Chana Sacks
@ChanaSacks
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Doctor and gen med researcher @MGHMedicine. EIC @NEJMEvidence. Co-director @MGH_GVPC #EndGunViolence
Boston, MA
Joined February 2015
🚨My book of One-Pagers is published🚨 This book ( https://t.co/YVMgMJMHRC) is a culmination of years of work and inspired by the one pagers Dr. Ophyr Mourad shared with me when i was a first year resident @uoftmedicine. here is a sneak peak of my favourite pages (nerd alert!).
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Want a quick crash course on composite outcomes? Check out this outstanding 5 min video led by @NEJM & @NEJMEvidence fellow Dr @sarah_gorey
https://t.co/ZfNQwWNkQM
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Congrats to @ChanaSacks from @MGHMedicine @MGH_GVPC for receiving the Martin Prize for the paper, Firearm injuries in children and adolescents: health and economic consequences among survivors and family members. Read more: https://t.co/JJrlkM48u3
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NEJM Evidence’s new Editor-in-Chief @ChanaSacks discusses the journal’s first 2 years and where it’s headed in year 3 and beyond: https://t.co/XK9Tf4sjon
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🎃When in October should you carve a pumpkin?🎃 Tune in to this month's STATS STAT @NEJMEvidence to find out... and also learn a bit about survival analysis and censoring 🤓🎃. Led by @ChanaSacks & @CoreyHardin2 @NEJM
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Deputy Editor @coreyhardin bet Executive Editor @chanasacks that the @nejmevidence team could explain Bayesian analysis in a four-minute animated video. It took them six minutes. How did they do? https://t.co/VuqOolD8rX
#MedTwitter #MedStats #MedEd
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‘Peace for Process’ projects celebrated by @EmersonCollege @EngageLab and community partners @Uncornered_BOS @MACoPGV and more https://t.co/ORvfkLRzGP
today.emerson.edu
The projects included a short documentary, an interactive theatre performance, and more.
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What is a P value? How about a 95% CI? how about Bayesian statistics? Tune into this 🔥🔥🔥 6 min "stats stat" video from @NEJMEvidence @NEJM
https://t.co/aoHFLiM0wo
@mikecolacci @Yarnell_CJ @roundstable
evidence.nejm.org
This animated video explores two possible approaches to analyzing data in a randomized controlled trial: “Frequentist” versus “Bayesian.”
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In this editorial, Drs. @CrystalNorthMD and Ruanne V. Barnabas discuss the trial by Geng et al. evaluating adaptive interventions for HIV treatment and retention among adults initiating antiretroviral therapy in Kenya. https://t.co/TsdxcGo4S6
#IDTwitter #MedStats
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“In this multicenter study of 22,858 hospital admissions of patients in greater Toronto …ODS occurred in less than 5 in 10,000 who had initial serum sodium levels less than 130 mmol/l and in 3 of 1000 who had an initial serum sodium level of less than 120 mmol/l.” #IMTwitter
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@eemoin What -is- best evidence? even “gold standard” RCTs often old, incomplete, inconclusive, rife w lack of representation. SO to @NEJMEvidence for tackling these ?s. And SO to the collective wisdom of lived experience of the many when the science not inclusive/conclusive.
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The fact that crossword puzzles had a positive cognitive effect was no surprise to Patrick Merrell. He knows crosswords well, having written 2,000 of them over the past 22 years. He shares his insights in this editorial. https://t.co/5GFdcvJfgb
#Dementia #Alzheimers
In this #RCT, Devanand et al. compared training with online games vs crossword puzzles in adults with mild cognitive impairment. Over 78 wks, online crossword puzzle training was associated with improved cognition compared to cognitive games. https://t.co/liGHVOKEaD
#Dementia
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Stats, STAT! Threats to Blinding. https://t.co/hdt1blL8Nh
#MedStats #MedTwitter #StatsSTAT @oliviamtdavies @ChanaSacks @CoreyHardin2 @MGHMedicine
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Officially allowed to share my essay in the @NEJMEvidence now. My pre-med daughter is more impressed by this than anything I’ve written. #ovariancancer @cancerGRACE @AdvocateCollab #gyncsm @KDRichardson924 @womenofteal @jillfeldman4
evidence.nejm.org
Ms. Christine Cissy White received a diagnosis of high-grade serous ovarian cancer in August 2019 at 52 years of age. Her experiences as a clinical trial participant and the uncertainties of living...
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Narratives of gun violence continue to harm people. The way to change the narrative is to listen. I wrote this piece describing the work we're doing to listen better. @peter_masiakos @EngageLab @ChanaSacks
https://t.co/emqgUN8mrM
commonwealthbeacon.org
OUTSIDE OF TRAUMA ROOMS in hospitals around the country, there is a place that those in the medical field call the “quiet room.” According to Dr. Cornelia
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In @NEJMEvidence article, "Health and Clinical Impacts of Air Pollution and Linkages with #ClimateChange", Keswani, Akselrod, and Anenberg outline broad health harms of air pollution. 4/7 https://t.co/e1wvouwJPU
evidence.nejm.org
Inaugurating our NEJM Evidence series on climate change, Keswani and colleagues review the linkages between climate change and air pollution and suggest strategies that clinicians may use to mitiga...
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Amazing and visionary call to action by @ChanaSacks regarding what we can do to decease gun violence as clinicians at #WIMConference2022 @MGH_GVPC #MarchForOurLives @MGHMedicine @mghmedres
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Proud to #MarchForOurLives alongside all these #doctorsforgunsafety and #WomenInMedicine @wim_2017 #EndGunViolence @MGH_GVPC
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