Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡)

The test of open dialogue In the face of Jay Bhattacharya as the new CDC Director

Wonderful, informative piece by Dr. Matt Willis, CA YLE leader, former health officer of Marin County.

The test of open dialogue -- In the face of Jay Bhattacharya as the new CDC Director

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Facing an important decision? Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.

Facing or struggling with an important decision? We want to hear from you. Take this 2-question survey. We are developing free content to support your decision quality. Remember, "decisions determine destiny." #TEAMPublicHealth
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PDSA for problem solving, decision quality, A3 thinking, RBA, and more The Swiss Army knife for scientific reasoning, learning, and improving

PDSA for problem solving, decision quality, A3 thinking, RBA, and more: The Swiss Army knife for scientific reasoning, learning, and improving
#TEAMPublicHealth #DecisionIntelligence #QualityImprovement
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New decision modeling website for learning Introducing https://di4health.github.io/ site for learning decision modeling

Introducing "Decision Intelligence 4 Health" website for learning decision modeling. #TEAMPublicHealth #DecisionIntelligence
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YouTube video by Michael Smerconish The Symbolism Behind Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Performance

"The only thing more powerful than hate is love."
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YouTube video by TED This Is How Kids Should Be Learning with AI | Priya Lakhani | TED

We need to bring together
- neuroscience
- learning science
- artificial intelligence

Top learning techniques
- Retrieval
- Spacing
- Generation
- Reflection

These techniques promote "productive struggle" which is necessary for learning.
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Artificial intelligence will make important contributions to public health decision making, but humans will always need to be "in the loop" as decision architects.
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Consequence Tables for Decision Making Operationalizing Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) using 2-way tables

A Consequence Table (CT) is a simple way to organize your thinking around a single decision with multiple choices (eg, choosing a school to attend). CTs were popularized by decision science pioneers. #TEAMPublicHealth #DecisionIntelligence
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Governor Newsom meets with World Health Organization Director-General, announces California becomes first state to join WHO-coordinated international network | Governor of California

"As Trump withdraws the U.S. from the World Health Organization, California has become the first and only state to join a WHO-coordinated global outbreak response network — strengthening rapid detection and response to emerging public health threats." #ILoveCalifornia
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Decision makers manage two dimensions of decision competence: organizational complexity and analytical complexity. On this GitHub page we focus on decision analysis using data science languages such as R and Julia. Feed welcomed! #TEAMPublicHealth #DecisionIntelligence
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Decision Intelligence 4 Health Decision Intelligence 4 Health DEEP decision making under constraints Tomás Aragón, MD, DrPH, 2026-01-14 TEAMPublicHealth.substack.com (blog) University of California, Berkeley Public Health Former CD...

Decision Intelligence 4 Health -- DEEP decision making under constraints (Presentation delivered to the Health Officers Association of California (HOAC))
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Bayes' theorem and decision analysis for mortals Transforming data into information, knowledge, and wisdom - Part 3

Bayes' theorem and decision analysis for mortals -- Transforming data into information, knowledge, and wisdom - Part 3 #TEAMPublicHealth #DecisionIntelligence
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#TEAMPublicHealth introduced #Stoicism and Neo-Aristotelian Virtue Ethics (NAVE) for #CharacterMatters. How do they differ? Stoicism is practical #CBT and believes that good character is necessary and sufficient for a good life. To learn more visit teampublichealth.substack.com/t/character

Public health practice as Stoicism in action -- How the wisdom of ancient philosophers shows up in public health practice. #TEAMPublicHealth #Stoicism

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Public health practice as Stoicism in action How the wisdom of ancient philosophers shows up in public health practice

Public health practice as Stoicism in action -- How the wisdom of ancient philosophers shows up in public health practice. #TEAMPublicHealth #Stoicism
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This school banned phones. Remarkable things happened. - The Washington Post After Ballard High School banned phones, they saw a 67 percent increase in students checking out library books. We hear from psychologist Jean Twenge about what phone bans can do for kids.

"This school banned phones. Remarkable things happened." - "After Ballard High School banned phones, they saw a 67 percent increase in students checking out library books. We hear from psychologist Jean Twenge about what phone bans can do for kids."
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Causal reasoning with Bayesian Algorithmic Thinking (BAT Part 2) Transforming data into information, knowledge, and wisdom (Part 2)

Causal reasoning with Bayesian Algorithmic Thinking (BAT Part 2): Transforming data into information, knowledge, and wisdom (Part 2) #TEAMPublicHealth
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Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years PostNord’s decision to end service on 30 December comes after fear over ‘increasing digitalisation’ of Danish society

*BREAKING NEWS* (Denmark): Danish postal service is set to stop delivering letters after 400 years. US FDA officials, led by Beth Høeg, note that US remains an outlier; they suggest that, much like the vaccine schedule, the US should simply copy the Danes. #Parody
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R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s

"R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s."
"... But a Danish health official found the idea baffling, saying the United States was getting 'crazier and crazier in public health.' "
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Governor Newsom announces top former CDC officials to lead public health innovation, collaboration | Governor of California

Dr. Erica Pan, CDPH Director and State Health Officer. “I am thrilled to work with these advisors to catalyze our efforts to lead a sustainable future for public health. California is stepping up to coordinate and build the scaffolding we need to navigate this moment.”
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Dec 17, 2025: Discover the story behind San Francisco’s 2025 One City One Book selection, "The Worlds I See" by Dr. Fei-Fei Li. Li reflects on her journey as an immigrant, scientist, and AI pioneer, sharing insights into her vision for a human-centered future of technology.
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Just finished watching Newsom's interview with Ezra Klein. Absolutely worth watching! In case you don't watch to the end, here are book recs. It includes "Mediations" by Marcus Aurelius - a foundational book for Stoic philosophy (#Stoicism) @gavinnewsom.bsky.social
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The West Coast Health Alliance, @capublichealth.bsky.social , and Leading National Medical Organizations Continue to Recommend Hepatitis B Vaccination for Newborns
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Introducing the campaign for the Reingold Institute for Global Health The vision for the institute is to translate interdisciplinary research into policy, practice, and impact, along with advancing Berkeley’s educational mission.

Dr. Art Reingold is a legend with a heart of gold! We are very excited about the campaign for the Reingold Institute for Global Health at UC Berkeley School of Public Health!
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YouTube video by Daniel Pink Life Advice That Sounds Good But Will Destroy You

Do you agree? "Life Advice That Sounds Good But Will Destroy You"
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New review finds no evidence to support delaying universal hepatitis B birth-dose vaccination

New review finds no evidence to support delaying universal hepatitis B birth-dose vaccination
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Bayesian networks for algorithmic thinking Transforming data into information, knowledge, and wisdom

Bayesian networks for algorithmic thinking: Transforming data into information, knowledge, and wisdom #TEAMPublicHealth
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@capublichealth.bsky.social - State Highlights Mental Health Resources for California Youth Amid Changes to Access to AI Chatbots
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PH293_Data-Science Population Health Data Science Algorithmic thinking for transforming data into information, knowledge, wisdom, and action Tomás Aragón, MD, DrPH, 2025-11-25 TEAMPublicHealth.substack.com (blog) UC Ber...

Slide presentation: "Population Health Data Science: Algorithmic thinking for transforming data into information, knowledge, wisdom, and action" #TEAMPublicHealth #PopulationHealthDataScience #BayesianNetworks
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