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Bill Hersh

@billhersh.bsky.social
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Opinions my own and not those of my employer. Professor Division of Informatics, Clinical Epidemiology, and Translational Data Science Department of Medicine Oregon Health & Science University www.billhersh.info

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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I am thrilled and honored to be the recipient of the 2026 @amia.org Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence. This award is the highest honor in the field of biomedical informatics and is presented to an individual whose personal commitment and dedication to biomedical informatics has made a lasting
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I am delighted to present Clinical Informatics Grand Rounds today at Northwell Health in Manhasset, NY, where I will be delivering my talk, AI in Education and Education in AI: Implications for Medicine and Medical Education. Slides and references at: assets.zyrosite.com/Aq2WRaVw59SJ...
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𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Gene Roddenberry’s classic sci-fi TV series ‘Star Trek’ (aka ‘Star Trek: The Original Series’) premiered on NBC on this day sixty years ago (September 8, 1966) 📺 🪐 🖖 #OTD
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I am so thrilled for my great colleague and friend Peter Embí to be named as the new Director of the National Library of Medicine! I am confident he will provide great leadership for the NLM and the biomedical informatics field! www.nih.gov/news-events/...
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Physician-scientist and informatics leader Dr. Peter Embí to helm NIH’s National Library of Medicine
He is anticipated to begin his role on Sept. 10, 2026.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
In anticipation of Trump's press conference on alleged election interference tomorrow, we're doing an early release of our "Rigged Election" Bingo game. Which worn out tropes will he and his operatives roll out (again) tomorrow? Create your own card to play along. bingo.cip.uw.edu/s/92d3739d-2...
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"Rigged Election" Bingo
Spot the tropes before they spread — can you get BINGO?
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I am off to Chicago for a two-day workshop on ophthalmology and AI, Illinois Eye-TEACH (Technology, Education, Artificial Intelligence, and Clinical Informatics in Healthcare. It is taking place at my medical school alma mater, UIC. chicago.medicine.uic.edu/ophthalmolog...
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Illinois Eye-TEACH | Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences | University of Illinois College of Medicine
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Each year, I give a lecture to first-year medical students at two universities. Entitled, Information is Different Now that You’re a Doctor, I introduce the field of clinical informatics and describe how the relationship with data and information changes when one becomes a physician.
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Nice to get together with 10 of the 50 students completing the January-May 10x10 (“ten by ten”) course and spend an afternoon talking about all things informatics at the @amia.org Amplify meeting in Denver.
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I am looking forward to this week’s @amia.org Amplify Conference in Denver, CO, where I will be conducting my usual in-person session for those completing the AMIA 10x10 (“ten by ten”) introductory course in biomedical informatics and AI. amia.org/education-ev...
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AMIA 10x10: Introduction to Biomedical Informatics and Artificial Intelligence
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Gosh, it’s almost as if he is, um, a liar He also lied when he said he wasn’t banning certain words; we wasted months and months of time removing “racial disparities” from our grant (endless hours on the phone with the NIH program officer) He lies as frequently as you and I breathe
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Summary of the NAM workshop especially Director Bhattacharya’s Fireside chat. I will still post my reactions later, but I need some rest first.
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AMIA @amia.org · 07/04/2026
‼️The 10x10 digital course, Introduction to Biomedical Informatics and AI, begins TOMORROW! Hear from course director William Hersh, MD, on what you'll bring to your work after the course. Register now and get started building your #AI foundation: amia.org/education-ev...
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Registration is open for the next offering of the AMIA 10x10 (“ten by ten”) course that begins on April 8, 2026. This course provides a detailed overview of biomedical and health informatics and AI to those who will work at the interface of healthcare and information technology (IT).
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Next offering of the course begins next week!
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I came for a protest and won a peace prize!
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Lovely day for a protest with a cast of tens (hundreds?) of thousands in Portland!
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The amazing rainbows we get in Oregon! The pot of gold is likely just inside Nehalem Bay State Park.
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I am looking for to attending the @amia.org #Amplify2026 conference in May!
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I enjoyed the opportunity to give my talk "AI in Education and Education in AI" yesterday to the Department of Computational Biomedicine at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. Link to a PDF of my slides and references: assets.zyrosite.com/Aq2WRaVw59SJ...
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Paul Pharoah @paulpharoah.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
1/n Listened to a thought provoking lecture by @billhersh.bsky.social on the role of AI in education and the need for education about AI. It seems to me that we need a radical rethink about the many purposes of education and how to deliver education to achieve those purposes. Surely it is time to...
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Ok, I am impressed. Flying a United Embraer 175 tonight with Starlink from SFO to PDX. You can get it via wifi as soon as you board the plane, no need to wait until takeoff or 10,000 feet. And it's fast! www.speedtest.net/result/18826...
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Lisa Karstens @lisakarstens.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Applications for this #microbiome #datascience short course are due next week! If you're in biomedical research, interested in building data science skills to study the microbiome and reusing publicly available data, this course is for you!
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
This is an excellent, if sad, collection.
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
I genuinely enjoy Bluesky, its content, and the people on it with whom I interact, but the engagement here is nothing like other social media platforms, namely LinkedIn and Facebook. www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...
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billhersh.bsky.social's Bluesky Wrapped 2025
Check out billhersh.bsky.social's year on Bluesky!
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Applications are open for our Human Microbiome Data Discovery short course at Oregon Health & Science University!
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Happy Holidays!
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
My whole life, summed up in three words. @amia.org
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
The @amia.org 10x10 (“ten by ten”) course, Introduction to Biomedical Informatics & Artificial Intelligence, provides a broad and in-depth introduction to biomedical informatics and AI. For more information and registration, visit bit.ly/AMIA10x10
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AMIA 10x10: Introduction to Biomedical Informatics and Artificial Intelligence
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Come on Nashville, we are pulling for you!
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
It was gratifying to be awarded the @amia.org AMIA Academic Forum Health Informatics Educator of The Year Award at the Annual Symposium, but equally gratifying to be called out twice in Jim Cimino’s Year in Review session at the meeting.
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
This year marks my 40th consecutive #AMIA2025 fall meeting, dating back to SCAMC, and including the virtual meeting during the pandemic in 2020. Extra special this year is my daughter Alyssa attending, along with my grandson, and we will all be decked out in AMIA t-shirts!
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
There are many worse things the Trump Administration has done but this one hits close to home for me. One of the things that the US government does very well is create high-quality data sets and tools to use them. It is sad to lose these tremendous resources. apnews.com/article/cens...
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Data scientists perform last rites for 'dearly departed datasets' in 2nd Trump administration
A group of U.S. data scientists has published a list of federal datasets that have been altered or removed since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
What a great night! I feel better this morning than I have in a long time. Even though I do not agree with all of his policy positions, I am thrilled for Zohran Mandani. Great news in Virginia, New Jersey, and California! I hope this is the beginning of the end of Trump 2, but much work still to do.
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
I am a Cubs fan through and through, but enjoyed this World Series immensely. I was rooting for the Canadian team just to be able revel at a non-US team winning in the era of Donald Trump, but I can't complain about the victorious team from a blue state with many immigrants on its roster.
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KNinja @khrisnin.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
I am thrilled and honored to announce that I have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). NAM is one of three academies that make up the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the US. news.ohsu.edu/2025/10/20/o...
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OHSU biomedical informatics expert elected to National Academy of Medicine
William Hersh recognized as an innovator, expert in biomedical informatics education.
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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Science is rarely perfect. But there is better inquiry, and worse. And political theater is a different thing from science, altogether. Glad to see @henryfordhealth.bsky.social clearing the air: www.henryford.com/News/2025/09...
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DETROIT—Henry Ford Health condemns the spread of dangerous disinformation connected to a “documentary” that falsely claims our nationally recognized academic medical center and research institute suppressed a draft of a research study because of its results.
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
People as far as the eyes can see at the Portland #NoKings rally! @indivisible.org
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I am honored to receive the Inaugural @amia.org Academic Forum Health Informatics Educator of the Year Award. Thanks to students and colleagues who make teaching such an enjoyable pursuit! amia.org/news-publica...
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William R. Hersh, MD, FACMI, FAMIA, FACP, FIAHSI, to be awarded the inaugural Academic Forum Health Informatics Educator of the Year Award
AMIA's Academic Forum will present the Academic
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Pop-Pop @dcdiversity1.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Not to make light of this tragedy, but maybe we should redeploy the National Guard soldiers in Portland to Mississippi? www.cnn.com/2025/10/11/u...
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At least 6 killed and others injured in Mississippi shootings near high school football games, authorities say | CNN
At least three shootings across Mississippi this weekend, all apparently connected to high school football games, left several people dead—including an expectant mother—and others injured.
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Kudos to MIT! And I hope all the other universities offered this will likewise reject it. I especially like this quote: "Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
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M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Sad.
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Even the lousiest seats in the stadium at the Super Bowl go for thousands of dollars a pop. I'm sure that DHS will find all sorts of undocumented immigrants in the stands watching the game. Such a wise use of taxpayer dollars. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/a...
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Kristi Noem Says ICE Will Be ‘All Over’ the Super Bowl
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Dr. Orna Izakson @orna.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I had a doctor’s appointment down at #Portland’s south waterfront, and took some very boring video of the “war zone” by the 🧊facility. About 1:15pm on 9/30/2025 One of the guys across the street is likely an LEO. Another is maybe media. #FootageFromTheWarzone #PortlandOregon #PortlandWarZone
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Every single thing they do is about funneling money to Trump and his sycophants
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Suzanne Bonamici @repbonamici.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Yesterday I spoke with @velshi.com about why Portland isn't 'war ravaged' - it's a city on the rise.
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Bill Hersh @billhersh.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Things are getting tough this hellhole!
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BF Francis Ouellette @bffo.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
9 more days … #Africa #Bioinformatics #Health #Informatics #Education
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