Good morning! Fascinating analysis of a 2019-2021 economic study using fake CVs w/varying personal characteristics. Yes, racial & gender discrimination exists AND there's hope. Read the entire article! Bookmark. Dig deep. nytimes.com/2024/04/08/ups… Eileen Barrett MD MPH (she/her) Jenny Silberger

Why are older adults much more susceptible to severe Covid? Multiple liabilities: reduced ability to clear the virus, immune signaling dysregulation, and an untoward pro-inflammatory response of genes and proteins science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Science Translational Medicine

Shared my views on the unique challenges faced by #IMGs at #IM2024 board of governors meeting ACP. Got to share stage with the ever eloquent George Abraham and Vidya Sundareshan. Shoutout to Dr. Elisa Choi, MD, FACP, FIDSA (She/Her) for always thinking of me!

Opening Ceremony has begun, marking the official beginning of #IM2024. ACP welcomes keynote speaker Eric Topol, Professor and Executive Vice-President of Scripps Research, Founder and Director of Scripps Research Translational Institute. His topic this morning is: How A.I. Will

A great start to kick off #IM2024 ACP Keynote from Eric Topol (Quote from GPT4) #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Medicine #healthcare #IMProud

ACPIMM2024 is officially open… And what a keynote speaker. Thank you Eric Topol for a thought-provoking talk and Darilyn Moyer for a superb discussion! #IMproud ACP

Thank you Arslan Khan MD for all that you do and the number of people you have helped. The feeling is mutual.

Most well deserved. Congratulations Mukta Panda, MD and thank you for introducing me to Dr. Panda sr. ACP connects so many of us.

A great year with these extraordinary leaders. Congratulations Dr. Eileen Barrett MD MPH (she/her) and Dr. Omar Atiq

Absolutely awesome conference #7 for #SIUAWIMS. Enjoyed every minute of it. Thought provoking discussions and excellent content. Congratulations AWIMS! Vidhya Prakash thank you for your leadership. Enjoyed moderating a session on mentorship with an awesome mentor Susan Hingle

What an awesome conference today for #SIUAWIMS . I enjoyed the keynote by an amazing WIM and leader Nancy Spector on mentorship, sponsorship, coaching and allyship. Thank you- we all learned a lot! Vidhya Prakash Susan Hingle Heeyoung Han

So grateful to this amazing group of WIM that inspire me everyday. #SIUAWIMS Vidhya Prakash Susan Hingle stacy sattovia Heeyoung Han

Yikes!

The connection between #SARSCoV2 and neurodegeneration thelancet.com/journals/laneu… The Lancet Neurology Quotes below: 1. SARS-CoV-2 infection should be considered as a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, even though the distinction between causation versus disease acceleration is not

Couldn’t have said it better myself Shikha Jain MD, FACP 👏

The Step 1 pass rate for IMGs has dropped from 82% to 72% in just 2 years?! 😳 And from 96% to 92% for 🇺🇸 students! What do you think is the reason? Source: USMLE.org

MRI Basics For those like me who always struggle to remember T1 vs T2 vs FLAIR this article is useful. It also explains the physics of MRI which is cool. case.edu/med/neurology/…

Pearls on #dysautonomia, #LongCovid, #POTS from a leading expert on the front lines, Dr. Svetlana Blitshteyn S Blitshteyn MD, FAAN, Dysautonomia Clinic In the new Ground Truths (link in profile)

Something I've been waiting for Combined flu/covid vaccine that people can take in the fall New data from Moderna suggests a combined Covid-Flu shot was as good, may be a bit better than getting a shot of each Data is preliminary -- but hopeful washingtonpost.com/health/2024/06…

Today, CDC published updated #pneumococcal vaccine recommendations for adults, which now include PCV21. Read the recommendations in MMWR: bit.ly/mm7336a3