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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 8d

INTO LIGHT features narratives of people who have died from addiction. This exhibit at UT Austin is a must see for all healthcare providers. I’ll be sharing more on this project, narrative medicine and storytelling as a way to improve patient care and end stigma at IDweek in ATL. Join me!

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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks so much for including us! Really important implications for educational interventions to end substance stigma, and improve healthcare

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Michael Madaio @mmadaio.bsky.social · 17d

This is a study I worked on over the last few years with @kinnathakarar.bsky.social and others that shows the power of education on changing mindsets regarding stigmatized conditions!

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease @tainfdis.bsky.social · 23d

Hospital clinician training transformed care for PWUD w/ severe infections. Post-training: 95% applied harm reduction (vs 55%), 69% discussed safer use (vs 38%).
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A descriptive survey evaluating the implementation and outcomes of a training session highlighting concepts in antimicrobial management and harm reduction for hospital-based clinicians treating person...

Background: People who use drugs (PWUD) are at increased risk for severe infections and face many barriers when completing conventional, typically parenteral an...

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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 17d

Kudos to Skye Opsteeen & the Southeastern Med Scientist Symposium #SEMMS2025 cmte. When UAB has hosted (‘22, ‘25), I have been invited to speak on trust in medicine & building a brand. Clearly, these student leads are paying attn 2 the most pressing (& challenging) topics 4 the physician scientist

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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · Sep 2

A warm welcome 2 Dr Nora Volkow, Director of NIDA, who is visiting UAB for the Alabama Summit on Addiction & Pain. Excited 4 our team to present on substance use & infectious outcomes in the state and region. Thanks to UAB CAPPI & Addiction Prevention Coalition for support of this conference.

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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · Aug 12

Thanks to IAS-USA and Dr Mike Saag for a chance to talk about what’s new in substance use treatment- CDC funding cuts, bad batch alerts, & how to improve care in the hospital setting. Plus @kinnathakarar.bsky.social & CTN-0121 shoutouts!

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Treating Substance Use Disorder in an Inpatient Setting

Podcast Episode · Going anti-Viral · 08/12/2025 · 31m

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Joseph Cherabie MD MSc (They/He) @jncherabiemd.bsky.social · Jun 25

Apparently, our clinic is one of the first if not the first to get approval for Yeztugo. One might say we are yaaaaaas to go! #HIVSky #IDSky

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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · Jun 23

Congrats to Dr. Ryan Salazar on his last day of Uab IM residency. 🎉 In OBAT clinic, he learned about acute overdose & stabilization and long-term recovery. He’s headed to Huntsville, AL as a hospitalist ready to screen & treat his patients for substance use and infectious diseases. GL, Ryan!

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Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️ @jabarocas.bsky.social · Jun 20

#Colorado: We're not different. #SavetheRainforest
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Only you can save Birmingham’s medical rainforest: op-ed from UAB researcher

he fuel that propels Academic Health Centers like UAB comes, in large part, from NIH funding.

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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · Jun 20

🎉 4 of our lab’s stars are off to grad school! With skills in caring 4 addiction & infectious diseases, these students make our future a lot brighter. Kudos!
Ann Harshfield, UASOM
Morgan Mulrain , Meharry Med
Shubh Malhotra , VCU SOM
Anna Julia Kutsch , UNC SoPH
Thanks @uabcappi.bsky.social

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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · Jun 19

Kudos to Bailey Pridgen for sharing our work on substance use screening in HIV clinics in AL. We found high rates of alcohol use and geographic variation in drug use patterns across the state. Nice job, Bailey! 👏🏻 @uabcappi.bsky.social

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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · Jun 18

Excited 2 bring the Massachusetts model of care to AL. MD shortages plague our state, & our HIV/OBAT clinic is often overbooked. But with the nurse care manager model, champion by Colleen Labelle (center), we can extend high-quality addiction care across the state. TY Colleen & Grayken team

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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · Jun 16

Delighted to be selected for the 1st cohort of trainees at Grayken Center for Addiction’s Nurse Care Manager Training with our nurse champion, Marsha. Nurses are essential to expanding access to care in AL and rural US, and we’re so glad to have some of the best at UAB @uabcappi.bsky.social

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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · Jun 13

TY @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social & Dr David Kimberlin for the most accessible masterclass on Social Determinants of health. Where there is tuberculosis, there is injustice. Where there is injustice, there is tuberculosis. 👏🏻 5 Stars

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IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · Jun 4

Follow HIVMA Board member Hussein Safa, MD, as he advocates on Capitol Hill to save HIV funding. Dr. Safa met with the Pennsylvania delegation to urge full funding for HIV prevention, care and research.

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Linsey Marr @linseymarr.bsky.social · Jun 9

Important result from CDC research team: H5N1 flu virus from a dairy farm worker transmitted by direct contact in ferrets with 100% efficiency (6/6 animals infected) and by droplets/aerosols in ferrets, physically separated, with 50% efficiency (3/6 animals infected).

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Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Isolated from Dairy Farm Worker, Michigan, USA

Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Isolated from Dairy Farm Worker, Michigan

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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · Jun 10

In a time and state where it’s hard to find a good doctor, it is getting harder to BE a good doctor. Vaccines are the most effective, lifesaving tool in the physician’s toolkit

Politico @politico.com · Jun 9

RFK Jr. is planning to fire all 17 members of the panel that advises the CDC on vaccines.

RFK Jr. to fire all members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee

The HHS secretary announced his plans in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece Monday afternoon.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jun 10

The US now has no vaccine advisory committee, no CDC director, and an anti-vaxxer as Health Secretary.

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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · Jun 9

I would ask my colleague, the amazing kachina Kudroff, but she’s not here @bsky.app. Happy to connect offline

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Jun 5

Measles is dangerous

Please vaccinate your children!!!

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Infant who contracted measles virus before birth is 1st recorded death in current Ontario outbreak | CBC News

Ontario's Ministry of Health has announced the first recorded death of a measles patient from the outbreak that started in October. The baby who died contracted the virus before birth from the mother,...

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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · Jun 5

A treat 2 learn about meth & the microbiome from @fulchjen.bsky.social. We’ve seen inc. meth use in AL impacting HIV incidence & outcomes, infectious diseases & gut/oral bacterial growth. Thanks 2 the UAB addiction, immunology & infectious diseases research program 4 support! @uabcappi.bsky.social

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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · Jun 5

Proud of Marsha Hawkins, who was accepted to the Expanding Addiction Treatment Nurse Care Manager Model. Hate 2 miss @cpddorg.bsky.social, but I can’t think of a better reason: learning how 2 best serve our patients alongside our nursing team is vital for patient access, Addiction & Medical Care. 👏🏻👏🏻

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UAB Center for Addiction and Pain Prevention and Intervention @uabcappi.bsky.social · May 28

Save the Date for CAPPI’s Alabama Summit on Addiction and Pain. September 2-3, 2025. Keynote speaker: Dr. Nora Volkow.

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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · May 8

A treat to welcome Dr Marisa Young to UAB ID and learn about her trichomonas & microbiome research. Thanks to our friendly STI research faculty for letting me tag along

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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · May 6

Thanks for the lift, Josh. Your kindness is a balm for this weary scientist

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