Valencia Koomson

Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor | Founding Director, Advanced Integrated Circuits & Systems Lab

[Roots Community Health @RootsEmpowers]

Roots Community Health Center is suing leading manufacturers of pulse oximeters after numerous studies revealed that they are less reliable for darker skin tones, possibly leading to suffering and loss of life Black people during COVID.

Read more here: https://t.co/H3egXX3dpJ

[Valencia Koomson @ValenciaKoomson]

@kayewhitehead People of the Global Majority

[Usha Lee McFarling @ushamcfarling]

A team of data analysts has found the presence of Black primary care docs in a county, even a single one, means Black residents in that county live longer. Even veteran researchers call the finding stunning https://t.co/gt4pIe11Dt

[Valencia Koomson @ValenciaKoomson]

@NIBIBgov @DrPlattLab Congratulations!

[Amaka Eneanya, MD, MPH @AmakaEMD]

**New Kidney Transplant Policy Alert** As of January 5, 2023 all US kidney transplant centers are REQUIRED to review which Black patients have had a race-based #eGFR equation used for #kidney waitlisting. If used, their waitlist times will be modified. https://t.co/x1CBoETvLz

[Valencia Koomson @ValenciaKoomson]

@UMengineering @Lola_UMich @CMBE_BMES Congratulations, Lola. Well deserved.

[Valencia Koomson @ValenciaKoomson]

Apple Sued Over 'Racial Bias' Of Apple Watch via @forbes https://t.co/uWZ7hn8xX2

[Valencia Koomson @ValenciaKoomson]

@Chem_Diva Great article Malika!

[Valencia Koomson @ValenciaKoomson]

Check out this article: https://t.co/8hpeskzbPD

[Joel Bervell @joelbervell]

There’s been an increase of Group A Strep in the UK. What does scarlet fever look like on darker skin tones?

[Valencia Koomson @ValenciaKoomson]

Thank you @soledadobrien for highlighting this important public health issue. @TuftsEngineer @TuftsUniversity
FDA TAKES UP REVIEW OF PULSE OXIMETER REGULATIONS IN LIGHT OF RACIAL BIAS - Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien
https://t.co/QCOBMTfN1o

[Valencia Koomson @ValenciaKoomson]

Grateful for an opportunity to join @soledadobrien on @matteroffacttv Fact today to bring visibility to an important public health concern related to inaccuracies in pulse oximeter devices.
You can watch this show today in Boston on Channel 5 at 11:30am.
#healthequity #Tufts

[Valencia Koomson @ValenciaKoomson]

@ushamcfarling Can you please send out a recording of your talk?

[AmericasBlackForum @AmBlkForum]

This week on @AmBlkForum we discuss a study that shows Black patients are more likely to have low oxygen levels that are missed by pulse oximeters = 1 in 10 inaccurate readings with @ValenciaKoomson. Watch on @bouncetv Saturday at 6AM ET #abf #americasblackforum #explorepage

[Valencia Koomson @ValenciaKoomson]

https://t.co/n1ieDAAOj0

[Joel Bervell @joelbervell]

2 yrs ago, I posted a TikTok video about Pulse Oximeters. For decades, they haven't worked as well on darker skin tones. My video received over 200K views and started my "Racial Bias in Medicine" series.

Today a FDA advisory committee is finally convening to address the problem!

[Valencia Koomson @ValenciaKoomson]

Pulse Oximeters https://t.co/yB7Em4O2wS via @FacebookWatch

[Valencia Koomson @ValenciaKoomson]

@CheslerLab @Lola_UMich @vascularbiology @HughesLabUCI Congratulations Lola @Lola_UMich !

[Siva Bhavani @bhavani_md]

Racial bias in temporal (forehead) thermometers🌡

Out @JAMA_current @JAMANetwork

https://t.co/LxyqTue1W7

23% relative reduction in fevers detected in Black patients w/ temporal compared to oral thermometers

Another medical device that could be failing our patients

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[Itai Bavli, PhD @ibavli]

Black Americans were given increased radiation doses compared to other populations.

My new co-authored paper with David Jones in @NEJM.

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@HarvardHealth @HarvardChanSPH @ubcspph @HarvardHistSci https://t.co/A37z8OMa9G