Joseph Kass
@JosephKass4
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Professor of Neurology; Associate Dean of Student Affairs; Director, Alzheimer’s Disease & Memory Disorders Center; Baylor College of Medicine
Joined August 2019
I just took action to save my local public media stations!. Public media is a lifeline for emergency alerts, educational content, and trusted news. If you value it, now’s the time to fight for its future. Email your lawmakers now: #ProtectMyPublicMedia.
protectmypublicmedia.org
Congress has rescinded $1.1 billion in previously approved federal funding, but the fight to protect public media isn’t over.
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Contemplating College: Perspectives from a High School Senior. I think applicants to medical school may have similar thoughts. via @AddThis.
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It is 1:18 in the morning. I am kept awake by the sense of urgency to right my past wrongs. I know I did not write enough articles as a student School Buzz reporter this year. I know that my lack of...
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Meet the Texas teens taking on the state’s “tampon tax” including my daughter Zoe. Gen Z is making a difference in this world in so many ways. via @TexasTribune.
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A group of young women have teamed up with a prestigious Houston law firm to get the state to stop charging sales tax on menstrual products, arguing they qualify as “wound care dressings.”
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RT @RachelSalasMD: Thanks to #DrAndreaLeep #DrSharonLewis & @JosephKass4 for their fabulous presentations at the CDPD session 🎉 #AANAM @AAN….
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RT @BorreroClari: Attending the Clerkship + PD Conference of #AANAM. Learning about #VisualThinkingStrategies + #HealthDisparities teaching….
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Happy Diwali! Regardless of religious background, we all benefit from Diwali’s optimistic message of enlightenment’s triumph over the darkness of ignorance, hate, and despair - a message of enduring hope in this havoc-filled year.
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RT @AmeliaKhoei: This morning has been AMAZING!! Been listening in to MS1 SDoH Orientation with speakers on various strategies of advocacy….
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To Fight the Coronavirus, You Need an Army via @NewYorker.
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In responding to COVID-19, doctors in Houston are discovering that their most precious resource is people.
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Department of counterterrorism : Change KKK status into Terrorist Organization via @Change.
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Change KKK status into Terrorist Organization
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So proud of @bcmhouston students, residents, faculty, and staff for standing together as #WhiteCoatsForBlackLives. Racism drives health disparities. #MedEd must be #antiracist.
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RT @drmlb: The work of the @TXMedCenter to follow #COVID19 infections and resource utilization in #Houston is absolutely incredible. These….
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Congratulations to the @bcmhouston BCM Class of 2020 who are now @BCM_Alumni. Last night I had the honor of leading these inspiring, positive, and resilient newly minted physicians in reciting the Physician’s Pledge during “virtual” graduation.
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RT @BCMFromtheLabs: Developing a #vaccine requires understanding how the immune system naturally responds to an infection and how vaccines….
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and colleagues identify critical points to pay close attention to when designing and developing COVID-19 vaccines.
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How the humanities can connect us during a pandemic via @bcmhouston.
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Professor Childress explains how creative expressions may help us cope during COVID-19 and remind us of what makes life worth living.
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The Spanish Influenza Pandemic Left a Scant Record in Art History –
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The 1918–19 pandemic killed Egon Schiele and Guillaume Apollinaire, and struck Georgia O’Keeffe, but artists largely eschewed addressing it.
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I just signed a @theactionnet petition: End Tampon Tax Texas #FreeThePeriod. Sign here:
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PERIOD is the largest youth-run NGO in women’s health in the world. We provide and celebrate menstrual hygiene through service, education, and policy — through the global distribution of period...
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@PrometricGlobal please explain how students are to take their @TheUSMLE exams at your Harwin location in Houston, Texas given this eviction notice on the door.
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I call this Zoom fatigue “feeling ZAAD.” ZAAD-‘Zoom Associated Affective Disorder.’ A new way of feeling for a new world affecting students of all types including @MedicalEduc.
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Video calls seemed an elegant solution to remote work, but they wear on the psyche in complicated ways.
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Happy Virtual #MatchDay2020 to all my fantastic fourth years @bcmhouston at Baylor College Of Medicine. As your student affairs dean, I couldn’t be prouder! You are ready to help make the world a better place.
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