Sara Belga, MD MPH
@sarabelga.bsky.social
Transplant ID physician in Vancouver with an interest in precision medicine, epidemiology/public health and all things CMV 🇨🇦🇵🇹
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👏 Congrats to VCHRI researchers Drs. @sarabelga.bsky.social, Gabrielle Legault, Reza Rafizadeh, Jenna-Lynn Senger & Karen Tran who received @healthresearchbc.bsky.social 2025 Scholar & Health Professional-Investigator awards supporting research excellence:
Building a healthier future: Announcing the 2025 Scholar and Health Professional-Investigator awardees
26 outstanding scientists and health professionals will receive Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar and Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) salary awards, providing the support they need to expand their impact. BC researchers are at the forefront of tackling our province’s most pressing health challenges, advancing knowledge across biomedical, clinical, health system, and population health research. This...
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September 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
👏 Congrats to VCHRI researchers Drs. @sarabelga.bsky.social, Gabrielle Legault, Reza Rafizadeh, Jenna-Lynn Senger & Karen Tran who received @healthresearchbc.bsky.social 2025 Scholar & Health Professional-Investigator awards supporting research excellence:
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We want opinions on transplantid.net, if you've heard of it or not‼️
🙏Pls take quick anonymous survey (<10 min)🙏
THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP! Pls take even if you took previous one!
Approved @astinfo.bsky.social @ast-idcop.bsky.social & @einsteinmededu.bsky.social IRB.
Survey: forms.gle/Lob4vpbgAJXA...
🙏Pls take quick anonymous survey (<10 min)🙏
THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP! Pls take even if you took previous one!
Approved @astinfo.bsky.social @ast-idcop.bsky.social & @einsteinmededu.bsky.social IRB.
Survey: forms.gle/Lob4vpbgAJXA...
Full Library – TransplantID
The search interface is made of three sections: The American Society of Transplantation Online Transplant Infectious Diseases Library, Filter by our tag, and Results. These are described in detail…
transplantid.net
June 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We want opinions on transplantid.net, if you've heard of it or not‼️
🙏Pls take quick anonymous survey (<10 min)🙏
THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP! Pls take even if you took previous one!
Approved @astinfo.bsky.social @ast-idcop.bsky.social & @einsteinmededu.bsky.social IRB.
Survey: forms.gle/Lob4vpbgAJXA...
🙏Pls take quick anonymous survey (<10 min)🙏
THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP! Pls take even if you took previous one!
Approved @astinfo.bsky.social @ast-idcop.bsky.social & @einsteinmededu.bsky.social IRB.
Survey: forms.gle/Lob4vpbgAJXA...
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Happy to share our specialty podcast, discussing H5N1 (bird flu) in SOT. Thank you @amjtransplant.bsky.social for the opportunity and to @aussiedocwolfe.bsky.social for helping us navigate this topic, and @mpereiramd.bsky.social for the mentorship
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Bird Flu and Transplant Patients: Emerging Risks and Clinical Insights
Podcast Episode · AJT Highlights · 05/28/2025 · 32m
podcasts.apple.com
May 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Happy to share our specialty podcast, discussing H5N1 (bird flu) in SOT. Thank you @amjtransplant.bsky.social for the opportunity and to @aussiedocwolfe.bsky.social for helping us navigate this topic, and @mpereiramd.bsky.social for the mentorship
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IDSA is pleased to welcome the 167 individuals chosen to receive a FIDSA designation, a prestigious honor recognizing distinguished ID clinicians & scientists from around the world.
This year’s inductees: bit.ly/437QYrH
Our web release: bit.ly/4dv5cqc
This year’s inductees: bit.ly/437QYrH
Our web release: bit.ly/4dv5cqc
May 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
IDSA is pleased to welcome the 167 individuals chosen to receive a FIDSA designation, a prestigious honor recognizing distinguished ID clinicians & scientists from around the world.
This year’s inductees: bit.ly/437QYrH
Our web release: bit.ly/4dv5cqc
This year’s inductees: bit.ly/437QYrH
Our web release: bit.ly/4dv5cqc
Special congrats to @jstfung.bsky.social!
Virus-specific T-cell therapy for prophylaxis and treatment of cytomegalovirus infections after transplantation: a scoping review
Congrats @sarabelga.bsky.social and team! @cidjournal.bsky.social #TxID
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
Congrats @sarabelga.bsky.social and team! @cidjournal.bsky.social #TxID
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
May 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Special congrats to @jstfung.bsky.social!
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Please join us this Friday at 3 PM EST for an update on the updated CMV in solid organ transplant guidelines and great discussion on the nuances. Submit questions to us during the live stream.
April 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Please join us this Friday at 3 PM EST for an update on the updated CMV in solid organ transplant guidelines and great discussion on the nuances. Submit questions to us during the live stream.
Reposted by Sara Belga, MD MPH
Out today: bite sized episode of Febrile on how to approach TID donor calls with my @txidfellows.bsky.social crew @courtharrismd.bsky.social & @rebeccakumar.bsky.social. Thanks to @sarawinndong.bsky.social for inviting us on!
#IDSky #TxID
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#IDSky #TxID
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117: They Paged Me What? A TID Guide to Donor Call
Febrile · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Out today: bite sized episode of Febrile on how to approach TID donor calls with my @txidfellows.bsky.social crew @courtharrismd.bsky.social & @rebeccakumar.bsky.social. Thanks to @sarawinndong.bsky.social for inviting us on!
#IDSky #TxID
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#IDSky #TxID
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This is your kid.
This is your kid with #measles.
Any questions?
Yes: does @ast-idcop.bsky.social transplantid.net have a 📂on #measles & how #VaccinesSaveLives? Plus guidance from @ishlt.bsky.social , @cdcgov.govmirrors.com, & @who.int ?
Of course! What to add?
transplantid.net?organisms=JE...
This is your kid with #measles.
Any questions?
Yes: does @ast-idcop.bsky.social transplantid.net have a 📂on #measles & how #VaccinesSaveLives? Plus guidance from @ishlt.bsky.social , @cdcgov.govmirrors.com, & @who.int ?
Of course! What to add?
transplantid.net?organisms=JE...
February 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is your kid.
This is your kid with #measles.
Any questions?
Yes: does @ast-idcop.bsky.social transplantid.net have a 📂on #measles & how #VaccinesSaveLives? Plus guidance from @ishlt.bsky.social , @cdcgov.govmirrors.com, & @who.int ?
Of course! What to add?
transplantid.net?organisms=JE...
This is your kid with #measles.
Any questions?
Yes: does @ast-idcop.bsky.social transplantid.net have a 📂on #measles & how #VaccinesSaveLives? Plus guidance from @ishlt.bsky.social , @cdcgov.govmirrors.com, & @who.int ?
Of course! What to add?
transplantid.net?organisms=JE...
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1/ In Jan 2025, CDC received reports of children w severe influenza-associated encephalopathy (IAE), including cases of acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE), a rare but life-threatening complication. Several cases were fatal. The CDC investigated trends in IAE deaths.🧵
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Reports of Encephalopathy Among Children ...
This report describes cases of influenza-associated encephalopathy or encephalitis among children during 2010-11 through 2024-25 flu seasons.
www.cdc.gov
February 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
1/ In Jan 2025, CDC received reports of children w severe influenza-associated encephalopathy (IAE), including cases of acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE), a rare but life-threatening complication. Several cases were fatal. The CDC investigated trends in IAE deaths.🧵
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Short-term vs long term abx treatment for nocardia infections
#OncID #idsky
Short-term vs long term abx treatment for nocardia infections
#OncID #idsky
Shorter vs. standard-duration antibiotic therapy for nocardiosis: a multi-center retrospective cohort study - Infection
Purpose The prolonged treatment recommended for nocardiosis does not rely on strong evidence. Consequently, some clinicians opt shorter therapy in certain circumstances. We assessed the effectiveness ...
link.springer.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Short-term vs long term abx treatment for nocardia infections
#OncID #idsky
Short-term vs long term abx treatment for nocardia infections
#OncID #idsky
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🔥 Big news for TB preventive therapy !
Thanks to 🇨🇦 (😉 🇺🇸), McGill university and Dr Dick Menzies
➡️ New versions TSTin4D (www.TSTin4D.com) or IGRAin4D (www.IGRAin4D.com)
#IDsky #MEDsky #TBsky
Thanks to 🇨🇦 (😉 🇺🇸), McGill university and Dr Dick Menzies
➡️ New versions TSTin4D (www.TSTin4D.com) or IGRAin4D (www.IGRAin4D.com)
#IDsky #MEDsky #TBsky
February 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
🔥 Big news for TB preventive therapy !
Thanks to 🇨🇦 (😉 🇺🇸), McGill university and Dr Dick Menzies
➡️ New versions TSTin4D (www.TSTin4D.com) or IGRAin4D (www.IGRAin4D.com)
#IDsky #MEDsky #TBsky
Thanks to 🇨🇦 (😉 🇺🇸), McGill university and Dr Dick Menzies
➡️ New versions TSTin4D (www.TSTin4D.com) or IGRAin4D (www.IGRAin4D.com)
#IDsky #MEDsky #TBsky
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📢Our survey is closing 2/15/25!📢
(If you're asking what the 15th month is you're likely not from USA🗽!)
⁉️What survey⁉️
Our survey on the online transplant 🆔 library!
⏱️<10 minutes
💯% anonymous
👌Approved @ast-idcop.bsky.social & @einsteinmededu.bsky.social IRB
forms.gle/Lob4vpbgAJXA14p59
(If you're asking what the 15th month is you're likely not from USA🗽!)
⁉️What survey⁉️
Our survey on the online transplant 🆔 library!
⏱️<10 minutes
💯% anonymous
👌Approved @ast-idcop.bsky.social & @einsteinmededu.bsky.social IRB
forms.gle/Lob4vpbgAJXA14p59
TransplantID.net Survey
Thank you for participating in this research survey on the American Society of Transplantation online Transplant Infectious Diseases library at transplantid.net, and the associated X (formerly Twitter...
forms.gle
February 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
📢Our survey is closing 2/15/25!📢
(If you're asking what the 15th month is you're likely not from USA🗽!)
⁉️What survey⁉️
Our survey on the online transplant 🆔 library!
⏱️<10 minutes
💯% anonymous
👌Approved @ast-idcop.bsky.social & @einsteinmededu.bsky.social IRB
forms.gle/Lob4vpbgAJXA14p59
(If you're asking what the 15th month is you're likely not from USA🗽!)
⁉️What survey⁉️
Our survey on the online transplant 🆔 library!
⏱️<10 minutes
💯% anonymous
👌Approved @ast-idcop.bsky.social & @einsteinmededu.bsky.social IRB
forms.gle/Lob4vpbgAJXA14p59
Reposted by Sara Belga, MD MPH
Do you use transplantid.net for #TxID #IDOnc #IDSky education❓
Or other resources❓
🙏Pls let us know! Quick anonymous survey (<10 min)🙏
Approved by AST @astinfo.bsky.social ID COP @ast-idcop.bsky.social & the @einsteinmededu.bsky.social IRB.
✅Survey☑️
forms.gle/Lob4vpbgAJXA...
Or other resources❓
🙏Pls let us know! Quick anonymous survey (<10 min)🙏
Approved by AST @astinfo.bsky.social ID COP @ast-idcop.bsky.social & the @einsteinmededu.bsky.social IRB.
✅Survey☑️
forms.gle/Lob4vpbgAJXA...
Full Library – TransplantID
transplantid.net
January 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Do you use transplantid.net for #TxID #IDOnc #IDSky education❓
Or other resources❓
🙏Pls let us know! Quick anonymous survey (<10 min)🙏
Approved by AST @astinfo.bsky.social ID COP @ast-idcop.bsky.social & the @einsteinmededu.bsky.social IRB.
✅Survey☑️
forms.gle/Lob4vpbgAJXA...
Or other resources❓
🙏Pls let us know! Quick anonymous survey (<10 min)🙏
Approved by AST @astinfo.bsky.social ID COP @ast-idcop.bsky.social & the @einsteinmededu.bsky.social IRB.
✅Survey☑️
forms.gle/Lob4vpbgAJXA...
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#IDsky
This is so cool😎
This group came up with a TB risk assessment prediction tool using age, sex, refugee status, yr of entry, TB incidence in country of origin, TB exposure, & medical covariates: HIV, kidney dz, DM, SOT, cancer.
doi.org/10.1093/cid/...
I ❤️this calculator!
tb-migrate.com
This is so cool😎
This group came up with a TB risk assessment prediction tool using age, sex, refugee status, yr of entry, TB incidence in country of origin, TB exposure, & medical covariates: HIV, kidney dz, DM, SOT, cancer.
doi.org/10.1093/cid/...
I ❤️this calculator!
tb-migrate.com
doi.org
November 21, 2024 at 1:30 AM
#IDsky
This is so cool😎
This group came up with a TB risk assessment prediction tool using age, sex, refugee status, yr of entry, TB incidence in country of origin, TB exposure, & medical covariates: HIV, kidney dz, DM, SOT, cancer.
doi.org/10.1093/cid/...
I ❤️this calculator!
tb-migrate.com
This is so cool😎
This group came up with a TB risk assessment prediction tool using age, sex, refugee status, yr of entry, TB incidence in country of origin, TB exposure, & medical covariates: HIV, kidney dz, DM, SOT, cancer.
doi.org/10.1093/cid/...
I ❤️this calculator!
tb-migrate.com
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I spoke to @mscribe.bsky.social @theguardian.com about the H5N1 case in BC.
More and more human cases are occurring, along with mutations that indicate further human adaptation.
We need to treat these cases like a warning, because that is what they are.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
More and more human cases are occurring, along with mutations that indicate further human adaptation.
We need to treat these cases like a warning, because that is what they are.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Bird flu in Canada may have mutated to become more transmissible to humans
Scientists are racing to understand what a hospitalized teen’s case of bird flu may mean for future outbreaks
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:11 PM
I spoke to @mscribe.bsky.social @theguardian.com about the H5N1 case in BC.
More and more human cases are occurring, along with mutations that indicate further human adaptation.
We need to treat these cases like a warning, because that is what they are.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
More and more human cases are occurring, along with mutations that indicate further human adaptation.
We need to treat these cases like a warning, because that is what they are.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Reposted by Sara Belga, MD MPH
⛔️Press release⛔️
Phase 2b Study of Oral Omadacycline M. abscessus Pulmonary Disease
➡️ 1st placebo RCT M.abscessus
➡️ Sx-based endpoints = 👍
➡️ Microbiologic endpoints = higher conversion (-) culture, no R
➡️ 12w, omadacycline safe & well-tolerated
#IDsky
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
Phase 2b Study of Oral Omadacycline M. abscessus Pulmonary Disease
➡️ 1st placebo RCT M.abscessus
➡️ Sx-based endpoints = 👍
➡️ Microbiologic endpoints = higher conversion (-) culture, no R
➡️ 12w, omadacycline safe & well-tolerated
#IDsky
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
Paratek Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Top-Line Data from Phase 2b Study of Oral Omadacycline (OMC) in Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Abscessus Pulmonary Disease
Paratek Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Top-Line Data from Phase 2b Study of Oral Omadacycline in NTM Abscessus Pulmonary Disease...
www.globenewswire.com
November 9, 2024 at 11:42 PM
⛔️Press release⛔️
Phase 2b Study of Oral Omadacycline M. abscessus Pulmonary Disease
➡️ 1st placebo RCT M.abscessus
➡️ Sx-based endpoints = 👍
➡️ Microbiologic endpoints = higher conversion (-) culture, no R
➡️ 12w, omadacycline safe & well-tolerated
#IDsky
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
Phase 2b Study of Oral Omadacycline M. abscessus Pulmonary Disease
➡️ 1st placebo RCT M.abscessus
➡️ Sx-based endpoints = 👍
➡️ Microbiologic endpoints = higher conversion (-) culture, no R
➡️ 12w, omadacycline safe & well-tolerated
#IDsky
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...