Jackie Byrd
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Burn Fellow @uchicago | Health policy and services researcher | Passionate about the surgical safety net
Joined October 2010
Excited to see our Editor's Perspective in @prsjournal out now! "Conducting Health Policy Research" - written for those inspired to think about the impact of policy on health and outcomes (perhaps due to recent events). cc: @kecchung .
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Emergency healthcare costs for undocumented individuals are no where near “the primary driver” of American health care costs. If you would like to learn more, I recommend any intro textbook to healthcare economics, or consulting a health policy expert.
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RT @UTSW_Surgery: Yesterday, we were honored to hear from Dr. William Turner, who shared insights & stories about his journey from a Parkla….
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RT @JAMA_current: "Without research to point toward a healthier country, there will be poorer national health and less capacity to do what….
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“On ne demande pas à un matheureaux: de quel pays es-tu? Ou de quel réligion es-tu? On lui dit: tu souffres, cela suffit.”.– Louis Pasteur.
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Notably this is framed as a government savings of $4B+ and not as a funding redesign that increases the payline by renegotiating indirects (aka reinvesting that "saved" $4B in research proposals that there has not been enough funding for previously).
Last year, $9B of the $35B that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) granted for research was used for administrative overhead, what is known as “indirect costs.” Today, NIH lowered the maximum indirect cost rate research institutions can charge the government to 15%, above
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RT @WomenSurgeons: This #FoundatoinFriday, AWSF is pleased to launch "Expanding Our Horizons," a series dedicated to highlighting inspiring….
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RT @rbarbosa91: The Cordis infuses *much* faster than a triple lumen CVC for reasons that are predicted by the Poiseuille equation:. - it's….
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And now we have walked out of Parkland as surgery residents for the last time. Best of luck to the new interns!
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Then we were PGY-3s who had operated up a storm until the pandemic hit (2020)
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Thankful for all the patients who entrusted us with their care and all of our mentors who guided us along the way.
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For the first time, when asked “aren’t you done yet?” by one of my favorite nurses I’ve had an answer - “Friday.”.
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RT @CPark_MD: There are 11 surgeons in this picture.10 of them are women.10 of them are graduating chiefs .1 is photobombing . @ParklandTra….
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Thanks to Dr. Turner, the Parkland boots live on. @UTSWSurgeryLife @UTSW_Surgery #parklandproud #helipadpics #guessthechief
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We are thrilled to announce that Martha Teke will be joining our pediatric surgery family in 2025! Congratulations to Dr. Teke. @TekeMartha @UMichSurgery @SamirGadepalli @APSASurgeons
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That’s a wrap on TASC as a @UTSWSurgeryLife chief! (Except for my encore appearance with @GilbertZMurimwa on ACES this spring)
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