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Jocalyn Clark

@jocalynclark.bsky.social
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International Editor, The BMJ. Former editor The Lancet, icddr,b and PLOS Medicine. Adjunct faculty UofT and UCL. 🇨🇦 in 🇬🇧. Views mine.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In the new @science.org special issue on women's health, a 5★ review of menopause hormone therapy to promote healthy aging science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Reframing menopause and menopause hormone therapy as opportunities for healthy aging
Menopause is an important biological transition with up to 72 symptoms that shapes aging trajectories across organs and encompasses ~40% of the female lifespan. Although menopause awareness is increas...
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#BlueSky #MedSky #LawSky
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 28/09/2026
Implementing equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in healthcare research is critical to increasing the generalisability of findings. This new tool can be used to assess and monitor the quality of EDI implementation
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Development and evaluation of a quality assessment tool for equality, diversity, and inclusion (QUALITY-EDI) within healthcare research
Implementing equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in healthcare research is critical to ensuring findings are translatable and provide the greatest benefit to patients who need it most. A quality ...
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW in @bmj.com Digital menstrual tracking risks creating more harm than benefit Apps pose risks to health as well as privacy and require greater scrutiny, say the authors: www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 28/09/2026
The Trump admin rejected the UN Declaration on Preparing for Future Pandemics because it mentioned equity, solidarity & universal access to sexual & reproductive health care services. They're so obsessed with banning words & controlling women that they’ll risk millions of lives to do so.
The graphic displays a photo of Donald Trump and the red Stand Up for Science logo. The graphic reads: "Trump admin willing to risk millions of lives just because of their war on words and women."
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🧵 The expectations & ideas on UK's G20 presidency - fast approaching - are beginning to emerge. Great piece by UCL's Henrietta Moore today:
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G20 needs a new approach to tackle the changing world order
The UK has an opportunity to revolutionise the way the G20 operates as a problem-solving body.
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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Two things: @mark-carney.bsky.social did the right thing here, preparing for the worst-case scenario. That’s the job. But he should explain these things directly to Canadians - rather than via an American outlet. Especially in the midst of a trade war, why drive all the traffic to NYT?
theglobeandmail.com
Carney prepared for risk that Trump might order military action against Canada, report says
In a New York Times interview, the Prime Minister characterized a potential U.S. invasion as a remote possibility
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Big news: UK commits £254 million to reproductive health and supporting #UNFPA. This may be the single biggest government investment in #SRHR this year.
devex.com
Funders commit over $700 million for UNFPA, reproductive health
A big chunk of the funding is for the U.N. Population Fund’s Supplies Partnership, which supports 54 countries in securing and expanding access to reproductive health commodities.
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
At Davos, Carney notably said we mustn't take the world as we wish it to be, but how it is. At #UNGA81 he extends the argument: "A multilateral system that fails to reflect the realities of today will not survive the test of time." What is this new multilateralism?
ft.com
Multilateralism is not idealism, it is a necessity
We need to strengthen our system of co-operation, not replace it
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“It endures not because of glorious successes, nor because it has avoided glaring failures, but because a world without it would be far worse.”
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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wtf
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Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The current Ebola outbreak is a crucial test for multilateral health diplomacy, at a critical time for Pandemic Agreement. Strongly feel the world is indifferent to what is happening in DRC ⬇️ www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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Ebola business narrative and the cycle of distrust
Credibility and trust are key to transforming the response Over 100 days since the start of the current Ebola outbreak, the response in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is at an impasse, with ...
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Chuffed to be an associate European but my UK friends will not be happy when I re-acquire the EU passport before them eh?
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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 17/09/2026
Union members at @thelancet.com and its affiliated journals will go on strike Sept. 22 for one day with further action planned for the following week, after pay negotiations with parent publisher Elsevier fell apart. It's the first strike in the journal's 200-year history.
retractionwatch.com
Lancet union declares first-ever strike over staff wages
Union members at The Lancet and its affiliated journals will go on strike Sept. 22 for one day with further action planned for the following week, after pay negotiations with parent publisher Elsev…
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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 17/09/2026
🧪 Researchers file First Amendment challenge to NIH grant screening, including @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social, @michaeldgreen.phd, and @jddaw.bsky.social #AcademicSky
science.org
Researchers file First Amendment challenge to NIH grant screening
Lawsuit argues that Trump policy of purging politically sensitive terms from research projects violates free speech
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Myfanwy James @myfanwyvjames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.bmj.com/content/394/... Our new @bmj.com with @profsophieharman.bsky.social, Godefroid Muzalia & Jules Villa
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Ebola business narrative and the cycle of distrust
Credibility and trust are key to transforming the response Over 100 days since the start of the current Ebola outbreak, the response in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is at an impasse, with ...
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 15/09/2026
Sexual & reproductive health & rights are fundamental for health, gender equality, and wider development. But they are under threat. Explore the new BMJ Collection on protecting global #SRHR: bit.ly/4xQSY4h #UNGA81
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Nikhil Shah @grandmastershah.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"The South Asian nation of about 178 million people had been moving towards eliminating the disease before years of declining immunisation coverage left a growing number of children susceptible"
aljazeera.com
Why Bangladesh has lost 1,000 lives to measles despite record vaccine drive
The nation has administered 20mn vaccines since April, but past slipups have led to a mounting death toll, say analysts
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Trump administration is fulfilling a right-wing campaign to destroy public health and reshape it for ideological purposes. It’s a hell of a thing to watch. The dishonesty and corruption—just so out in the open.
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Not too late to register for the launch event of the new @BMJ.com Collection on protecting global #SRHR ⏰Tue Sept 15 at 10am EST 🎯 Attend in-person in NYC on the side-lines of #UNGA81 or join the livestream sph.cuny.edu/event/the-bm...
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Andy Fraser @andyfraser.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Incomprehensible stupidity and emptiness. He is like a vacuum wrapped in a nothingness and stuffed inside a vast gaping hole. Yes yes definitely let’s approach Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine like a potential real estate deal, it’s the perfect fucking metaphor.
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control @ecdc.europa.eu · 03/09/2026
𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗖𝗗𝗖’𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁. The role will help set ECDC’s scientific direction & safeguard the quality, integrity & independence of scientific work. 📅 Apply by 30.09 🔗 bit.ly/4qPQSPw #EpiSky #IDsky #PublicHealth #Epidemiology
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Alexandra Phelan 余雪莲 @alexandraphelan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
UN General Assembly will vote today on adopting a new world map that accurately reflects the size of Africa. Togo’s resolution would phase out the Mercator projection, which reduces the size of countries close to the equator, distorting cartography and power. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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UN to vote on adopting new world map that shows Africa’s true scale
Togo-sponsored resolution calls to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland
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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Rohingya refugees remain trapped in a deadly limbo nine years after fleeing persecution www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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Rohingya refugees remain trapped in a deadly limbo nine years after fleeing persecution
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"If feminism means each of us finding our unique power, and helping other women do the same, Dolly Parton certainly has done both." Gloria Steinem.
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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The truth will set you free But first it will piss you off. Gloria Steinem rest in power and thank you
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Funding & commitments from US and Euro are tanking. Will #China be global health's new donor? 💲 New editorial in our @bmj.com series on #Geopolitics #GlobalHealth www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Really excellent piece by @stuartgillespie.bsky.social on AI use in writing. That is, AI - alien intelligence. AI - anti-intellectual.
stuartgillespie.substack.com
Just think about it...
The considered word, anti-intelligence and a new commercial determinant of health
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
And now, as of Aug 22, the 4th candidate I forecast, Budi Gunadi Sadikin 🇮🇩, has entered the race for @who.int Director-General. 1 month til the deadline - will more throw their hats in the ring? www.who.int/about/govern...
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Hans Kluge 🇧🇪 as of Aug 21 on the list of nominated candidates (as I predicted). He has recently been regional director of WHO for Europe.
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Love seeing my fave #Geopolitics of #GlobalHealth Series paper make this week’s BMJ cover 🎯
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
AI. AI. AI. Taking over my life as an editor 🫠 Artificial intelligence - it claims. Almost intelligence - it delivers. Actual intelligence - sought. My new Editor’s Choice in @bmj.com ⬇️ www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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caatuk.bsky.social @caatuk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This Saturday: Merchants of Death Tour On Saturday at 2pm, join us in London for a walking tour of the key arms companies and organisations involved in attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran. More info: caat.org.uk/events/merch...
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Increasingly, health authorities like FDA are announcing new regulation in medical journals instead of traditional routes with full transparency and public consultation. NEW in @bmj.com Sean Tu & Aaron Kesselheim examine the pitfalls with this approach: www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Funny how no one asked russia to halt strikes on Ukrainian civilians.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Can you really call it the Department of War when you’ve been in one war and lost?
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
3 months in, 2 of my speculative candidates are in 🇸🇦🇶🇦 and 2 have ruled themselves out 🇧🇷🇬🇧. www.bmj.com/content/393/...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It takes a whole another level of evil to persecute a public health hero, but do nothing to prosecute the gang involved in Epstein racket
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Trump is signing an executive order today recommending that the MMR vaccine be separated into separate vaccines. There is no scientific basis for this recommendation. Separate measles, mumps and rubella vaccines are generally not available in the U.S. Vaccines do not cause autism.
apnews.com
Trump to sign executive order calling for spacing out childhood shots
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order calling for spacing out childhood vaccines into separate medical visits and splitting the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into three dif...
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 10/08/2026
Let's be clear: Holding Dr. Fauci in contempt of Congress attacks the credibility of all public health experts. Sign our petition in support of Dr. Fauci & public health by visiting the link: zurl.co/rLpFO #StandUpForScience #Fauci #Science #SaveScience #PublicHealth
The graphic contains a photo of Dr. Anthony Fauci and the red Stand Up for Science logo. The graphic reads: "URGENT: SIGN IN SUPPORT! Republicans are using Dr. Fauci to undermine the credibility of Public Health. We say NO. Support our experts. Sign in support, today! LINK IN BIO".
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Dumb and dumber, and devastating for children, to develop policy on debunked claims about vaccine. The press conference is unbearable to watch.
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...
carlsonlab.bio
The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab
Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I’m Begging You: Never Write With AI … “What the A.I. can supply in eloquence it subtracts in effort and authenticity.”
nytimes.com
Opinion | I’m Begging You: Never Write With A.I.
It’s bad for your brain and worse for democracy.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 07/08/2026
The OMB Proposal block is a huge win! But Vought has other avenues for his science destroying plans, like the NSF proposal. Register for the webinars to learn about the key NSF changes and draft strong public comments: zurl.co/yigKl And, leave your public comment: zurl.co/4R18f
The graphic contains a photo of Russell Vought and the Statue of Liberty. The graphic reads: "Vought's Science Destroying OMB Proposal has been put on ice! But Vought's plans are still in works in the NSF Proposal. The Proposal: Removes requirements tied to statutory civil rights obligations; Applies international collaboration restrictions; Implements Vought's takeover of federal grants. TAKE ACTION: Leave your public comment using our Action Center; Join us for our NSF Rapid Response Workshop: Friday, August 14th, 2-3PM ET".
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Wondering what kind of feedback from authors we’ll get on this. The BMJ’s new #AI policy explained ⬇️ “We need some guardrails to ensure scholarship, not slop”
bmj.com
Actual intelligence sought
I asked three AI tools whether medical journals’ current policies on AI use were sensible. True to form, they all sycophantically agreed with me: yes, governance balances the potential benefits and ha...
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Gr8 but troubling piece in @bmj.com today reflecting on the broad MAGA damage to public health - beyond Dr Fauci who does not deserve this vile treatment
bmj.com
Fauci’s Senate hearing riled up the MAGA base—but at the cost of damaging public health
The vilification of Anthony Fauci by Senate Republicans will erode trust in science, curtail international research collaborations, and deter scientists and health experts from entering public service...
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
it's always odd when "you should expose yourself to more diverse ideas" always means a certain kind of conservatism instead of like, Indigenous art, new fusion foods, math paradoxes, or the Dvorak keyboard layout
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