Thx 2 the Carl Levin Center for honoring me & bipart colleagues for our oversight of the US organ donation system I worked w fmr Sen Levin for yrs on WB protections & gov accountability Govt oversight remains 1 of my top priorities & our organ donation reforms will b LIFESAVING

When we started the Day One Project we had no idea what it would become. Today it goes international. Kudos to the team bringing crowdsourced science and tech policy entrepreneurship to the UK. The best policy ideas come from unexpected places...

For the 1st time in 40 yrs, the gov is opening contracts to the best in IT, governance, logistics, data/analysis, comms, etc to help more patients receive lifesaving organ transplants. If your organization EXCELS in any of these fields, read on! hrsa.gov/about/news/pre…

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In a 2021 hearing, I asked an industry lobbyist about how OPO executives skew data and abuse donations—like taking the organization’s private jet on vacation. I’ll keep working to hold these organizations accountable.

"And we owe it to ourselves to keep supporting our new health research agency called ARPA-H and remind us that we can do big things like end cancer as we know it" - President Biden

OMG!!! "The Trump Indictments" by me and Andrew Weissmann (weissmann11 on Threads/Insta)🌻 is #1 on the The New York Times Bestsellers List!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you to the great folks W. W. Norton & Company and all of the readers who bought the book!!

Everything you need to know about the cases Trump is facing - especially the Manhattan/Stormy Daniels/election interference/hush money case that's (probably) soonest -- Melissa Murray (@ProfMMurray on Threads 🧵) & Errin Haines 🐴🤠🇺🇸🍑 make it easy to understand 19thnews.org/2024/03/errin-…

"UNOS and OPOs ... has been abusing patients and taxpayers for decades." Following an investigation by the Senate Finance Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee has launched a bipartisan investigation into the U.S. #organ transplant system. Find out more: abcnews.go.com/amp/US/house-c…

> Organs are literally lost and damaged in transit every single week. The OPTN contractor is 15 times more likely to lose or damage an organ in transit than an airline is a suitcase.

Thanks Santi Ruiz for shining a light on how we can save lives by breaking up the national organ monopoly!

Thank you Senator Todd Young for all you're doing to save lives on the organ waiting list

I am excited to announce the launch of Renaissance Philanthropy, with a phenomenal team including Kumar Garg. Our goal is to help foundations and philanthropists promote a 21st century renaissance, fueled by advances in science, technology and innovation.

So grateful for all this team has done and for all that it will do! Kumar Garg Tom Kalil Jas Sidhu Ronit Kanwar Parth Ahya and team are tremendous forces for good in the world.

Sobering statistics on the failures of our country’s organ donation system cited in the Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing. You can watch it now here ➡️ energycommerce.house.gov/events/oversig…

Thanks Eric Boehm for showing a stark example of why monopolies are a terrible idea. Huge thanks to Senators Chuck Grassley Ron Wyden for working to break up the failing national organ monopoly

The government’s failure to adequately deliver public services has alienated a large segment of the voting public.

Trikafta was approved by the FDA 5 years ago today. Counting the trial, it’s been 6 and a half years for me. Here I am two months (Feb 2018) before starting the trial > the big approval day (October 2019) during my first semester of business school after being on the drug for a

Paperwork Reduction Act is example how govt process could turn well-intentioned legislation into net negative & became a test case to see whether reform in DC was possible at all. Good to see, after tireless effort by Jennifer Pahlka, OMB came out with fixes this week. There is hope.

INVESTIGATION INTO ORGAN HARVESTING PRACTICES TJ Hoover was declared brain dead. He almost had his organs removed... and then he woke up. His sister Donna Rhorer recounts the terrifying ordeal: "They had him shaved and prepped and draped and was, you know, going to start it.