NEW: me for Voices of Academia... 'Most people going into universities had... an ethical sense of their future, a vocation... The university must be... a moral place, or it is nothing. As of now, it’s doing a pretty good job of looking like nothing'. voicesofacademia.com/2024/04/05/its…

look at these images and think about what happens in a surgery dept: the meticulous attention to the integrity of each individual body. imagine the heads bent over each patient to close the seams, to make human beings whole again. a space dedicated to the sacred work of repair...

Study after study shows that this private-equity-led intensification of US health capitalism is further harming already abysmal American medical care and public health. We need an actually functioning government to show up and start legislating and regulating to protect patients.

I cannot wait to read the brilliant Nora Kenworthy's new book on crowdfunding healthcare. Congrats Nora! And, friends, pre-order below to support her important work!

Today the University of California Regents consider banning UC academic units from from publishing 'discretionary statements' on their web sites. University Council - AFT believes that this policy limits the academic freedom of academic employees to disseminate and apply their research.

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The Collective for the Political Determinants of Health is recruiting new members and the application deadline is this Friday 22nd March.

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📖 When McKinsey Comes To Town: The hidden influence of the world's most powerful consulting firm

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#COI #CDoH #Power #CorporatePower #PublicHealth #CriticalPublicHealth

Some professional news: Dora Vargha and I are thrilled to share the launch of “Epidemic Histories,” a new global history of science and medicine series with Hopkins Press. We're so excited to be working with Matt McAdam as series editors!

Women shaping the future of technology! Dr. Joy Buolamwini Safiya Umoja Noble @[email protected] on Mastodon

Essential work to understand the history and roots of algorithmic bias and harms and change how we relate to tech. #WomensHistoryMonth via Rolling Stone rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

Wouldn't it be wild if the United States had a day of observance for COVID? So many people have lost family and friends. So many people are struggling to remain safe. And our government has abandoned us

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SHINE Strong is a year-long undergraduate training, research, and mentorship program for the next generation of HIV prevention scientists with expertise in trans and nonbinary population health. Applications now open (due April 5)! weshinestrong.org

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America’s latest health care innovation

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In 1982, Senator Biden boasted to Israeli Prime Minister Begin that he would have killed even more Arab women and children than Israel had in their invasion of Lebanon. The Israeli Prime Minister was horrified by Biden's remarks.

We published a must-read story by Karen Hao at The Atlantic today on the resources demanded by just one datacenter in Goodyear, Arizona—millions upon millions of gallons of water every year to support AI. theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

My new article is out Soc Sci & Medicine. In this analysis of #financialization in US #biopharma , I show how 'Our options for saving lives have been overdetermined by finance capitalism.' sciencedirect.com/science/articl…