After spending the day at ELAM (Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine) and hearing the excellent presentations I feel energized and incredibly hopeful about the a future in medicine & healthcare where gender equality is the norm rather than the exception. Lots still to be done but we will do it together!

.⁦Emory School of Medicine⁩ well represented at ⁦ELAM (Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine)⁩ this year including incoming Dean ⁦Sandra Wong⁩ We are fortunate to have such wonderful #WomenInMedicine at Emory.

There are so many 💎 and 💣 dropped by George Sakoulas in this fantastic viewpoint on the #futureofID out in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

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.⁦Sandra Wong⁩ presenting her project at ⁦ELAM (Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine)⁩ says “Leadership development for mid-career women is my passion”. We are thrilled that she is now the ⁦Emory School of Medicine⁩ Dean.

.⁦Barbara S. Taylor⁩ presenting her project at ⁦ELAM (Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine)⁩ focused on developing an innovative, sustainable Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit.

“The Ability to influence people without irritating them is the most profitable art known to man.” Napoleon Hill

Thrilled to be at ⁦ELAM (Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine)⁩ supporting ⁦Emory School of Medicine⁩ faculty ⁦Michelle Lall⁩ ⁦Emory EM⁩ & Carrie Cwiak ⁦Emory Gyn Ob⁩

Spending the day at ⁦ELAM (Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine)⁩ to support our ⁦Emory School of Medicine⁩ alumna graduating this year ⁦Michelle Lall⁩ & Carrie Cwiak as well as our Dean ⁦Sandra Wong⁩ Wonderful to see a room full of amazing women leaders in academic medicine & healthcare.

Communicable disease continues to cause substantial morbidity and mortality globally, finds new GBD study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. In 2019, an estimated 704M DALYs were associated with 🦠85 different pathogens🦠, including 309M in children under 5 🔗 ms.spr.ly/6189YB1Fz

HIV crisis in Atlanta made worse by racial disparities in treatment ajc.com/news/health-ne… “If we end HIV for Black people we end HIV in Atlanta.”

Today The White House National Security Council announced the launch of the new US Global Health Security Strategy. state.gov/united-states-…

A terrific event and so happy to have Dr. Helene Gayle, a trailblazing women in STEMM who played a critical role in the HIV response have a conversation with Emory Public Health Dean M Daniele Fallin

Incredibly important work!

How to Die in Good Health. Great article in The Atlantic by Dhruv Khullar by saving young lives than by extending old ones, and often in states of ill health. In many cases, we’re prolonging the time it takes to die.” newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

Excited to receive my copy of Goldman-Cecil Medicine 27th Edition. At 18 lbs for the 2 volume set this is a great textbook of medicine to have available for consultation and learning.

Looking forward to today’s ⁦Emory Department of Medicine⁩ Grand Rounds where Joe LeDoux will be speaking about education transformation. Should be excellent! ⁦Emory School of Medicine⁩

Georgia launches new grant portal ahead of opioid settlement distribution WABE News wabe.org/georgia-launch… At least $638 million over the next 18 years.

A trailblazer colleague and friend. She will be missed.

With rising H5N1 infections in dairy cows and one confirmed infection in a farmworker, time to share this resource from Monica Schoch-Spana, PhD circa 2009 pandemic: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20825335/

We need to talk more about how to protect farm workers from this occupational hazard of H5N1.

Today #LabWeek2024 begins. Congratulations to all medical laboratory professionals and pathologists who play a vital role in healthcare delivery. ⁦Emory Healthcare⁩ ⁦Emory School of Medicine⁩ ⁦Emory University Department of Pathology⁩ ⁦GradyHealth⁩ ascp.org/content/get-in…