Luna 🤎🎀

Tell me your sweetest secret... I like a little mystery 🫶

[Dr. Samuel Sesah @samuel_sesah]

Just ask the doctor for a way to get it all in one spectacle.

You don’t need this😶‍🌫️

[Dr. Banda Khalifa @dr_bandak]

We finally made it. Wow 🤩

Yesterday, I defended my PhD and passed with no corrections required.

1 hour of public presentation & Q &A …

2 hours of a closed-door oral exam with 4 exam committee members across different departments. School of medicine, epidemiology, environmental health, biostatistics.

I am still processing what this moment meant.

What a journey this has been…

2 master's degrees and now a PhD, all from a school I only read about in medical textbooks… Johns Hopkins University.

It meant so much to hear all the positive feedback from the dissertation readers.

Special thanks to my advisors & the exam committee for the thoughtful questions and guidance throughout this journey.

Thank you to the best epidemiology department in the world for the opportunity to learn from this truly remarkable place. @JohnsHopkinsEPI

To my collaborators across Africa & the USA, this dissertation exists because of your support.

My family, Formal and informal mentors who shaped the years behind today. Thank you.

It's been a few days short of 4 years.

Glad I can finally close this chapter.

And no, don't call me Dr. Dr.

[Luna 🤎🎀 @halodoe62]

@dr_bandak Congratulations Doc 🎊🎊

[Luna 🤎🎀 @halodoe62]

@sneakernyame 9/10

[Dr. Banda Khalifa @dr_bandak]

𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐲 “𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬,” 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬.

One of the biggest problems with news headlines is that they confuse correlation with causation.

A study finds two variables moving together.

The headline then implies that one caused the other.

That leap can completely change how readers interpret the evidence.

Understanding the difference between correlation and causation is one of the most important skills in research, public health, and evidence-based decision-making.

I put together a simple guide that explains the distinction.

[Luna 🤎🎀 @halodoe62]

https://t.co/90ey3p5Bt3

[Dr. Banda Khalifa @dr_bandak]

Health professionals carry authority (or perhaps used to).

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬.

This often happens in five ways:

① Overstating what one study can prove

→ “This study proves coffee prevents cancer.”

↳ A single study may suggest an association.

It rarely settles causation, dose, population, or long-term effect.

② Presenting belief or marketing as science

→ “This supplement balances hormones and cures fatigue.”

↳ Where is the clinical evidence? What dose? What outcome? What safety data?

③ Removing uncertainty to sound confident

→ “There is no risk.”

↳ Better: “Based on current evidence, the risk appears low.”

④ Mocking people who are confused

→ “How do people still not understand this?”

↳ Confusion often tells us the explanation failed.

⑤ Refusing to update when better evidence appears

→ “I already said what I said.”

↳ Science changes when evidence changes.

Credibility requires updating.

Health communication requires restraint.

Say what is known.

Say what is still uncertain.

Say what would change your mind.

That is how trust survives.

[Dr. Banda Khalifa @dr_bandak]

Junior High School >>>>> Youngest member of 15 panel of Experts (WHO EPR-TAG)

[Luna 🤎🎀 @halodoe62]

@dr_bandak I’m inspired

[NASA @NASA]

After a journey of more than 690,000 miles, the crew is nearly home.

The Artemis II crew will splash down off the coast of San Diego later today and, though it won’t be visible from land, you can still wave in their general direction to welcome them back to Earth! 👋

[Luna 🤎🎀 @halodoe62]

@AjahEnun Not just in medical school
Most of the faculties are into this

[Luna 🤎🎀 @halodoe62]

@SamuelAyeh13 Politicians de3 saa
What else can we expect from you other than hailing yourselves
Take the same energy to all the sinking sectors and revive them 🙏

[Luna 🤎🎀 @halodoe62]

@kwadwosheldon @__Sharyf @ksheldonstudios This is incredible

[Luna 🤎🎀 @halodoe62]

@dr_bandak Can’t fathom the number of lies a lot of people tweet daily
It’s a shame

[Luna 🤎🎀 @halodoe62]

@PharmWise Oh no not a guess

[Luna 🤎🎀 @halodoe62]

@samgeorgegh Eyes fixed on which prize smh

[Luna 🤎🎀 @halodoe62]

@CounseloroneX Optometry

[Luna 🤎🎀 @halodoe62]

@GeorgeAnagli Mostly Ibi blurry vision dem dey mean

[Luna 🤎🎀 @halodoe62]

@JasperZiggle @I_Am_Winter What is this . Is it by force to report on a health condition you have little knowledge on . At least seek professional advice before you put out some of these things there.