Rita Iskandar (@ritajisk) 's Twitter Profile
Rita Iskandar

@ritajisk

Research fellow @WCHResearch @UofT. Medical graduate and epidemiologist. Interested in dermatology. @LebAmericanUni @LSHTM alumna. 🇱🇧

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Doing over Being: the world has no access to the latter, better live with a purpose to shine it through. #thoughtoftheday “We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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من ٤ آب لليوم، #في_جروح_مخبّاية، بعد ما تعالجت. اليوم، نحن بحاجة لدعم كل الناس يلي بتآمن إنه الصحة النفسية مدخل أساسي للصحة السليمة، وانه كل انسان بيستاهل حياة افضل. من خلال تبرّعاتكن، منقدر نوصل لأكبر عدد من الأشخاص ونكمّل مسيرة الصحة النفسية. embracelebanon.org/Donate #صحة_نفسية

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On top of everything happening in this godforsaken country, the majority of cancer patients now have to either struggle to secure their chemotherapeutic agents from overseas because they're out of stock here or choose to die. In what world is this acceptable?

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When you can’t access an article from your institution, the British Library or sci hub, you know paywalls are a real hinderance. Could anyone please share the pdf? Thanks! Inflammaging and the Skin jidonline.org/article/S0022-… #ICanHazPDF #dermtwitter

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A representative sample is important for descriptive studies -a sampling snapshot for a specific population at a point in time. However, understanding a causal mechanism is not enhanced by representativeness rather by the thoughtful control for #confounding variables. #epitwitter

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That is why none of the antiviral therapies work in the ICU. We are battling uncontrolled inflammation. You know when you bang your arm and it hurts way more the next day? Like that, but because COVID targets blood vessels it’s like banging every part of your body.

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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen says political parties have been quoted in Facebook’s own research saying they know Facebook changed its algorithm and “now if [they] don't publish angry, hateful, polarizing… content,” there’s less engagement. cbsn.ws/3owfs9T

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🇱🇧 « Pour l’instant, nous avons assez de sérums de réhydratation, mais au vu de la situation, il est certain qu’il y a toujours des craintes de manquer de médicaments. » ow.ly/5XTQ50L8EET #Liban #Choléra Caroline Hayek

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Even a small donation can make a difference in this dire situation. Let’s support the IRC’s urgent rescue efforts. #زلزال_سوريا_تركيا #زلزال_شرق_المتوسط

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Honored to be part of this milestone project launching Lebanon’s 🇱🇧 first #AtopicDermatitis registry with our incredible team LAU and collaborators, contributing to the global #eczema #epidemiology evidence base! Global Atopic Dermatitis Atlas (GADA) #Rajka2024Doha #Dermatology #EpiTwitter

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Grateful for the support of Academy of Medical Sciences during my Daniel Turnberg Travel Fellowship, which facilitated 🇱🇧&🇬🇧 collaboration and sparked this initiative. Special thanks to my host supervisor, @SineadLangan_1 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, for connecting us with Global Atopic Dermatitis Atlas (GADA)! #Rajka2024Doha #DermTwitter