@echiaomd

HIV and Oncology physician, Opinions are my own

 Greater Heights, Houston
Joined February 2016
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Lilie Lin@LilieLinMD1 Jul 2023
Thanks to Dr Susan Msadabwe and her team for hosting us this week at CDH! So many great discussions about how we can deepen our ongoing collaborations and continue to build cancer capacity in Zambia. #endcancer @echiaomd @MDAndersonNews @ACKoongMDPhD @S_K_Peterson @ajhingran
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in a city that is just one flood away from catastrophe, this stunt by the republicans on commissioners court is unconscionable. the choice is clear: vote @LinaHidalgoTX, @LesleyBrionesTX, + @AdrianGarciaHTX
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@HoustonChron31 Oct 2022
Harris County will eliminate 500+ vacant jobs, delay some flood control projects and cancel raises and cost of living adjustments for county law enforcement following the default to a lower tax rate forced by the GOP boycott. houstonchronicle.com/politic…

Harris County to cancel raises for law enforcement after GOP commissioners skip budget meetings

Harris County will eliminate more than 500 vacant jobs, delay some flood control...

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Really excited to read this new book from my old friend @riconuila, a doctor who wrote about the publicly funded hospital in Houston where he’s worked for a decade & how it can be a model in a state and country where tens of millions are locked out of health care.
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#grateful to talk with @caramurez in USNews& World Report tinyurl.com/pbczdxj2 about 🔥🔥article showing ⬇️⬇️ #HPV 16&18 in those vaccinating. Also ⬇️in those unvaxed! ➡️herd immunity!! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam… Thank you Zahed Shahmoradi @keithsigelmd @echiaomd @DeshSKalyani – at Seattle, WA

Vaccines Have Slashed Rates of HPV Infection in Young American Women

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Wonderful convo with the great Kathryn Stockton On her new book mitpress.mit.edu/books/gende… ⁦brings back great memories Utah genderblender discussions with her and ⁦@shelleywhitemsw⁩ via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2022/08/05/opini…

Gender(s)

In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Kathryn Bond Stockton explores the fascinating, fraught, intimate, morphing matter of gender. Sto...

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Our cancer clinical trial finder for PLWH is up and running! Please share with patients, providers, advocates, and anyone else you feel may find this tool helpful! #CancerFreeHIV #Cancer #HIV #AIDS #KnowledgeIsPower #SpeakOutHIV #stigma #clinicaltrials cancerfreehiv.org/clinical-t…
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Grateful for #mentors at MDACC where the many of the solutions are already in place! nytimes.com/interactive/2021…

Opinion | This Is How Everyday Sexism Could Stop You From Getting That Promotion (Published 2021)

Even a tiny bit of gender bias can change the trajectory of a career.

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This post is a great example of how investing in #CancerResearch can help us tackle major #GlobalHealth threats, like #HIV/#AIDS, that go beyond cancer itself. And another reason why the #NationalCancerAct of 1971 was so important. #NothingWillStopUs cancer.gov/about-nci/organiz…
Three men hold a sign that reads, "A.I.D.S.: We Need Research. Not Hysteria!" In the background, there are various men milling about. There is a label added to the photo that says, "50 National Cancer Act 1971-2021." (National Cancer Institute).

ALT Three men hold a sign that reads, "A.I.D.S.: We Need Research. Not Hysteria!" In the background, there are various men milling about. There is a label added to the photo that says, "50 National Cancer Act 1971-2021." (National Cancer Institute).

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"PTSD, long Covid and a paltry pay offer: three nurses on how the pandemic changed them" Read this solid report @guardian & imagine it multiplied thousands of times all across the U.S. That is the crisis that nursing is facing. #NoCareWithoutNurses theguardian.com/society/2021…

PTSD, long Covid and a paltry pay offer: three nurses on how the pandemic changed them

The past 18 months have been intense and traumatic for everyone – and no profession has been affected more than nursing. Here is the inside story of a dreadful, dramatic time

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Hello to all the people who used to be bold, yet academia made you afraid. May you find your voice again one day.
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The theme of #ASCO21 is Equity. Every Patient. Every Day. Everywhere. Seems like a call to arms for #HIVonc. ✅Make people living with #HIV eligible for clinical trials ✅Refer them for clinical trials ✅Do not provide less aggressive or substandard therapy for their cancer
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Urgent need for strategies to reduce incidence and improve outcome of ##HCC in Sub-Saharan #Africa. ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/GO.…. Great teamwork @sloan_kettering @GABOUALFA honored to lead with great colleagues @VKedar @VikashSewram @ntokozo_nndlovu @kimmburu Ashraf Omar @echiaomd

Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Sub-Saharan Africa | JCO Global Oncology

More than 80% of global hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients are estimated to occur in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Eastern Asia. The most common risk factor of HCC in SSA is chronic hepatitis B...

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Why is it so important to sequence the virus that induced "breakthrough" infections post-vaccination? 20 cases sequenced. 20 variants of concern identified. medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/… by @AbbyeNormalMD @pavitrarc @UWMedicine @fredhutch @UWVirology and colleagues
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Zero covid strategy vs “flattening the curve”
Yaneer Bar-Yam
@yaneerbaryam2 Apr 2021
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Table 1 comparing deaths across major regions of the world.
Read and feel all of the things. mcsweeneys.net/articles/reas…

Reasons You Were Not Promoted That Are Totally Unrelated to Gender

March 24 2021 1/20/23

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