If you’re not in medicine, then www.highimpactprofessionals.org can do the same for you, and they are accepting applications now for their Impact Accelerator Program - which I can say from personal experience is outstanding.

If you’re inspired by this piece and working or studying in medicine, www.highimpactmedicine.org exists to support you in developing your career to increase your positive impact in the world.

An inspiring intertwining of biography, family love, supporting allies, & success against the odds, with disturbing hard facts about the many systemic contributions to early death & poor health among black people in North America. Dr Blackstock provides direction to what we can do to change.

I continued to find immense satisfaction in caring for patients at SickKids.ca; and as I turned 60, my personal growth continued with completion of the excellent Impact Accelerator Program of highimpactprofessionals.org, helping to clarify my plans for next steps in my career.

the @who.int Hepatitis B guidelines (lnkd.in/g6s_SMDG) published after the honour of working with so many global experts on the paediatric chapter;…

As I plan for 2025, I can reflect on a big year just completed, with family at the heart of it. Highlights include Cino and Kyle’s wedding, which was an occasion beyond compare, an emotional tsunami for me, with so much love among family and friends.

Professionally, it was great to see…

Philanthropic: to support organizations that positively impact global child health, those that are highly cost effective (e.g. GiveWell.org) and/or highly necessary (e.g. @msf.ca Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada for their indispensable and courageous humanitarian work).