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Jennifer J Brown

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Book author, public health advocate, #genetics PhD. Creatively driven, scientifically inspired. Mom of 2 with the rare health condition #PKU. https://jjbrownauthor.com/ is my #author site, "When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes & Genes" my newest book.

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Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · Sep 4

🧬 for Newborn Screening Awareness Month ~ A geneticist’s memoir of pregnancy and birth of babies with rare disease ~ in "When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes & Genes". In my family, it's #PKU. Book details at: jjbrownauthor.com/books/when-t... #2025NBS #newbornscreening #raredisease #booksky #genetics

When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes & Genes – About the Book

Geneticist’s Memoir of Pregnancy, Birth of Babies with Rare Disease Intimate journey navigates today’s most pressing women’s issues. When the Baby is Not OK: Hopes & Genes, a new memoir of preg…

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Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · 2h

Cowardly.

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📚"Smartly plotted set of shorts reflecting on 'death' and how it's an inescapable part of life....short, sharp, snappy with good pacing and strong character development" - Wishing Shelf, UK. Gratitude for the editorial review of my 2nd Ed "Death & the Dream" stories! www.amazon.com/Death-Dream-...

Book cover of "Death and the Dream by J.J. Brown" and Wishing Shelf UK editorial review, 16 scary short stories.

Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · 2d

Truth telling from those who know... a must read for all of us in the US:

Julie (Aakadewin-O Waawaashkeshi Kwe) Francella @juliefrancella.com · 2d

This time of year always brings a familiar debate. But for me, it’s personal.

New piece up now: The Truth About Columbus: What We Choose to Celebrate Tells Us Who We Are

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#IndigenousPeoplesDay #ColumbusDay #Ojibwe #Perspective

The Truth About Columbus

What We Choose to Celebrate Tells Us Who We Are

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Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · 3d

Eugenics isn't really understood by many, but it's time to uncover the past and present of this morally corrupt influence in policy, healthcare, and govt for all to see. To know it is to reject it and work toward change.

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Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · 3d

"We're Still Here with Simon and Julie" isn't just about history, but also the here and now. Loving it and learning from it, storytelling that's truth telling we all need today. #HappyIndigenousPeoplesDay

Julie (Aakadewin-O Waawaashkeshi Kwe) Francella @juliefrancella.com · 4d

If you missed our segment on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social’s show last week, catch @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & me here for free. We talk about Columbus Day (basically the Confederate flag of holidays),the Ambler mining road in Alaska, ICE raids, & more.

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We're Still Here with Simon and Julie

Podcast Episode · The John Fugelsang Podcast · 2025-10-11 · 42m

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Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · 3d

In "The Finest Mask" a speculative fiction, I reimagine history with Europeans susceptible to epidemics, needing masks, looking for "perfect genes" of beautiful Indigenous Peoples to save them... a horror collection "The Doctor's Dreams" 2nd edition now out: www.amazon.com/Doctors-Drea...

"The Finest Mask" a speculative fiction book cover, with Europeans susceptible to epidemics, needing masks, looking for "perfect genes" of beautiful Indigenous Peoples to save them... a horror collection by J.J. Brown "The Doctor's Dreams" 2nd edition now out: https://www.amazon.com/Doctors-Dreams-Novellas-J-J-Brown/dp/B0FP9GH568

Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · 3d

We start with 🧬, healthcare gaps + advocacy in our @matthewzachary.bsky.social interview, "Genes of Wrath," but end with a (true) nerdy #horror story.
🎧 His inspiring series, "Out of Patients" verifies truth is stranger than fiction + we have so much to fix! www.outofpatients.com/the-genes-of...

Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · 3d

🌎“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” - Jane Goodall.
Our challenge isn't always in making a choice, but in noticing we had one in the 1st place. @wildhopetv.bsky.social is a shining example of brilliant choices: see www.wildhope.tv

Wild Hope: Change is Closer Than You Think

Our new documentary series flips the environmental doom and gloom narrative on its head with stories of bold interventions, unexpected alliances, and nature's resilience. Available now for global stre...

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Wild Hope @wildhopetv.bsky.social · Nov 22

35 stories, 12 countries, one global mission: to bring biodiversity back from the brink. Explore all our episodes, deep-dives into the science of conservation, educational guides and much, much more at WildHope.tv.

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Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · 6d

🧬The Genes of Wrath ~ 🎧podcast episode's up! On "Out of Patients" ~ about disconnects between medical knowledge + human connection, rare disease parenting, trauma + survival while flipping the script. www.outofpatients.com/the-genes-of... #raredisease #memoir #PKU #books @matthewzachary.bsky.social

"Genes of Wrath" podcast episode on Out of Patients with Matthew Zachary, an author interview about "When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes & Genes" by Jennifer J. Brown and health advocacy in rare disease.

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Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · 6d

Why we need to support the Digital Equity Act ~ we all need internet access, including those of us who are elderly, vets, people with disabilities... story from KFF kffhealthnews.org/news/article... #healthcare #health

Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · 8d

Grateful to @matthewzachary.bsky.social for his deeply probing questions + shared dark humor during our live, unscripted conversation in his famous "Out of Patients" health podcast ~ at: www.outofpatients.com/the-genes-of... #Scicomm #Genetics #Memoir #Raredisease #Newbornscreening #healthcarereform

The Genes of Wrath: Jennifer J. Brown

Jennifer J. Brown is a scientist, a writer, and a mother who never got the luxury of separating those roles. Her memoir When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes & Genes is a …

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Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · 8d

“Courage is Contagious” in this inspiring piece by Jeremy Berg... have a look. We don't need to be immunized against action. #Scicomm #Hope #Science

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 9d

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

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Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · 10d

How the body can tell "friend from foe" #NobelPrize award... when could this have been more needed in our world? Contratulations to Drs Brunkow, Ramsdell and Sakaguchi. Now let's keep everyone safe and well, as all people are our collective body.🌎

Science Magazine @science.org · 10d

This year’s #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three scientists for discovering how the immune system distinguishes friend from foe. https://scim.ag/3Wt5rdi

Medicine Nobel goes to three researchers who identified immune system’s security guards

Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi discovered regulatory T cells that prevent autoimmune disease

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Lee Zimmerman @zim2918.bsky.social · 10d

Why do we keep getting sucked into the game of politics?

Governing is not a game.

Governing is about representation, finding compromises, and balance. Finding a way for us to thrive.

Are farmer’s needs being met? Are the iron ore worker’s feel secure? Do the healthcare provider’s feel heard?

This work © 2025 by Lee Zimmerman is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

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Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · 12d

Book signing at Brooklyn Book Festival in NY, nearly everyone had a story to share as they stopped by for my memoir "When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes & Genes"...
Sharing our journey is my activism.

#booksky #scicomm #books #raredisease #pku #phenylketonuria #newbornscreening #publichealth

J.J. Brown book signing at the Brooklyn Book Festival, Fall 2025 in NY with "When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes & Genes" books.

Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · 13d

Have lived by this quote ever since I first read it from Jane Goodall, my heroine.

Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · 13d

A must read article and definitely reshaped my views on impacts AI is having all around us. Thx for sharing this.

Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · 13d

expected and terribly saddening

Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · 13d

Did the US "govt" shut down so that certain individuals could go forward with their plans without senators' or representatives' interference + without accountability or transparency? Seems all too convenient somehow...as I watch more science + health colleagues lose their jobs. #Scicomm #shutdown

Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · 13d

Finished "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" today, enlightening book by @isabelwilkerson.bsky.social - basis of "Origin" from @duvernay.bsky.social - both essentials for all in the US to read + view. They understand, witness, even predict the painful chaos we live in, yet offer hope. #Booksky

Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · Feb 12

Experienced Ava Duvernay's beautifully creative bio pic "Origin" last night, that shines a light in the dark corners of our collective consciousness right now + inspires the heart. On Hulu. Don't miss it! If not now, when? @duvernay.bsky.social #inspiration #movies #biography

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Democracy is not a spectator sport! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 19d

Our Malady: Lessons In Liberty From A Hospital Diary by Timothy Snyder — Review

#BookReview📖 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#MustRead #Books #BookSky💙📚 #healthcare⚕️ #HumanRights #Illness #fear
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Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · 26d

And basic, biomed, genetics research scientists alike, most I worked with over the years were from and had family in and visited their prior homes in India, China, Japan...

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Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · Sep 16

I worked with Hepatitis B HBV in research as a scientist at AECOM in NYC, and know we must not underestimate hepatitis' tragic effects - not only disease and organ failure but also in causing cancer. Baby's vaccines save lives from all that by preventing the infection in the first place. #Scicomm

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Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · Sep 16

Reading this as... 'people without [Meta] may one day be at a "significant cognitive disadvantage"- but quite sure that's proven false. Authentic Intelligence wins every time.