Laurel Bates

Public health researcher at RTI International. Interests include math modeling of chronic conditions, community health, and HIV. All opinions are my own.

[Laurel Bates @laurelrtp]

See our updated estimates for the impact for provision of both LA and daily oral #PrEP to reduce #HIV incidence. Very much appreciate the work of the HIV+HEP policy institute and collaborating with @RTI_Intl colleagues on this work. PrEP access matters!

[HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute @HIVHep]

New @HIVHep #modeling shows 87% more #HIV treatment costs averted by ↑long-acting #PrEP versus only daily oral PrEP, saving $4.25B over 10 years. Everyone who needs PrEP must be able to access the #Rx best suited to their needs. It saves $ and lives: https://t.co/B2wUc0vESZ

[Laurel Bates @laurelrtp]

Helpful!

[Rob Donnelly @RobDonnelly47]

Friends don't let friends make bad charts!

Chenxin Li, pulled together a lot of great advice for data visualization, with clear "do this, not that" examples for each item.

Here are a few of my favorites, see the link below for more.

[NYT Health @NYTHealth]

The American Heart Association will release a new clinical tool that removes race as a factor in predicting who will have heart attacks or strokes. https://t.co/2V04KlgQ85

[Laurel Bates @laurelrtp]

Proud of my colleagues' work!

[RTI Health IT @RTI_HealthIT]

New findings from @CDCPCD @ASTHO @NACCHOalerts:
Improving SDOH–Getting Further Faster | Using the Prevention Impacts Simulation Model to Estimate Long-Term Impacts of Multisector Community Partnerships’ Efforts to Address Social Determinants of Health https://t.co/sbdPAMNzWA

[RTI Health IT @RTI_HealthIT]

@RTI_Intl used PRISM to evaluate 27 #community health partnerships’ #SDOH interventions. Results show potential to prevent 880 deaths & save $125.7M in medical costs over 20 years.

[Laurel Bates @laurelrtp]

@CDCDirector This North Carolinian and public health researcher appreciates this appointment!

[Laurel Bates @laurelrtp]

@MattKaufmann1 @MedDecMak @gchertow @StanfordHP Congratulations, Matt!

[Laurel Bates @laurelrtp]

@thanh2lu @RTI_Intl @AHoneycutt_SC Excited to have you join our team!

[Laurel Bates @laurelrtp]

@Stata Health Economics!

[Laurel Bates @laurelrtp]

@RTI_Intl co-authored research (@sneuwahl) finds that low-dose aspirin can be a low-cost, effective treatment to reduce preterm birth and perinatal death for women who have never given birth to a liveborn neonate. Read more in @LancetGH here: https://t.co/ieIlRQI1Fv

[JAMA @JAMA_current]

JAMA EIC @KBibbinsDomingo spoke with authors of a Viewpoint on a recent OPTN decision to modify kidney transplant wait times for Black individuals affected by eGFR calculations. In this excerpt, @EbonyBoulware speaks on the harms of race-based medicine. https://t.co/itwBf2D6hR

[Peyton Williams @peytonmph]

A hoped-for HIV vaccine developed by Johnson and Johnson was found to be ineffective in Phase 3 trials, prolonging decades-long frustration to beat an elusive foe. https://t.co/YNsOb08kcE

[Laurel Bates @laurelrtp]

@Stata Updated table command!

[Laurel Bates @laurelrtp]

Pleased to share our manuscript analyzing patient times at COVID vax clinics. We hope these findings can help future planning of mass #vaccination clinics. Collecting these data and seeing clinics in action was a bright point of 2021. #PublicHealth https://t.co/hAZsPdUSFG

[Laurel Bates @laurelrtp]

@OklahomaTSET Congrats!

[Laurel Bates @laurelrtp]

@sarah_jbass We've missed your limericks, and I love seeing this! Would love to read the paper!

[Laurel Bates @laurelrtp]

Estimated funding needed for closing racial and ethnic #PrEP disparities: see our report from @AHoneycutt_SC and team at @RTI_Intl

[HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute @HIVHep]

@HIVHep urges #Congress to fund a natl #PrEP program.- We estimate $521M needed in yr 1 ($6.2B over 10 yrs) to pay for PrEP meds & services as well as outreach & clinical capacity expansion. Read our press release & full report: https://t.co/TsScj7bWxM #worldaidsday2022

[Jennifer Marlon @JMarlonPhD]

Was reminded today of this excellent list of scientific jargon to avoid, from R Somerville and @ClimateComms long ago but still completely relevant, especially as climate change work has become even more interdisciplinary.

[Laurel Bates @laurelrtp]

@EpiEllie Thank you!