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Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
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Creator of youcanknowthings.com | Emergency Medicine resident | R dataviz nerd | SciComm writer | posts my own views and not medical advice | #MedSky
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Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD @kmpanthagani.bsky.social · Nov 10
I suppose I’ll do an intro in here. I am an emergency medicine resident at Yale with a PhD in genomics, and I spend most my free time writing about health rumors and misinfo, learning how to communicate better, and occasionally venturing into emergency medicine topics like the ER boarding crisis.
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Science can never “disprove everything,” because you can create an infinite list of possible questions.

To show what an unreasonable standard this is, let’s dig into the question that everybody’s been ignoring and hasn’t been studied adequately — DO DOGS CAUSE AUTISM???
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Do dogs cause autism? The anatomy of a scientific rumor that is designed to never die 👇🏽👇🏽

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Do dogs cause autism?
On Wednesday RFK Jr.’s CDC updated their website to claim that “vaccines do not cause autism” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not definitively ruled out the possibility. On the su...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Reposted by Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
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@dennisrenmd.bsky.social

Excellent SGEM Xtra on science communication with @kmpanthagani.bsky.social

I really enjoyed the last 7min that touched on the use of the term “anti-vax”.

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SGEM Xtra: Talkin’ Bout a Revolution…Training Health Communicators
Podcast Episode · The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine · 2025-11-08 · 32m
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November 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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#MemeMonday for #SGEMPeds Xtra with @kmpanthagani.bsky.social on Health Communication. @thesgem.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @kkjetelina.bsky.social @nejm.org @yalesph.bsky.social thesgem.com/2025/11/sgem... #FOAMed #SciComm #MedSky #PedSky
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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On the latest #SGEMPeds Xtra, we chat with Dr. @kmpanthagani.bsky.social about how health communication strategies and approaches must evolve in today's world.
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SGEM Xtra: Talkin’ Bout a Revolution…Training Health Communicators - The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine
Date: October 17, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kristen Panthagani is an emergency medicine resident and Yale Emergency Scholar at Yale New Haven Hospital. She’s a physician-scientist, having completed her ...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Coming up this week is an #SGEMPeds Xtra. Dr. @kmpanthagani.bsky.social joins us to talk about the evolution of health communication! #FOAMed #SciComm #MedSky @nejm.org @yalesph.bsky.social @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @thesgem.bsky.social
Training Health Communicators - The Need for a New Approach - PubMed
Training Health Communicators - The Need for a New Approach
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November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Reposted by Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
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Also! Join @mattlanza.bsky.social and
@kmpanthagani.bsky.social for a Substack live at 1P ET/12P CT today to discuss science communication, weather, climate, health, and probably a little Melissa as well.

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LIVE SOON: Hot takes and cold fronts: public health and weather comms in the new era
Starting Oct 30 at 1:00 PM EDT
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October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Join @mattlanza.bsky.social and I today at 1 pm ET on substack live!
October 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Reposted by Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
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“Communications training in medical school & graduate school is largely absent, & what is there emphasizes fancy graphs, citations, & a professional, emotionally detached presentation style. If you ask a scientist to create an Instagram post, they’ll often create a tiny PowerPoint slide.”🧪🛟
kmpanthagani.bsky.social Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD @kmpanthagani.bsky.social · Oct 24
Just wrote a post inspired by one of the best articles I’ve read in a long time — it put into words a shift I’ve been seeing in how people decide what’s “trustworthy” and explains why experts and institutions are set up to fail in the new media environment (if we don’t adapt).

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Health institutions need to empower online creators, or risk getting left behind
It’s rare that an article has me nodding so much my neck hurts—but this one did. If you care about getting accurate health information to the public, I highly recommend you read it too. Titled ‘For E...
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October 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Reposted by Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
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great post on this public health communication paradigm shift. h/t @jennanewman.bsky.social
kmpanthagani.bsky.social Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD @kmpanthagani.bsky.social · Oct 24
Just wrote a post inspired by one of the best articles I’ve read in a long time — it put into words a shift I’ve been seeing in how people decide what’s “trustworthy” and explains why experts and institutions are set up to fail in the new media environment (if we don’t adapt).

shorturl.at/TbyNF
Health institutions need to empower online creators, or risk getting left behind
It’s rare that an article has me nodding so much my neck hurts—but this one did. If you care about getting accurate health information to the public, I highly recommend you read it too. Titled ‘For E...
www.youcanknowthings.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Reposted by Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
mattlanza.bsky.social
Inspired by the work of @noupside.bsky.social and Rachel Kleinfeld, Kristen has a great piece here on modern scicomm and new media and how institutions should adapt. Relatedly, Kristen and I will be chatting about a lot of this on a Substack live Thursday at 1P ET/12P CT. Hope you will tune in.
kmpanthagani.bsky.social Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD @kmpanthagani.bsky.social · Oct 24
Just wrote a post inspired by one of the best articles I’ve read in a long time — it put into words a shift I’ve been seeing in how people decide what’s “trustworthy” and explains why experts and institutions are set up to fail in the new media environment (if we don’t adapt).

shorturl.at/TbyNF
Health institutions need to empower online creators, or risk getting left behind
It’s rare that an article has me nodding so much my neck hurts—but this one did. If you care about getting accurate health information to the public, I highly recommend you read it too. Titled ‘For E...
www.youcanknowthings.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
kmpanthagani.bsky.social
Just wrote a post inspired by one of the best articles I’ve read in a long time — it put into words a shift I’ve been seeing in how people decide what’s “trustworthy” and explains why experts and institutions are set up to fail in the new media environment (if we don’t adapt).

shorturl.at/TbyNF
Health institutions need to empower online creators, or risk getting left behind
It’s rare that an article has me nodding so much my neck hurts—but this one did. If you care about getting accurate health information to the public, I highly recommend you read it too. Titled ‘For E...
www.youcanknowthings.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Reposted by Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
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Old dogs, New tricks?

Communicating in the new media environment feels kind of overwhelming for this Elder Millennial academic. But better to face how times have changed

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Health institutions need to empower online creators, or risk getting left behind
A quick breakdown of the best article I've read all year
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October 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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The push to change the hepatitis B vaccine to start at age 4 makes zero sense.
September 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Reposted by Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
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Is it time for us—scientists, PhDs, PostDocs, and others—to be more welcoming?
Great post by @kmpanthagani.bsky.social on the impact of the word “misinformation.” I believe we should go further: listen, be welcoming, and engage in dialogue. It takes time, but in my view, it’s the only viable option.
September 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Listen to Kristen.
September 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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I stopped using the word ‘misinformation.’

To many it feels like a slap in the face and immediately sows distrust — not a great way to start a conversation or reach people outside the academic bubble.

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Why I stopped using the word 'misinformation'
The word ‘misinformation’ entered my regular vocabulary around the time it did for much of the country — March 2020. Discovering my newfound love for explaining science and addressing COVID rumors onl...
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September 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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A short explanation of p-hacking and why it absolutely makes sense to ask HHS to release the study methods of their autism report in advance.
September 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Reposted by Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
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This, from @kmpanthagani.bsky.social is such an important, challenging read. Kristen always writes really thoughtful things about science communication.

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Is science inherently political?
It depends on which "science" we're even talking about Should science stay out of politics—or is science inherently political? When is advocacy appropriate for scientists, and is it even possible to ...
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August 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Reposted by Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
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August 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Here’s who RFK Jr hired to study autism and vaccines:
August 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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1/ It’s been a struggle to process what happened at the CDC just a few days ago. The facts are coming in: one officer died, 500 rounds fired, 200 bullets made contact with 6 CDC buildings, hundreds of staff sheltered in place for hours. The intention is undeniable: this was an attempted massacre.
August 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Inside Medicine video: Spreading good information in the fight against medical misinformation. With guest Dr. Kristen Panthagani

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August 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Spreading good information in the fight against medical misinformation

@kmpanthagani.bsky.social & @jeremyfaust.bsky.social

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Spreading good information in the fight against medical misinformation. With guest Dr. Kristen Panthagani
A recording from Jeremy Faust, MD's live video
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August 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Let’s talk about science, baby.
Let’s talk about empathy.
Let’s talk about all we do know.
And all we don’t know, that may be.
Let’s talk about science.

🧵 Keep reading for a health communication crash course 1/10

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August 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM