Temet McMichael, PhD

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[Temet McMichael, PhD @Temet_Mc]

@SenBillCassidy You participated in creating this, hollowed advocacy means nothing. If you disagree now then fix it. You sold out the medical community and the onus to rectify that is on you

[Temet McMichael, PhD @Temet_Mc]

@SecKennedy Ah yes, the fallacy of the roundtable. May the misinformation flow freely

[Temet McMichael, PhD @Temet_Mc]

@SecKennedy @HHSGov Lot of hard work - perhaps you could publicly endorse the MMR vaccine since it's the most effective tool in preventing tragic outcomes like these

[Temet McMichael, PhD @Temet_Mc]

@SecKennedy @IHSgov Great to hear! Let's start with combating vaccine hesitancy since vaccine preventable diseases continue to disproportionately affect tribal nations and their health.

[Temet McMichael, PhD @Temet_Mc]

@DrNeilStone Yeah but if choice drops herd immunity then the most vulnerable have no say in their protection, including infants who aren't vaccinated yet but are willing. It's like smoking in a restaurant - my choice? No, it isn't, and being a decent human being should be the standard

[Temet McMichael, PhD @Temet_Mc]

@elonmusk @JeffDean @Farzad_MD Yeah but LLS (the EIS lab counterpart), who are essential to every response, were cut. Plus EIS is still currently threatened by your budget cutting proposals. Stop haphazardly cutting essential components of systems that keep AMERICA safe

[Temet McMichael, PhD @Temet_Mc]

And for those who are curious, just a few of the initiatives/responses EIS has been part of

[Temet McMichael, PhD @Temet_Mc]

Absolute trash decision that needs to be rectified. Cutting the legs off of PH and the EIS program is an insult to the thousands of people who work tirelessly to protect America and the world. MAHA my ass @DOGE @elonmusk
@HHSGov @CDCgov
https://t.co/PuIrvsS73L

[Temet McMichael, PhD @Temet_Mc]

@dr_kkjetelina Massive oversight and gut punch to the thin veil that protects us all

[Temet McMichael, PhD @Temet_Mc]

@elonmusk Ever want to have a scientific discussion, feel free to reach out

[Temet McMichael, PhD @Temet_Mc]

Sad to see that he passed but in awe of all the great work he accomplished and participated in. Cheers to a well spent life

[Parasites Without Borders @PWB_Global]

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dickson D. Despommier. Dickson was one of the Directors of Parasites Without Borders, but most importantly, he was our friend.

Here’s a little bit about Dickson. Dr. Dickson Despommier spent 38 years as a professor of microbiology and public health in environmental health sciences at Columbia University, where he won the Best Teacher Award six times. In 2003, he received the American Medical Student Association’s National Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence. His work on vertical farms was featured on such top national media as the BBC, French national television, CNN, The Colbert Report, and The Tonight Show, as well as full-length articles in The New York Times, Times magazine, Scientific American, and The Washington Post. He spoke at the TED Conference, PopTech, and the World Science Festival, and was invited by the governments of China, India, Mexico, Jordan, Brazil, Canada, and South Korea to work on their environmental problems. He was invited to speak at numerous national and international professional annual meetings as a keynote speaker, and at universities, including Harvard and MIT. He was one of the visionaries featured at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago.

The world lost a great mentor, friend, and scientist on February 7th, 2025.

[Temet McMichael, PhD @Temet_Mc]

@DocJeffD A fantastic write up, and career. Thanks for everything Jeff and enjoy your well earned retirement

[Michael Mina @michaelmina_lab]

Let’s not repeat the failures of COVID when it comes to surveillance testing capacity for H5N1 or any future virus

Whether in animals or humans, we need proper, scalable, real-time active and actionable surveillance tools

COVID accelerated the tech and scalability and we have excess capacity to deploy point-of-need testing for public health surveillance

Let’s use it!

And yes many of the current Flu tests including the COVID-Flu multiplexed tests DO work for H5N1.

[Native BioData Consortium @NativeBio]

How a fight over data made South Dakota’s bad syphilis outbreak worse https://t.co/BI81xX0UJv via @voxdotcom

[Native BioData Consortium @NativeBio]

In landmark decision, @NIH awards $9 million for #Indigenous #Tribal Data Repository (RADx TDR) led by Native research institute to improve health in Indian Country.
Read and please share #Press release: https://t.co/DRLzeTIdta
@NIMHD @StanfordMed @StanfordHealth @NCAI1944

[Temet McMichael, PhD @Temet_Mc]

@wholemars Awesome post. I love the no steering nag too - can't wait for that

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

Why yes in fact I do: as someone who has developed coronavirus vaccines SARS MERS COVID for >10 yrs, I can promise you this is just the start. More deadly CoVs are coming unless the US Congress can begin organizing themselves away from conspiracies and support science/scientists

[Temet McMichael, PhD @Temet_Mc]

Congrats @ZaniAshley !! 🍾🍾

[Jacob Yount @YountLabOSU]

🎉🍾Congrats to @ZaniAshley on her successful thesis defense!! A very fun day for us — all of our former Yount Lab PhD student graduates were with us today for the defense. @nchesarino @Temet_Mc and Adam Kenney.

[Rachel Rebouche @RRebouche]

@EricColumbus @GreerDonley @dsc250 Here is a wonderfully insightful piece on that topic, which both explores the question and also captures the problems with asking the question. @ailahoss @stacyleeds @Atweedy01 @SarahDeer72 @akapczynski https://t.co/aRfjFmUDXA

[Temet McMichael, PhD @Temet_Mc]

@science_punx Hang in there man - sending good vibes