Miranda Smith
@emzedess.bsky.social
Pandemic preparedness, community engagement, public health at the Doherty Institute. Equity in science. On unceded Wurundjeri land.
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Aboriginal leadership and expertise essential for future pandemic planning – check this new report by Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia
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#COVIDresponses
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#COVIDresponses
Aboriginal leadership and expertise essential for future pandemic planning
Introduction by Croakey: Genuine partnerships and shared decision-making, as well as access to Aboriginal data are key to pandemic preparedness,
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August 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Aboriginal leadership and expertise essential for future pandemic planning – check this new report by Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia
www.croakey.org/aboriginal-l...
#publichealth
#COVIDresponses
www.croakey.org/aboriginal-l...
#publichealth
#COVIDresponses
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I don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.
May 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.
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If Senator Murray Watt approves the North West Shelf extension, his legacy will forever be as the man who destroyed the oldest rock art on the planet.
It will be an act of vandalism so gross that nothing he can do in politics thereafter could counter the damage.
It will be an act of vandalism so gross that nothing he can do in politics thereafter could counter the damage.
The Murujuga rock art is one of Australia's most priceless heritage sites.
And it's being slowly destroyed.
If Environment Minister Murray Watt approves the 50 year extension to the North West Shelf, it will be a death sentence for Murujuga.
#savemurujuga #auspol @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
And it's being slowly destroyed.
If Environment Minister Murray Watt approves the 50 year extension to the North West Shelf, it will be a death sentence for Murujuga.
#savemurujuga #auspol @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
If Senator Murray Watt approves the North West Shelf extension, his legacy will forever be as the man who destroyed the oldest rock art on the planet.
It will be an act of vandalism so gross that nothing he can do in politics thereafter could counter the damage.
It will be an act of vandalism so gross that nothing he can do in politics thereafter could counter the damage.
Fantastic to see this announcement on a successful negotiation on a pandemic treaty. The US are not playing, but this demonstrates that international health collaboration is still relevant, necessary and desired!!
💚 Consensus on the pandemic agreement!
OUR JOINT STATEMENT: "We congratulate @who.int Member States for finalizing the text of the HISTORIC pandemic agreement, for putting cooperation over nationalism and for standing together against pandemic threats." www.pandemicactionnetwork.org/news/a-commi...
OUR JOINT STATEMENT: "We congratulate @who.int Member States for finalizing the text of the HISTORIC pandemic agreement, for putting cooperation over nationalism and for standing together against pandemic threats." www.pandemicactionnetwork.org/news/a-commi...
A Commitment to Pandemic Action — Joint Statement | Pandemic Action Network
Joint Statement on Finalizing the Pandemic Agreement Text
www.pandemicactionnetwork.org
April 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Fantastic to see this announcement on a successful negotiation on a pandemic treaty. The US are not playing, but this demonstrates that international health collaboration is still relevant, necessary and desired!!
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SO CLOSE! After more than 2 years of negotiations, we will be watching closely on Tuesday (tomorrow) for negotiators to reach a historic pandemic agreement, demonstrating the solidarity essential to keep us all safer in the face of pandemic threats. healthpolicy-watch.news/who-pandemic...
WHO's Pandemic Agreement Is Finally Within Reach As Brazil Proposes Compromise - Health Policy Watch
World Health Organization (WHO) member states are very close to agreeing on the entire pandemic agreement – and may even have been able to clinch a deal on
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April 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
SO CLOSE! After more than 2 years of negotiations, we will be watching closely on Tuesday (tomorrow) for negotiators to reach a historic pandemic agreement, demonstrating the solidarity essential to keep us all safer in the face of pandemic threats. healthpolicy-watch.news/who-pandemic...
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The message is: crowd large.
Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.
Events like this puncture that delusion.
Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.
Events like this puncture that delusion.
You can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere.
People poured out to protest not only what Trump has done—and what they fear he will do next.
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April 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The message is: crowd large.
Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.
Events like this puncture that delusion.
Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.
Events like this puncture that delusion.
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Today marks FIVE YEARS since @who.int declared #COVID19 a "pandemic". As we grapple with the long-term impacts of COVID and a time of rising threats, PAN's Exec. Director @eloisetodd.bsky.social shares 5️⃣ reflections that are begging for action. www.pandemicactionnetwork.org/news/five-re...
Five Reflections Five Years On | Pandemic Action Network
Five years since lockdown, here are five reflections that are begging for action.
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March 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Today marks FIVE YEARS since @who.int declared #COVID19 a "pandemic". As we grapple with the long-term impacts of COVID and a time of rising threats, PAN's Exec. Director @eloisetodd.bsky.social shares 5️⃣ reflections that are begging for action. www.pandemicactionnetwork.org/news/five-re...
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NIH is abruptly terminating at least 33 research grants for projects studying why some people are hesitant to receive vaccines or evaluating strategies that could encourage vaccine uptake. scim.ag/4how23i
NIH to ax grants on vaccine hesitancy, mRNA vaccines
Move reflects vaccine skepticism of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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March 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
NIH is abruptly terminating at least 33 research grants for projects studying why some people are hesitant to receive vaccines or evaluating strategies that could encourage vaccine uptake. scim.ag/4how23i
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"Banning those words, and therefore hampering good medical research and care, has far-reaching consequences. Good healthcare is based on diversity and should strive to maximize inclusion and equity."
March 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"Banning those words, and therefore hampering good medical research and care, has far-reaching consequences. Good healthcare is based on diversity and should strive to maximize inclusion and equity."
Refreshing to hear the Victorian Minister for Health talk fearlessly in favour of #equity, #expertise and the need to work collaboratively to address challenges in #health. #IWD2025
March 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Refreshing to hear the Victorian Minister for Health talk fearlessly in favour of #equity, #expertise and the need to work collaboratively to address challenges in #health. #IWD2025
It feels like we are living in a parallel universe.
Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
March 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It feels like we are living in a parallel universe.
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Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
Great to see this paper out about the #FirstNations #COVID #research grant program we ran in 2020. Made possible by a donation from the Paul Ramsay Foundation, First Nations perspectives were prioritised from eligibility, to application requirements & review.
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Describing a First Nations-led grant program for COVID-19 Research: The APPRISE-Ramsay First Nations COVID-19 grant program
| Medical Research Archives
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December 6, 2024 at 4:28 AM
Great to see this paper out about the #FirstNations #COVID #research grant program we ran in 2020. Made possible by a donation from the Paul Ramsay Foundation, First Nations perspectives were prioritised from eligibility, to application requirements & review.
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esmed.org/MRA/mra/arti...
Really interesting article on the evolving landscape of evidence synthesis and use.
November 29, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Really interesting article on the evolving landscape of evidence synthesis and use.
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1/2 How should the international scientific community respond to Trump’s nominees?
@chrischirp.bsky.social @kentbuse.bsky.social & I set out principles @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
@chrischirp.bsky.social @kentbuse.bsky.social & I set out principles @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
Evidence abandoned: Trump’s cabinet and the fallout for science
Trump’s presumptive cabinet raises fears for population health given its anti-science bias. Christina Pagel and colleagues argue that the UK scientific establishment should practice solidarity and res...
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November 28, 2024 at 8:48 PM
1/2 How should the international scientific community respond to Trump’s nominees?
@chrischirp.bsky.social @kentbuse.bsky.social & I set out principles @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
@chrischirp.bsky.social @kentbuse.bsky.social & I set out principles @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
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If you are into gift giving during the holiday season, why not choose something that will make a difference and contribute to Pay The Rent? Be part of grassroots support for First Nations communities and causes. Here's a poster with QR code to use ...
November 26, 2024 at 1:07 AM
If you are into gift giving during the holiday season, why not choose something that will make a difference and contribute to Pay The Rent? Be part of grassroots support for First Nations communities and causes. Here's a poster with QR code to use ...
Hi @bsky.app! Excited to see a growing community here. I’m interested in #PublicHealth, #LongCOVID, #CommunityEngagement, #Research, #Equity. Focussed on preparing for future pandemics, based on unceded Wurundjeri land.
November 23, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Hi @bsky.app! Excited to see a growing community here. I’m interested in #PublicHealth, #LongCOVID, #CommunityEngagement, #Research, #Equity. Focussed on preparing for future pandemics, based on unceded Wurundjeri land.