Passionate about digital transformation for health and well-being.
Washington, DC
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And, in a globalized society, all of this matters for American public health and national security.
I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵
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A PhD student used both Claude and Gemini as an AI therapist.
She vented her frustrations around getting a cancer diagnosis, and joked about how much it was costing the healthcare system.
The difference in responses is staggering.
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Quite a special report @TheEconomist today on the US economy
gift link: econ.st/3A72R5e
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I debated whether to share this. I did apologize on the air. But I invite you to read my introspection on @BulletinAtomic of how extreme weather 📈 driven by global warming has changed me. Frankly, YOU should be shaken too, and demand #ClimateActionNow. thebulletin.org/2024/09/hurr…
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One of my favorite among the calls to action in the new USAID #digitalhealth Position Paper focuses on centering the design of digital systems--especially those used at the point of service delivery--to meet the needs of the people and health workers involved in care exchange.
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So thrilled to share @USAID's new #digitalhealth policy guidance, the Digital Health Position Paper (2024-2029). Learn more:
We are committed to strategic investments in digital transformations to strengthen partner country health systems + foster global health security and sustainability → read our new digital health guidance: usaid.gov/global-health/digi…
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Good idea. Light bulbs have energy ratings. Why don't #AI chatbots? @Nature
nature.com/articles/d41586-0… by @SashaMTL @CarolejeanWu @strubell @sarahookr @YJernite
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"AI is augmenting human capabilities allowing general clinicians to have expert tools at their side."
Watch @GawandeUSAID speak about the opportunities of using #AI in healthcare ⬇️
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Wildfires are a normal part of nature
These are not
Over 44 million acres burned last year in Canada
This year could be even worse
Forests in a warming world are no longer able to exist and are combusting fueling even more warming
A vicious circle with no exit
🔴⚠️♨️🔥🇲🇽It is one of the worst and longest heatwaves hittin4 #Mexico.More than 100 #wildfires from #Yucatan to central areas, wide #drought are the results. And temperatures could rise again in few days. Here #GOES16 in a 12hrs animation of May24 #oladecalor #climateemergency
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Climate experts were increasingly saying that keeping heating below 1.5C is near impossible, yet it remains the global goal. So I asked hundreds of top IPCC scientists what they thought. What they said shocked even me…
🧵 1/n #ClimateCrisis
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October 2023's atmospheric moisture (we call it precipitable water) was ~10% above the 1980s levels. That is a lot of excess moisture. Warmer air holds more moisture and dumps more rain overall. The relationship is straight forward, ~8% increase per 2 degree F warming.
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There were emotional scenes of celebration when Indigenous groups in Brazil got a ruling from the Supreme Court that will help protect their ancestral lands from mining, drilling and farming ⤵️
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Carl Sagan’s incredibly eloquent 4 min speech to Congress in 1985 about precisely how CO2 and other greenhouse gases caused by humans lead to #climatechange. Worth your time to watch and listen.
#ClimateActionNow
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The ocean is becoming more acidic, and the consequences can be catastrophic.
Loss of biodiversity is a likely result, accompanied by a reduction of harvestable resources.
The only way to stop ocean acidification is to drastically reduce CO₂ emissions.
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The number of people killed or disabled by certain heart problems caused by exposure to air pollution has risen significantly since 1990: 31% worldwide, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association cnn.it/445bYwv
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Gangstagrass held a workshop on depolarizing American music that explained how the music industry artificially separated “hillbilly” music from “race” music for marketing purposes. Our two-party political system works in much the same way, says @fstockman. nyti.ms/3OqI6os
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The number one threat to wild birds is not feral cats. It’s not windows, windmills, or oil spills.
Those are all serious issues, but the biggest killer of birds is indirect starvation by insecticide.
phys.org/news/2023-05-pestic…
