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Dr June M McKoy @drjunejd.bsky.social · Nov 16

As a Black woman physician I do not have the luxury that my counterparts have of moving seamlessly from formal to informal roles without negative consequences...thus my first name is ALWAYS “Doctor” @drjunejd.bsky.social

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Dr June M McKoy @drjunejd.bsky.social · 8d

READ OUR COMMENTARY ON PARP DIFFUSION THROUGHOUT THE USA @drjunejd.bsky.social

Dr June M McKoy @drjunejd.bsky.social · 11d

Exciting! The ABIM @abimcert.bsky.social w/the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education has expanded the # of activities for which physicians can earn MOC credits.
🎙️ Hear more from leaders at ACCME and ABIM in their recent podcast conversation: lnkd.in/gQQDZQhy @drjunejd.bsky.social

Dr June M McKoy @drjunejd.bsky.social · 12d

Congratulations to my dear friend and colleague Dr David Bentrem! @luriecancer.bsky.social A fantastic pancreatic surgeon, he has incomparable skills in the operating room and practices the art of medicine at the bedside…always prioritizing his patients needs @drjunejd.bsky.social

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 15d

Cancer cells hijack neurons to promote their growth. Here (and how) neurons form pseudo-synapses to promote pancreatic cancer's growth cell.com/cancer-cell/...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 14d

Checkpoint inhibitors are the mainstay of cancer immunotherapy. Here's a new review article for the current state of the science and where we're headed www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Sep 3

Discovery of the number of ways cancer cell hijack other cells to promote their growth and spread keeps proliferating www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Tumors hijack macrophages for iron supply to promote bone metastasis and anemia

Tumor cells mimic erythroblasts by hijacking a specialized macrophage population for iron supply, thereby promoting metastasis through enhanced adaptation to hypoxia and contributing to anemia by impa...

www.cell.com

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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · Sep 3

How can we reawaken the body’s own anti-viral defenses to fight brain cancer?

Delighted to share our new study where we now answer this question, led by the brilliant @alvarezprado.bsky.social who is now an independent PI at LIH Luxembourg 👏👏

#BrainTIME 🧠🦠🧪
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Aug 28

One more diabolical trick of cancer cells: transferring their mitochondria to fibroblasts to promote their growth
nature.com/articles/s43...

Cancer-derived mitochondria fuel fibroblasts to become pro-tumorigenic - Nature Cancer

Cancer-associated fibroblasts represent a functionally diverse and heterogeneous entity within the solid tumor microenvironment. Mitochondrial transfer from cancer cells to fibroblasts is now shown to...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Aug 25

Exposure to heat waves and accelerated biological aging
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Long-term impacts of heatwaves on accelerated ageing - Nature Climate Change

Ageing is linked to environmental factors. This study shows that although participants gradually adapted to heat over time, cumulative exposure to heatwaves had stable and adverse impacts on ageing, e...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Aug 22

How plasma p-Tau markers can predict if and when there will be transition to mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease in cognitively unimpaired individuals, along staging of the disease
www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Plasma tau biomarkers for biological staging of Alzheimer’s disease - Nature Aging

Montoliu-Gaya, Salvadó et al. develop a blood-based model using tau biomarkers measured in a single analysis enabling biological staging of Alzheimer’s disease to support the diagnosis, prognosis and ...

www.nature.com

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Dr June M McKoy @drjunejd.bsky.social · Aug 21

Gero-onc matters. “Effectiveness of comprehensive geriatric assessment with extensive patient coaching for improving quality of life in older patients with solid tumours receiving systemic therapy (G-oncoCOACH): a multicentre randomised controlled trial” - The Lancet @drjunejd.bsky.social

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Dr June M McKoy @drjunejd.bsky.social · Aug 20

A great review of what I’ll refer to as “glymphatic physiology.” As Cajal has said, “The brain is a world consisting of a number of unexplored continents and great stretches of unknown territory.” @drjunejd.bsky.social

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Aug 19

How your brain's metabolic waste products get cleared during sleep, featuring the pivotal 2012 discovery of glymphatics www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

Dr June M McKoy @drjunejd.bsky.social · Aug 18

Congratulations! Wishing you every success on this new journey, Dr Pennell @drjunejd.bsky.social

Nathan Pennell MD, PhD, FASCO @n8pennell.bsky.social · Aug 18

After 17 years at Cleveland Clinic I am starting today as Senior Vice President and Worldwide Head of Hematology and Oncology Medical Affairs at Bristol-Myers Squibb. I am so thankful to all my colleagues, friends, and patients at the Clinic and will be forever grateful for my experiences there.

Dr June M McKoy @drjunejd.bsky.social · Aug 9

My mentee, Fares Siddig, is now a meritorious medical student at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons @columbiamed.bsky.social He is an outstanding young man w/ a bright future ahead. I can hardly wait to see the impact he will have on our profession @drjunejd.bsky.social

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Aug 4

One in 4 people carry one copy of the APOE4 allele, the strongest known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. We've just learned how that risk is mediated—the immune system
erictopol.substack.com/p/our-braini...

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · Jul 30

UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years.

Astronomer Prof Michele Dougherty CBE FRS FRAS did not study science in secondary school – but was instead inspired to learn more about space after using her father's telescope.

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years

Prof Michele Dougherty is the first woman to be appointed to the influential post.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr June M McKoy @drjunejd.bsky.social · Jul 23

Had a lovely time reconnecting with alumni and faculty from @uiccom
during NMA 2025 at the Blackstone. Catching up with Chicago treasures Urologist Dr Terry Mason, Chief Exec Provident Hospital Dr Arnold Turner, and Executive Director of UI Health Mile Square Dr Karriem Watson @drjunejd.bsky.social

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · Jul 18

Can AI help people stay healthier as they age by helping to predict disease? @peteratmsr.bsky.social and Dr. Eric Topol explore this and other topics in Episode 8 of “The AI Revolution in Medicine, Revisited.” msft.it/6019s6arx

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Dr June M McKoy @drjunejd.bsky.social · Jul 18

We need a lot of “will” and “willingness” to take us beyond big pharma’s quest to transition cancer to a chronic disease versus finding cures and sharing them with humanity at a reasonable ROI @drjunejd.bsky.social

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jul 17

Quite an optimistic viewpoint here....we have a long way to go to reduce the toll of cancer
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jul 11

On the potential risk of gabapentin (Neurontin) for mild cognitive impairment and dementia
rapm.bmj.com/content/earl...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jul 11

Preventing Alzheimer’s disease
With @walteri.bsky.social @amanpourcopbs.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/cLJOe...

Could GLP-1s Fight Alzheimer's?

YouTube video by Amanpour and Company

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Dr June M McKoy @drjunejd.bsky.social · Jul 5

FIT FOR SURGERY…
Pleased to share the results of our NIH-funded research study:

Fit4Surgery: A pilot randomized controlled trial to assess the feasibility of prehabilitation prior to debulking surgery for ovarian cancer

Link:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lNVtKfi92...

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Dr June M McKoy @drjunejd.bsky.social · Jun 29

A great opportunity to work with an outstanding NIH-funded PI @drxu.bsky.social at Emory University! Don’t miss it! @drjunejd.bsky.social

Huiwen Xu, PhD @drxu.bsky.social · Jun 18

I am recruiting a fully-funded PhD student for Fall 2026 at Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing to work on NIH-funded nursing home projects. Please email your CV and a short letter to: [email protected]. Please share the opportunity!

www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

Emory University hiring Doctoral Student in Atlanta, GA | LinkedIn

Posted 3:12:40 AM. Company DescriptionEmory University is a top research university located in Atlanta, Georgia…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Dr June M McKoy @drjunejd.bsky.social · Jun 29

With much restraint, I’ll simply state…Concerning! @drjunejd.bsky.social

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jun 28

"Insurance conglomerates, such as UnitedHealthcare and CVS–Aetna, now control physicians, home care, pharmacies, and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)."
In @nejm.org today
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Defining Health Care “Corporatization” | NEJM

“Corporatization” of health care, a process predicted decades ago, now refers to the general trend throughout the industry toward higher levels of integrated control by consolidated profit-seeking ...

www.nejm.org

Dr June M McKoy @drjunejd.bsky.social · Jun 23

Honored to be photographed with the 2025 class of newly minted admittees to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). Sworn in on June 5th by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr in the presence of the 8 Associate Justices and our phi alpha delta colleagues @drjunejd.bsky.social