Unni Gopinathan

Why did pages supporting DEI need to be "under review" in the first place?

@asm.org is not a government organization. It is not subject to the Executive Orders, which call for the systematic erasure of many ASM members.

This is a pathetic, cowardly excuse for voluntarily complying with fascism.

"Political" is banned, which is awkward for all of us in poli-sci. Alternative names for the discipline? Ruling science? StateKraft? (Kraftwerk is obv. taken) Power stuff studies?

Before panic sets it. The New NIH Director and Congress will want research to continue, so the machine will start up at some point. Keep writing papers and preparing proposals. AND educate the public about the key role peer review plays in science and the time and infrastructure investment needed

Strengthening research preparedness for crises: lessons from Norwegian government agencies in using randomized trials and quasi-experimental methods to evaluate public policy interventions - Health Re... During public health crises such as pandemics, governments must rapidly adopt and implement wide-reaching policies and programs (“public policy interventions”). A key takeaway from the coronavirus dis...

In this paper, we explore lessons from Norwegian government agencies in using randomized trials and quasi-experimental methods to evaluate public policy interventions, informing govt capabilities to be improved for research during crises

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@atlefretheim.bsky.social

In this piece in Health Economics, Policy and Law together with Alex Voorhoeve and Elina Dale we share a summary of the @worldbankgroup.bsky.social report we co-authored, deepening the rationale for fair processes in health financing: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Why Pharmaceutical Pricing Needs Reform The NHS expenditure on pharmaceuticals, especially in hospital settings, has outpaced the expenditure on other healthcare services. There is a question on  whether this allocation of money is …

New! Why Pharmaceutical Pricing Needs Reform. Based off a brand new study published in @thelancet.bsky.social
by Naci Huseyin of @lsehealthpolicy.bsky.social and colleagues.

blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Infant Mortality Increases Across US Following Dobbs Decision The Dobbs decision was associated with a 7% absolute increase in overall infant mortality—equivalent to 247 excess deaths—and a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies, corresponding to 2...

Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs.

Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?

#PHEthx

Chocolate intake and risk of type 2 diabetes: prospective cohort studies Objective To prospectively investigate the associations between dark, milk, and total chocolate consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in three US cohorts. Design Prospective cohort studies. ...

Please.Halt.Nutritional.Epidemiology.
Will we run a trial on this? Are we going to have chocolate consumption dietary guidelines? Will it be a J-curved relationship in the end?
Is funding from Mars not a problem? But more importantly can we just put a moratorium of 5 years on these studies?

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Et veldig godt eksempel på en helt enkel innsikt som jeg skulle ønske blei sagt på introkurs til medisinsk statistikk, istedenfor f.eks. at man må bruke kjikvadrat på kategoriske data og t-test på kontinuerlige data.

Hi #HSR2024! We’ve been enjoying hearing discussions on the use of different social media platforms. If Bluesky is where you’ve landed, why not give us a follow?

At #HSR2024 and wondering where to follow and post - as an individual and in your organizational capacity? Is social media becoming a significant determinant of health?

We’ve got you covered with the timeliest session 😉 Join Thursday, 11.40am.

“The migration”. Love this story. Thanks @kakape.bsky.social I too have become a X-sleeper.

#HSR2024 in Japan has set the standard for visa processing.

Timely and predictable processes, waived fees

Thanks to JICA & Nagasaki University

There has been too many bad conference visa experiences. It is time to say no to hosts that cannot guarantee fair and predictable visa processing

#HSR2024 Going on now

"Achieving equity and inclusion in health systems through increased use of civil society knowledge"

Today at #hsr2024 our brilliant post-doc Doris Ottie-Boakye will present

"They respect published articles in scientific journals: contextual factors on evidence use from civil society for PHC decisions"

Room 103, session starts 8AM

🍃 Interested in the gender-climate-health nexus and #HSR2024?

Come have a look 👀 at our poster *Wednesday* spot 125, which highlights results recently published in TheLancetPlanet 📄⤵️

(The poster is gigantic thus you will be able to see all the details 😂)

Wow, welcome to all my new followers! I suspect like my own journey, many of you have found your way here after leaving that other platform, but either way a big hearty welcome & g’day!

Does this mean I have to prepare for holding the promise of driving you to the UNESCO heritage site in Rjukan next June?

Inspired to have @HelenClarkNZ kicking off first plenary at Health Systems Research Symposium in Nagasaki. She calls out governance failures & challenges HPSR community to do more to address the #climatecrisis. (We so lucky to have her as the chair of the @AllianceHPSR board.)

Newsletter

Check out this week's IHP news 803 (a first issue from Nagasaki): www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u... To subscribe to the weekly knowledge management tool: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org Next issue: Saturday 23 November.

Good morning from Nagasaki

Join us at #HSR2024 on Thursday morning 21st 8 - 9.30AM. Room 101(B).

What value does it bring to health policymaking if knowledge from civil society is considered a source of evidence together with research evidence, and what are the risks?

Looks like Bluesky will cross 20 million users some time before I wake up tomorrow morning ET.
The platform had 10 million users 2 months ago.
It had about 15 million users a week ago.

bsky-users.theo.io

I loved this session at #HSR2024 on how health policy and systems research can generate evidence on the establishment, reform and implementation of national public health agencies, ending with a quickfire session between Kumanan Rasanathan and Sarah Bennett

Tomorrow 9-11am in Room 101A: we will be discussing how health policy and systems research can help address the climate crisis with insights from Argentina, Nepal, Palestine and Uganda—please come and join the conversation at the Health Systems Research Symposium in Nagasaki

Delighted to be in Nagasaki, #Japan for the Eighth Health Systems Research Symposium —looking forward to meeting many friends and colleagues here.

Good to see that now i start to first check my Bluesky feed in the morning, before i do so on X. The Nagasaki #HSR2024 symposium will be an interesting test case.