Alainna J. Jamal
@alainnajj.bsky.social
MD, PhD @uoft.bsky.social. Infectious Diseases (ID) Fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. ID epidemiology. Prevention & control of antimicrobial resistance. 🇨🇦 in 🇺🇸.
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🤩 WE ARE SUPER EXCITED to announce our 2025-2027 class of ID Fellows! 🥂
We are thrilled to have matched with such a talented group!
We are thrilled to have matched with such a talented group!
Very excited to start ID fellowship at @mgb-id-fellows.bsky.social! And yes I will be celebrating both Canadian and American thanksgiving next year! #idsky #saveantibiotics
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116. Barenaked Ladies, "Brian Wilson" #CanCon 🇨🇦 bsky.app/profile/heal...
Was just checking your list to see if you'd posted too early to choose the song most likely to fill #CanCon quotas today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch84...
Barenaked Ladies - Brian Wilson (Video)
YouTube video by Barenaked Ladies (official)
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June 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
116. Barenaked Ladies, "Brian Wilson" #CanCon 🇨🇦 bsky.app/profile/heal...
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On this day in 1989, 14 women were murdered at L'École Polytechnique—because they were women. We honour their memory by taking action: supporting survivors, strengthening laws, and investing in prevention programs in schools and communities. Learn more: gov.bc.ca/End-Gender-Based-Violence
December 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
On this day in 1989, 14 women were murdered at L'École Polytechnique—because they were women. We honour their memory by taking action: supporting survivors, strengthening laws, and investing in prevention programs in schools and communities. Learn more: gov.bc.ca/End-Gender-Based-Violence
So many ppl in Boston drink iced coffee in winter?? Y'all are polar bears
December 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
So many ppl in Boston drink iced coffee in winter?? Y'all are polar bears
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On this day in 1989, an armed gunman murdered 14 women at École Polytechnique de Montréal. Another ten women and four men were injured.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
December 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
On this day in 1989, an armed gunman murdered 14 women at École Polytechnique de Montréal. Another ten women and four men were injured.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
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Tomorrow on #December6, we remember the 14 women whose lives were taken simply because they were women.
Gender-based violence must be confronted in our communities. To end femicide, we must challenge misogyny and hate wherever we see it.
Learn more: www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
Gender-based violence must be confronted in our communities. To end femicide, we must challenge misogyny and hate wherever we see it.
Learn more: www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
December 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Tomorrow on #December6, we remember the 14 women whose lives were taken simply because they were women.
Gender-based violence must be confronted in our communities. To end femicide, we must challenge misogyny and hate wherever we see it.
Learn more: www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
Gender-based violence must be confronted in our communities. To end femicide, we must challenge misogyny and hate wherever we see it.
Learn more: www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
Honestly I don't believe in putting the napkin on my lap at restaurants at this point in my life because I'm that confident I won't have food landing on my lap. My hand eye is excellent
December 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Honestly I don't believe in putting the napkin on my lap at restaurants at this point in my life because I'm that confident I won't have food landing on my lap. My hand eye is excellent
At this point when I want a VZV PCR, to entertain myself when I talk to teams I ask for a "v zed v PCR, also known as a v zee v PCR as you say in America" and 80% of the time the person on the other end bursts out laughing
December 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
At this point when I want a VZV PCR, to entertain myself when I talk to teams I ask for a "v zed v PCR, also known as a v zee v PCR as you say in America" and 80% of the time the person on the other end bursts out laughing
One of the challenges of being a generic brunette of average height is that you're mistaken for someone else at work at least once per week - anything from pulm htn, to endo, to even surgery when I'm in scrubs on a weekend. It's a struggle!
December 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
One of the challenges of being a generic brunette of average height is that you're mistaken for someone else at work at least once per week - anything from pulm htn, to endo, to even surgery when I'm in scrubs on a weekend. It's a struggle!
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Out of the Blue
Monica Morrill
c. 2025
Monica Morrill
c. 2025
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Out of the Blue
Monica Morrill
c. 2025
Monica Morrill
c. 2025
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New Research
Accounting for non-adherence to assigned antibiotic treatment duration for bloodstream infection (BALANCE): a post-hoc analysis of a randomised clinical trial
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Accounting for non-adherence to assigned antibiotic treatment duration for bloodstream infection (BALANCE): a post-hoc analysis of a randomised clinical trial
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Accounting for non-adherence to assigned antibiotic treatment duration for bloodstream infection (BALANCE): a post-hoc analysis of a randomised clinical trial
Non-adherence in BALANCE was significantly associated with a range of important prognostic
factors, which might have introduced bias. Causal inference methods addressing this
bias showed a consistent ...
www.thelancet.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
New Research
Accounting for non-adherence to assigned antibiotic treatment duration for bloodstream infection (BALANCE): a post-hoc analysis of a randomised clinical trial
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Accounting for non-adherence to assigned antibiotic treatment duration for bloodstream infection (BALANCE): a post-hoc analysis of a randomised clinical trial
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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On World AIDS Day, we join together in solidarity against HIV stigma and to remember those we’ve lost to HIV/AIDS.
While new funding cuts jeopardize years of progress in HIV/AIDS research, we remain committed to providing life-saving resources and care to our Boston community.
While new funding cuts jeopardize years of progress in HIV/AIDS research, we remain committed to providing life-saving resources and care to our Boston community.
LET'S TALK HIV BOSTON
LetsTalkHIVBoston.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
On World AIDS Day, we join together in solidarity against HIV stigma and to remember those we’ve lost to HIV/AIDS.
While new funding cuts jeopardize years of progress in HIV/AIDS research, we remain committed to providing life-saving resources and care to our Boston community.
While new funding cuts jeopardize years of progress in HIV/AIDS research, we remain committed to providing life-saving resources and care to our Boston community.
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This World AIDS Day, the HIV response is at a crossroads.
As HIV rates are increasing & funding is decreasing, we have the tools to end the epidemic, but must stand together & demand renewed action to fund & implement them.
Learn more on how we can: bccfe.ca/hiv-treatmen....
As HIV rates are increasing & funding is decreasing, we have the tools to end the epidemic, but must stand together & demand renewed action to fund & implement them.
Learn more on how we can: bccfe.ca/hiv-treatmen....
December 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This World AIDS Day, the HIV response is at a crossroads.
As HIV rates are increasing & funding is decreasing, we have the tools to end the epidemic, but must stand together & demand renewed action to fund & implement them.
Learn more on how we can: bccfe.ca/hiv-treatmen....
As HIV rates are increasing & funding is decreasing, we have the tools to end the epidemic, but must stand together & demand renewed action to fund & implement them.
Learn more on how we can: bccfe.ca/hiv-treatmen....
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Today we officially rebrand as the site of the unified Mass General Brigham Division of Infectious Diseases!
We congratulate Ruanne Barnabas, MBChB, MSc, DPhil, FIDSA on being named Division Chief and we thank BWH ID Division Dan Kuritzkes, MD for his exemplary leadership these past 13 years.
We congratulate Ruanne Barnabas, MBChB, MSc, DPhil, FIDSA on being named Division Chief and we thank BWH ID Division Dan Kuritzkes, MD for his exemplary leadership these past 13 years.
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Today we officially rebrand as the site of the unified Mass General Brigham Division of Infectious Diseases!
We congratulate Ruanne Barnabas, MBChB, MSc, DPhil, FIDSA on being named Division Chief and we thank BWH ID Division Dan Kuritzkes, MD for his exemplary leadership these past 13 years.
We congratulate Ruanne Barnabas, MBChB, MSc, DPhil, FIDSA on being named Division Chief and we thank BWH ID Division Dan Kuritzkes, MD for his exemplary leadership these past 13 years.
Overall an outstanding first American Thanksgiving weekend for me. I can't wait to do it again next year
November 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Overall an outstanding first American Thanksgiving weekend for me. I can't wait to do it again next year
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Antimicrobial drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) infections in men using doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis. A substudy of the ANRS 174 DOXYVAC trial.
https://bit.ly/488AFNv
https://bit.ly/488AFNv
Antimicrobial drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) infections in men using doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis. A substudy of the ANRS 174 DOXYVAC trial
Post-exposure doxycycline-based prophylaxis was associated with a significant increase in the frequency of N. gonorrhoeae isolates with high-level resistan
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November 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Antimicrobial drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) infections in men using doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis. A substudy of the ANRS 174 DOXYVAC trial.
https://bit.ly/488AFNv
https://bit.ly/488AFNv
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Goo Goo Dolls Tiny Desk performance of Iris i’m not crying youre crying
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Goo Goo Dolls Tiny Desk performance of Iris i’m not crying youre crying
Having access to any one of my Spotify playlists is the final tier of friendships in my mind
November 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Having access to any one of my Spotify playlists is the final tier of friendships in my mind
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NPR just posted the Goo Goo Dolls Tiny Desk concert that you didn't know you needed in 2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0X1...
Goo Goo Dolls: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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November 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
NPR just posted the Goo Goo Dolls Tiny Desk concert that you didn't know you needed in 2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0X1...
I offered to take a photo of a group of random Gen Z-ers at the Boston Public Gardens when I saw them struggling w their selfie and when I said "don't worry I'm good at this, you'll like the photo I take" one said "she's not humble" like 💀 I got roasted
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I offered to take a photo of a group of random Gen Z-ers at the Boston Public Gardens when I saw them struggling w their selfie and when I said "don't worry I'm good at this, you'll like the photo I take" one said "she's not humble" like 💀 I got roasted
Walking into a Macy's takes me back to the 1990s Hudson's Bay Company on Queen West in Toronto which unfortunately bankrupted 💔 so much nostalgia
November 29, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Walking into a Macy's takes me back to the 1990s Hudson's Bay Company on Queen West in Toronto which unfortunately bankrupted 💔 so much nostalgia
Overwhelmed by the sales for Black Friday this is next level
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Overwhelmed by the sales for Black Friday this is next level
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Côte des Neiges Road, Montreal
Kathleen Moir Morris
c. 1930
Kathleen Moir Morris
c. 1930
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Côte des Neiges Road, Montreal
Kathleen Moir Morris
c. 1930
Kathleen Moir Morris
c. 1930
So rough to be 1 hour into a "quick and easy 20 minute recipe" you found online, and have a sneaking suspicion that far in that things are not going to turn out well
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
So rough to be 1 hour into a "quick and easy 20 minute recipe" you found online, and have a sneaking suspicion that far in that things are not going to turn out well