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sanjatkanjilal.bsky.social
Assistant Prof @DeptPopMed @harvardmed | ID doc & Assoc Med Director of Micro @BrighamWomens | 🧐 machine learning for dx/tx/prevention of infectious diseases
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Our call to to resistance, led by @angelahuttner.bsky.social and first published in @cmicomms.bsky.social, now published in @cmijournal.bsky.social too www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S119...

Is generative #AI capable of clinical reasoning? Our new piece @thelancet.bsky.social open-access @adamrodmanmd.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

This Viewpoint explores the addition of host-directed therapy using immunotherapeutic agents to pandemic preparedness programs. ja.ma/3CWmzlW #MedSky

news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor... 👀

Layers within layers

"… it is the words and actions of all members of the scientific community … that form the collective voice of science …," writes @holdenthorp.bsky.social in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4hR6ux0

The European federation of Academies of Sciences has posted a statement of concern about the developments in the US. They now have added the option to endorse this statement as an organisation. Would be great if this could go viral. allea.org/portfolio-it...

"We need to be actively studying biases and then finding solutions in the data science field to mitigate them." Harvard's Sanjat Kanjilal discusses using machine learning to improve the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases with JAMA+ AI. #MedSky #AI

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... This was a fun chance to hem / huff / pontificate

We're thrilled to launch the new SEPSIS Center of Excellence, dedicated to advancing sepsis understanding, prevention, and management. Led by Dr. Chanu Rhee and Dr. Michael Klompas, renowned leaders in sepsis surveillance, prevention, treatment, and policy. Learn more: https://buff.ly/40WGzws

A patient with longstanding multicentric Castleman’s disease that had progressed after multiple therapies was entering hospice care. Inhibition of tumor necrosis factor will have led to remission for 24 months as of the publication of this letter to the editor. nej.md/4grvh9s #MedSky

New: The largest medical A.I. randomized controlled trial yet performed, enrolling >100,000 women undergoing mammography screening The use of AI led to 29% higher detection of cancer, no increase of false positives, and reduced workload compared with radiologists w/o AI thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Our new essay in @nytimes.com: What if letting doctors and AI each focus on their strengths works better than constant collaboration? Some early & surprising evidence. w/ @erictopol.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

Ive said this before. Unions have a moment in time to create parallel, Non Profit Trust or Associated Health Plans and offer them to small to medium size businesses. Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations . Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ? Thoughts ?

New paper in JAMA Network Open! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... The IDSA released their guidelines for treatment of uncomplicated UTI back in 2011. We looked at a large claims database formatted into the OMOP common data model to see whether the recommendations still hold tl;dr They do. (1/7)

New paper published in JAMA Network Open tracking causes of excess deaths in 25-44 USA population from 2011-2022 with provisional data used for 2023. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

...and can this be taught? Can you make a teacher out of a non-teacher? news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Check out our new paper "Tackling Algorithmic Bias and Promoting Transparency in Health Datasets: The STANDING Together Consensus Recommendations" jointly published in NEJM AI and The Lancet Digital Health, led by @jaldmn.bsky.social @xiaoliu.bsky.social

From pets eating you after you die to the global food trade: Science editors pick their most memorable stories of 2024.

hsph.harvard.edu/news/private... While I don't abide by tropes of good v bad, I may be forced to make an exception with this one....

ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... Another step in a crowded field

So, this bloot about my paper blew up. Most common reaction: Duh! You need proof that masking in hospitals works? The reality: Yes, many healthcare epidemiologists, including CDC advisors, have advocated for weaker guidance on masking and testing. Read on... 1/🧵 #IDSky #MedSky

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... New manuscript! Putting the power inherent in EHR data into practice. Hospital infection control works. When, where and for whom administrators decide to deploy it is an entirely separate matter.

harvardpublichealth.org/policy-pract... An extremely challenging and important task being worked on by some of the best minds out there. Kudos for this effort

www.reuters.com/business/hea... What the world doesn’t need right now…