Sean Sinden
@smsinden.bsky.social
Promoting evidence-informed policy, practice & public: Knowledge translation, science communication, and public health.
Director of KT, @advancinghealth.bsky.social, Vancouver; @ubcmedicine.bsky.social / @providenceresearch.bsky.social
Director of KT, @advancinghealth.bsky.social, Vancouver; @ubcmedicine.bsky.social / @providenceresearch.bsky.social
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We're excited to announce the funding of our Phase 2 proposals, which aim to strengthen Canada’s capacity for inclusive, community-engaged clinical trials in HIV and other STBBIs. We can’t wait to share more about these exciting new initiatives in the coming weeks. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4qEPa35
November 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
We're excited to announce the funding of our Phase 2 proposals, which aim to strengthen Canada’s capacity for inclusive, community-engaged clinical trials in HIV and other STBBIs. We can’t wait to share more about these exciting new initiatives in the coming weeks. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4qEPa35
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It's federal budget day!! Will we see a budget that prioritizes young and old alike? Who exactly will be asked to make sacrifices? Follow along as we break down the numbers! Stay tuned..... #federalbudget #federalbudget2025 #cdnpoli
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It's federal budget day!! Will we see a budget that prioritizes young and old alike? Who exactly will be asked to make sacrifices? Follow along as we break down the numbers! Stay tuned..... #federalbudget #federalbudget2025 #cdnpoli
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The staff at @ourworldindata.org have done it again - wonderful visualization of the risks/benefits of measles vaccination, and helpful citing of primary sources. Many thanks! #measles #vaccineswork
How effective and safe are measles vaccines?
Data from large meta-analyses show that measles vaccination is highly effective and safe, giving a 95% reduction in the risk of measles.
ourworldindata.org
April 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The staff at @ourworldindata.org have done it again - wonderful visualization of the risks/benefits of measles vaccination, and helpful citing of primary sources. Many thanks! #measles #vaccineswork
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Tell the NDP to make proportional representation a top priority in this Parliament!
Let’s build a democracy where every vote truly counts: fairvotecanada.good.do/proportional...
Let’s build a democracy where every vote truly counts: fairvotecanada.good.do/proportional...
Tell the NDP to prioritize proportional representation
In the weeks ahead, Prime Minister Mark Carney may reach out to the NDP to discuss their priorities in this minority Parliament.It's imperative that the NDP tell Mark Carney that progress on proportio...
fairvotecanada.good.do
May 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Tell the NDP to make proportional representation a top priority in this Parliament!
Let’s build a democracy where every vote truly counts: fairvotecanada.good.do/proportional...
Let’s build a democracy where every vote truly counts: fairvotecanada.good.do/proportional...
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Are you going to #CAHR2025?
Enjoy breakfast while attending our annual CTN+ postdoctoral fellows symposium!
Saturday, May 3
7:45–9:00 AM
Ballroom B2/B3, Halifax Convention Centre
With Drs. Monika Kowatsch, Hajar Miranzadeh, and Tanya Lazor.
More info: www.cahr-acrv.ca/conference/s...
Enjoy breakfast while attending our annual CTN+ postdoctoral fellows symposium!
Saturday, May 3
7:45–9:00 AM
Ballroom B2/B3, Halifax Convention Centre
With Drs. Monika Kowatsch, Hajar Miranzadeh, and Tanya Lazor.
More info: www.cahr-acrv.ca/conference/s...
April 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Are you going to #CAHR2025?
Enjoy breakfast while attending our annual CTN+ postdoctoral fellows symposium!
Saturday, May 3
7:45–9:00 AM
Ballroom B2/B3, Halifax Convention Centre
With Drs. Monika Kowatsch, Hajar Miranzadeh, and Tanya Lazor.
More info: www.cahr-acrv.ca/conference/s...
Enjoy breakfast while attending our annual CTN+ postdoctoral fellows symposium!
Saturday, May 3
7:45–9:00 AM
Ballroom B2/B3, Halifax Convention Centre
With Drs. Monika Kowatsch, Hajar Miranzadeh, and Tanya Lazor.
More info: www.cahr-acrv.ca/conference/s...
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Is it possible to predict risk of tuberculosis disease in people migrating to a low-TB incidence country?
www.advancinghealth.ubc.ca/event/wip-se...
Find out at our upcoming #WiPSeminar discussing the use of multivariable dynamic risk prediction model using health administrative data on April 2.
www.advancinghealth.ubc.ca/event/wip-se...
Find out at our upcoming #WiPSeminar discussing the use of multivariable dynamic risk prediction model using health administrative data on April 2.
March 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Is it possible to predict risk of tuberculosis disease in people migrating to a low-TB incidence country?
www.advancinghealth.ubc.ca/event/wip-se...
Find out at our upcoming #WiPSeminar discussing the use of multivariable dynamic risk prediction model using health administrative data on April 2.
www.advancinghealth.ubc.ca/event/wip-se...
Find out at our upcoming #WiPSeminar discussing the use of multivariable dynamic risk prediction model using health administrative data on April 2.
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WATCH: The gloves are off! It’s been an under-reported scandal for quite a while that Pierre Poilievre refuses to apply for security clearance. It was a scandal EVEN BEFORE the most recent efforts to undermine Canada’s democracy, sovereignty and economy from Trump, Musk and the GOP.
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Why Won’t Pierre Poilievre Get His Security Clearance?
YouTube video by Justin Trudeau
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March 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
WATCH: The gloves are off! It’s been an under-reported scandal for quite a while that Pierre Poilievre refuses to apply for security clearance. It was a scandal EVEN BEFORE the most recent efforts to undermine Canada’s democracy, sovereignty and economy from Trump, Musk and the GOP.
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Advancing Health's Jim Christenson has published results in The Lancet from his phase II clinical trial which evaluated the neuroprotective effects of nerinetide for stroke patients who received reperfusion therapies.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Like our new video style? Let us know!
March 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Advancing Health's Jim Christenson has published results in The Lancet from his phase II clinical trial which evaluated the neuroprotective effects of nerinetide for stroke patients who received reperfusion therapies.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Like our new video style? Let us know!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Like our new video style? Let us know!
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SILENCE = DEATH
For 40 years, research has provided tools, policies, and programs to save millions of lives in the HIV epidemic.
On January 20, the global vision to end AIDS by 2030 was placed in serious peril.
Read our commitment to uncensored science.
www.ctnplus.ca/news/2025/02...
For 40 years, research has provided tools, policies, and programs to save millions of lives in the HIV epidemic.
On January 20, the global vision to end AIDS by 2030 was placed in serious peril.
Read our commitment to uncensored science.
www.ctnplus.ca/news/2025/02...
February 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
SILENCE = DEATH
For 40 years, research has provided tools, policies, and programs to save millions of lives in the HIV epidemic.
On January 20, the global vision to end AIDS by 2030 was placed in serious peril.
Read our commitment to uncensored science.
www.ctnplus.ca/news/2025/02...
For 40 years, research has provided tools, policies, and programs to save millions of lives in the HIV epidemic.
On January 20, the global vision to end AIDS by 2030 was placed in serious peril.
Read our commitment to uncensored science.
www.ctnplus.ca/news/2025/02...
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"Abrupt PEPFAR cutbacks would have immediate and long-term detrimental effects on epidemiologic and clinical HIV outcomes in South Africa"
New modeling study in @annalsofim.bsky.social
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
New modeling study in @annalsofim.bsky.social
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
February 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"Abrupt PEPFAR cutbacks would have immediate and long-term detrimental effects on epidemiologic and clinical HIV outcomes in South Africa"
New modeling study in @annalsofim.bsky.social
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
New modeling study in @annalsofim.bsky.social
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
"Under his plan, “anyone caught trafficking, producing, or exporting >40 mg of fentanyl” would receive a mandatory life sentence.
This 40 mg threshold is a mere 1.6 per cent of the 2.5 grams that someone can possess under BCs decrim pilot...40 mg is less than half of a typical baby Aspirin tablet."
This 40 mg threshold is a mere 1.6 per cent of the 2.5 grams that someone can possess under BCs decrim pilot...40 mg is less than half of a typical baby Aspirin tablet."
In December 2022, Pierre Poilievre wrote in a National Post op-ed, “People struggling with addiction belong in treatment, not prison.”
Last week, he unashamedly called for many of those same people to be imprisoned for life.
Time for a #LogicCheck with @vancolour.bsky.social.
Last week, he unashamedly called for many of those same people to be imprisoned for life.
Time for a #LogicCheck with @vancolour.bsky.social.
Pierre Poilievre’s Pipe Dream: Imprison Drug Users for Life | The Tyee
Just about every sale of fentanyl would apply, clogging our justice system. Time for a logic check.
thetyee.ca
February 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"Under his plan, “anyone caught trafficking, producing, or exporting >40 mg of fentanyl” would receive a mandatory life sentence.
This 40 mg threshold is a mere 1.6 per cent of the 2.5 grams that someone can possess under BCs decrim pilot...40 mg is less than half of a typical baby Aspirin tablet."
This 40 mg threshold is a mere 1.6 per cent of the 2.5 grams that someone can possess under BCs decrim pilot...40 mg is less than half of a typical baby Aspirin tablet."
"Rather than just simplifying complex facts, gov'ts & science communicators must strive to ensure that public health messaging is relevant to the individual; to not only provide accurate info but also foster an environment of trust & understanding, & to acknowledge areas of uncertainty & unknowns."
The spread of health misinformation and disinformation poses a serious threat to public health.
How can we respond to the danger and combat the tide of misinformation and disinformation to protect public health?
Find out more in our latest Editorial: tinyurl.com/mtf95p25
How can we respond to the danger and combat the tide of misinformation and disinformation to protect public health?
Find out more in our latest Editorial: tinyurl.com/mtf95p25
January 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
"Rather than just simplifying complex facts, gov'ts & science communicators must strive to ensure that public health messaging is relevant to the individual; to not only provide accurate info but also foster an environment of trust & understanding, & to acknowledge areas of uncertainty & unknowns."
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🔬 Trust in Scientists 🌍
A global survey of 71,922 respondents across 68 countries found that most people trust scientists and want them to engage more in policymaking.
However, small distrustful minorities can still impact decisions.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm 🧪
A global survey of 71,922 respondents across 68 countries found that most people trust scientists and want them to engage more in policymaking.
However, small distrustful minorities can still impact decisions.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm 🧪
Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries - Nature Human Behaviour
What is the state of trust in scientists around the world? To answer this question, the authors surveyed 71,922 respondents in 68 countries and found that trust in scientists is moderately high.
www.nature.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🔬 Trust in Scientists 🌍
A global survey of 71,922 respondents across 68 countries found that most people trust scientists and want them to engage more in policymaking.
However, small distrustful minorities can still impact decisions.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm 🧪
A global survey of 71,922 respondents across 68 countries found that most people trust scientists and want them to engage more in policymaking.
However, small distrustful minorities can still impact decisions.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm 🧪
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Why did new troponin pathways at St. Paul's & VGH (Scheuermeyer 2024, @cjemonline.bsky.social) have such a marked impact on LoS compared with elsewhere? "...careful attention was made to the change management & #knowledgetranslation process."
Editorial: Than et al.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Editorial: Than et al.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
December 2, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Why did new troponin pathways at St. Paul's & VGH (Scheuermeyer 2024, @cjemonline.bsky.social) have such a marked impact on LoS compared with elsewhere? "...careful attention was made to the change management & #knowledgetranslation process."
Editorial: Than et al.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Editorial: Than et al.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Ontario government was/is aware of the massive harms, including the deaths of Ontario residents, arising from their radical, fact-free zest for defunding #CTS sites as per Ontario Auditor General.
Full report: www.auditor.on.ca/en/content/a...
Full report: www.auditor.on.ca/en/content/a...
December 3, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Ontario government was/is aware of the massive harms, including the deaths of Ontario residents, arising from their radical, fact-free zest for defunding #CTS sites as per Ontario Auditor General.
Full report: www.auditor.on.ca/en/content/a...
Full report: www.auditor.on.ca/en/content/a...
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The bad news about bird flu keeps trickling out while we continue to shrug off the accumulating risks. Are we sleepwalking toward another pandemic? by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com #AvianInfluenza #H5N1 #GlobalHealth
Opinion: Are we sleepwalking toward another pandemic?
The bad news about the spread of H5N1 bird flu keeps coming – including massive infection of cattle and a worrisome human case in B.C.
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:04 PM
The bad news about bird flu keeps trickling out while we continue to shrug off the accumulating risks. Are we sleepwalking toward another pandemic? by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com #AvianInfluenza #H5N1 #GlobalHealth
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December 3, 2024 at 2:05 AM
“We’re finding more and more of these social interventions are not directly medically related but have an extremely positive effect on giving us more life years.”
#HealthInAllPolicies
#HealthInAllPolicies
“Every $1,300 New York invested in building bike-lanes in 2015 provided benefits equivalent to 1 additional year of life at full health over the lifetime of all city residents, according to a new economic assessment.”
Bike-lanes are a sound public health investment.
www.reuters.com/article/busi...
Bike-lanes are a sound public health investment.
www.reuters.com/article/busi...
December 3, 2024 at 3:44 AM
“We’re finding more and more of these social interventions are not directly medically related but have an extremely positive effect on giving us more life years.”
#HealthInAllPolicies
#HealthInAllPolicies
Why did new troponin pathways at St. Paul's & VGH (Scheuermeyer 2024, @cjemonline.bsky.social) have such a marked impact on LoS compared with elsewhere? "...careful attention was made to the change management & #knowledgetranslation process."
Editorial: Than et al.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Editorial: Than et al.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
December 2, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Why did new troponin pathways at St. Paul's & VGH (Scheuermeyer 2024, @cjemonline.bsky.social) have such a marked impact on LoS compared with elsewhere? "...careful attention was made to the change management & #knowledgetranslation process."
Editorial: Than et al.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Editorial: Than et al.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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You can read “Physicians in Congress: Professional backgrounds and legislative effectiveness.” for free here (get in touch with me for PDF): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:04 PM
You can read “Physicians in Congress: Professional backgrounds and legislative effectiveness.” for free here (get in touch with me for PDF): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...