Career Conversations: Q & A With Biochemist Prabodhika Mallikaratchy
Credit: CUNY School of Medicine.
“One of the biggest things I hope for in my career is that in 20 years, I still feel the same joy and enthusiasm for research and training that I feel now,” says Prabodhika Mallikaratchy, Ph.D., a professor in the department of molecular, cellular, and biomedical sciences at the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Medicine. Dr. Mallikaratchy talks with us about her career path, research on developing new immunotherapies and molecular tools using nucleic acids, and her belief in the importance of being passionate about your career.
Q: How did you first become interested in ...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - May 10, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology Tools and Techniques DNA Medicines Profiles Proteins Source Type: blogs
Reimagining Pain in the Wake of the Opioid Epidemic
The following is a guest article by Vijay Yanamadala, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Sword Health and System Medical Director of Spine Quality at Hartford Healthcare.
In 2017, after years of over prescribing opioids to treat pain, leading to opioid addiction for millions of Americans, opioid dependency was declared a public health emergency.
Since then, the opioid epidemic has only worsened. The COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on people’s mental and physical health, has greatly contributed to a rise in opioid-related deaths.
When I was a medical student in the early 2000s, pain was viewed as a vital sign, like heart rate...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 13, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Communication and Patient Experience Healthcare IT Chronic Pain Hartford HealthCare MSK Musculoskeletal Care opioid crisis Opioid Epidemic Pain Management Patient Care Patient Compliance Physical Therapy PT Reimagining Pain Swo Source Type: blogs
Social media ad-based education on fake profiles soliciting funds
Our two special needs children are chronologically fully adult now. The challenges they face are increasingly complex but their capabilities have likewise grown.As in the past their challenges are not unique to adults with a life history of cognitive and/our neurological disorders and diversities. They are, however, more vulnerable than most adults to social media predators who focus on loneliness and relationship frustration. I have a thought on what to do about that, but first I need to provide some context for people who don ' t live in this world.In the past I had more control over our children ' s online actives. That...
Source: Be the Best You can Be - October 11, 2022 Category: Disability Tags: adult cognitive impairment crime education policy support Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
October 06, 2022 Edition-----In the UK the current Tory Government appears to have totally lost the plot and failed to even move to fix things – a real disaster I fear for millions.In the US Hurricane Ian seems to have been of Biblical Scale that will take years to repair the damage.In Europe we see the recession arriving.In OZ we are coping with the Optus data breach, an imminent and difficult Budget and the new Integrity Commission being sorted out!-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/technology/manufacturers-turn-to-robots-as-job-ads-go-unanswered-20220920-p5bjilHow a $1m robot solved this company ’s labour sh...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 6, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Bangladesh ’s Stitch in Time Saves Nine
Swaminathan S. Anklesaria AiyarIs Bangladesh, the latest applicant for an IMF loan (likely to be $4.5 billion) going the same way as Sri Lanka and Pakistan? No, the other two went to the IMF after emptying their coffers whereas Bangladesh is seeking precautionary assistance when its forex reserves are still a healthy $40 billion, enough to cover five months of imports. Bangladesh ’s public debt is just 36% of GDP, with an external component of only 14%, mostly on highly concessional terms. But it has been hit by the sharp rise in oil and fertilizer prices, while a global recession is hurting its exports. Bangla...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 6, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
July 28, 2022 Edition-----Sadly the war drags on, Biden seems to be pretty impotent on most policy fronts and the US seems to be heading into a recession. Not good,In the UK the choosing the next PM is off and running as the country and Europe are cooling down after a heatwave (for them) of biblical proportions!In OZ Parliament is meeting which is when the rubber will really hit the road as a new virus wave runs out of control still! We need to do more to control it as we realise just how bad long COVID is!-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/how-a-nobel-laureate-got-australian-economists-offside-...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 28, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Corruption, Cronyism, and Agricultural Edicts Drive Sri Lanka into Disaster
David BoazSpeaking of corruption and cronyism,as I was just yesterday, just be glad we ’re not Sri Lanka, where the four Rajapaksa brothers have dominated the government and apparently driven the country into economic catastrophe. As theWashington Post reported:After helping Mahinda win the presidency in 2005, his brothers Chamal, Gotabaya and Basil took over ministries that controlled three ‐quarters of the national budget and built popular support despite allegations of human rights abuses and corruption.…The Rajapaksas ran the country like a family business during Mahinda ’s 10‐year presidency,...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 24, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
Memorandum of understanding on the recruitment of Sri Lankan healthcare professionals between the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Department of Health and Social Care - This memorandum of understanding (MoU) sets out the framework under which nurses and other healthcare professionals from Sri Lanka will be recruited to the UK. The MoU includes: areas of cooperation; recruitment; and the establishment of a joint committee to oversee implementation of the provisions of the MoU.MoUMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 9, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
The Iron(y) in Steel Protectionism
Scott Lincicome andGabriella Beaumont-SmithIn the midst of highinflation, the federal government continues to build on bad policies for the U.S. housing market. Instead of addressing current rules creating an inflexible environment for building houses, the government imposed new duties on steel nails, a crucial component for home construction. These duties will increase the cost of construction, further contributing to scarce housing and higher home prices.Last month, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) predictablydetermined that the U.S. nail industry has been injured by “dumped” and “subsidi...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 21, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Scott Lincicome, Gabriella Beaumont-Smith Source Type: blogs
Health-Related Information and COVID-19: A Study of Sri Lanka and Thailand
Ramathi Bandaranayake, Pirongrong Ramasoota (Chulalongkorn University), Ashwini Natesan, Arthit Suriyawongkul (Trinity College), Health-Related Information and COVID-19: A Study of Sri Lanka and Thailand, SSRN (2021): In this research, we focus on the COVID-19 pandemic in two emerging Asia Pacific nations,... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 24, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Disability Rights and Welfare in Sri Lanka
Rasika Karunarathne, Disability Rights and Welfare in Sri Lanka, SSRN: People who are differently-abled is one group that often gets into trouble due to the less attention from society. Providing equal opportunity for all people is a highly considered fact... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - June 23, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
How to get PTSD. Twice. Worse.
I just read disturbing comments by a highly respected University of California doc Karen Seal [who screens and treats returning veterans from Iraq or Afghanistan at San Francisco’s famous Ft. Miley Veterans Administration Hospital, one of our premier VA Research Hospitals] about the redeployment of young soldiers treated for PTSD and other neurological and psychatric problems back to Mid-East war zones [http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,136020,00.html]. Effective last December, service members with a “psychiatric disorder in remission, or whose residual symptoms do not impair duty performance” may ...
Source: On the Brain by Dr. Michael Merzenich, Ph.D. - September 1, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Dr. Merzenich Tags: Brain Fitness Brain Trauma, Injury BrainHQ Cognitive impairments Posit Science Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, et alia Source Type: blogs
Prioritizing in Palliative Medicine: Why Quality of Life Suffers with Racism
by Michelle Christopher and Sonia Malhotra (@SoniaMKhunkhun)The silence was palpable. Two of us continued to speak about our concerns about the way Black lives were treated and how important it was to address these concerns among us for the betterment of our patients. If we couldn ’t understand this among colleagues, how would we ever understand what our patients, a predominantly Black population at a safety net hospital, went through?- - - - - - - - - - - - -As the COVID pandemic started and we saw the first surge of patients flood our hospitals, we watched our patients, colleagues and broader community come together to...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - July 13, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Tags: christopher malhotra race The profession Source Type: blogs
RSC ’s FTO AUMF: LOL!
Gene HealyIn these increasingly grim Days of Rage and COVID, you have to take your laughs where you can find them, sometimes from unusual sources. It has come to my attention that the Republican Study Committee —the nearly 150‐strong caucus of House conservatives—recently released a comprehensive national security strategy entitled,“Strengthening America& Countering Global Threats.” The “product of over 1.5 years of policy development,” this 120‐page manifesto is “a conservative, solutions‐oriented plan” that “advances the interests of the American people at home and abroad,”acco...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 25, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Gene Healy Source Type: blogs
Two Supertypes of Coronavirus: “East Asian” and “European”
Andrei Illarionov andNatalya PivovarovaThe Los Alamos National Laboratory has posteda new study, as reported this weekby theWashington Post andtheLos Angeles Times, that finds that the strain of the novel coronavirus that emerged in Europe and has spread to much of the world is different than the strain of the virus at its origin in China. Those findingsare consistent with our research which we posted (in Russian) on April 15, 2020. Although we are not epidemiologists, we are posting our slightly updated analysis below in English in the interest of sharing what may be significant findings with a wider audience. We welcome ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 8, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Andrei Illarionov, Natalya Pivovarova Source Type: blogs
