Itai Bavli, PhD

Lecturer & Research Fellow @ubcspph | Public health errors | Public health ethics | Racism & health | AI ethics | COI | Opioids | Formerly @Harvard @BUSPH

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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

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Great summary of our @NEJM paper on why X-ray technicians were giving Black patients higher doses of radiation than white patients.

https://t.co/wW1GzyUJaZ

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New in When Public Health Goes Wrong: When AI makes its first public health mistake.

And why we may not be ready

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AI may improve public health. But what happens when it makes a public health mistake? I share some thoughts on AI public health errors, their causes, prevention, and their impact on society.
"When AI makes its first public health mistake" https://t.co/AMBsnSSuW9

[Itai Bavli, PhD @ibavli]

AI may improve public health. But what happens when it makes a public health mistake? I share some thoughts on AI public health errors, their causes, prevention, and their impact on society.
"When AI makes its first public health mistake" https://t.co/AMBsnSSuW9

[Itai Bavli, PhD @ibavli]

AI may improve public health. But what happens when it makes a public health mistake? I share some thoughts on AI public health errors, their causes, prevention, and their impact on society.
"When AI makes its first public health mistake" https://t.co/AMBsnSSuW9

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Finally, it’s here: The Future Is Peace by @AzizAbuSarah and my dear friend @maozinon

[Itai Bavli, PhD @ibavli]

Love this quote:

"Imagination is more important than knowledge… For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution."

-- Albert Einstein

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4/4 The words I’m writing here could themselves be amplified, suppressed, or dismissed by covert AI swarms. It’s dangerous because the wrong people may hold the technological advantage.

Link to the paper: https://t.co/2ibPksQwJe

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1/4 A disturbing new paper published in Science on malicious AI swarms and the risks they pose to democracy.
AI systems can now:
• manipulate beliefs and behaviours at scale
• generate persuasive propaganda without losing credibility
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3/4 Malicious AI agents can coordinate attacks on dissenting voices, including journalists, whistleblowers, and academics.

This is not science fiction. It is already happening around us.
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Important work outlining common mechanisms used by six health-harming industries: tobacco, pharmaceutical, opioid, fossil fuel, food, and chemical industries https://t.co/XhaTwWOLu0

1. Knowledge capture
2. Regulatory and policy capture
3. Shaping the public narrative

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So much in this short passage about Baruch Spinoza. Exile, intellectual freedom, sacrifice, and a life devoted to ideas despite the personal cost. He died at 45

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If you work in global health, ethics, or humanitarian aid (or any related field), please take a moment to read about this project 🙏

[Itai Bavli, PhD @ibavli]

Yesterday, I had the privilege of hosting a webinar with Dr. David Hasan on his work to build a children’s hospital in Gaza. Please consider supporting this initiative, and feel free to reach out if you’d like to get involved.
https://t.co/Z72pB0SWBL

[מעוז معوز Maoz @maozinon]

Hope in action, when it's most needed- in Gaza:

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Why does transparency matter for trust in public health? #trust #transpa... https://t.co/BEBEPyzahq via @YouTube

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Happy Passover. May better days come, and freedom for all 🕊️

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It was a pleasure taking part in this Purple Public Health episode w/ Dr Salma Abdalla on public health errors. From mistakes during the opioid epidemic to policy decisions, we discussed why things go wrong in PH and why learning from these errors matters https://t.co/5y6jSzvT26

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What I like about Purple Public Health is that it invites difficult conversations and disagreements rather than avoiding them. That’s the message we should be sending our students

[Itai Bavli, PhD @ibavli]

It was a pleasure taking part in this Purple Public Health episode w/ Dr Salma Abdalla on public health errors. From mistakes during the opioid epidemic to policy decisions, we discussed why things go wrong in PH and why learning from these errors matters https://t.co/5y6jSzvT26

[Itai Bavli, PhD @ibavli]

For more on the causes, impacts, prevention, and ethics of public health errors, see my Substack https://t.co/TKJPN2ibcC

[Itai Bavli, PhD @ibavli]

It was a pleasure taking part in this Purple Public Health episode w/ Dr Salma Abdalla on public health errors. From mistakes during the opioid epidemic to policy decisions, we discussed why things go wrong in PH and why learning from these errors matters https://t.co/5y6jSzvT26