Today I'm speaking out in remembrance of the trans lives who are lost, forgotten, or live scared in the shadows. Medically necessary healthcare saves lives. Legislators and insurance payers shall not practice medicine. #TDOR idsociety.org/science-speaks…

I like to write. But on revision #378 of a research manuscript, nothing rings more true than: "I hate to write, but I love having written." --Dorothy Parker (maybe)

Superb study led by UVA ID fellow Catherine Bielick, MD, MS, MS What kind of progress has the US made in terms of #HIV #OIs?

It's long past time for Tennessee's ruling on gender affirming medical care for minors to be appealed for its constitutionality. Regardless of your personal views, medical care cannot be legislated by politicians with any agenda. Yours might be next. apnews.com/article/suprem…

This is nothing short of targeted discrimination. Sarah has transitioned to female in every conceivable sense, making chromosomes entirely irrelevant. But what, you're going to karotype everyone walking into the toilet now? npr.org/2024/11/19/nx-…

In clinical AI we can marvel at GPT 4o's ability to answer USMLE questions or we can make predictions trained on ground truths. One middle ground is multimodality, but a glorified autocorrect by itself will not ever replace cognitive physicians. arxiv.org/abs/2411.06469

Today I'm honored to present at the United Nations Internet Government Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to discuss AI governance from the global majority. I'm looking forward to hearing such diverse perspectives supporting the common goal of equitable access to responsible AI!

Here is the most current link from the HHS TAGGS (formed in 1995) listing all the NIH awards which have been terminated. I counted 96 grants from Columbia, 11 K awards, and several directed at HIV without any mention of DEI or "transgender issues." taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data/H…