Ava Skolnik

Health Policy & Partnerships | Health Equity | Vaccine Public Policy | Reproductive Justice | Currently @merck | Previously @policylabchop | @columbiamsph alum

[Ava Skolnik @askolnik15]

Excited to share my op-ed in the
@washingtonpost
https://t.co/9eYym1GI7h
“Covid-19 should not be co-opted for a political agenda to limit women’s reproductive rights.”
#coronavirus #WomensRights #AbortionIsEssential #reprohealth #publichealth

[Health Affairs @Health_Affairs]

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Health equity improves health care for all,
including you.

#HealthPolicyValentines

[AcademyHealth @AcademyHealth]

Roses are red
Health disparities are systemic
To truly improve health outcomes
We need to invest before the next pandemic
#healthpolicyvalentines

[Ava Skolnik @askolnik15]

I’m a proud Pennsylvanian this morning after Election Day!

[John Fetterman @JohnFetterman]

It's official. I will be the next U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania.

We bet on the people of Pennsylvania - and you didn’t let us down 

And I won’t let you down. Thank you.

[Dr. Toni Eyssallenne @NYCHealthCMO]

In a survey from @NPR @RWJF @HarvardChanSPH, several marginalized groups are worse off than non-Hispanic Whites when it comes to finances, housing, healthcare, safety, & neighborhood conditions. Understanding the racialized nature of the social determinants of health is key.

[Ava Skolnik @askolnik15]

@nick_manna And eat a lot of oreos

[Ava Skolnik @askolnik15]

"Because abortion is not a single choice. Rather, it is one tangled with many: the right to learn, the right to work, the right to mental health, and the right to start a family when one is physically or financially able, when one chooses."

[Dr. Mary T. Bassett @DrMaryTBassett]

As we await the Supreme Court’s pending, painful reversal of Roe, it is a time to be loud and it is a time to act. That’s why today, I am sharing my own abortion story in @ElleMagazine: https://t.co/9y9fHLJcbW

[Aletha Akers @AlethaAkers]

Tracing the harsh reality of my great aunt's history of childbirth & struggle for reproductive autonomy, I reflect in @MsMagzine how little has changed in how people in power regard Black women’s agency in reproductive choices. #RoeVWade https://t.co/sykyoxrKkj

[DEACTIVATED @thrasherxy]

There are exceptions of course, but I think people who are getting Covid after two years of not getting it has less to do with how “careful” they were and more to do with class standing + increased transmissibility of new variants

[Ava Skolnik @askolnik15]

Excited to share our new publication during #NationalPublicHealthWeek @AlexaBhatti @Health_Affairs @NPHW

[uché blackstock, md @uche_blackstock]

A quick reminder that everyone is eligible for two sets of 4 rapid at-home tests at https://t.co/OJRoA5M6lA.

And in NYC, you can pick up free rapid at-home tests at libraries and cultural institutions. Info below!

[Governor Josh Shapiro @GovernorShapiro]

This message is for young LGBTQ+ Pennsylvanians —

You belong here.

You make our community better by being you.

The world will come around and realize that you deserve nothing but support as you live your truth.

Until then, I’ve got your back.

[Jeremy Faust MD MS (ER physician) @jeremyfaust]

Breaking: Arkansas (Aug–Oct 2021), districts with universal masking had 23% lower COVID incidence (staff+students) compared to those without requirements.

Critics: "Oh this just reflects places that cared about mitigation; it wasn't the masks!"

Um, ok ;)
https://t.co/QdCS8v4WuR

[Maya Harris @mayaharris_]

And on the first day of #WomensHistoryMonth… #SOTU2022

[Ava Skolnik @askolnik15]

new results out from our time at @PolicyLabCHOP

tailoring to the unique needs of adolescents is key.

#patientcenteredcare #adolescenthealth #reproductivehealth #healthcoach

[Aletha Akers @AlethaAkers]

We developed a microsimulation model of my health coaching program that supports adolescents using a new birth control. The program is a smidge more expensive but a ton more effective compared to regular care preventing 15 pregnancies per 1000 adolescents. https://t.co/wA6TMIAYLA

[Esther Choo, MD MPH @choo_ek]

To anyone who feels the slightest bit abashed or stressed coming into a COVID vaccine site for your first dose, we are all so happy to see you. Even if you want to just walk in and talk to the clinical team with your questions and then decide. No judgment. No pressure.

[Ava Skolnik @askolnik15]

“This delicate sketch of our powerful tendency to humanize the universe—to make it bearable—walks a knife’s edge of tonal balance.” Talk about an amazing review from @kyliu99 congrats @mattmgoldberg 🎉

[Matthew Goldberg 🐀 @mattmgoldberg]

So unbelievably excited to announce that @kyliu99 selected my story, “Bees Wings,” as the 😱 1st place winner 😱 of the @uncharted_mag_ Summer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Short Story Award!!! The news rendered me speechless when I first heard (I can talk again, but just barely).

[Hope Taylor Scott MD FAAP @imhopin]

Today is a first. I have taken Dec 5th off every year since my daughter Haley died Dec 5, 1994 of what is now vaccine preventable meningitis. Today I am working our COVID clinic for 5-11 year olds to honor my daughter by vaccinating kids. Please send hugs!!

[KizzyPhD @KizzyPhD]

If ever told my science would be in a Smithsonian, I’d have laughed.

Today, I say, “Dream big & give God the last laugh.” 💫

#TheFUTURES features me, @BarneyGrahamMD, our @NIH team & collaborators, a Spike protein model, & vaccine vials from our revolutionary initial studies.

[Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance @gavi]

“My wife and I received our second jab for #COVID19 while our children were given their routine immunisation” - a “whole family” approach is helping Lagos State, Nigeria tackle multiple disease outbreaks: https://t.co/ymrNrkzLEw #VaccinesWork

[Ava Skolnik @askolnik15]

in case you missed this, catch the recording!
https://t.co/ps4qsZyGhm

Action-oriented solutions to improve #maternalhealth. As @MEtiebetMD said yesterday, "investment in maternal health is a down payment on all of our futures." #Surgotalks

[Surgo Ventures @SurgoVentures]

🙌 In just two days!!
This Wed., Oct. 20 we're thrilled to be gathering these ⏬ inspiring experts to discuss how better data + policy can improve poor #maternalhealth outcomes, esp. for Black birthing ppl who die 2-4x the rate of White ppl.
Join us! https://t.co/y81Bdwf0SJ