Jocalyn Clark
@jocalynclark.bsky.social
International Editor, The BMJ.
Former editor The Lancet, icddr,b and PLOS Medicine. Adjunct faculty UofT and UCL. 🇨🇦 in 🇬🇧. Views mine.
Former editor The Lancet, icddr,b and PLOS Medicine. Adjunct faculty UofT and UCL. 🇨🇦 in 🇬🇧. Views mine.
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The AMA is starting to fracture under political pressure. Our analysis explains what changed this week, and why it matters.
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The AMA is starting to fracture under political pressure. Our analysis explains what changed this week, and why it matters.
The 2nd installment of our #GenAI series in @bmj.com asks what the introduction of AI tools into the doctor-patient relationship does to patient-centred care, safety, ethics and trust #MustRead
Charlotte Blease & co show how AI can expand patient access & autonomy, when the right safeguards are in place
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#PatientSafety
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#PatientSafety
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November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
#ICYMI South-South cooperation among #G20 countries, defying US unilateralism & promoting #globalhealth👇
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November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
#ICYMI South-South cooperation among #G20 countries, defying US unilateralism & promoting #globalhealth👇
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There's more pressure than ever to publish. Academic staff are massively overworked. Pay is poor. Precarity is rife. There's little genuine care for one-another's wellbeing, nor accommodations offered. And, instead of addressing systemic harms or demands for free labour, we turn against ourselves.
25 no response out of 30 requests to review!
Drives me mad this selfish behaviour, which I also see as a journal editor. And it's almost always established folk with secure jobs, not least those endlessly brandishing their right-on-ness on social media
Drives me mad this selfish behaviour, which I also see as a journal editor. And it's almost always established folk with secure jobs, not least those endlessly brandishing their right-on-ness on social media
Recently did around 30 requests to ppl who'd published very similar papers to the one I needed reviews for. 3 declines, 25 no response. Please at least decline guys it slows stuff down so much otherwise.
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
There's more pressure than ever to publish. Academic staff are massively overworked. Pay is poor. Precarity is rife. There's little genuine care for one-another's wellbeing, nor accommodations offered. And, instead of addressing systemic harms or demands for free labour, we turn against ourselves.
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I watched him take a victory lap in Austin this month at an anti-vaccine conference for the Kennedy-founded Children's Health Defense.
My piece on how Wakefield’s comeback is taking shape: www.ms.now/news/the-ret...
My piece on how Wakefield’s comeback is taking shape: www.ms.now/news/the-ret...
The doctor who falsely tied vaccines to autism is enjoying a comeback
Andrew Wakefield, who was once cast out for his retracted study tying autism to the MMR vaccine, is making a comeback in the second term of President Donald Trump as an ally of Health and Human Servic...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I watched him take a victory lap in Austin this month at an anti-vaccine conference for the Kennedy-founded Children's Health Defense.
My piece on how Wakefield’s comeback is taking shape: www.ms.now/news/the-ret...
My piece on how Wakefield’s comeback is taking shape: www.ms.now/news/the-ret...
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Join us for LSHTM’s Equity in AMR Action seminar, which explores how equity influences responses to AMR.
Speakers will share their work from the WHO, LSE, and the Global Strategy Lab.
📅 12 Dec
⏲️ 13:00 GMT
Check the event details 👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Speakers will share their work from the WHO, LSE, and the Global Strategy Lab.
📅 12 Dec
⏲️ 13:00 GMT
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Equity in AMR Action | LSHTM
In 2025, the Network’s seminar series invites 2-3 speakers for each event to present their work on a particular theme around prioritisation. This fourth seminar of the series presents ‘Equity in AMR
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November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Join us for LSHTM’s Equity in AMR Action seminar, which explores how equity influences responses to AMR.
Speakers will share their work from the WHO, LSE, and the Global Strategy Lab.
📅 12 Dec
⏲️ 13:00 GMT
Check the event details 👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Speakers will share their work from the WHO, LSE, and the Global Strategy Lab.
📅 12 Dec
⏲️ 13:00 GMT
Check the event details 👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
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On Shabana Mahmood's contemptible attempt to mobilise her identity in support of her sadistic immigration policies, this from Nesrine Malik is exactly what needed saying.
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Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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November 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
On Shabana Mahmood's contemptible attempt to mobilise her identity in support of her sadistic immigration policies, this from Nesrine Malik is exactly what needed saying.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“There is a lot of fear in doing research, particularly around pregnancy and reproduction, which has led to a stagnating of innovation around those conditions.”
Jane Hirst on why women’s health research needs innovation to be more inclusive.
Part of The BMJ’s Collection
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Jane Hirst on why women’s health research needs innovation to be more inclusive.
Part of The BMJ’s Collection
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November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
“There is a lot of fear in doing research, particularly around pregnancy and reproduction, which has led to a stagnating of innovation around those conditions.”
Jane Hirst on why women’s health research needs innovation to be more inclusive.
Part of The BMJ’s Collection
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Jane Hirst on why women’s health research needs innovation to be more inclusive.
Part of The BMJ’s Collection
www.bmj.com/collections/...
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Instead of having a coherent workforce plan, the NHS is now part of the gig economy, writes @kamranabbasi.bsky.social in this new Editor's Choice
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November 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Instead of having a coherent workforce plan, the NHS is now part of the gig economy, writes @kamranabbasi.bsky.social in this new Editor's Choice
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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“South African women's rights groups are calling for nationwide protests to demand that gender-based violence (GBV) be declared a national disaster in a country where attacks on women have become commonplace.”
Important in every country.
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Important in every country.
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South African women call purple protest at G20 over gender violence
Nearly 1,000 women were raped and 137 murdered in the first three months of this year.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“South African women's rights groups are calling for nationwide protests to demand that gender-based violence (GBV) be declared a national disaster in a country where attacks on women have become commonplace.”
Important in every country.
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Important in every country.
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The Covid Inquiry report has dropped confirming what so many of us already knew.
Covid inquiry live updates: UK 'too little, too late' in early Covid response, leading to thousands more deaths
The inquiry says 23,000 lives could have been saved in England by an earlier lockdown - but also that a lockdown could have been avoided altogether with earlier interventions.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Covid Inquiry report has dropped confirming what so many of us already knew.
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“The research that led to that 28-day [menstrual] cycle statistic is not representative of Asian and Latina women.”
Carmel Shachar on the need for more inclusive data to guide #femtech innovation.
Part of The BMJ’s Collection on women’s health innovation.
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#WomensHealth
Carmel Shachar on the need for more inclusive data to guide #femtech innovation.
Part of The BMJ’s Collection on women’s health innovation.
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#WomensHealth
November 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“The research that led to that 28-day [menstrual] cycle statistic is not representative of Asian and Latina women.”
Carmel Shachar on the need for more inclusive data to guide #femtech innovation.
Part of The BMJ’s Collection on women’s health innovation.
www.bmj.com/collections/...
#WomensHealth
Carmel Shachar on the need for more inclusive data to guide #femtech innovation.
Part of The BMJ’s Collection on women’s health innovation.
www.bmj.com/collections/...
#WomensHealth
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“Innovations without equity can actually reproduce the same hierarchies and discriminations those innovations claim they wish to disrupt.”
Dr Ebere Okereke on why global health innovation must include women.
Part of The BMJ’s new Collection on women’s health innovation.
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Dr Ebere Okereke on why global health innovation must include women.
Part of The BMJ’s new Collection on women’s health innovation.
www.bmj.com/collections/...
November 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“Innovations without equity can actually reproduce the same hierarchies and discriminations those innovations claim they wish to disrupt.”
Dr Ebere Okereke on why global health innovation must include women.
Part of The BMJ’s new Collection on women’s health innovation.
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Dr Ebere Okereke on why global health innovation must include women.
Part of The BMJ’s new Collection on women’s health innovation.
www.bmj.com/collections/...
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BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
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Monica Bharel (Google Health) on building trust through access and accuracy for the #GlobalHealthMatters podcast with @garryaslanyan.bsky.social 🎙️ Recorded at #WHS2025 in partnership with the @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social 👉 http://tinyurl.com/GHM-E56
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Monica Bharel (Google Health) on building trust through access and accuracy for the #GlobalHealthMatters podcast with @garryaslanyan.bsky.social 🎙️ Recorded at #WHS2025 in partnership with the @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social 👉 http://tinyurl.com/GHM-E56
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“Saudi Arabia, I get along with all of them,” Trump said at a campaign stop in 2015. “They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”
Trump meets business partner In the Oval Office
From “bad situation” to “things happen”: How Saudi money changed Trump’s tune on Khashoggi's murder.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“Saudi Arabia, I get along with all of them,” Trump said at a campaign stop in 2015. “They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”
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"Based on reported phase transition rates, 8.53 phase 1 trials, 5.08 phase 2 trials, and 1.79 phase 3 trials were conducted for each product approved."
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It's fascinating to see population data for these "voltage drops"
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It's fascinating to see population data for these "voltage drops"
Comparison of Research Spending on New Drug Approvals by the NIH vs the Pharmaceutical Industry
This cross-sectional study examines National Institutes of Health and pharmaceutical industry investments in recent drug approvals.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Based on reported phase transition rates, 8.53 phase 1 trials, 5.08 phase 2 trials, and 1.79 phase 3 trials were conducted for each product approved."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
It's fascinating to see population data for these "voltage drops"
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
It's fascinating to see population data for these "voltage drops"
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Proudly presenting today our series on GenAI on @bmj.com and how it is going to change forever what means to be a patient, a doctor and to seek care. We call it triadic care, we think is the future of medicine, where Patients, Doctors and AI shape care though conversation. 🧵
NEW: The BMJ launches a series introducing “triadic care,” exploring how #AI has become a third party in the clinician-patient relationship.
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#MedTech
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#MedTech
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November 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Proudly presenting today our series on GenAI on @bmj.com and how it is going to change forever what means to be a patient, a doctor and to seek care. We call it triadic care, we think is the future of medicine, where Patients, Doctors and AI shape care though conversation. 🧵
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How is AI reshaping the clinician–patient relationship?
The BMJ’s new series examines what responsible, transparent #HealthAI use looks like in clinical practice.
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The BMJ’s new series examines what responsible, transparent #HealthAI use looks like in clinical practice.
@dafraile.bsky.social @crblease.bsky.social @sarariggare.bsky.social @jocalynclark.bsky.social
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November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
How is AI reshaping the clinician–patient relationship?
The BMJ’s new series examines what responsible, transparent #HealthAI use looks like in clinical practice.
@dafraile.bsky.social @crblease.bsky.social @sarariggare.bsky.social @jocalynclark.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/collections/...
The BMJ’s new series examines what responsible, transparent #HealthAI use looks like in clinical practice.
@dafraile.bsky.social @crblease.bsky.social @sarariggare.bsky.social @jocalynclark.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/collections/...
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Marburg virus outbreak: Six deaths confirmed in Ethiopia www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Marburg virus outbreak: Six deaths confirmed in Ethiopia
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November 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Marburg virus outbreak: Six deaths confirmed in Ethiopia www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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Harvard will open a new probe into former University President Lawrence H. Summers’ connections with convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein, a Harvard spokesperson confirmed Tuesday night.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
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Harvard To Launch New Investigation Into Epstein’s Ties to Summers, Other University Affiliates | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard will open a new probe into former University President Lawrence H. Summers’ connections with convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein, after newly released documents revealed the two…
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November 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Harvard will open a new probe into former University President Lawrence H. Summers’ connections with convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein, a Harvard spokesperson confirmed Tuesday night.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Women with heart disease are more likely than men to be underdiagnosed, undertreated, and under-represented in research trials.
This persistent gender gap is more than a clinical shortcoming; it is a deeper structural failure in health policy
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This persistent gender gap is more than a clinical shortcoming; it is a deeper structural failure in health policy
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Women with heart disease are more likely than men to be underdiagnosed, undertreated, and under-represented in research trials.
This persistent gender gap is more than a clinical shortcoming; it is a deeper structural failure in health policy
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
This persistent gender gap is more than a clinical shortcoming; it is a deeper structural failure in health policy
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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NEW: The BMJ launches a series introducing “triadic care,” exploring how #AI has become a third party in the clinician-patient relationship.
www.bmj.com/collections/...
#MedTech
@dafraile.bsky.social @crblease.bsky.social @sarariggare.bsky.social @kamranabbasi.bsky.social @jocalynclark.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/collections/...
#MedTech
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November 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
NEW: The BMJ launches a series introducing “triadic care,” exploring how #AI has become a third party in the clinician-patient relationship.
www.bmj.com/collections/...
#MedTech
@dafraile.bsky.social @crblease.bsky.social @sarariggare.bsky.social @kamranabbasi.bsky.social @jocalynclark.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/collections/...
#MedTech
@dafraile.bsky.social @crblease.bsky.social @sarariggare.bsky.social @kamranabbasi.bsky.social @jocalynclark.bsky.social
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#ICYMI: our @bmj.com Collection on women’s health innovation, exploring how better data, leadership, and policy can drive equity in women’s health.
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Explore the full collection: www.bmj.com/collections/...
November 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
#ICYMI: our @bmj.com Collection on women’s health innovation, exploring how better data, leadership, and policy can drive equity in women’s health.
@jocalynclark.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social
Explore the full collection: www.bmj.com/collections/...
@jocalynclark.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social
Explore the full collection: www.bmj.com/collections/...
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success