Jennifer J Brown

How the body can tell "friend from foe" #NobelPrize award... when could this have been more needed in our world? Contratulations to Drs Brunkow, Ramsdell and Sakaguchi. Now let's keep everyone safe and well, as all people are our collective body.🌎

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Why do we keep getting sucked into the game of politics?

Governing is not a game.

Governing is about representation, finding compromises, and balance. Finding a way for us to thrive.

Are farmer’s needs being met? Are the iron ore worker’s feel secure? Do the healthcare provider’s feel heard?

J.J. Brown book signing at the Brooklyn Book Festival, Fall 2025 in NY with "When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes & Genes" books.

Book signing at Brooklyn Book Festival in NY, nearly everyone had a story to share as they stopped by for my memoir "When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes & Genes"...
Sharing our journey is my activism.

#booksky #scicomm #books #raredisease #pku #phenylketonuria #newbornscreening #publichealth

Have lived by this quote ever since I first read it from Jane Goodall, my heroine.

A must read article and definitely reshaped my views on impacts AI is having all around us. Thx for sharing this.

expected and terribly saddening

Did the US "govt" shut down so that certain individuals could go forward with their plans without senators' or representatives' interference + without accountability or transparency? Seems all too convenient somehow...as I watch more science + health colleagues lose their jobs. #Scicomm #shutdown

Finished "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" today, enlightening book by @isabelwilkerson.bsky.social - basis of "Origin" from @duvernay.bsky.social - both essentials for all in the US to read + view. They understand, witness, even predict the painful chaos we live in, yet offer hope. #Booksky

Our Malady: Lessons In Liberty From A Hospital Diary by Timothy Snyder — Review

#BookReview📖 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#MustRead #Books #BookSky💙📚 #healthcare⚕️ #HumanRights #Illness #fear
grrlscientist.substack.com/p/our-malady...

And basic, biomed, genetics research scientists alike, most I worked with over the years were from and had family in and visited their prior homes in India, China, Japan...

I worked with Hepatitis B HBV in research as a scientist at AECOM in NYC, and know we must not underestimate hepatitis' tragic effects - not only disease and organ failure but also in causing cancer. Baby's vaccines save lives from all that by preventing the infection in the first place. #Scicomm

Reading this as... 'people without [Meta] may one day be at a "significant cognitive disadvantage"- but quite sure that's proven false. Authentic Intelligence wins every time.

PSAs on what eugenics is and means are needed right now. Normalizing this kind of policy is unforgivable, once seen for what it is. #scicomm

Robert Redford was a brilliant actor, director, and dedicated activist. I'll remember him for so many vital roles, but most importantly at this time is for everyone to watch and re-watch, All the President's Men.
A free press is essential to a free society.

Postcard image of "The Doctor's Dreams" Novellas and stories by J.J. Brown, for the Brooklyn Book Festival 2025.

Excited about being at Brooklyn Book Festival this Sunday, the City's largest free book fair! I'll have a table as an indie author / publisher with my newest book "When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes & Genes" + more 2nd editions. See you there? @bkbookfest.bsky.social #writerscommunity #books #scicomm

Thanks Kumud, hoping you and loved ones have a great start to the new week!

Noticing what it is that causes us to take each actual in-breath, to create each actual heart beat inside our bodies, and then honoring that... is the pause we can promote and practice, no matter the season. #Spiritchat

If and when "two roads diverged in the woods..." what helps me is quiet, solitude, rest - but if the decision must be immediate then I rely on intuition, make it a practice to trust that what flows through me from the cosmos that we're all a part of, will be OK. #Spiritchat

Many of us are familiar with the kind of energy that comes from anger, like a volcano erupting inside us, but when we "allow the heart to converge towards peace + truth," honestly, the force and power of positive energy can be greater, stronger than even that. It's surprising, but true. #Spiritchat

Haha, so true Kumud, one way to not fritter it away is to join you all here for the chat 🌸

To let the mind's attachments go is the real struggle in life, and yes, I agree, letting go helps us feel new - especially as we "get old" as people say, or "survive" as I see it. New... as in fresh, open, happy, awake. #Spiritchat

The present needs us. #Spiritchat

Convergence currently means noticing how historical tragedies repeat themselves in the present moment, and my path is how to attempt to accept these facts, while still hoping for and working toward peace and compassion in our world, where I live (NYC, US). #Spiritchat

A chilling bit of history too many try to forget or freeze over... but that is real. #genetics

Yes, sometimes hear his voice in my head when looking at the news. Great to hear him now, with actual intelligence again...

#Genetics is amazing!

Thanks! A friend told me that sharing our own personal experiences are the best advocacy, in #raredisease. That gave me courage.

When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes & Genes – About the Book Geneticist’s Memoir of Pregnancy, Birth of Babies with Rare Disease Intimate journey navigates today’s most pressing women’s issues. When the Baby is Not OK: Hopes & Genes, a new memoir of preg…

🧬 for Newborn Screening Awareness Month ~ A geneticist’s memoir of pregnancy and birth of babies with rare disease ~ in "When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes & Genes". In my family, it's #PKU. Book details at: jjbrownauthor.com/books/when-t... #2025NBS #newbornscreening #raredisease #booksky #genetics

Beautiful! And heartwarming to see.

Book review of "When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes & Genes" by Jennifer J. Brown in Rare Revolution Magazine.

Grateful to editor Nicola Miller for her review of my book in "Rare Revolution Magazine," latest edition! Here's a link to the nonprofit's hub, + magazine with her #bookreview: rarerevolutionmagazine.com with great resources, news + personal stories on #raredisease and #patientadvocacy #booksky