Parth D Shah

@bjweiner @uwdgh Game changer indeed!

I’ve had the privilege to work with incredible colleagues on this #globalhealth #COVID19 #vaccine trial. It’s been a Herculean effort getting it started, but it has launched! This vaccine trial will answer incredible important #publichealth questions. hvtn.org/en/media-room/…

Happy Diwali 🪔 & Saal Mubarak! Wish everyone a happy and prosperous year ahead!

FDA Advisory Committee voted today to approve Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for children age 5-11 at one-third the adult dose. The side effect profile seems better than for adults. With vaccines against COVID, children will be protected against MIS-C, long COVID, and myocarditis.

We are hiring @fredhutch! The Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research (HICOR) is recruiting an open rank faculty member in #healtheconomics or #healthservicesresearch. Come join our amazing program! Link to job post here: apply.interfolio.com/96832 We welcome inquiries!

#UWCHOICE @UW_Pharmacy also hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in health economics! All interests welcome, focus of Pharma market I/O, pricing, policies a plus! apply.interfolio.com/91376

You don’t have to be an expert to interpret this figure. #CovidVaccines are incredibly effective at preventing severe disease.

@WilliamACalo Congratulations! You and Katya must be so proud!

Congrats Sophie! Mom and dad are very proud of you!

Never underestimate the power of an unsolicited, sincere "Well done!" to a trainee or to a junior colleague who just gave 1st talk or published 1st paper from their lab. I remember getting an unsolicited note from one of my science heroes in grad school and it was like oxygen.

Seeing Dorothy Oliver bring vaccines to her town and persuade people to take them, in this short film, is extraordinary and beautiful. She does it with love. And love works. A stunning 94% of Panola, Alabama, is vaccinated because of her. newyorker.com/culture/the-ne…

So it’s been a few weeks, but let’s not forget that the @US_FDA recently approved a drug with evidence of no benefit, and we are about to shift health care resources to providing this drug, at net harm to our population’s health. #Aducanumab @biogen #Alzheimers

So much of modern medical science is about valiantly fighting for people with pre-existing conditions, terrible strokes of luck, and (yes) co-morbidities. So please continue to tell me why their lives are less valuable because you can’t really stand wearing a freaking mask.

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that #science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers #wisdom.” - Dr. Isaac Asimov, 1988

Keep hearing "1 in 5 with COVID were vaccinated." Folks, we want P(Covid | Vaccinated) and not P(Vaccinated | Covid). The former probability is very low.

11pm. My sick daughter, crying and unable to rest for the past 3 hours, calms and then sleeps within 10 minutes after I start quietly lecturing her about the phases of the Medicare Part D benefit. I hereby designate healthcare policy to be a Breakthrough parenting strategy.

If true…this is insanity and truly abhorrent. Shame on the individuals that are putting children’s lives in danger.

Identity politics’ impact on #COVIDVaccination coverage. #COVID cases are rapidly increasing, again, with threats of new #variants taking a foothold. In this life or death tug-of-war, the virus will win if we don’t accept #publichealth and improve #vaccination implementation.

ITS NOT CLIMATE CHANGE ITS A REGIONALLY CURATED SUBSCRIPTION BOX OF ARTISINAL APOCALYPSES

This may be the most accurate @TheOnion article ever theonion.com/scientists-ann… @DusetzinaS @yzafar @DavidP4AD @RyanNipp @fumikochino @peterbachmd @DeathPanel_ @oncology_bg @MedicareParthD

We’re hiring! HICOR has an opening for a staff scientist w/ expertise in health services research, stats, health econ, or related field. Please share the link with your networks. careers-fhcrc.icims.com/jobs/19771/sta…