Almost a decade ago, I wrote a piece for TheConversation.com on the (manageable) risks of raw cookie dough (theconversation.com/why-public-h...). It went viral and has something like 400k views. But, the world of dough has changed, so it seemed like a good time for a revision. Enjoy!

Very proud of authoring this JAMA piece summarizing the most evidence based recommendations we have about communicating probabilities and test results to patients. Now to hope that people believe that using these best practices matters!

The Making Numbers Meaningful Systematic Review papers are now available! Review of 316 papers on communicating health-related probabilities to the public. 1,119 findings. Methods / scoping paper, 6 evidence summary papers, 5 editorials. All open access. journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...

🎉 Meet the Member: Brian! 🎉 🧠 Area of Expertise: Risk Communication & Shared Decision-Making 🎭 Fun Fact: Uses improv theater games to enhance teaching, research presentations, and communication skills! Brian has been an SMDM member since 2000 and deeply values its mentoring culture. 💙

Great to see my friend and colleague @ldscherer.bsky.social and Kirsten McCaffery from @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social in today's New York Times talking about how calling something "cancer" may not be helpful for decision making about DCIS! Tagging @smdm.bsky.social for amplification.

Great discussion by my colleague @kaytesb.bsky.social on what actually happens to direct-to-consumer genetic testing data.

I've published literally hundreds of studies, but this one will always be special. I'm so proud to have helped Dr. Cathryn Lapedis show so convincingly how BAD current prostate biopsy pathology reports are compared to a simple patient-centered design. PLUS: my first JAMA article ever!