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Alka Kanaya

@alka_kanaya

population and clinical scientist, general internist, immigrant, views are mine (she/her)

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linkhttp://masalastudy.org calendar_today17-10-2015 19:58:40

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Alison Huang, MD, MAS(@AlisonHuangMD) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Find out more about this fellowship program that has given rise to multiple nationally acclaimed leaders in medical education at not only UCSF Department of Medicine but other academic medicine departments across the US! Daniella Zipkin, MD aliachisty (she/her) mike rabow

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JAMA Internal Medicine(@JAMAInternalMed) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Recurrent UTI pose unique management challenges in older women. Rather than testing and treating liberally, clinicians should focus on acute, localizing urinary symptoms, use clinical tests judiciously, and consider the risks of antibiotic overtreatment. ja.ma/4bcoUUV

Recurrent UTI pose unique management challenges in older women. Rather than testing and treating liberally, clinicians should focus on acute, localizing urinary symptoms, use clinical tests judiciously, and consider the risks of antibiotic overtreatment. ja.ma/4bcoUUV
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Dhruv Kazi(@kardiologykazi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Two American Heart Association Presidential Advisories released today project the future burden of and in the US
– and the numbers are truly astounding
Circulation

What will cardiovascular disease look like in 2050? And how much will it cost?
tinyurl.com/AHACVCosts
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Two @American_Heart Presidential Advisories released today project the future burden of #heartdisease and #stroke in the US – and the numbers are truly astounding @CircAHA What will cardiovascular disease look like in 2050? And how much will it cost? tinyurl.com/AHACVCosts 🧵
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Alka Kanaya(@alka_kanaya) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Worth reading, eye-opening

“…. focus intensive interest on biologic differences between the sexes, thereby obscuring the role of social factors in driving sex- and gender-based disparities in health outcomes”
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

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Alka Kanaya(@alka_kanaya) 's Twitter Profile Photo

ASPIRE!
An aptly named, long-awaited, cohort of 20,000 Asian Americans to study the epidemiology of cancer

National Cancer Institute⁩ ⁦⁦DreamLab UCSF⁩ ⁦UC San Francisco⁩ ⁦UC Davis Health
UCI Health⁩ and many academic & community partners 👏🏼👏🏼 ucsf.edu/news/2024/05/4…

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Alka Kanaya(@alka_kanaya) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Fabulous podcast about the neuroscience, psychology, and sociology of prayer, meditation, mindfulness…
similar to “flow” in any creative activity
Highly recommend 👏🏼👏🏼

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Happy Araneta(@HappyAraneta) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Looking forward to presenting research on diabetes risk in communities Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series on Wednesday, May 22, 2pm EST (11am PST) UC San Diego Health Study MASALA Study Alka Kanaya

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Looking forward to presenting research on diabetes risk in #AANHPI communities @NIHDirector's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series on Wednesday, May 22, 2pm EST (11am PST) @UCSanDiego #Filipino Health Study @masala_study @alka_kanaya videocast.nih.gov
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NIH NHLBI(@nih_nhlbi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Read about a new study called MOSAAIC that focuses on the heart health of these groups. The findings could reduce health disparities in communities. go.nih.gov/qLMsHHv HM

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Alka Kanaya(@alka_kanaya) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great paper with colleagues at Kaiser ⁦Kaiser Permanente Research NorCal⁩ ⁦UC San Francisco

Disaggregating data in children showing big differences in age at puberty by race-ethnic groups… jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

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Jaweed Kaleem(@jaweedkaleem) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A standing ovation for Asna Tabassum, USC valedictorian, and cheers for her “resistance to genocide” minor today at the USC student awards ceremony

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Ananya Tina Banerjee(@ananya_tb) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We have over 200 people registered for this rare event funded by CIHR to hear voices of South Asian communities engaged in public health research with academics who benefit little and demand research justice.

Registration closes Sunday with only few spots left. 👇🏾

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South Asian Public Health Association (SAPHA)(@SAPHAinfo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happy ! South Asian Public Health Association (SAPHA) will be highlighting the work of students & early career faculty/professionals who are conducting health research within communities. Our first feature is Dr. Naheed Ahmed from Institute for Excellence in Health Equity ! Read more about Dr. Ahmed below.

Happy #AANHPIHeritageMonth ! @SAPHAinfo will be highlighting the work of students & early career faculty/professionals who are conducting health research within #South #Asian communities. Our first feature is Dr. Naheed Ahmed from @nyugsom_iehe ! Read more about Dr. Ahmed below.
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Alka Kanaya(@alka_kanaya) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Get to the heart of…
-missingness
-inclusion
-representation
-generalizability
-internal validity
-external validity

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Gordon H. Guyatt(@GuyattGH) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New application specification curve analysis. Implements all valid analytic approaches. Used NHANES data, red meat & mortality. Result: extreme variability, both reduction & increase in death. Credibility requires replication with alternative approaches. jclinepi.com/article/S0895-…

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Jongeun Rhee, ScD, MS(@JongeunRhee) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happy Month! Join us the 2024 NIH Annual AA and NHPI Health Research Conference (virtual) on May 13-14! events.cancer.gov/nih/AANHPI-HSI… & Session 'Community-engaged participatory research in AANHPI populations' on May 14, 1:00-2:20 PM EST MyDzung Chu, PhD, MSPH Lan N. Đoàn, PhD, MPH Cancer Epi & Genetics National Cancer Institute

Happy #AANHPI Month! Join us the 2024 NIH Annual AA and NHPI Health Research Conference (virtual) on May 13-14! events.cancer.gov/nih/AANHPI-HSI… & Session 'Community-engaged participatory research in AANHPI populations' on May 14, 1:00-2:20 PM EST @mydz_C @lanndoan @NCIEpiTraining @theNCI
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