Danielle Ompad

Just a friendly neighborhood infectious disease epidemiologist. World traveler. Academic. New Yorker. Hapa. HBCU grad.

[Danielle Ompad @danieompad]

@GreysABC: Miranda Bailey is going to get an MPH. @shondarhimes and Chandra Wilson, thank you!

And they said epidemiology at least twice in the episode.

[Danielle Ompad @danieompad]

What RFK Jr and his ilk don't want you to know.

Unexplained Pauses in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Surveillance: Erosion of the Public Evidence Base for Health Policy | Annals of Internal Medicine https://t.co/XTgM3ajZ1j

[Danielle Ompad @danieompad]

@iamdieforyouuu Brie

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To be clear, I am not Native Hawaiian and was not eligible for admission to Kamehameha Schools - and I am good with that. Kamehameha Schools are not for people like me. To sue them over their admissions policy is to ignore more than 100 years of colonization and its impacts.

[Danielle Ompad @danieompad]

This is wrong in so many ways (a thread). Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop set up the trust to support Native Hawaiians at a time when outsiders (and particularly haole American businessmen) were undermining the Hawaiian monarchy.
https://t.co/DN9MGEZQUK

[Danielle Ompad @danieompad]

Over the decades, Native Hawaiians experienced a lot of discrimination. The ruling haole class tried to stamp out their culture and language. Today, Native Hawaiians experience economic, educational, political, and health disparities. Kamehameha Schools are part of the solution.

[Danielle Ompad @danieompad]

Omg. Just saw @wkamaubell on the street. I totally 51-year-old fan girled him and he gave me a hug. Super smart and nice man. Thank you sir. Your perspective are appreciated right now.

[Danielle Ompad @danieompad]

The 2026 University Psychedelic Education Program (U-PEP) Application is open. U-PEP expands access to education about the therapeutic use of psychedelic meds for faculty in nursing, social work, medicine, psychology, and public health. See https://t.co/clbbkkgjJO for more info

[Danielle Ompad @danieompad]

But it’s the responsibility of the consumer to make sure their stuff doesn’t get into those kids’ hands.”

[Danielle Ompad @danieompad]

I was quoted today in @NYMag: Hiding these substances isn’t enough; they need to be locked up securely. A longtime @WuTangClan fan, Ompad coveted @methodman’s lockable $420 wooden stash box before it sold out, but she advised that a $50 Amazon document safe will do just fine.

[NYU Marijuana Project @NYU_MJ_Project]

Our work on copycat edibles was featured in @NYMag. https://t.co/yuzS3DgKS3

[Danielle Ompad @danieompad]

The bottom line? “Lock your shit up,” she said. “Just lock it up. It’s the responsibility of the producers, the manufacturers, and the sellers, whether licensed or unlicensed, to make sure their packaging doesn’t appeal to kids.

[Danielle Ompad @danieompad]

So excited! Just got my flu, pneumococcal, and shingles vaccines all in one go.

[Danielle Ompad @danieompad]

@ZCLeeMed Our online training modules are free! https://t.co/KrWNd5ib8n

[Danielle Ompad @danieompad]

Check out a new paper from two of our @nyupublichealth PhD students, Mehrdad Khezri and Sarah Kimball
Harms associated with injecting in public spaces: a global systematic review and meta-analysis

https://t.co/IOQcEafPQT

[Danielle Ompad @danieompad]

@jtrebach Yeah. Me with double stuff oreos. Or cheez balls. I miss the ones front Planters.

[NYU Urban Epidemiology Lab @nyu_uel]

Shonette Richmond is a student in the @nyu_uel. Yesterday, she presented her first scientific poster at a conference! We were at the NYC Epidemiology Forum at Hofstra University, where she presented our research: Characterizing the cannabis retail landscape in NYC: A secret-shopper survey.

[Danielle Ompad @danieompad]

Cho-Hee Shrader and I will be presenting our work on drug use among drug researchers in the DADR Editor's Pick Webinar tomorrow. You can register for free here: https://t.co/oDNQfsEUw1

[Danielle Ompad @danieompad]

@rebelistamodern @soledadobrien They did.

[Danielle Ompad @danieompad]

@B_SNSEI @DMichaelTripi Boom kanani 🤣😂