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NativeBio is so happy to see this. DNA, human, animal, plant, microbiome (natural or from sewers) is CURRENCY & IMPORTANT to all INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. #IDSov

Nice to see another paper from the @jonmcgavock.bsky.social lab on urban cycling. This study looked at if cycling-specific active transportation was sensitive to The Fresh Start Effect, with people being more likely to cycle to work at the start of the week. ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Last week, Native Bio's Research Director, Development Director and Executive Director were lucky enough to be invited by @jonmcgavock.bsky.social @chrimanitoba.bsky.social & FNHSSM and Taylor Morriseau to help with an #IDSov training for the Natives of Manitoba. They gifted us this beautiful art

From the Indigenous Ways of Knowing at the Indigenous Summer Research Institute 2025 held by DREAM and the First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba. Thanks @jonmcgavock.bsky.social

📅 Mark your calendars! The 14th Annual DREAM Symposium will be on Nov 13, 2025, and the DREAM Trainee Day will be Nov 12. Abstracts due Sept 12. More info and abstract guidelines: tinyurl.com/yecf3ave 🔗Register here! tinyurl.com/5d6em33b #Diabetes #Research #Symposium @chrimanitoba.bsky.social

Extracellular Vesicles Released From Skeletal Muscle Post‐Chronic Contractile Activity Increase Mitochondrial Biogenesis in Recipient Myoblasts The effect of chronic contractile activity (CCA) on the biophysical properties and functional activity of skeletal muscle extracellular vesicles (Skm-EVs) is poorly understood due to challenges in di....

🚨 New publication alert from the Saleem lab! #EVs from exercised muscle #cells boost #mitochondrial biogenesis in other cells via membrane proteins. This opens a promising path to treat #metabolic disorders like #diabetes, #obesity & more 🧬 isevjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Trends in Gestational Diabetes in Manitoba From 1981 to 2019: A Descriptive Study With Geospatial Mapping This study aimed to describe trends in incidence of gestational diabetes in Manitoba and within subgroups that often experience health inequities.

This new paper from the Canadian Journal of Diabetes maps the trends in gestational diabetes in Manitoba - really interesting project and very helpful in helping plan for future interventions. @jonmcgavock.bsky.social.
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The Emerging Scholar Podcast - Bonus Episode: A Conversation with Dr. Gordon Guyatt On this special bonus episode, we have the distinct honor of speaking with Dr. Gordon Guyatt, a pioneering figure in modern medicine whose work has fundamentally reshaped how clinicians approach patie...

Just dropped a teaser for Season 2 of the Emerging Scholar podcast. The history of EBM with @GordonGuyatt
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Timely release as Dr. Guyatt is giving the Dr Henry Friesen Lectureship Mon June 2 in Theatre B. @umanitoba.bsky.social

When you are listening to @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social on pseudoscience and the "expert" doesn't actually do any research and before I can roll my eyes the Scientific Director of the Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH) @CIHR calls is as "Brian from Edmonton".... Too awesome.

Lt. Gen. Jay Silviera is a credit to the United States!

Congratulations to the winners of our ISWE prizes at the IEA, Bhavya Shrivastava and Lilia Wasserka-Zhurakhovska, as well as Novartis Prize winner Doireann O'Brien and Young Economist Prize Winner Olivia Finan. Pictured with Keynote Speaker John List and Orla Doyle. All female winners! Well done!

ATGL #lipase links #insulin dysregulation to insulin resistance in adolescents with #obesity and hepatosteatosis @jclinical-invest.bsky.social @dream-diabetes.bsky.social www.jci.org/articles/vie...

I still need to read the supporting data, but I'm struck that the framing is not "treatment of people" but rather "the People putting forward their own questions & agenda." Ethical principles in aDNA work (in part b/c of Indigenous researchers' activism) are maturing. cc: @nativebio.bsky.social

Such a cool and important paper, both because the science is rad and because the treatment of people and data is just. Super neat 🧪

Research and data sovereignty in genetically admixed populations. Reply to Zoller L, Kumar R and Lorenzo Bermejo J [letter] - Diabetologia Diabetologia -

1/4 Response to a response to a response from PIMA and NIDDK to Manitoba & Chile...... @screendoorpictures.com @stefanmilo.bsky.social @jonmcgavock.bsky.social @usha.bsky.social @willowcoyote.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

This was a productive episode to do since I remain with the thought that the most important area of science we can be engaged in today is the science of scaling, or the science of using science.

Indigenous Peoples fight to be heard at plastics treaty talks Though disproportionately affected by plastic pollution, Indigenous Peoples are struggling to shape a global treaty on it

The UN Human Rights Council has just officially recognised plastic pollution as a threat to human rights. Here's a look at how plastic disproportionately affects Indigenous Peoples - and how they're fighting back dialogue.earth/en/pollution... @dialogueearth.bsky.social

iCARE & Next Gen attended the 11th Annual International Meeting on Indigenous Child Health! They had the honor of presenting their research and connecting with pediatric care providers and researchers. Grateful for the experience! #IMICH2025 #IndigenousHealth #ChildHealth @chrimanitoba.bsky.social

The effectiveness of new urban trail infrastructure on physical activity and active transportation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of natural experiments - International Journal of Behavioral N... Background Cities in Western countries are investing billions of dollars in new cycling infrastructure (urban trails) to support active transportation (AT) and leisure-type physical activity (PA). Lit...

New paper from the PACE lab.
A systematic review and meta analysis of natural experiments of new cycling infrastructure on levels of physical activity, active transportation and cycling traffic. Summary: they work!
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Layoffs start at federal agencies that deal with health, drugs, food, health insurance Employees of the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began getting dismissal notices in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people​.

🧪Making America Sick Again!
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High-frequency location data show that race affects citations and fines for speeding Prior research on racial profiling has found that in encounters with law enforcement, minorities are punished more severely than white civilians. Less is known about the causes of these encounters and...

Traffic stops are one of the most common civilian and police interactions. Does race influence such interactions?

Our new paper published in @science.org using a rideshare data set shows that there is considerable racial bias. Paper can be downloaded here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The Emerging Scholar Podcast - Episode Fourteen: Equity And Inclusion In The Design and Delivery Of Randomized Control Trials with Dr. Jonathan Jackson On our final episode of the season, we’re honoured to welcome Dr. Jonathan Jackson, the executive director of the Community Access Recruitment and Engagement Research Centre at Massachusetts General H...

Are you interested in equity, diversity and inclusion in randomized trials or clinical epidemiology? Check out the last episode in season 1 of the Emerging Scholar podcast w Dr Jonathan Jackson. @dream-diabetes.bsky.social
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How to Think (and Act) Like a Dissident Movement AOC, solidarity, and people power.

"Fight the authoritarians on everything. If the stock market drops, scream about it. Because it’s their fault. When a kid dies of measles—their fault. Attack them every day, on whatever the latest thing is. Turn 'flood the zone' against them."

The Emerging Scholar Podcast The Emerging Scholar podcast is designed for graduate students, medical trainees, residents, fellows and graduate students to help them on their journey towards their first scientific project.

Interested in learning more about qualitative inquiry? Curious about the different approaches to understanding context and lived experiences? Check this two-part series with Dr. Maria Mayan on the Emerging Scholar podcast
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Are you interested in causal epic but don't know where to start? Check out this 2-part series on "Intro to causal epi and target trial emulation" that I did with Dr. Robert Platt from @mcgilluniversity.bsky.social
@dream-diabetes.bsky.social @macupediatrics.bsky.social

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Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Cardiovascular Diseases Mitochondrial dysfunction is increasingly recognized as a central contributor to the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), including heart failure, ischemic heart disease, hypertension, and ...

REVIEW: Mitochondrial Dysfunction in #Cardiovascular Disease www.mdpi.com/3195432 @dream-diabetes.bsky.social

‘If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins’: Spain’s deputy PM on the need for workers’ rights Yolanda Díaz Pérez’s leftwing government has championed employment reform similar to Labour’s proposals – and she tells British business there is nothing to fear

A message from Spain's left-wing government to the UK: take heart from our success on workers' rights. Raising living standards is the key to combating the far right.

"If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins."
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UM health researchers receive more than $9.6 million in federal funding Health researchers at the University of Manitoba have been awarded more than $9.6 million in the latest round of project grant funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).  &nbs

Congratulations to all the researchers who received funding from CIHR, and a special out out to 3 DREAM PIs who received funding: Drs. @jonmcgavock.bsky.social, Michel Aliani and Dake Qi. Well deserved! 👏🏼 see all recipients here: news.umanitoba.ca/um-health-re...

Some Texas cities are running out of MMR vaccine. It’s good news in that it means people are realizing the importance of vaccination. It’s bad news in that it signals an issue with ramping up MMR vaccine distribution, hopefully temporarily. I wonder if RFK Jr. will do something about this?