Damian Borbolla

@billhersh.bsky.social is another great example…. he’s practically the king of volunteers @amia.org He has contributed immensely to the organization over the 40 years he has been participating on the conference.
#amia2025

For example, @smcgrath.phd began as a student working group member, which led him to become a working group chair. That experience opened major professional opportunities for him and unlocked new leadership roles within AMIA too!
#amia2025

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AMIA offers over 1,000 volunteer roles across the organization, and we’ve built clear pathways to help you grow into leadership positions.
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Thank you Scott, see you in Atlanta!

Our university’s NIH CTSA (Clinical and Translational Science Award) was just cancelled for having some keywords that just mean it will serve ALL people in Utah. This funds research that moves discovery science into clinical therapies. This is literally the mandate of the NIH! 😰 🧪

Mass deportation negatively impacts housing availability, affordability, jobs, Utah study says A study led by a University of Utah professor shows increased immigration enforcement would slow down construction, increase home prices and could even reduce job opportunities.

A study led by a University of Utah professor shows increased immigration enforcement would slow down construction, increase home prices and could even reduce job opportunities.

Child with alopecia from chemotherapy

When Elon was a kid, survival for ALL, the most common childhood cancer, was <10%

Now it’s >90% due to funded collaboratives (high indirect costs) whose work ultimately SAVES THOUSANDS OF LIVES EVERY YEAR.

For other cancers there’s still so much progress to be made.

I think it’s worth it.

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

If you’ve been directly impacted by a pause or cancellation of an NIH study session, we @forbes.com would like to talk to you

All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.

Strongly disagree. Health Informatics has been training professionals in this space for over 50 years, with established certifications, accreditation requirements, conferences, and professional organizations. Let’s unify efforts!

Health in the age of disinformation Health misinformation (false or misleading data shared unintentionally) and disinformation (deliberately deceptive information) are not new, but the COVID-19 pandemic marked a turning point. The sense...

Misinformation and disinformation can no longer be viewed simply as an academic nuisance, but rather they are a societal threat.
Important and timely editorial
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Americans spend much less time socializing today compared to 20 years ago — perhaps a driver of discontent in the US.

A notable exception is the rich, whose decline is miniscule compared to every other group.

cc:@dkthomp.bsky.social

Infamous paper that popularized unproven COVID-19 treatment finally retracted Study on hydroxychloroquine by Didier Raoult and colleagues gets pulled on ethical and scientific grounds

Breaking news: A 2020 paper that sparked widespread enthusiasm for hydroxychloroquine as a #COVID19 treatment has been retracted, following campaigning by scientists who alleged the research contained major scientific flaws and may have breached ethics regulations. scim.ag/4iR9bQ6

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Physician burnout, clinician turnover, stress, workload and emotional exhaustion are all too common in today’s medical practice

More than 75 Nobel Prize winners signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a cabinet choice. nyti.ms/41uQueD

Trump says RFK Jr will “investigate” the link between vaccines and autism as “somebody needs to find out.”

We’ve ALREADY FOUND OUT
- >600,000 kids in Denmark
- >90,000 in the US
- >1.2m kids worldwide

NO LINK.

How many more of these does he want us to do?

Penn Medicine partners with Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs Penn Medicine has partnered with Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drug Company through its innovative Cost Plus Marketplace in a strategic alliance that will allow Penn Medicine to secure the top 100 most frequ...

Not every day a leading US academic health system partners with @costplusdrugs.com, bypassing PBMs, to save drug costs for their patients
@pennmedicine.bsky.social + @mcuban.bsky.social
www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-re... a 1st-of-its-kind deal

I went for a run yesterday too and feel like I shaved a couple of years off my lifespan

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One of the greatest strengths of the U.S. is its innovation and breakthroughs in medicine and biotechnology. Eliminating the NIH would be a catastrophic mistake

Our representatives are a complete joke. They’ve already piled up 160 bills to control higher education
How many are they planning to address air quality?

Imagine the 2034 Olympic Games with no snow on the ground and air pollution. A great way to showcase Utah to the world! I see zero urgency to address this issue (for the games or otherwise).

Add this to #UTleg plans to cut the higher education budget by 10%
☠️☠️☠️

Indianapolis: my first work trip with a new company. I booked a hotel within walking distance of the office, I like to walk, but the next morning, I found it impossible to cross a highway to get there. I ended up having to call an Uber, for a trip that was less than a mile.

I wish they were just as open to accepting other given circumstances, like academic freedom

I live in Utah and hate the inversion.
It’s gonna be my introduction for the rest of the winter