Annalijn I. Conklin, MPH, PhD(cantab) (@annalijnconklin) 's Twitter Profile
Annalijn I. Conklin, MPH, PhD(cantab)

@annalijnconklin

Faculty @CORE_UBC | #epidemiology #SDoH #diet #obesity #gender #healthequity #womeninSTEM 🏳️‍🌈 | formerly @Cambridge_Uni @GatesAlumni | my views

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Last month, I announced I’m committing $1 billion over the next two years to people and organizations working to support women and girls in the U.S. and around the world. Here’s where some of those resources will go, to start.

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Women with COPD and Asthma are under-studied, under-treated and typically diagnosed at much later stages of disease #genderbias #HealthcareForAll

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Every Monday, I like to share a bit of nostalgia to help everyone's day get off to a good start. This week, it is The Log Driver's Waltz, one of the most famous pieces of animation in Canadian history courtesy of the NFB, Wade Hemsworth and Kate and Anna McGarrigle!

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Water and debris from the Chilcotin River landslide has now reached the Fraser River. This video from early this afternoon shows why we remain on alert and people must keep off the river. #bcpoli Bowinn Ma

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I used to think I was rational. Then I read Daniel Kahneman's Nobel Prize-winning work on human decision-making. He routinely asks 8 questions to expose cognitive traps you fall into daily. Test yourself with these questions (it's the ultimate BS detector for your brain):

I used to think I was rational.

Then I read Daniel Kahneman's Nobel Prize-winning work on human decision-making.

He routinely asks 8 questions to expose cognitive traps you fall into daily.

Test yourself with these questions (it's the ultimate BS detector for your brain):
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I’m in LA again after not travelling in hopes of a kidney transplant. It’s good to be back 5 months after my surgery 🥊 #LongCovid #YallMasking

I’m in LA again after not travelling in hopes of a kidney transplant. It’s good to be back 5 months after my surgery 🥊
#LongCovid #YallMasking
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📣new paper out 📣 can food-based #diet strategies lead to #diabetes remission? My lab reviewed and appraised the scientific evidence doi.org/10.1016/j.dsx.…

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Someone asked me to put together some thoughts on minimizing COVID infection risk while traveling, so here you go! Many others have posted great tips in the past, so a lot of this is likely stating the obvious. This thread is on air travel. 🧵>>>

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SIGNIFICANT NEW STUDY PUBLISHED TODAY IN NATURE! Fibrin "binds to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein," forming clots that "drive systemic thromboinflammation and neuropathology," and it happens "independently of active infection." Simplified breakdown of the paper below! 1/many

SIGNIFICANT NEW STUDY PUBLISHED TODAY IN NATURE!

Fibrin "binds to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein," forming clots that "drive systemic thromboinflammation and neuropathology," and it happens "independently of active infection."

Simplified breakdown of the paper below!

1/many
Annalijn I. Conklin, MPH, PhD(cantab) (@annalijnconklin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This probably explains why CoVID-19 led to me developing Glomerulonephritis + TMA leading to kidney failure- I was very healthy prior to then