Steve Joffe
Research ethics, pediatric ethics, cancer ethics, genomethics, science policy @ UPenn. Proud, grateful immigrant. Speak only for myself. R/Ts≠likes. He/him/his.
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WSJ News Exclusive | Facebook Seeks Shutdown of NYU Research Project Into Political Ad Targeting
Facebook is demanding that a New York University research project cease collecting data about its political-ad targeting practices, setting up a fight with academics seeking to study the platform without the company’s permission.
Covid-19 Live Updates: U.S. Nears Record, With More Than 75,000 Virus Cases
The tally is the second-highest daily total since the pandemic began, as eight states set single-day case records.
Drug used in organ transplants can reduce deaths from severe COVID-19, research suggests
In the worldwide race to find effective treatments for COVID-19, cyclosporine has been largely overlooked. Clinical trials are underway at Penn.
Steve Joffe
If this year has taught us anything it has taught us that we need randomized controlled trials (also, the causal claim in this headline is misleading).
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Science journal editors shouldn't contribute to politicizing science - STAT
By advocating against or endorsing presidential candidates, science journal editors make themselves vulnerable to charges of bias.
Steve Joffe
An argument from @ProfGenKanter that, even in the current extremis, scientific and medical journal editors should not endorse candidates in political races.
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Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management and Black Studies
The Department of Health Policy and Management and the Black Studies Program at Providence College invites applications for a full-time joint tenure-track assistant professor position beginning August 2021.
The successful candidate must show...
Albert R. Jonsen, PhD | UW Department of Bioethics & Humanities
Steve Joffe
2020 has been a catastrophic year in so many ways.
Among them, the passing of so many founding mothers and fathers of bioethics.
Chuck Bosk
Renee Fox
David Rothman
Dan Brock
And now, Al Jonsen.
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The duty to mentor, be visible and represent
Kizzmekia ‘Kizzy’ Corbett, a viral immunologist and research fellow, is the team lead for coronavirus research within the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory of the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part...
The FDA's Role In A COVID-19 Vaccine : 1A
"There's a distinction between the public perception that politicians are trying to influence the agency and what's actually going on in the FDA's day-to-day regulatory work," says former FDA commissioner Dr. Mark McClellan.Want to support 1A? Give...
As COVID-19 cases rise, now is not the time for City Council to drop the ball on eviction protections | Editorial
How did an eviction moratorium that got unanimous support when case numbers were lower fail to get out of committee now that coronavirus cases have tripled?
EMA endorses use of dexamethasone in COVID-19 patients on oxygen or mechanical ventilation - European Medicines Agency
EMA endorses use of dexamethasone in COVID-19 patients on oxygen or mechanical ventilation
Learning about End-of-Life Care from Grandpa | NEJM
Perspective from The New England Journal of Medicine — Learning about End-of-Life Care from Grandpa
As Suicide Rates Climb, Crisis Centers Expand
Arizona police are guaranteed a drop-off time of no more than 10 minutes.
Moderna just finished recruiting 30,000 people for its coronavirus vaccine trial. One graph reveals how the biotech slowed down its research to recruit more minorities.
Minorities make up 37% of the study, but that percentage was on track to be much lower until the company slowed enrollment and closed trial sites.
Penn Medical Ethics and Health Policy | Educational and Pedagogical Resources
Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity in Pedagogy
Resources through University Centers for Teaching and Learning: Thanks to our department's Adam Zolkover, MA, for curating these resources for creating antiracist, inclusive classroom environments....
Steve Joffe
We @PennMEHP have posted a collection of educational resources to support diverse, inclusive, and anti-racist pedagogy. 🙏 to online ed team member @folklore_adam for leading our efforts.
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An angry Azar floats plans to oust FDA’s Hahn
Fights over vaccine standards have created an unbridgeable divide within HHS, officials said, but White House is unlikely to approve any changes until after the election.
America and the Virus: ‘A Colossal Failure of Leadership’
In its destruction of American lives, treasure and well-being, this pandemic marks the greatest failure of U.S. governance since Vietnam.
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Steve Joffe
.@NickKristof's analogy to Mbeki's leadership in South Africa during the AIDS epidemic is perfect. nytimes.com/2020/10/22/opi… pic.twitter.com/VovZmi7Baw
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As Covid-19 intensifies, shortages of staple drugs may grow worse
A new report finds there may be sustained shortages of medicines needed to combat Covid-19 and other conditions.
No One Is Prepared for Hagfish Slime
It expands by 10,000 times in a fraction of a second, it’s 100,000 times softer than Jell-O, and it fends off sharks and Priuses alike.