Zena was a legend. So honored I get to give this talk in her memory next week at Columbia. Come join us.

“the global north learned little from the Covid years, and has no serious plan for the future” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Introducing The Booster Shot: A Blog by Scientists Fighting for Truth, Justice, Public Health, Medicine, and Science open.substack.com/pub/boosters... I'm looking forward to writing here with @epiren.bsky.social and others, with no constraints.

To follow-up on last year's Winter 2025 pilot course, the 3-credit Confronting Medical Colonialism course (w/ support of @madhupai.bsky.social & @mcgillghp.bsky.social) launched as a Summer 2026 intensive last week Fighting for A Hand to Hold (@mcgillqueensup.bsky.social) will be required reading👇🏾

Tuberculosis needs a multidimensional definition to spur thinking and action www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

It’s sadly not just the US, the whole world is unprepared Hantavirus Response Shows How Trump Cuts Have Compromised U.S. Preparedness www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/h... @apoorvanyt.bsky.social

A popular @mcgillspgh.bsky.social course on Providing Health Care to Refugee, Immigrant and Migrant Populations June 17-19, 2026 In person and hybrid options www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

Offered in Spanish, via @mcgillspgh.bsky.social Summer Institutes! A chance to learn ethnographic methods for global health research www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

A short, online course on Digital Health and AI via @mcgill.ca www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

Science Editor-in-Chief Holden Thorp talks to historian Timothy Snyder about attacks on science in the United States, impacts on the future of science, and how scientists can resist youtu.be/IWNDMwimUP0?...

So shameful "The world’s richest men are crushing the world’s poorest children" @nickkristof.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/o...

Rapid, point-of-care testing plays a key role in outbreak response, but can also help decision making in all areas of medicine (e.g. home glucose testing) Join this online, short course @mcgillspgh.bsky.social on POC diagnostics, taught by an international team! www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

Tuberculosis needs a multidimensional definition to spur thinking and action www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

A chance to collectively dream of global health that is more equitable and just Topics include destruction of aid and its implications, attacks on democracy, science and human rights, conflicts, reparations, Indigenous health & more Registrations closing soon! www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

So pleased to shared that the McGill Summer Institutes in Global Health has won the inaugural Education Impact Award by the @healthsciences.mcgill.ca For over 10 years, our program has delivered 95 courses and welcomed more than 6,800 participants worldwide healthenews.mcgill.ca/five-project...

Every child deserves to be protected by a wall of immunity

A chance to collectively dream of global health that is more equitable and just Topics include destruction of aid and its implications, attacks on democracy, science and human rights, conflicts, reparations, Indigenous health & more Registrations closing soon! www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

Every outbreak is a reminder that - our safety is always collective (none of us are safe until all of us are) - global cooperation is key - global institutions like WHO are critical - science (not politics) should drive our response - we ignore public health at our own peril

Every child deserves to be protected by a wall of immunity

The world has many problems right now UFOs are not among them

Go Habs! 👏🏽👏🏽

Yes, please!

Here’s How Freaked Out You Should Be About the Hantavirus Cruise Ship @cmyeaton.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/o...

So pleased to shared that the McGill Summer Institutes in Global Health has won the inaugural Education Impact Award by the @healthsciences.mcgill.ca For over 10 years, our program has delivered 95 courses and welcomed more than 6,800 participants worldwide healthenews.mcgill.ca/five-project...

Me wishes that we had an effective vaccine for hantavirus Me knows that big pharma and rich nations wil only invest in one when the global north feels directly threatened Me worries that even if a vaccine was made, it will not be accessible to lower income nations

Yes, please!

Rapid, point-of-care testing plays a key role in outbreak response, but can also help decision making in all areas of medicine (e.g. home glucose testing) Join this online, short course @mcgillspgh.bsky.social on POC diagnostics, taught by an international team! www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

Every outbreak is a reminder that - our safety is always collective (none of us are safe until all of us are) - global cooperation is key - global institutions like WHO are critical - science (not politics) should drive our response - we ignore public health at our own peril

Here’s How Freaked Out You Should Be About the Hantavirus Cruise Ship @cmyeaton.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/o...

Karolinska @ki.se has now launched the first version of its own journal list, KI-JL, in which scientific journals are level-graded based on peer review. the list is intended to support researchers in decisions about publishing and journal quality news.ki.se/ki-launches-...

Science Editor-in-Chief Holden Thorp talks to historian Timothy Snyder about attacks on science in the United States, impacts on the future of science, and how scientists can resist youtu.be/IWNDMwimUP0?...

It’s sadly not just the US, the whole world is unprepared Hantavirus Response Shows How Trump Cuts Have Compromised U.S. Preparedness www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/h... @apoorvanyt.bsky.social

"Medicare has historically been a touchstone of our national identity in Canada, now more than ever as we chart a path away from our southern neighbours" @danyaalraza.com www.hilltimes.com/2026/05/06/m...

Great chat today with @plosmedicine.org academic editor @madhupai.bsky.social about all things @plos.org, science publishing, the state of science, and of course, the #Habs!

I've been an Academic Editor with @plosmedicine.org for many years Today, I got to meet Dr @alisonfarrell.bsky.social, a Senior Editor of PLOS Medicine, in person She is a McGill University alumna and her alma mater is proud of her many contributions to science!

We knew Vit K was effective in preventing bleeding more than 60 years ago In 1961, the American Academy of Pediatrics began recommending all newborns receive a vitamin K injection as part of routine newborn care In 2026, if we allow kids to bleed and die, this is beyond shameful

Hantavirus cases now suspected in 5 countries www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/w...

Just read this book by Nick Enrich I found it very hard to contain my outrage and sadness – every single page was distressing to read, and I can only imagine what the author and USAID colleagues went through, and the millions who were suddenly abandoned... www.simonandschuster.ca/books/Into-t...

Near point-of-care molecular tests for tuberculosis: what will it take to realize their potential? Our new paper in eClinicalMedicine @thelancet.com authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Karolinska @ki.se has now launched the first version of its own journal list, KI-JL, in which scientific journals are level-graded based on peer review. the list is intended to support researchers in decisions about publishing and journal quality news.ki.se/ki-launches-...

Coming out this month! Pharma Monopoly: The Battle for the Future of Medicines @tahiramin.bsky.social & Rohit Malpani (two respected scholars of access to meds) www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

An exciting, new, short, online course on vaccinology! www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

I’m wondering when they will start pushing ivermectin for hantavirus infection

We knew Vit K was effective in preventing bleeding more than 60 years ago In 1961, the American Academy of Pediatrics began recommending all newborns receive a vitamin K injection as part of routine newborn care In 2026, if we allow kids to bleed and die, this is beyond shameful

Just read this book by Nick Enrich I found it very hard to contain my outrage and sadness – every single page was distressing to read, and I can only imagine what the author and USAID colleagues went through, and the millions who were suddenly abandoned... www.simonandschuster.ca/books/Into-t...

"The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed" Steve Biko

In a recent feature by @frontiersin.bsky.social, Professor @monicamalta.bsky.social reflects on LGBTQ+ health, structural violence, and the importance of community-led responses in advancing health equity. Read the interview: www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/12...

Thirty incoming @McGillU students win Canada’s most comprehensive leadership-based scholarship for master’s studies reporter.mcgill.ca/mcgill_mccal...

Received and completed 2016 Census 🇨🇦