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Now on the blog: how we expanded UCSF’s Health Atlas from California (which we first collaborated on in 2019) to the entire US in 2024, including data and design updates across the entire tool.
Read now at https://stamen.com/taking-ucsfs-health-atlas-national/
Announcing an upcoming panel on probably the most active controversy in #bioethics that people outside medicine (and many within) haven't heard of, #ta-NRP for #organdonation. (We're facing decisions about this at #UCSF and many other hospitals are also considering their policies.) This is a method for increasing the quantity and quality of organs available for transplantation, but which many critics believe violates the dead donor rule. In ta-NRP circulatory death of the donor is declared, after which perfusion is restored to thoracic and abdominal organs while brain perfusion is (we think) surgically prevented. Ta-NRP is performed in Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, France, and in some centers in the US; is contrary to guidelines in Canada, Australia, and NZ; and has been paused in Belgium and the UK pending further study.
At #Neuroethics2025 in Munich next month we'll host a panel, International Controversies over ta-NRP for Organ Procurement: Brain Perfusion and the Dead Donor Rule, including panelists to share key perspectives from three countries where ta-NRP has been performed, critiquing different conceptions of the role of the brain in circulatory death and how national professional and public norms affect views of this procedure:
- Karola Kreitmair (Univ. of Wisconsin, US) is a philosopher whose work addresses philosophical arguments regarding ta-NRP and the dead donor rule.
- Amelia Hessheimer (Hosp. Univ. La Paz, Spain) is a transplant surgeon and co-author of the European Society for Organ Transplantation's consensus statement on NRP.
- Alex Manara (N. Bristol NHS Trust, UK) is an intensivist and author of an influential early analysis on ta-NRP and the dead donor rule.
https://neuroethicssociety.org/posts/international-controversies-over-ta-nrp-for-organ-procurement-brain-perfusion-and-the-dead-donor-rule/ #neuroethics
neuroethicssociety.orgInternational Controversies over ta-NRP for Organ Procurement: Brain Perfusion and the Dead Donor RuleNeuroethics 2025Full scheduleRegistration This panel will explore experiences of and concerns about Thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion (ta-NRP) in different cultural and legal contexts. Experts will identify and critique different conceptions of the role of the brain in informing perspectives on the permissibility of ta-NRP, as well as discuss how national professional and public norms around ... International Controversies over ta-NRP for Organ Procurement: Brain Perfusion and the Dead Donor Rule
February 21 was National Caregiver's Day. I was thinking about caregiving (in fact, speaking about it at #UCSF) but didn't post. Here is a photo of my mother and father, Tzip and Jerry, on their honeymoon. Both are gone. Many years of her life were dedicated to taking care of my father, who died of early-onset Alzheimer's. I love this photo.
February 21 was National Caregiver's Day. I was thinking about caregiving (in fact, speaking about it at #UCSF) but didn't post. Here is a photo of my mother and father, Tzip and Jerry, on their honeymoon. Both are gone. Many years of her life were dedicated to taking care of my father, who died of early-onset Alzheimer's. I love this photo.
On 2.21, please join me & #neurolgists Drs. Bruce Miller & LuisMartinez for a panel discussion on the value of sharing narratives re: #dementia's profound impact on those who know & love someone w/#Alzheimers, which is pretty much everyone. Bruce & I will talk about how we wrote together Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain, & Luis will discuss Pipo, Don't Forget Me. It's hosted by #UCSF & the Alzheimer's Association.
Global Brain Health InstituteGlobal Brain Health Institute | Narrative Showcase: Dementia Stories for ImpactStorytelling transports us into the lives of others. A story raises awareness and reaches across identities. A story creates connections and emphasizes areas for change. In discussions about dementia including the complexities of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions, the art of narrative is a powerful global tool. Join us for the second webinar in the Narrative Showcase: Dementia Stories for Impact series, titled: "Dementia, Life Course, and Storytelling." The webinar will highlight two approaches in narrative to bring attention and understanding about dementia. First, writing toward an adult audience through a personal narrative as a daughter and having the scientific context to understand the changes in her father’s brain in the book written by Cindy Weinstein and Bruce Miller, Finding the Right Words. Then, writing for a young audience of English- and Spanish-speaking children, and making the message accessible through a beloved animal’s point of view in the book written by Luis Martinez, Pipo, Don’t Forget Me. Both stories across the life course educate about dementia and advocate for empathy in the light of a debilitating disease. Their stories trace not just the challenges, but also the sparks of hope in the midst of dementia.ObjectivesWebinar participants will: Hear from authors in the neurosciences and the humanities who reach both adult and young audiences Understand their motivations to craft stories about the human experience and changes in the brainLearn how these stories amplify important messages of advocacy and awareness about neurologic health ModeratorsFionnuala Sweeney (Ireland), Journalist & Broadcaster - Former Anchor/Correspondent with CNN International; Multimedia Editor, Atlantic Institute; Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health, Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI). Creator of podcast series, Dementia is Global.Oz Ismail, PhD, Director, Scientific Programs, Alzheimer's AssociationPanelistsBruce Miller, MD, Neurologist; Director, Memory and Aging Center, University of California San Francisco; Founding Director, Global Brain Health Institute; Co-Author, Finding the Right WordsCindy Weinstein, PhD, Professor of English, Caltech; Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health; Co-Author, Finding the Right WordsLuis Martinez, MD, Neurologist; Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator, Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco; Author, Pipo, Don’t Forget Me
"Whenever Linde tells a joke a little too loudly, or has a dulled emotional response to a dramatic event, she worries: Is this tau? That anxious metronome never shuts off."
The kindness, brilliance, and empathy of the #neurologists at the #Dementia #Research centers mentioned in this article is literally life-sustaining. A special shout-out to #UCSF and especially my dear friend #Dr.BruceMiller, who founded the #MAC (#Memory and #Aging Center).
The New York Times · A Woman With a Rare Gene Mutation Fights to Avoid Her Mother’s Fate
We are #hiring - with 2 positions to announce.
In UCSF #Bioethics we're looking for a program manager for our education, research, and clinical activities - please see posting at https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/home/HomeWithPreLoad?partnerid=6495&siteid=5861&PageType=JobDetails&jobid=3617403#jobDetails=3617403_5861
In my lab we're looking for a #postdoc for an exciting empirical #interdisciplinary project on ethics and #caregiver experience in #dementia, with colleagues from sociology, philosophy, and psychology. https://decisionlab.ucsf.edu/hiring/
sjobs.brassring.comProgram Manager - Bioethics Program | University of California San FranciscoJob Details: The Program Manager works closely with a group of inter-disciplinary UCSF faculty engaged in bioethics activit
The #MAGA candidate for the presidency can't find his words, can't speak them, and can't put them together coherently. Here is a figure from a book I wrote with #UCSF #neurologist Dr. Bruce Miller explaining the different kinds of aphasia. The 1st 2 #variants are associated w/#FTD. The 3rd & the one my father had is associated with #Alzheimer's. #Trump played music last night at his rally instead of speaking. Music can be a balm for people with #dementia. They often remember it when words fail.
My #memoir, written w/ #UCSF #neurologist Dr. Bruce Miller, turns 3 today. It is about my father's brain, its deterioration from early-onset Alzheimer's, my love for him, and all the grief. I describe a clinical presentation, a memory of my father's illness, and Bruce explains the neurology behind #Alzheimer's and other forms of #dementia. The last chapter remembers my dad before he got sick. Readers have said that they have found the book helpful.
#EndAlz
@caregivers
https://weinsteinandmiller
"We do know that there are harmful substances in cannabis smoke that are known to cause damage, so I would be very concerned about the health effects of smoking or vaping cannabis."
#BethCohen, MD, Professor of Medicine, #UCSF
https://www.health.com/marijuana-smoke-versus-cigarette-smoke-7692695
Can anyone see the glaring problem in this quote? FUD much?
HealthNo, Marijuana Smoke Is Not Safer Than Cigarette SmokeA new study shows that a majority of Americans believe that inhaling marijuana smoke is safer than inhaling tobacco smoke. Researchers believe this is largely due to the growing legality of cannabis, and the well-known negative side effects of tobacco.
Breaking: The American College of Clinical Pharmacy ACCP has formally *rescinded* their keynote speaker invitation to misinformation superspreader, "go to school when sick" advocate and sloppy bridge-burner Dr. Vinay Prasad of UCSF https://www.accp.com/news/index.aspx?i=331 . Prasad has aggressively mocked people and institutions working to prevent spread of infectious disease that is COVID-19. #COVID #COVID19 #publichealth #UCSF
A study of more than 22,000 people with multiple sclerosis (MS) has discovered the first genetic variant associated with faster disease progression, which ca...
Researchers discover first genetic marker for severity of Multiple Sclerosis
Researchers discover first genetic marker for severity of Multiple Sclerosis
Reposting to new instance:
#introduction : I'm a #neurologist, cognitive neuroscientist & ethicist at @UCSF. I care for people with #dementia + other cognitive disorders and I do research on #decision making, #neuroethics, #neurotech.
I trained for my MD here at #UCSF and my PhD in #philosophy at #NYU. I'm director of #bioethics at UCSF. #interdisciplinary
Personal: Dad to 2 teen boys + a #chihuahua + a #corgi. Family background Hokkien Sino-Burmese, 
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. #NBA, history podcasts, food, #SFGiants, 90s #hiphop.
So, there's a PROBLEM with UC San Francisco's so-called "medicine" department. ( #UCSF )
It contains three of the most dishonest, dangerous #Covid minimizers in the country, responsible for many many deaths:
•Vinayak K. Prasad, MD
•Bob Wachter , MD
•Monica Gandhi , MD
Turns out it's being funded by deranged right-wing extremist lunatics:
Someone should clean up this rotten department, which no longer meets basic academic standards.
MediumCOVID Contrarians and the Influence of Funding in Medicine
I'm Jay, a #postdoc at #UCSF investigating the gut #microbiome and how it modulates health and disease. I'm primarily focused on #IBD, fecal transfers, and colorectal cancers.
Also into #swimming, hiking, exploring nature, and reading -- always happy to get a good book recommendation!
