Jennifer Hamilton MD PhD

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Family Practice doc, public health advocate, and occasional maker of liquid nitrogen ice cream. Rides a bike to work some days. Formerly on med-mastodon.

Posts are not medical advice, and I'm not speaking for my employer.

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Jennifer Hamilton MD PhD51m ago
Stefano Volpe 7h ago
If any PhD students are following your account, boosting would be appreciated.

Fellow PhD student: hello! ​​ I hope you had a good Monday.

0) In which country are you pursuing your PhD?
1) What is the official duration of your PhD programme? Does it assume you already have a Master's?
2) How many academic credits (e.g., ECTS) are you required to get in order to complete your PhD?
3) If you are paid for TAing, can you estimate the number of teaching contact hours you need in order to supplement other sources of funding?

My union and Ph.D. committee have been asking for feedback, and I have a theory I'd like to test. Feel free to use private mentions if you want.

Edit: I am now using "academic credits" to make myself more understandable to non-EU people.
Jennifer Hamilton MD PhD11h ago
Show threadGrant_H1d ago

@Andii @oscarjiminy so here's another gem:

researchers interpreted autistic moral consistency as "undue concern" about ethics. Because of the enduring assumption “autism=bad,” they pathologized conscience and treated principled behavior as a symptom rather than a strength.

Jennifer Hamilton MD PhD22h ago
Augie Ray1d ago

I wish healthcare workers (HCWs) were listening. #COVID19 remains a risk, and masks protect HCWs and their patients!

STUDY: "Vaccines are more effective in preventing severe COVID-19, while non-pharmaceutical risk reduction measures (like PPE) are the most effective tools to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare settings."

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/iid3.70355

Jennifer Hamilton MD PhD22h ago

Covid memories and updated insights from "Your Local Epidemiologist"

https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/covid-19-six-years-later

Covid-19 six years later

Six years ago today, I put my baby in a camping carrier, strapped her on, opened my laptop on my dining room table, and started typing as fast as I could.

Your Local Epidemiologist
Jennifer Hamilton MD PhD1d ago
McNadoMD1d ago
In light of the blackouts in Cuba, US threats to stop power in Iran, Israeli strikes on Lebanon, and Russian strikes on Ukraine’s power grid, I will remind everyone that trying manually ventilate patients who can’t breathe for themselves is exhausting, technically challenging, and often fatally inadequate. It is very hard to sit there manually delivering 6 cc/kg of air with the right pressure, inspiratory time, and expiratory time, over and over again, for hours.
Show threadJennifer Hamilton MD PhD2d ago

@fae2535
Usually some mix of guitar, mandolin, bass.

And they're quiet compared to their electric counterparts, usually; but you're right, that's not the same as quiet.

Jennifer Hamilton MD PhD2d ago
Reid 2d ago
I'm fucking dying here

Apparently they reverse engineered the reasoning behind an ML model trained to find tuberculosis to see how it figured it out and it used the age of the machine that took the MRIs; the actual MRI was just completely ignored
Jennifer Hamilton MD PhD2d ago
A question for the assembled wisdom of Mastodon, esp the #CovidIsNotOver team: what's the quietest air filter you'd recommend? I'm looking for something that can be run in a large living room where 5-7 friends get together with acoustic instruments for a few hours of jamming.
Jennifer Hamilton MD PhD3d ago

Plan A is whatever your original plan for not being pregnant was.

Plan B is post-coital contraception, also known as a morning-after pill ("Plan B" is also a brand name. There are now prescription medications that work better, longer.)

And then there's Plan C: abortion pills by mail

https://www.plancpills.org/

PLAN C: Abortion pills by mail in every state

Plan C is an information resource for self-managed, at-home abortion with pills. Learn how people in the U.S. are accessing abortion pill options online.

Jennifer Hamilton MD PhD3d ago
AI6YR Ben3d ago

DON'T BUY BICYCLE HELMETS ON AMAZON (especially from random-characters-strung-together stores)

CPSC: Aisstxoer Adult Bicycle Helmets Recalled Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Head Injury; Violates Mandatory Standard for Bicycle Helmets; Sold on Amazon by YXTDZ Store

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026/Aisstxoer-Adult-Bicycle-Helmets-Recalled-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-or-Death-from-Head-Injury-Violates-Mandatory-Standard-for-Bicycle-Helmets-Sold-on-Amazon-by-YXTDZ-Store

#BikeTooter #recall #bicycles #helmet

Aisstxoer Adult Bicycle Helmets Recalled Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Head Injury; Violates Mandatory Standard for Bicycle Helmets; Sold on Amazon by YXTDZ Store

Consumers should stop using the recalled adult helmets immediately and contact YXTDZ Store for a full refund. Consumers will be asked to destroy the recalled helmet by cutting the straps and email a photo of the destroyed helmet to [email protected].   

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission