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It’s a big week for artificial intelligence publications at JAMA.
Editors are celebrating the one-year anniversary of the JAMA Summit on #AI and the launch of JAMA+ AI.
Today, JAMA published a Special Communication from Summit attendees, a podcast, and calls for papers. 🧵
Editors are celebrating the one-year anniversary of the JAMA Summit on #AI and the launch of JAMA+ AI.
Today, JAMA published a Special Communication from Summit attendees, a podcast, and calls for papers. 🧵
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Emergency physicians will care for everyone who seeks help - day or night, regardless of insurance status, immigration status, or ability to pay. Read more via the link below 🔗
https://bit.ly/47gQwIz
https://bit.ly/47gQwIz
October 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Emergency physicians will care for everyone who seeks help - day or night, regardless of insurance status, immigration status, or ability to pay. Read more via the link below 🔗
https://bit.ly/47gQwIz
https://bit.ly/47gQwIz
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“I fear for public health in our country.”
Former CDC Chief Medical Officer @drdebhoury.bsky.social says that the national US public health system has been subjected to a “hostile takeover” and she’s right. We should all share her fears. Kennedy must go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Former CDC Chief Medical Officer @drdebhoury.bsky.social says that the national US public health system has been subjected to a “hostile takeover” and she’s right. We should all share her fears. Kennedy must go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A ‘hostile takeover’: ousted CDC official raises alarm over RFK Jr approach to infectious disease
Debra Houry speaks after testifying on eight months under Kennedy, who critics say shuns science and spreads falsehoods
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“I fear for public health in our country.”
Former CDC Chief Medical Officer @drdebhoury.bsky.social says that the national US public health system has been subjected to a “hostile takeover” and she’s right. We should all share her fears. Kennedy must go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Former CDC Chief Medical Officer @drdebhoury.bsky.social says that the national US public health system has been subjected to a “hostile takeover” and she’s right. We should all share her fears. Kennedy must go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Congratulations to Noah Wyle and the cast and crew of #ThePitt for a huge night at the 2025 Emmys! 🌟 Outstanding and well deserved wins across the board. Thank you for all that you do for EM! 👏 @hbomax
September 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Congratulations to Noah Wyle and the cast and crew of #ThePitt for a huge night at the 2025 Emmys! 🌟 Outstanding and well deserved wins across the board. Thank you for all that you do for EM! 👏 @hbomax
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Top medical groups warn that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr poses a risk to US public health amid vaccine policy turmoil. Here’s the latest on the mounting pressure to remove him from the HHS. ja.ma/4n5gPb9
September 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Top medical groups warn that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr poses a risk to US public health amid vaccine policy turmoil. Here’s the latest on the mounting pressure to remove him from the HHS. ja.ma/4n5gPb9
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Join us at #atmc25 as we explore "Better Trials Through Better Methods"
Invited speakers and program details now available - more at www.atmc25.com
Secure your ticket today! Early🐦 must end 26/9
Invited speakers and program details now available - more at www.atmc25.com
Secure your ticket today! Early🐦 must end 26/9
September 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Join us at #atmc25 as we explore "Better Trials Through Better Methods"
Invited speakers and program details now available - more at www.atmc25.com
Secure your ticket today! Early🐦 must end 26/9
Invited speakers and program details now available - more at www.atmc25.com
Secure your ticket today! Early🐦 must end 26/9
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It's been a month since a shooter attacked CDC's HQ. As former CDC & HHS leaders, current staff & supporters gather on the anniversary tonight, APHA's Benjamin tells workers: "You are not alone." Hear more from Benjamin on The Nation's Health Podcast, live now: bit.ly/42jIFrJ
September 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
It's been a month since a shooter attacked CDC's HQ. As former CDC & HHS leaders, current staff & supporters gather on the anniversary tonight, APHA's Benjamin tells workers: "You are not alone." Hear more from Benjamin on The Nation's Health Podcast, live now: bit.ly/42jIFrJ
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From a time when childhood vaccines were just a figment of imagination.
Row after row of baby headstones.
Row after row of baby headstones.
July 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
From a time when childhood vaccines were just a figment of imagination.
Row after row of baby headstones.
Row after row of baby headstones.
Reposted by Roger J. Lewis, MD, PhD
Breaking with the CDC, ACOG reaffirms support for #COVID19 vaccination in pregnant people.
Here’s what to know.
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Here’s what to know.
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ACOG Continues Recommending COVID-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy
This JAMA Medical News article discusses updated guidance on COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant people from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
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September 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Breaking with the CDC, ACOG reaffirms support for #COVID19 vaccination in pregnant people.
Here’s what to know.
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Here’s what to know.
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In this podcast episode, economist Edward Norton, PhD, of @umich.edu discusses the use of instrumental variable analysis and heterogeneous treatment effects with JAMA Statistical Editor @rogerjlewis.bsky.social, MD, PhD.
➡️ Listen now:
➡️ Listen now:
University of Michigan Health Management and Policy With Dr Norton
Edward C. Norton, PhD, University of Michigan Health Management and Policy, discusses University of Michigan Health Management and Policy with JAMA Statistical Editor Roger J. Lewis, MD, PhD
edhub.ama-assn.org
September 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
In this podcast episode, economist Edward Norton, PhD, of @umich.edu discusses the use of instrumental variable analysis and heterogeneous treatment effects with JAMA Statistical Editor @rogerjlewis.bsky.social, MD, PhD.
➡️ Listen now:
➡️ Listen now:
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Still on my 25-year crusade to end all two-sided alpha testing in superiority trials. It's something simulating clinical trials brings out as just plain silly.
December 1, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Still on my 25-year crusade to end all two-sided alpha testing in superiority trials. It's something simulating clinical trials brings out as just plain silly.
Reposted by Roger J. Lewis, MD, PhD
September 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Yes, it was carefully hidden in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... )
1/2
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... )
1/2
September 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Yes, it was carefully hidden in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... )
1/2
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... )
1/2
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🎙️ In this podcast episode, listen to Jody Ciolino, PhD, of Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, discuss 📊 factorial clinical trial designs with JAMA Statistical Editor @rogerjlewis.bsky.social, MD, PhD.
🔗 Listen now: ja.ma/47o7qq7
🔗 Listen now: ja.ma/47o7qq7
Factorial Clinical Trial Designs With Dr Ciolino
Jody D. Ciolino, PhD, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine discusses Factorial Clinical Trial Designs with JAMA Statistical Editor Roger J. Lewis, MD, PhD.
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August 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🎙️ In this podcast episode, listen to Jody Ciolino, PhD, of Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, discuss 📊 factorial clinical trial designs with JAMA Statistical Editor @rogerjlewis.bsky.social, MD, PhD.
🔗 Listen now: ja.ma/47o7qq7
🔗 Listen now: ja.ma/47o7qq7
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📌 You can read all the JAMA, @jamacardiology.com, and @jamanetworkopen.com papers presented yesterday at #ESCCongress 2025.
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August 31, 2025 at 6:05 AM
📌 You can read all the JAMA, @jamacardiology.com, and @jamanetworkopen.com papers presented yesterday at #ESCCongress 2025.
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📌 Attend "Innovation and Integration in Cardiovascular Medicine" session at #ESCongress 2025, joint session with @jama.com and JAMA Cardiology.
🗓️ Monday, September 1 at 8:15 AM.
➡️ Zagreb - Hall 10
✅ Featuring JAMA editors @kbibbinsdomingo.bsky.social and Greg Curfman.
🗓️ Monday, September 1 at 8:15 AM.
➡️ Zagreb - Hall 10
✅ Featuring JAMA editors @kbibbinsdomingo.bsky.social and Greg Curfman.
August 31, 2025 at 6:00 AM
📌 Attend "Innovation and Integration in Cardiovascular Medicine" session at #ESCongress 2025, joint session with @jama.com and JAMA Cardiology.
🗓️ Monday, September 1 at 8:15 AM.
➡️ Zagreb - Hall 10
✅ Featuring JAMA editors @kbibbinsdomingo.bsky.social and Greg Curfman.
🗓️ Monday, September 1 at 8:15 AM.
➡️ Zagreb - Hall 10
✅ Featuring JAMA editors @kbibbinsdomingo.bsky.social and Greg Curfman.
Reposted by Roger J. Lewis, MD, PhD
A woman who was 20 weeks pregnant fed her toddler son raw milk. He contracted Campylobacter and then passed the infection to her; she progressed to sepsis, and had a miscarriage.
She is suing the business that sells the raw milk, saying she didn’t know the risk.
Don’t feed your kids raw milk.
She is suing the business that sells the raw milk, saying she didn’t know the risk.
Don’t feed your kids raw milk.
Florida mom sues dairy farm after claiming raw milk led to her miscarrying
Rachel Maddox launches lawsuit after alleging that she and her toddler became badly ill after coming into contact with bacteria traced back to New Smyrna Beach business by state health officials
www.the-independent.com
August 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
A woman who was 20 weeks pregnant fed her toddler son raw milk. He contracted Campylobacter and then passed the infection to her; she progressed to sepsis, and had a miscarriage.
She is suing the business that sells the raw milk, saying she didn’t know the risk.
Don’t feed your kids raw milk.
She is suing the business that sells the raw milk, saying she didn’t know the risk.
Don’t feed your kids raw milk.
Reposted by Roger J. Lewis, MD, PhD
In patients with salvageable brain tissue identified by perfusion imaging who did not initially receive thrombectomy, alteplase given 4.5 to 24 hours after acute ischemic #stroke onset may improve functional outcomes.
ja.ma/45RU9oA #MedSky #NeuroSky
ja.ma/45RU9oA #MedSky #NeuroSky
August 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In patients with salvageable brain tissue identified by perfusion imaging who did not initially receive thrombectomy, alteplase given 4.5 to 24 hours after acute ischemic #stroke onset may improve functional outcomes.
ja.ma/45RU9oA #MedSky #NeuroSky
ja.ma/45RU9oA #MedSky #NeuroSky
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Nontargeted hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening was superior to targeted screening for identifying #HCV infection in the emergency department.
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#MedSky
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#MedSky
August 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Nontargeted hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening was superior to targeted screening for identifying #HCV infection in the emergency department.
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#MedSky
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#MedSky