Ed Ostrin, MD, PhD

The key is always referring to logistic regression as ‘machine learning.’

Hoping that NZ is treating you better than the red suburbs of H town. Certainly the politics can only decrease mental strain.

I believe this now officially qualifies as ‘real sicko shit’

Nyt bee gefitinib rejected

Harrumph

Kirkendoll!

Passage about Thrasyllus in Ancient Greece who made lists of ships

I’ve always liked this old tweet about the equivalent of a train spotter in Ancient Greece.

Waddup Barcelona. #WCLC2025 #IASLC

It’s been a momentous year. My wife’s brilliance was rewarded in a dean position. My kids are all doing well in school and life. CPRIT and NIH chose to fund my research. This however may be the highlight:

Sometimes the universe is funny. Luckiest sumnabitch this side of the Pecos.

Tragedy that she never had the time to finish a trilogy.

Us pulmonologists should always celebrate the chest. I’m just proud that during a lonely night some French-Canadian must have been thinking about how, um, different chest wall physiology affects functional residual capacity.

I just learned how the Grand Tetons got their name and 😑

Many Lung Cancers Are Now in Nonsmokers. Scientists Want to Know Why.

Many Lung Cancers Are Now in Nonsmokers. Scientists Want to Know Why. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/w...

There’s been some talk in the onc world that colchicine has IL-1beta blockade and there could be all sorts of add on benefits of that drug that may be underexplored. That said, diarrhea

White House says Trump diagnosed with vein condition The White House says bruising on his hands is consistent with damage from too many handshakes while taking aspirin.

what's the MAHA position on leeches
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An area of misery on par with Birmingham

Senior/Key Personnel $144,000
Other Personnel $210,000
Travel $36,325
Candles $1,200,000
Materials and Supplies $225,000
somebody who is good at the economy please help me with budget this. My lab is dying

More incredible post rock. This will destroy you!

This is awful, he was a giant in the field. Gave one of the best talks I’ve ever seen. Was gracious last year in helping me put together a panel on AI.

Seems like somebody watched Mountainhead this week and, true to form, totally missed that it is a parody.

A former Columbia University professor of pediatrics and attending pediatrician at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center has been charged with submitting false vouchers for supplies and pocketing thousands of dollars in reimbursements from the medical center, authorities said yesterday. The physician - Dr. Robert W. Winters, who resigned both posts last fall after more than 20 years with the medical center and the faculty of the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons - surrendered to District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau of Manhattan last Thursday. After waiving a grand jury indictment, he was charged with second-degree grand larceny. He was released in his own recognizance after an arraignment in Criminal Court. The charge carries up to seven years in prison.

If you have trouble remembering Winters Formula (pCO2 = HCO x 1.5 +8±2), tell your attendings that you refuse to support the work of a thief:

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Why Vibes Will Likely Determine Harris vs Trump Presidential Election That's right—the vibes, the distinct emotional response we experience when interacting with the world around us.

Is this why they were saying the last election would be about vibes? Explains so much.

www.forbes.com/sites/marcus...

Cucamelons taking over the ligusturum in the front yard. Foraging in the front yard.

Explosions in the Sky. Just a fantastic lineup at Austin Psych Fest.

Before my father retired in the mid 2010s one of his tasks was to help port some Fortran code he wrote in the 70s to run on the new Windows server

I’m lifting my skinny fists like antennas to heaven.

Vaxxed?

Also our field has deep roots in occupational and public health. ATS was originally the American Sanitorium Society. Thus it makes sense for us (and ID and public health) to be among the first in the administration’s line of fire.

This is not even opening the door to COVID, the hell of the 2020-2021 ICU, and the near overnight miracle of mRNA vaccines reducing COVID mortality in 2021. Now respiratory disease including TB worldwide seems poised to make a huge comeback solely due to this administration’s actions.