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Today’s the day! The #SentinelInitiative is ready to kick off the conversation at #ISPEAnnual2024. https://lnkd.in/e5eTpYGT
The Department of Population Medicine (DPM) in the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute is a research and teaching collaboration between Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School. The Department was created in 1992 to focus on research and education as they relate to the care of large defined populations, including individuals who do not seek out care. As the nation's first medical school appointing department based in a health plan, we are strategically positioned to improve population health and health care delivery locally, nationally, and internationally. We’re distinctive for our scope, expertise, and collaborations. Our mission and activities are highly consonant with the National Academy of Medicine’s advocacy for a national Learning Health System – one that incorporates evidence-based practices into routine care, captures new knowledge as part of the ongoing delivery of care, and then applies new knowledge in a timely manner. The Department is housed in the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, a limited liability corporation of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. We are one of 15 Harvard Medical School affiliates. In 2021, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care combined with Tufts Health Plan, creating Point32Health. The Institute is also part of Point32Health and now partners with both health plans. Dr. Emily Oken is both Department Chair and President of the HPHC Institute.
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Today’s the day! The #SentinelInitiative is ready to kick off the conversation at #ISPEAnnual2024. https://lnkd.in/e5eTpYGT
A new analysis of ECHO study cohort data, senior-authored by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute's Emily Oken aimed to examine associations of prenatal fish intake and ω-3 supplement use with both autism diagnosis and broader autism-related traits. The study, online now in the American Society for Nutrition's journal, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, provides further evidence for the safety and benefit of regular fish consumption during pregnancy. The findings: 💡 Maternal fish intake during pregnancy was associated with lower odds of autism diagnosis and lower autism-related traits in offspring. 💡 The associations were somewhat stronger for female offspring. 💡 The associations did not show a dose-response pattern, suggesting a possible threshold effect of fish intake or the role of other nutrients in fish. 💡 However, intake of supplements containing fish oil/omega-3 fatty acids during pregnancy was not associated with autism diagnosis or autism-related traits. Read the story here: https://lnkd.in/eSVaRMpC More about Dr. Oken's work: https://lnkd.in/etfKEExq
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#ISPEAnnual2024 is right around the corner. #SentinelInitiative is excited to talk #Pharmacoepidemiology with International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology! https://lnkd.in/eDDB9jZE
#ICYMI: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released clinical guidelines on the use of doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (#doxyPEP) for bacterial sexually transmitted infection prevention, calling it "a novel, ongoing, patient-managed biomedical STI prevention strategy for a selected population". However, not much is known about the existing use of antibiotics as STI prevention in the U.S. populations that have the potential to benefit from it. 💡 A new study led by research fellow Michael Traeger, with senior author Julia Marcus, Douglas Krakower, and collaborators Kenneth Mayer and Samuel Jenness aimed to learn more about awareness of and interest in bacterial STI prevention. The study, online now in the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases, highlights the need for prompt guidance on effective doxyPEP dosing and timely efforts to monitor real-world use. Drs. Traeger and Marcus discuss the study in this Q&A: https://lnkd.in/e_JZJpgW
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Passionate about transforming pediatric health care through decision sciences, health policy, & HEOR research // Associate Professor of Population Medicine @ Harvard
Please circulate this announcement. This fellow would work alongside Dr. Mei-Sing Ong, a biomedical informatician who uses big data analytics to study disease epidemiology and treatment patterns with a focus on rare diseases, chronic diseases, and health equity. Generally, CHeRP and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute are colleagial places to work! This position could be hybrid or remote.
Now Hiring! CHeRP is now hiring for a postdoctoral research fellow for research in machine learning and clinical informatics. Read more about this opportunity here: https://buff.ly/4dHaRbc
A new study led by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute research fellow Michael Traeger with Julia Marcus, Douglas Krakower, and collaborators Kenneth Mayer and Samuel Jenness sought to learn more about the use of #antibiotics around the time of sex to prevent bacterial STIs. The study highlights that effectively delivering #doxyPEP to those who will benefit from its use will mean considering individuals’ preferences and needs, and ensuring potential users are supported and informed about how to use it correctly. Efforts are needed to increase awareness of effective dosing and monitor real-world use, the team suggests. Read it online now: https://lnkd.in/eteZ4jpG
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Online course: Learn how qualitative and quantitative data can be integrated to capture the perspectives of patients, providers, communities, or healthcare organizations to answer complex research questions. Open to those in & outside of Harvard University. Register by October 9: hvrdct.me/z1t
Are you, or is someone you know, looking for a #postdoc research fellowship? See below for a great opportunity. Join us!
Passionate about transforming pediatric health care through decision sciences, health policy, & HEOR research // Associate Professor of Population Medicine @ Harvard
🧑💻 We're hiring! Tell your friends and colleagues! 🧑💻 We are looking for a postdoctoral research fellow to join The Division of Child Health Research and Policy (CHeRP) in the Department of Population Medicine at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. The candidate will participate in studies involved in predicting disease trajectories and outcomes of patients with rare diseases and performing deep phenotyping of patients with complex diseases. Research will also address challenges in applying machine learning methods to small datasets, trustworthiness of machine learning, improving the interpretability of machine learning models, and their translatability to clinical care. Ideal candidates will have experience in machine learning and clinical informatics as well as working with longitudinal, multimodal data from electronic health records. The job posting can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gwk9utPC FAQ: -Start date? As soon as possible -Is this in person? The position can be hybrid or remote -What if I have more questions? Contact the PI, mei-sing_ong@hms.harvard.edu
#ICYMI: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute's Anjum Khurshid has joined the editorial board of npj Health Systems, a newly launched open-access Nature Portfolio journal covering all aspects of health systems research. Read more about the journal and its editors: https://lnkd.in/gTY7cRKf
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