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Michelle Oyen

@michelleoyen.bsky.social
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Women's Health Engineering researcher and leader. All things pregnancy, preterm birth, and the placenta. Ex-expat who spent many years in Cambridge, UK. #teamplacenta

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Daphne Jackson Trust @daphnejacksontr.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🌸 Today is World Maternal Mental Health Day 🌸 💡 Let's continue to create supportive environments that help mothers thrive. To all the incredible mothers balancing it all: We see you. We support you. And we're here for you. 💜
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Michelle Oyen @michelleoyen.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Every engineering student should watch this video. Ethics, mechanics, mistakes, and so many lessons! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q56P...
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The Most Dangerous Building in Manhattan
YouTube video by Veritasium
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Michelle Oyen @michelleoyen.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Yes, this is all horrible. But I really wish people in the US would stop and think "Maybe we can build something better, not just recreate a system that had a lot of problems." Sincerely, someone who spent 12 years overseas where things were organized very differently...
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Michelle Oyen @michelleoyen.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
New podcast interview on the placenta! open.spotify.com/episode/0rnA...
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The placenta: A disposable organ we can’t live without
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Michelle Oyen @michelleoyen.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Could be interesting to put the various male- and female-leaning diseases into this a la the Mirin 2021 paper to see how little NIH has been spending on women's health... (8% according to the recent NASEM report...)
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Michelle Oyen @michelleoyen.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
So important for maternal health in much of the US right now... www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The Scramble to Save Rural Health Care From DOGE
Can an Alabama health clinic survive Musk’s “chainsaw for bureaucracy”?
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
A generation of scientists could be lost through the axing of various programs designed to help young people find a path into basic and applied research. www.science.org/content/arti...
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NSF downsizes summer research program for undergraduates
Many participants are from groups underrepresented in science
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Michelle Oyen @michelleoyen.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Cutting out STEM clubs for girls is NOT what the world needs right now... www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/u...
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Defense Dept. Schools Pause Pride Clubs and Remove Books
Clubs for Hispanic and Asian students were also among the student groups put on hold as officials raced to interpret Trump administration orders.
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
At least 12 universities now have hiring freezes and nearly 30 have cut PhD admissions this year If you hear of other places you can add them to this google doc:
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Michelle Oyen @michelleoyen.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
"CARD has been at the cutting edge of advances not just for Alzheimer’s but Parkinson’s disease as well."
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Michelle Oyen @michelleoyen.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Reminder, 42% of births in the US are covered by Medicaid. So like so many other things lately, this is a direct attack on women's health.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Firings at FDA over the weekend taking out A.I. staff www.statnews.com/2025/02/16/f... Note the subtitle.
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FDA cuts hit AI division, even as Trump invests in the technology
Layoffs at the FDA appear to have hit the AI and digital health staff particularly hard. It also has a strained relationship with Musk’s company Neuralink.
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Michelle Oyen @michelleoyen.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
We are seeking an Asst. Prof. in biomedical imaging at my fantastic new location (Wayne State University) in rejuvenating urban Detroit: waynetalent.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Assistant Professor- Biomedical Engineering
Wayne State University's Department of Biomedical Engineering has an opportunity for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position for a candidate with ...
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WHO @who.int · 21/01/2025
WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw bit.ly/4hrbeJ7
WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw

The World Health Organization regrets the announcement that the United States of America intends to withdraw from the Organization.
WHO plays a crucial role in protecting the health and security of the world’s people, including Americans, by addressing the root causes of disease, building stronger health systems, and detecting, preventing and responding to health emergencies, including disease outbreaks, often in dangerous places where others cannot go.

The United States was a founding member of WHO in 1948 and has participated in shaping and governing WHO’s work ever since, alongside 193 other Member States, including through its active participation in the World Health Assembly and Executive Board. For over seven decades, WHO and the USA have saved countless lives and protected Americans and all people from health threats. Together, we ended smallpox, and together we have brought polio to the brink of eradication. American institutions have contributed to and benefited from membership in WHO.

With the participation of the United States and other Member States, WHO has over the past 7 years implemented the largest set of reforms in its history, to transform our accountability, cost-effectiveness, and impact in countries. This work continues.

We hope the United States will reconsider and we look forward to engaging in constructive dialogue to maintain the partnership between the USA and WHO, for the benefit of the health and well-being of millions of people around the globe.
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The Society for Reproductive Investigation @sriwomenshealth.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The SRI Late Breaking Abstract Submission is OPEN! Share your groundbreaking research in women’s reproductive health with the global scientific community. #SRI2025 Submit your Late Breaking Abstract today! www.sri-online.org/events/2025/...
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Pathology at Cambridge @campathology.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Our very own Professor Ashley Moffett of Reproductive Immunology was awarded the prestigious CMP for Women’s Reproductive Health. The foremost international authority on the immunology of human reproduction, her work has helped explain high rates of pre-eclampsia and maternal mortality in Africa.
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Michelle Oyen @michelleoyen.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Featuring comments from me about the HUGE potential for digital twins in pregnancy research!
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Karina Vazirova @karinavazirova.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Bioengineers are working on a virtual model for a pregnancy. This could predict how a pregnancy would play out from a simple ultrasound scan. Tune in to my interview with @michelleoyen.bsky.social to learn more: open.spotify.com/episode/4hhs...
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Michelle Oyen, PhD - Digital Twins for Pregnancy and Engineering The Female Experience
MOTHER-podcast with Karina Vazirova · Episode
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Keaton Smith @smithk63.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
For my colleagues in placental research, the November installment of the North American Placenta Lab Meeting is happening this Tuesday (Nov 19) at 9:00 am PST/12:00 pm EST over Zoom (mcmaster.zoom.us/j/96005378701). See details on our scheduled speakers below!
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Michelle Oyen @michelleoyen.bsky.social · 19/01/2024
I know I should be so excited and happy about this but... how can reproduction-related issues only represent 5% of women's health issues? I am getting worried that NONE of the new attention will be on endo, fibroids, CV disease post-pre-eclampsia, etc. www.mckinsey.com/mhi/our-insi...
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
I hadn't noticed until I read this article, but a lot of astronomy language is violent and misleading, even misogynistic, when it could be elegant and inclusive 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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The Language of Astronomy Is Needlessly Violent and Inaccurate
Astronomy is beautiful and elegant. The language we use to describe its processes is anything but
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Basia @basia87.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
Because so many don’t believe the scientists anymore (if it doesn’t agree with their opinion), this is the possible impact of snake oil in the 21st century:🧪 www.politico.eu/article/hydr...
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Hydroxychloroquine could have caused 17,000 deaths during COVID, study finds
Former US President Donald Trump said: ‘What do you have to lose? Take it.’
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
This one goes out to everyone with loved ones in Florida, where the state's surgeon general, yes the state's SURGEON GENERAL, claimed that mRNA vaccines contaminate people's DNA. You have a better chance of becoming Spider-Man than having your DNA harmed by mRNA vaccines 🧪
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No, COVID mRNA Vaccines Won't Damage Your DNA
You have a “better chance of becoming Spider-Man” than being harmed by DNA from COVID vaccines
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
One underappreciated danger of electing anti-science conspiracy theorists is that they appoint anti-science conspiracy theorists to important positions. Covid vaccines don't contaminate your DNA & it endangers public health for a surgeon general to say they do 🧪 by @tanyalewis.bsky.social
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No, COVID mRNA Vaccines Won't Damage Your DNA
You have a “better chance of becoming Spider-Man” than being harmed by DNA from COVID vaccines
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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 02/01/2024
A little more on Evelynn Fox Keller. "Mathematical biologist, philosopher and historian of science who challenged the vision of science as a masculine activity" #philbio #philsci #hpbiol #science #feministsky 👩‍🔬|👩🏻‍🔬|👩🏼‍🔬|👩🏽‍🔬|👩🏾‍🔬|👩🏿‍🔬 #sts www.nature.com/articles/d41... and www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Evelyn Fox Keller (1936–2023), philosopher who questioned gender roles in science
Mathematical biologist, philosopher and historian of science who challenged the vision of science as a masculine activity. Mathematical biologist, philosopher and historian of science who challenged t...
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The Jackson Laboratory @jax.org · 02/01/2024
🎗️January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Her contributions saved countless lives, but do you know Elizabeth Stern? We rely on her discoveries during cervical cancer screenings, and in safer use of hormonal birth control #reprosky #CanSky #OncoSky 🧪🖥️ 🧬 #WomenInSTEM: www.jax.org/news-and-ins...
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Elizabeth Stern’s cancer research has had a lasting impact on women’s health
Elizabeth Stern’s work has had a lasting impact on women’s healthcare, improving cervical cancer diagnosis and promoting the inclusion and protection of all women against disease.
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1000WomeninSTEM @1000womeninstem.bsky.social · 02/01/2024
1️⃣4️⃣ Katherine Johnson (1918-2020) 🇺🇸 #womeninSTEM American space scientist & mathematician, a leading figure in American space history. Without Margot Shetterly's book & movie adaptation 'Hidden Figures', K. Johnson's essential contribution would have remained unknown. www.nasa.gov/general/kath...
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Athene Donald @athenedonald.bsky.social · 16/12/2023
It's not too late to order my book Not Just for the Boys: Why we need more women in science, for the (aspiring) scientist or teacher in your life, male, female or non-binary. From OUP or Amazon #WomenInSTEM
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Michelle Oyen @michelleoyen.bsky.social · 03/01/2024
Day 3/26 in my Women's Health Engineering alphabet, "I is for Invasion". Trophoblast invasion, AKA the early stages of placenta formation. Completed with a shout-out to the best placenta book I've ever read, Charlie Loke's "Life's Vital Link". 🧪🤰 michelleoyen.substack.com/p/i-is-for-i...
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I is for Invasion
Throughout January I am going to do an out-of-order alphabet of posts on Women's Health Engineering, mostly but not exclusively focused on my research topic of preterm birth.
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Michelle Oyen @michelleoyen.bsky.social · 02/01/2024
Day 2 in my trip through the Women's Health Engineering alphabet; the not so cheery but important topic of maternal mortality. michelleoyen.substack.com/p/d-is-for-d...
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 01/01/2024
Happy New Year!
Title: New year’s Resolution
Panel 1: A figure sits at a desk composing a note which reads “This year I will devote myself to reading serious literature, forsaking easy pleasures and tirelessly seeking out truth and profundity in the work of the greatest writers”
Panels 2-5: The writer looks at the note then scratches out various portions.
Panel 6: Most of the note has been scribbled out leaving only the following words: “This year I will… read… for… fun”
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Michelle Oyen @michelleoyen.bsky.social · 01/01/2024
I am trying a new writing task for January, starting with this: michelleoyen.substack.com/p/r-is-for-r... #engineering #womenshealth #pregnancy #pprom #fetalmembranes #rupture
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 29/12/2023
This is why retention, promotion, and tenure is so critically important to pay attention to. It’s inexpensive to retain good faculty and damned expensive to recruit new faculty.
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 29/12/2023
And for every department that does everything right and builds a strong program, they can expect to last 10 years. If you don’t constantly maintain your faculty, people move, retire, die, and your department and department culture changes. It needs CONSTANT attention.
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 29/12/2023
I’m just gonna say hospitals should always and forever have a policy of masking. It’s where people go who are sick. And immunocompromised for a whole lotta reasons.
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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 27/12/2023
A team led by physicist Chien-Shiung Wu obtained the first experimental confirmation of parity violation, in the decay of Cobalt-60, OTD in 1956. Her theory colleagues received a Nobel for the prediction, but Wu – who actually observed the effect – was left off the prize. 🧪 👩‍🔬 Image: Smithsonian
Chien-Shiung Wu standing behind the beam line of her apparatus. She is wearing a white lab coat and smiling at the camera.
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Michelle Oyen @michelleoyen.bsky.social · 28/12/2023
Newly in press publication, containing crucial background information for #digitaltwin models of pregnancy: Material Properties of Nonpregnant and Pregnant Human Uterine Layers (in press JMBBM and at www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...)
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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 12/12/2023
As we have just seen play out in Texas, exceptions to abortion bans do not in practice guarantee that a pregnant woman's health will be protected. www.kff.org/womens-healt...
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