Clinical and Laboratory Haematologist. He/Him
Melbourne, Australia
Joined March 2015
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Kristof writes this factual and confronting article on the human cost of U.S.A.I.D. cuts.
Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Within an hour of starting interviews, I had the names of a 10-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl who had died because of decisions by wealthy men in Washington.
The visit that moved me the most was to a remote area that used to have no health care, where women routinely died in childbirth. Then a US-funded maternity clinic opened through @UNFPA in December, and not one woman has died since. I showed up, and people mistakenly thought I was responsible for the clinic. One new mom wanted to name her baby for me, and the village elders thanked me and hailed America's generosity. What they didn't know was that Trump/Musk had cut all funding for UNFPA and that as a result the maternity clinic will close this month, and women will once again be bleeding to death in the dust.
Here's a giftlink to my report from ground level about what the shutdown of USAID means: nytimes.com/interactive/2025…
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Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s dismantling of USAID will lead to millions of preventable deaths.
The decision of the richest person in the world to destroy an agency that delivers life-saving aid to the poorest people on the planet is unconscionable.
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Global Drug Facility Update on Access to Bedaquiline stoptb.org/news/global-drug-…
These short question haematology cases are quite good (especially if trainee [like me] sitting exams).
bloodcases.com/
@AaronGoodman33 @KMirza @gvencut1 @NicoGagelmann
Full detail of authors in the about tab on site.
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Congratulations @StevenBird on being awarded the @ELRAnews Antonio Zampolli Prize at #LREC2022! Well deserved!
80yo F for general health check up.
FBE: Hb 137 / WCC 13.6 / Plt 318
Blood film (pictured).
Diagnosis? Further tests? Treatment?
#hemepath #path #hematology #hemeisbeautiful @KMirza @AaronGoodman33 @sanamloghavi
Flow results showing lambda-restricted CD5+ CD19+ CD20+ CD22- CD23+ FMC7- population in this patient.
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A great speech on Ukraine from Kenya's ambassador to the UN. youtube.com/watch?v=ofijY6M-…
Stephen Walker retweeted
It is a pleasure to announce our publication in @NEJM discovering resistance to non-covalent BTK inhibitors in patients with CLL. A collaborative effort with @anthonymatomd and @TaylorJ_MD led by @ewang2323, Xiaoli Mi, and @MCThompsonMD. nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
I hadn’t realised many of the RAT available in Australia aren’t validated for Omicron. Can anyone comment as to whether it may reduce sensitivity of the test? It seems a concern as we move to a RAT reliant method.
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For an exhaustive list of which RATs are validated for the various strains (incl. Omicron), see this TGA link:
tga.gov.au/post-market-revie…
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Zuma12 - Frontline #CART for high risk #lymphoma.This was a very high risk group, enriched for double hit lymphoma, high IPI disease & had +PET2. Quite an achievement to screen and offer these patients CART so quickly - @Haem_pmcc_rmh bit.ly/3GH0a8o #lymsm #ASH21
Last slide is kicker: HDMTX no benefit (1) overall, (2) when in CR or (3) when high risk. Great study!
Congratulations @Dr_KatLewis on leading this enormous study in high risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma examining the impact of high-dose methotrexate on risk of CNS relapse.
2.5 years of work behind this! #ASH21 #lymSM
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