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Carmen Guerra, MD, MSCE

@guerraviswanath.bsky.social
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Doctor (PCP), Perelman Professor at U Penn, Abramson Cancer Center AD for COE, cancer equity researcher, ELUM, mom, Latina immigrant from 🇭🇳 Views are my own

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Carmen Guerra, MD, MSCE @guerraviswanath.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Thank you to @pennmedicine.bsky.social for amplifying my @theaacr.bsky.social talk and the talks and honors of the brilliant cancer researchers @penncancer.bsky.social
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Penn Medicine at the AACR Annual Meeting 2026
Penn Medicine researchers will present advances in CAR T cell therapy, cancer interception, prevention, and more at the 2026 AACR Annual Meeting.
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Carmen Guerra, MD, MSCE @guerraviswanath.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I am so proud of our @penncancer.bsky.social director! Congratulations to Dr. Vonderheide and all the newly elected board members including @ashi-w.bsky.social and @ejohnwherry.bsky.social
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Carmen Guerra, MD, MSCE @guerraviswanath.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Solutions to big, seemingly intractable environmental problems are hard to come by. But people all over the country are coming up with local answers. See what your state is doing: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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50 States, 50 Fixes
A series about local solutions, and the people behind them, to environmental problems.
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Carmen Guerra, MD, MSCE @guerraviswanath.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Azelastine, an over the counter nasal spray, prevents COVID in this JAMA most read article of the week: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Azelastine Nasal Spray for Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infections
This randomized clinical trial evaluates the efficacy of azelastine as a preexposure prophylaxis against SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory pathogens.
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Carmen Guerra, MD, MSCE @guerraviswanath.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
www.cbsnews.com/video/saving.... This video shows the real and devastating impact of the cuts to the NIH funding. My heart aches from hearing the story of Natalie Phelps who has stage 4 colorectal cancer and how she and her family are being impacted.
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Saving money vs. saving lives
Scientists conducting medical research are facing an existential crisis: Layoffs and budget cuts pushed by President Trump that, they say, jeopardize finding a cure for cancer. They tell "Sunday Morni...
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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
A study by LDI Fellows Farouk Dako, Kate Rendle, @guerraviswanath.bsky.social, and colleagues examined 227 lung cancer screening patients in Philadelphia to test the feasibility of measuring health-related social risks (HSRS) with different data (EHRs, interviews, & neighborhood-level analysis).
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
"If the proposal is enacted, Americans today and tomorrow will be sicker, poorer, and die younger” an $18 Billion cut Only 3 NIH Institutes will remain in place, and even they will have their funds markedly reduced www.statnews.com/2025/05/30/n...
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Carmen Guerra, MD, MSCE @guerraviswanath.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Congratulations to Dr Emily Ko and team! @penncancer.bsky.social @pennmedicine.bsky.social @pennldi.bsky.social
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 10/02/2025
“You cannot be great without the greatness of others.” - Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni after winning Super Bowl VIX.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
This is going to save hospitals a lot of money ! www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-re...
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
“NIH produces an astounding return on investment to the American taxpayer. In Fiscal Year 2022, NIH research funding supported 568,585 jobs and generated $96.84 billion in economic activity — that’s $2.64 of economic activity for every $1 of research funding.” www.researchamerica.org/2023-oped-us...
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Carmen Guerra, MD, MSCE @guerraviswanath.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Happy Thanksgiving to all the Blue Sky friends out there! Great article👇 about the benefits of having a high GQ (gratefulness quotient) including higher happiness and better sleep, mental and physical health and how to ⬆️ our GQ.
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Carmen Guerra, MD, MSCE @guerraviswanath.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Hello Bluesky friends! I am so happy to be here now. For anyone curious, the blue sky is over beautiful Centennial Park, Nashville, during a recent invitation to Vanderbilt in Sept, 2024.
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