Ryan R. Lion MD
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Peds Hem/Onc🎗Fellow @StJude. Fmr Chief Res @StanfordChild. Global Health 🌍 enthusiast. Product of @NotreDame☘️, @DukeGHI😈, @GUmedicine 🐶, & @StanfordPedsRes🌲
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Pursuing Global Health Equity in Childhood Cancer Survival : Academic Medicine
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My short piece in @acadmedjournal.bsky.social trainee series “The Moment I Knew.” A reminder this #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth 🎗️that survival should never depend on where a child is born.
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🚨 ALERT: After the 2nd deadliest pediatric flu season in 20 years with 280 child deaths mostly unvaccinated, next year’s flu could be even worse without urgent action. Is the US ready for another pediatric flu crisis? Vaccines save lives
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#FluSeason2025 #VaccinateKids #PublicHealth
#MedSky
#FluSeason2025 #VaccinateKids #PublicHealth
CDC reports highest number of pediatric influenza-associated deaths since 2009-10
Pediatric influenza-associated deaths for the 2024-25 season were second-highest recorded since becoming notifiable in 2004.
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September 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
🚨 ALERT: After the 2nd deadliest pediatric flu season in 20 years with 280 child deaths mostly unvaccinated, next year’s flu could be even worse without urgent action. Is the US ready for another pediatric flu crisis? Vaccines save lives
#MedSky
#FluSeason2025 #VaccinateKids #PublicHealth
#MedSky
#FluSeason2025 #VaccinateKids #PublicHealth
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Mississippi’s infant mortality rate is on the rise, raising concern among doctors and public health leaders. Socioeconomic challenges and gaps in healthcare access are making this trend especially alarming.
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'It's really scary': Mississippi raises alarm as infant mortality rate rises
Officials in Mississippi recently declared a public health emergency after infant mortality rates in the state rose. Doctors and women on the front lines of the crisis discuss the obstacles they face.
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September 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Mississippi’s infant mortality rate is on the rise, raising concern among doctors and public health leaders. Socioeconomic challenges and gaps in healthcare access are making this trend especially alarming.
www.npr.org/2025/09/25/n...
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My short piece in @acadmedjournal.bsky.social trainee series “The Moment I Knew.” A reminder this #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth 🎗️that survival should never depend on where a child is born.
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Pursuing Global Health Equity in Childhood Cancer Survival : Academic Medicine
An abstract is unavailable. This article is available as a PDF only.
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September 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
My short piece in @acadmedjournal.bsky.social trainee series “The Moment I Knew.” A reminder this #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth 🎗️that survival should never depend on where a child is born.
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Happy almost July 1📅 to all the new interns starting residency 🩺🥼! I know the feeling of stress, anxiety, & excitement as you embark on this long road. Just re-sharing my thread of 7 pearls for new interns, as a former chief resident & current Peds Heme/Onc fellow. #MedSky
June 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Happy almost July 1📅 to all the new interns starting residency 🩺🥼! I know the feeling of stress, anxiety, & excitement as you embark on this long road. Just re-sharing my thread of 7 pearls for new interns, as a former chief resident & current Peds Heme/Onc fellow. #MedSky
Some of my reflections "On Being a Doctor" in the
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Grace in a Parking Lot | Annals of Internal Medicine
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May 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Some of my reflections "On Being a Doctor" in the
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Incredible keynote by Hayley Arceneaux at #ASPHO! @stjude.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Incredible keynote by Hayley Arceneaux at #ASPHO! @stjude.bsky.social
Pro tip for physicians or anyone in medicine who’s moving: scrubs make the best packing material. Soft, durable, & you definitely have way too many. Give that random pair from 10+ years ago a final mission!
April 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Pro tip for physicians or anyone in medicine who’s moving: scrubs make the best packing material. Soft, durable, & you definitely have way too many. Give that random pair from 10+ years ago a final mission!
With all the challenges in American healthcare, seeing the joy and excitement of new physicians on Match Day always gives me hope for the future. Congratulations to all who matched!! #MatchDay
March 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
With all the challenges in American healthcare, seeing the joy and excitement of new physicians on Match Day always gives me hope for the future. Congratulations to all who matched!! #MatchDay
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An Irish Blessing for you on this St. Patrick's Day, and always. ☘️
March 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Happy Match Week! 🎉 To all the soon-to-be physicians finding out their training home this week, congratulations! Take a moment to reflect on how far you have come - and an incredible journey is ahead. #Match2025 #pedsmatch2025
March 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Happy Match Week! 🎉 To all the soon-to-be physicians finding out their training home this week, congratulations! Take a moment to reflect on how far you have come - and an incredible journey is ahead. #Match2025 #pedsmatch2025
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Researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have uncovered the mechanism behind retinoic acid's selective killing of metastatic neuroblastoma cells. This discovery may pave the way for improved combination therapies. ow.ly/PgBl50V8hZn
St. Jude scientists solve mystery of how the drug retinoic acid works to treat neuroblastoma
Find new research showing how retinoic acid hijacks a developmental pathway in metastasized neuroblastoma in the bone marrow, solving a 50 year-long mystery.
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February 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have uncovered the mechanism behind retinoic acid's selective killing of metastatic neuroblastoma cells. This discovery may pave the way for improved combination therapies. ow.ly/PgBl50V8hZn
Today is #RareDiseaseDay - a day to raise awareness for the 300M people worldwide living with rare diseases, over half of whom are children. #Cancer in childhood is a rare disease w/ 12+ major types. We must keep pushing for research, treatments, & hope. #ChildhoodCancer🎗️
February 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Today is #RareDiseaseDay - a day to raise awareness for the 300M people worldwide living with rare diseases, over half of whom are children. #Cancer in childhood is a rare disease w/ 12+ major types. We must keep pushing for research, treatments, & hope. #ChildhoodCancer🎗️
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Did you see the Word of Life mural lit up in a rainbow of colors this week? It's striped with blue, green, pink, and purple in honor of #RareDiseaseDay.
#LightUpForRare
#LightUpForRare
February 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Did you see the Word of Life mural lit up in a rainbow of colors this week? It's striped with blue, green, pink, and purple in honor of #RareDiseaseDay.
#LightUpForRare
#LightUpForRare
When I started my medical training, measles was a disease of the past - something I learned about in textbooks, not something I saw in hospital beds.
Now, children in this country are dying from measles.
This cannot become our new status quo. #vaccineswork
Now, children in this country are dying from measles.
This cannot become our new status quo. #vaccineswork
February 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
When I started my medical training, measles was a disease of the past - something I learned about in textbooks, not something I saw in hospital beds.
Now, children in this country are dying from measles.
This cannot become our new status quo. #vaccineswork
Now, children in this country are dying from measles.
This cannot become our new status quo. #vaccineswork
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Scientists have successfully led the first in utero treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) with risdiplam. This groundbreaking trial shows promise for prenatal intervention in SMA. Learn more: ow.ly/ywFE50V39Hs
February 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Scientists have successfully led the first in utero treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) with risdiplam. This groundbreaking trial shows promise for prenatal intervention in SMA. Learn more: ow.ly/ywFE50V39Hs
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Cancer Center Near Me-St Jude Children’s Research Hospital🎗️
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Founded in 1962 by Danny Thomas, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has revolutionized the treatment and survival rates of pediatric diseases.
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Founded in 1962 by Danny Thomas, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has revolutionized the treatment and survival rates of pediatric diseases.
February 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Cancer Center Near Me-St Jude Children’s Research Hospital🎗️
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Founded in 1962 by Danny Thomas, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has revolutionized the treatment and survival rates of pediatric diseases.
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Founded in 1962 by Danny Thomas, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has revolutionized the treatment and survival rates of pediatric diseases.
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A 🧵 for 🧪 trainees: This is a challenging time for scientists. Many of our federal colleagues have been dismissed, grant funding is in limbo, and morale may be poor. Some of you may be questioning how your career will be affected by the upheaval our community has experienced. Don't give up. 1/5
February 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A 🧵 for 🧪 trainees: This is a challenging time for scientists. Many of our federal colleagues have been dismissed, grant funding is in limbo, and morale may be poor. Some of you may be questioning how your career will be affected by the upheaval our community has experienced. Don't give up. 1/5
Hundreds burned to death after Goma prison set on fire. #Congo #DRC
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Hundreds of women raped and burned to death after Goma prison set on fire
Atrocity follows escape of thousands of male inmates amid chaos as Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seize eastern DRC city
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February 6, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Hundreds burned to death after Goma prison set on fire. #Congo #DRC
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Elon says 90% of US aid never reaches communities.
He confuses USAID's 90% reliance on intermediaries -- US companies delivering HIV drugs, WFP delivering food aid -- with waste. Comical if not so dangerous.
@rachelbonnifield.bsky.social & I break down where aid goes: www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...
He confuses USAID's 90% reliance on intermediaries -- US companies delivering HIV drugs, WFP delivering food aid -- with waste. Comical if not so dangerous.
@rachelbonnifield.bsky.social & I break down where aid goes: www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...
February 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Elon says 90% of US aid never reaches communities.
He confuses USAID's 90% reliance on intermediaries -- US companies delivering HIV drugs, WFP delivering food aid -- with waste. Comical if not so dangerous.
@rachelbonnifield.bsky.social & I break down where aid goes: www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...
He confuses USAID's 90% reliance on intermediaries -- US companies delivering HIV drugs, WFP delivering food aid -- with waste. Comical if not so dangerous.
@rachelbonnifield.bsky.social & I break down where aid goes: www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...
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Some quick math on USAID
February 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Some quick math on USAID
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To help people understand the importance of NIH, share what you’ve used their funding for (in easily understandable terms).
I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.
I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.
January 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
To help people understand the importance of NIH, share what you’ve used their funding for (in easily understandable terms).
I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.
I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.
Medicaid - which covers nearly 1 in 5 Americans - is offline nationwide. This disruption will have devastating consequences for our healthcare system if not resolved immediately.
January 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Medicaid - which covers nearly 1 in 5 Americans - is offline nationwide. This disruption will have devastating consequences for our healthcare system if not resolved immediately.
In the #DRC - Rebels claim to have captured major city #Goma. This could trigger a major humanitarian crisis in a region that has faced massive challenges, including past disease outbreaks like Ebola. Why working with international orgs like #WHO & #UN is so important!
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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim major Congolese city, which Congo calls a 'declaration of war'
The United Nations described a mass panic among its 2 million people and Congo’s government said the rebel advance was a “declaration of war."
apnews.com
January 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In the #DRC - Rebels claim to have captured major city #Goma. This could trigger a major humanitarian crisis in a region that has faced massive challenges, including past disease outbreaks like Ebola. Why working with international orgs like #WHO & #UN is so important!
apnews.com/article/cong...
apnews.com/article/cong...
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Have we considered what we will do if they take down PubMed?
January 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Have we considered what we will do if they take down PubMed?