John Shepherd
@JohnShepherdPhD
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University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Chief Science Officer, Professor (Epidemiology), Fulbright Scholar, Director - UHCC AI Precision Health
Honolulu, HI
Joined May 2012
"To the scientists wondering if there will even be an NIH by the end of this administration: this committee’s resounding message is yes” Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.). Glad congress recommends replacing suggested 40% cuts with $400M increase for NIH.
statnews.com
Senators from both parties endorsed a $400 million increase to the budget of the National Institutes of Health on Thursday
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I like the term they used for neuroinflammation, the Flame of the Brain, but not as good as Piglet telling Pooh that the stuffing between his ears is getting too hot from thinking!
Inflammation in the brain can be beneficial or pathogenic. It varies across neurological diseases. And many new ways are emerging to modulate it An outstanding new review @ScienceMagazine
https://t.co/R6AEcg80xj
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If NIH payline is 10% that doesn’t mean you have a 1 in 10 chance. It means if your grant isn’t better than 90% of others, it gets nothing. Write an average grant? You get nothing. Write 1000 average grants? You still get nothing. It’s not roulette. It’s a ranking.
The NIH has decided that scientists can only submit 6 grants a year. OK. But you need a score that’s < 10% at least to get funded. Meaning, at best, 1 out of 10 grants you submit will have a chance (YMMV of course). 🫠
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The NIH has decided that scientists can only submit 6 grants a year. OK. But you need a score that’s < 10% at least to get funded. Meaning, at best, 1 out of 10 grants you submit will have a chance (YMMV of course). 🫠
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Excellent article by Margaretta Colangelo and Lambert Leong on the ever increasing number of AI-enabled medical devices, 1247 and counting. https://t.co/sTBcBEO3td
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Since 1995, the FDA has authorized over a thousand AI-enabled medical devices via 510(k) clearance, granted De Novo request, or approved PMA. Most devices use the 510(k) pathway indicating that these...
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It not a statement of modern healthcare systems in general, but that of the US healthcare system. Performance metrics for Canada are either the same or better than the US and they spend abut 29% of what the US spends on administration. ( NEJM 2003 349(8): 768-775)
One of the many problems of the modern health care system. What are some of the others?
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Shepherd Research Lab in Uganda. Leila Kazemi, our Program Manager, visited the Baylor Uganda site for the IMPAACT network to cross-calibrate their DXA system. Good work!
@bayloruganda is privileged to host Leila Kazemi, Clinical Research Manager and certified senior CRC Manager from @UHCancerCenter . She oversaw the calibration of the Dexa machine in the #IMPAACT2009 study to measure bone density. #ClinicalResearch #HealthcareInnovation
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I spent the weekend playing with ChatGPT, MidJourney, and other AI tools… and by combining all of them, published a children’s book co-written and illustrated by AI! Here’s how! 🧵
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My first day serving as a director @UHCancerCenter. View from my office. Feeling the responsibility.
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Our next speaker in the Artificial Intelligence Precision Health Institute )AI PHI) Affinity Group will be on Dec 2 and is Adam Yala, Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley. Register below!
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A clip from Don’t Look Up, and then a real TV interview that just happened
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I’m getting angrier at every new piece of info. Had @CBP Border patrol agents not been there, how much longer would it have taken?
Student calls to 911: 12:03—whispered she's in room 112 12:10—said multiple dead 12:13—called again 12:16—says 8-9 students alive 12:19—student calls from room 111 12:21—3 shots heard on call 12:36—another call 12:43—asks for police 12:47—asks for police https://t.co/CzkuF1llq1
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Giving our participants a 3D action figure of themselves was a big success in our Shape Up! Kids Recruitment. See this Instagram post by @
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This is so powerful
I’ve always respected @Trevornoah so much but this closing speech from the White House correspondents’ dinner is particularly spectacular. https://t.co/k8GmBOAoYB
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Should be good! Join in! Monday, March 28, 1:30pm ET, webinar on PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTIONS spanning from clinical application to policy, part of the @theNCI-sponsored series on obesity and cancer. Register: https://t.co/nu1EDnjnnx
@NCICancerCtrl @NCIprevention
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We are continually looking for a means to screen women for breast cancer in the Pacific when advanced cancer rates are from 50 to 80%. This device, the iBreast, wasn't up for the job. Onto the next candidate technology!
aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Background Late-stage breast cancer rates in the Pacific where mammography services are limited are exceedingly high: Marshall Islands (61%), Palau (94%), and Samoa (79%). Due to the limited medica...
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3D optical measures for Body Composition are coming of age! Check out the recent work of our group! @Styku3D #bodycomposition #bodyshape
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