Are mobile health tools a panacea for global health challenges? Associate Professor Valencia Koomson is partnering with colleagues from University of Ghana on a study to use cell phones to fill gaps in hypertension management. Learn more: bit.ly/3kkyQE7

“In your life’s blueprint must be a commitment to the eternal principles of beauty, love, and justice.” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. #MLKDay #MLKDay2022 #MLKJr

Enjoyed tonight’s @BlkInEngineering panel discussion with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) alum Dr. Chris Jones, the Democratic nominee for Governor of Arkansas. #WeARone #MIT

Wonderful to see our Tufts University School of Engineering research featured in this NPR article #Health #healthequity When it comes to darker skin, pulse oximeters fall short npr.org/sections/healt…

“I feel like this is my opportunity to engage in activism,” said Associate Professor Valencia Koomson. Koomson and colleagues are working in the lab to address the shortcomings of pulse oximeters and engaging with senators and others to push for action. bit.ly/3AyQ5Kp

Grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this article. We need action from the U.S. FDA . #healthequity #Tufts ‘A poster child’ for diversity in science: Black engineers work to fix long-ignored bias in... statnews.com/2022/08/19/div… via STAT

Racial bias in temporal (forehead) thermometers🌡 Out JAMA JAMA Network ja.ma/3cLF53j 23% relative reduction in fevers detected in Black patients w/ temporal compared to oral thermometers Another medical device that could be failing our patients (1)

Black Americans were given increased radiation doses compared to other populations. My new co-authored paper with David Jones in NEJM. Thread. Harvard Health Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health UBC's School of Population and Public Health Harvard, Department of the History of Science nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

This week on AmericasBlackForum we discuss a study that shows Black patients are more likely to have low oxygen levels that are missed by pulse oximeters = 1 in 10 inaccurate readings with Valencia Koomson. Watch on Bounce Saturday at 6AM ET #abf #americasblackforum #explorepage

Pulse Oximeters fb.watch/gshh-qDgpY/ via facebookwatch

2 yrs ago, I posted a TikTok video about Pulse Oximeters. For decades, they haven't worked as well on darker skin tones. My video received over 200K views and started my "Racial Bias in Medicine" series. Today a FDA advisory committee is finally convening to address the problem!

nytimes.com/2022/11/02/hea…

Grateful for an opportunity to join Soledad O'Brien on Matter of Fact Fact today to bring visibility to an important public health concern related to inaccuracies in pulse oximeter devices. You can watch this show today in Boston on Channel 5 at 11:30am. #healthequity #Tufts

Thank you Soledad O'Brien for highlighting this important public health issue. Tufts University School of Engineering Tufts University FDA TAKES UP REVIEW OF PULSE OXIMETER REGULATIONS IN LIGHT OF RACIAL BIAS - Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien bit.ly/3VU09FL

There’s been an increase of Group A Strep in the UK. What does scarlet fever look like on darker skin tones?

Check out this article: cnn.com/2022/12/07/hea…

Apple Sued Over 'Racial Bias' Of Apple Watch via @forbes forbes.com/sites/emmawool…

**New Kidney Transplant Policy Alert** As of January 5, 2023 all US kidney transplant centers are REQUIRED to review which Black patients have had a race-based #eGFR equation used for #kidney waitlisting. If used, their waitlist times will be modified. bit.ly/3iS6DHn

A team of data analysts has found the presence of Black primary care docs in a county, even a single one, means Black residents in that county live longer. Even veteran researchers call the finding stunning statnews.com/2023/04/14/bla…

Roots Community Health Center is suing leading manufacturers of pulse oximeters after numerous studies revealed that they are less reliable for darker skin tones, possibly leading to suffering and loss of life Black people during COVID. Read more here: ow.ly/P2Qz50Q7cOo