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hwitteman.bsky.social
Professor & Canada Research Chair in Human-Centred Digital Health at Université Laval in Québec City, PhD human factors engineering, #T1D since 1983, 💙 DIY looping #WeAreNotWaiting, En/Fr
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Lunchtime at the ULaval botanical gardens. (Roger van den Hende gardens.)

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Congratulations to our co-president, Dr. Kristin Connor (@kconnor.bsky.social), for being awarded the Nick Hales Award by the International DOHaD Society. #DOHaD2025

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"When we buy something, we don't pay for it with money, we pay for it with the time we had to spend to get that money. Remember that everything can be bought, except time/life." Pepe Mujica (1935-2025)

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Loved the chat with @tarakiran.bsky.social about what we can learn from public schools to deal with the #familydoctorshortage & managed to squeeze in a reference to the idea of thick v. thin relationships that I learned from reading @deanspade.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...

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"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

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Fact: Years after a measles outbreak, some people may develop a rare brain infection called SSPE. It is almost always fatal. If you go looking, you can find many new stories about it. But for the most part, it's a quiet harm most people never even hear about.

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The US has cut the equivalent of 3X the total annual CIHR budget so far this year, revealing both how low the CIHR budget is and how utterly draconian the White House has treated one of the most precious and successful institutions the US has ever built.

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I really hate the trend of academics planning studies in which they interview other academics about their area of expertise and keep interviews confidential & anonymous without letting the interviewees have a say in that. 🧵

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1/My faith in humanity was boosted this week.

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Packing for a work trip: I am grateful to have diabetes tech, but oh my goodness so many things now have their own proprietary charging cord and/or battery type, so a person who packs alllll the backups (hi) travels with a lot of medical supplies.

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+1000. A small clarification: please ask for the specific paper you’re seeking. I had a viral tweet about this years ago and, to this day, I occasionally get people emailing me to ask for my “papers” without specifying which one(s).

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It's difficult to overstate the impact that US science funding and institutions have on science globally. This is devastating no matter where you are.

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Remember when you could just run an errand, without a phone call two days in advance asking you to confirm, a text message the day before asking you to confirm, and and endless escalating series of messages afterward demanding your participation in a customer satisfaction survey?

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It’s been so heartbreaking to see what’s happening to research in the US. Now it’s also going to be heartbreaking to see irreplaceable international studies get damaged. International studies are often the biggest of the big deals in health research. They produce so much useful knowledge.

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Sad to hear that Dr. Henry Friesen, who had a transformative influence on health research in Canada, has died at age 90. He discovered the hormone prolactin and founded the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, among his many accomplishments. www.cdnmedhall.ca/laureates/he...

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With all sincerity, Elections Canada is a national treasure. - Voting typically takes less than 15 minutes - We make it easy for citizens to vote, without cumbersome registration hurdles - We have every reason to trust that ballots will be counted fairly, and results reported swiftly

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Note to self: they need to put something to fill time on the election coverage tv show. It does not necessarily mean they are statistically illiterate when they report that so-and-so is “leading” based on a single-digit vote difference with 1/200ish polls reporting. 🧘

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Voted! 🇨🇦 It took longer than usual this year (35 minutes door to door, on foot, versus the usual 15.) I went with the opening hours crowd because I have meetings today and won’t have time later, so maybe it’s just the morning rush, but I’m hoping it’s a sign of high turnout.

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What an absolutely gorgeous goal by Abdu. #RosesFC

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Reminder to Canadian scientists who'd like to sign this open letter to party leaders to increase tricouncil funding. It has over 1800 signatures and you can still add to it (link is in the PDF). acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...

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Hey Canadian scientists who haven't voted yet, here's a comparison of the costed platforms as they pertain to science prepared by the Canadian Society of Molecular Biosciences: csmb-scbm.ca/wp-content/u...

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