Alison Allan
@dralisonallan.bsky.social
Cancer Metastasis Researcher | Associate Vice-President (Research), Western University | Director, Breast Cancer Canada Translational Research Unit, London Health Sciences Centre | Proud 🇨🇦
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Obituary: Visionary Dr. Henry Friesen re-invented Canada’s premier health research funding agency. He also did groundbreaking work isolating and purifying the hormone prolactin, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Visionary Dr. Henry Friesen reinvented Canada’s premier health research funding agency
Dr. Friesen did groundbreaking work isolating and purifying the hormone prolactin, and went on to distinguish himself as a leader, establishing the influential Canadian Institutes of Health Research
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Obituary: Visionary Dr. Henry Friesen re-invented Canada’s premier health research funding agency. He also did groundbreaking work isolating and purifying the hormone prolactin, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
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The key to winning the trade war is doubling down on research, by @richardgold.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: The key to winning the trade war is doubling down on research
Canada’s productivity has been on a downward slide for decades. Donald Trump’s trade war has brought a renewed urgency to tackling the issue
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March 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The key to winning the trade war is doubling down on research, by @richardgold.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com... via @theglobeandmail.com
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New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
www.forbes.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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A French University is funding a Safe Place For Science program meant to recruit scientists who cannot continue their work in the US. www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/a...
March 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A French University is funding a Safe Place For Science program meant to recruit scientists who cannot continue their work in the US. www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/a...
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#COVID19's Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear. Covid didn’t just change billions of individual lives. It changed our basic approach to public health, in fundamental ways, by Siddhartha Mukherjee www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Opinion | Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear
What once belonged to all of us now belongs to corporations.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
#COVID19's Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear. Covid didn’t just change billions of individual lives. It changed our basic approach to public health, in fundamental ways, by Siddhartha Mukherjee www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com
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MP Kirsty Duncan has served in Parliament since 2008, but before that she was a scientist. Ahead of International Women's Day, she shared her experience as a woman in research and the challenges of encouraging more women to choose a STEM career. #IWD
@schulichmeddent.bsky.social
@schulichmeddent.bsky.social
Long road ahead to draw more women into STEM careers
This week, MP Kirsty Duncan, a scientist-turned-politician, shared her own experiences with those obstacles in a seminar hosted by Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry’s Depart...
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March 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
MP Kirsty Duncan has served in Parliament since 2008, but before that she was a scientist. Ahead of International Women's Day, she shared her experience as a woman in research and the challenges of encouraging more women to choose a STEM career. #IWD
@schulichmeddent.bsky.social
@schulichmeddent.bsky.social
So inspiring!!
While DEI may be dead in the US, it still provokes thoughtful conversations in 🇨🇦. Inspiring to hear from MP Kirsty Duncan taking with @lisasaksida.bsky.social
@westernu.bsky.social Physiology and Pharmacology Department seminar.
@westernu.bsky.social Physiology and Pharmacology Department seminar.
March 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM
So inspiring!!
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An incredible sight seeing research collaborations being built in the moment #RECAPMixer #researchpartnerships #cocreation @westernuspace.bsky.social @westernuresearch.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
An incredible sight seeing research collaborations being built in the moment #RECAPMixer #researchpartnerships #cocreation @westernuspace.bsky.social @westernuresearch.bsky.social
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FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots
The meeting was canceled just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.
This makes “when the USA sneezes, Canada catches a cold” slightly too literal for my taste
The meeting was canceled just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.
This makes “when the USA sneezes, Canada catches a cold” slightly too literal for my taste
FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots
The meeting was canceled just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.
www.nbcnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots
The meeting was canceled just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.
This makes “when the USA sneezes, Canada catches a cold” slightly too literal for my taste
The meeting was canceled just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.
This makes “when the USA sneezes, Canada catches a cold” slightly too literal for my taste
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What's happening at #USAID is causing so much damage. The great reporters at @science.org explore some of that damage. www.science.org/content/arti...
‘It’s tectonic:’ U.S. foreign aid freeze deals a blow to research around the globe
Dismantling of USAID could disrupt clinical trials and wipe away U.S. “soft power” in developing countries, scientists warn
www.science.org
February 6, 2025 at 4:12 AM
What's happening at #USAID is causing so much damage. The great reporters at @science.org explore some of that damage. www.science.org/content/arti...
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If you can, do something, speak up and act up. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Scientists as political advocates
Science, both teaching and doing, is under attack. The recent US presidential election of a person and platform with anti-science bias exemplifies this. The study of climate processes and patterns and...
www.science.org
February 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
If you can, do something, speak up and act up. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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#GlobalHealth Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid. Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for #tuberculosis, #malaria, #HIV and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work, by @stephanienolen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h... via @nytimes.com
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid (Gift Article)
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
#GlobalHealth Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid. Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for #tuberculosis, #malaria, #HIV and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work, by @stephanienolen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h... via @nytimes.com
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American health workers looking to relocate? Doorway to practice medicine in Canada 🇨🇦
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
Canada announces new immigration stream specific to health workers
Communities across Canada need health workers. The health field is one of several key sectors of Canada’s labour force which is facing unprecedented shortages. To help respond to this challenge, last ...
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February 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
American health workers looking to relocate? Doorway to practice medicine in Canada 🇨🇦
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
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The chaos triggered by President Donald Trump’s executive orders banning federal funding for diversity and other topics continues to shake the National Institutes of Health and other health agencies. scim.ag/3EjJGag
NIH is purging Trump-targeted programs—but is sparing existing grants, so far
Chaos extends to CDC, which is shuttering websites in “data apocalypse”
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January 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The chaos triggered by President Donald Trump’s executive orders banning federal funding for diversity and other topics continues to shake the National Institutes of Health and other health agencies. scim.ag/3EjJGag
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We are excited to announce the 2025 Clinical Trials Training Summit, advancing quality, innovation, and inclusivity in clinical trials. Feb 24-26, Vancouver, BC + virtual attendance free and open to the public. #ClinicalTrialTraining #CTSummit2025
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January 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
We are excited to announce the 2025 Clinical Trials Training Summit, advancing quality, innovation, and inclusivity in clinical trials. Feb 24-26, Vancouver, BC + virtual attendance free and open to the public. #ClinicalTrialTraining #CTSummit2025
clinicaltrailstrainingsummit2025.wecantrain.ca
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This looks useful for Canadian academics
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/how-to-write-a-narrative-cv/
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/how-to-write-a-narrative-cv/
How to write a narrative CV - University Affairs
This document should strongly demonstrate your capability as well as the feasibility of your proposed work.
universityaffairs.ca
January 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This looks useful for Canadian academics
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/how-to-write-a-narrative-cv/
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/how-to-write-a-narrative-cv/
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing “a lot of uncertainty, fear, and panic”
www.science.org
January 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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New president of Canadian Institutes of Health Research,
Dr. Paul Hébert, targets areas of greatest impact, by @egpayne.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/news/new-hea... via @ottawacitizen.com
Dr. Paul Hébert, targets areas of greatest impact, by @egpayne.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/news/new-hea... via @ottawacitizen.com
New health research group president targets areas of greatest impact
Dr. Paul Hebert of Ottawa has started a five-year term as head of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
ottawacitizen.com
January 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
New president of Canadian Institutes of Health Research,
Dr. Paul Hébert, targets areas of greatest impact, by @egpayne.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/news/new-hea... via @ottawacitizen.com
Dr. Paul Hébert, targets areas of greatest impact, by @egpayne.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/news/new-hea... via @ottawacitizen.com
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What do we know about EDI practices in the post-secondary research system? What’s next? Our recent report explores measures that can enhance #EDI, the benefits and challenges of implementing them, and their potential impacts on individuals and institutions go.cca-reports.ca/4fwaRwl
January 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What do we know about EDI practices in the post-secondary research system? What’s next? Our recent report explores measures that can enhance #EDI, the benefits and challenges of implementing them, and their potential impacts on individuals and institutions go.cca-reports.ca/4fwaRwl
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Important warning about "data poisoning"
It's easy to inject new medical misinformation into LLMs arstechnica.com/science/2025...
From study: Need "...awareness of emergent risks from LLMs trained indiscriminately on web-scraped data, particularly in healthcare where misinformation..."
It's easy to inject new medical misinformation into LLMs arstechnica.com/science/2025...
From study: Need "...awareness of emergent risks from LLMs trained indiscriminately on web-scraped data, particularly in healthcare where misinformation..."
It’s remarkably easy to inject new medical misinformation into LLMs
Changing just 0.001% of inputs to misinformation makes the AI less accurate.
arstechnica.com
January 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Important warning about "data poisoning"
It's easy to inject new medical misinformation into LLMs arstechnica.com/science/2025...
From study: Need "...awareness of emergent risks from LLMs trained indiscriminately on web-scraped data, particularly in healthcare where misinformation..."
It's easy to inject new medical misinformation into LLMs arstechnica.com/science/2025...
From study: Need "...awareness of emergent risks from LLMs trained indiscriminately on web-scraped data, particularly in healthcare where misinformation..."
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Want to learn more about the new, narrative-style tri-agency CV? Join our webinar on January 21 from 1 – 2 p.m., where we will guide you through the process of writing a compelling narrative CV that highlights your research achievements, skills, and impact: westernuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Crafting your Story: The Art of the Narrative CV. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
The new tri-agency CV (TCV) will be gradually rolled out in 2025. The TCV is designed to a more holistic view of a researcher’s impact, moving beyond traditional bullet points to emphasize the signifi...
westernuniversity.zoom.us
January 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Want to learn more about the new, narrative-style tri-agency CV? Join our webinar on January 21 from 1 – 2 p.m., where we will guide you through the process of writing a compelling narrative CV that highlights your research achievements, skills, and impact: westernuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regi...