Everyone keeps talking about covid becoming endemic, but as I listen to the conversation, it’s becoming more & more clear to me that very few of you know what “endemic” means. So here’s a thread on how pandemics end.

Honoured to be the new Scientific Director of COVIDScienceOntario. Harnessing science to inform our response to the pandemic has been a great privilege. Thank you to all the scientists on the Table who I have learned so much from, and the hundreds of hours they have volunteered. 1/2

"Sooner or later, you realize everything comes down to mindset." Read about the Mindset Gap in the FS Newsletter fs.blog/brain-food/may…

Congratulations to #UofTNursing Doctor of Nursing student Nikki NP on earning the badge of #NursingHero from Hospital News. Nikki's nominators describe her as an "innovator, clinical leader and a passionate advocate of COVID+ patients." ➡️ buff.ly/3sfdf40

An incredible honour & privilege to work with giants in medicine. Today we bid farewell to a legend in the field of Vasculitis Dr. Simon Carette. A brilliant clinician, great leader and incredible human being. He has touched many lives over his 40 years of exceptional service.

6) Steve Mooney's summary of what it means to be a critical thinker is fantastic: "We never have the data we wish we had - how can we tell if [the answers we come up with] are a little wrong or very wrong?"

Check out this #ICESWestern study by Maria Cusimano and team that found Ontario female #physicians may be at slightly higher risk of severe maternal morbidity, likely mediated by a tendency to delay childbearing. bit.ly/3ysr9Dn ICES @AndreaSimpsonMD 1/

“When the resident reports seeing RBC casts in the urine, it’s pathognomonic for no RBC casts in the urine.” - Dr. Bob Richardson, a nephrologist, to me, a resident, circa 1997

Dr. David Rush has been appointed to the #OrderOfCanada in recognition of his clinical practice & pioneering work in the field of kidney transplantation that has benefitted patients here HSC Winnipeg & around the world. Congratulations!

Meet Dr. Markus Selzner. He is the Abdominal Transplant Surgeon Scientist Surgical Director for the Liver Transplant Program at the Ajmera Transplant Centre. #HearttheTeam #ThankfulThursday #GiveLifeUHN

Randomized trials of the #BNT162b2 vaccine in children predated Omicron. Using observational data, we estimated the short-term vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic #COVID19 in the Omicron era: 69% for 5-6 yrs of age 49% for 7-9 yrs 36% for 10-11 yrs x.com/NEJM/status/15…

People feel a greater sense of belonging when their colleagues check in with them regularly. hbr.org/2019/02/the-su…

Investing time into learning #rstats at the early stages of PhD x.com/AmazingPhysic/…

New publication alert! Olivia Ostrow, our associate director for The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Choosing Wisely Canada superstar, helped reduce UTI misdiagnoses and antibiotic usage using a diagnostic algorithm and a callback system. Take a look! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35773521/

10 mind-blowing AI websites you probably didn't know existed:

Check out our new review article on prevention and treatment of AMR in kidney transplant recipients @MGHKidneys Mass General Transplant 👉 tinyurl.com/yermhrzh CC: Sonia Rodríguez-Ramírez Leonardo V. Riella Ana Konvalinka

Many students starting out for the first time ask "Which stats software should I use? R or Stata?" The debates have gotten stale so I hired the couple on TikTok again to come in and give their two cents.

.University Health Network is an unbelievably stimulating and interesting environment and we are looking for a visionary and driven leader as Director of Quality, Safety & Clinical Adoption. Join a dedicated and frankly amazing team to make a huge difference in our patients' lives and journeys!!!

1/ Six years ago we emulated a #TargetTrial of screening colonoscopy for colorectal #cancer using observational #Medicare data: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27669524/ Today we publish preliminary findings from a truly randomized trial: nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… Their main results side by side👇

Cannabis users have less access to kidney transplantation and an increased risk of acute rejection, possibly leading to more graft loss 👇🏻 Clinical Transplantation Joseph Kim istvan mucsi Ajmera Transplant Centre UHN