Itai Bavli
@itaibavli.bsky.social
PhD | Lecturer & Research Associate UBC | Public health errors | Public health ethics | Racism & health | AI ethics | COI | Opioids | Previously Harvard, BU & Hebrew U https://itaibavli.substack.com/?utm_campaign=profile_chips
Weekend read.
Shabbat Shalom 🕊️
Shabbat Shalom 🕊️
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Weekend read.
Shabbat Shalom 🕊️
Shabbat Shalom 🕊️
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New post on When Public Health Goes Wrong: How we got peanut allergy guidelines wrong and why correcting mistakes is key for public health
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The peanut allergy problem we created
Correct the error, baby
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November 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
New post on When Public Health Goes Wrong: How we got peanut allergy guidelines wrong and why correcting mistakes is key for public health
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New post on When Public Health Goes Wrong: How we got peanut allergy guidelines wrong and why correcting mistakes is key for public health
open.substack.com/pub/itaibavl...
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The peanut allergy problem we created
Correct the error, baby
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November 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
New post on When Public Health Goes Wrong: How we got peanut allergy guidelines wrong and why correcting mistakes is key for public health
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Portland’s drug and homelessness crisis is worse than I imagined. Heartbreaking
October 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Portland’s drug and homelessness crisis is worse than I imagined. Heartbreaking
Not every day you get to meet the President of The Hastings Center for Bioethics. So great connecting with Vardit Ravitsky
October 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Not every day you get to meet the President of The Hastings Center for Bioethics. So great connecting with Vardit Ravitsky
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New open access on FirstView: "Framing, Narratives, and the Overdose Crisis" is @itaibavli.bsky.social 's insightful commentary on a recent article by Daniel Eisenkraft Klein, Quinn Grundy, Ben Hawkins and Robert Schwartz @uoftdlsph.bsky.social (also open access).
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October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New open access on FirstView: "Framing, Narratives, and the Overdose Crisis" is @itaibavli.bsky.social 's insightful commentary on a recent article by Daniel Eisenkraft Klein, Quinn Grundy, Ben Hawkins and Robert Schwartz @uoftdlsph.bsky.social (also open access).
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Our work starts today 🕊
October 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Our work starts today 🕊
My new commentary responding to Daniel Eisenkraft Klein et al. in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
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Framing, Narratives, and the Overdose Crisis | Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics | Cambridge Core
Framing, Narratives, and the Overdose Crisis
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October 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
My new commentary responding to Daniel Eisenkraft Klein et al. in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
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Saying sorry for Covid mistakes is important.
But accountability comes first.
My new reflection: “Accountability Before Saying Sorry.”
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But accountability comes first.
My new reflection: “Accountability Before Saying Sorry.”
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Accountability before saying sorry
Reflection
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October 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Saying sorry for Covid mistakes is important.
But accountability comes first.
My new reflection: “Accountability Before Saying Sorry.”
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But accountability comes first.
My new reflection: “Accountability Before Saying Sorry.”
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Please take a few minutes to read this important perspective from a surgeon in Gaza: On Bearing Witness by Dr. Samer Attar www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
On Bearing Witness | NEJM
Having worked at seven hospitals in Gaza since December 2023, an American surgeon finds value in doing whatever is possible to serve a community — and bearing witness to unimaginable human suffering.
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October 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Please take a few minutes to read this important perspective from a surgeon in Gaza: On Bearing Witness by Dr. Samer Attar www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
"When the FDA opened the door to opioids.”
My latest article — now up on When Public Health Goes Wrong.
👉 Check it out on my Substack: itaibavli.substack.com
My latest article — now up on When Public Health Goes Wrong.
👉 Check it out on my Substack: itaibavli.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
"When the FDA opened the door to opioids.”
My latest article — now up on When Public Health Goes Wrong.
👉 Check it out on my Substack: itaibavli.substack.com
My latest article — now up on When Public Health Goes Wrong.
👉 Check it out on my Substack: itaibavli.substack.com
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A new study suggests that feeling lower in social rank due to socioeconomic factors like income or education can heighten the body’s cardiovascular stress responses....point to a potential biological pathway connecting social inequality to heart health. www.psypost.org/your-social-...
Your social status has a surprising influence on your biological stress responses
A new analysis reveals a direct link between socioeconomic standing and the body’s stress response. Feeling lower in rank due to income or education, but not task performance, was shown to heighten ca...
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October 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A new study suggests that feeling lower in social rank due to socioeconomic factors like income or education can heighten the body’s cardiovascular stress responses....point to a potential biological pathway connecting social inequality to heart health. www.psypost.org/your-social-...
The public health error behind the opioid epidemic. My latest in When Public Health Goes Wrong
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The public health error behind the opioid epidemic
When the FDA opened the door to opioids
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September 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The public health error behind the opioid epidemic. My latest in When Public Health Goes Wrong
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Shanah Tova. Wishing a year of happiness and kindness for all. A year of peace 🕊️
September 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Shanah Tova. Wishing a year of happiness and kindness for all. A year of peace 🕊️
Shabbat Shalom 🕊️
September 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Shabbat Shalom 🕊️
Five years after their 2020 article, Vyas, Eisenstein, and Jones reflect in @nejm.org on the progress, tensions, and future of race correction in medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
September 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Five years after their 2020 article, Vyas, Eisenstein, and Jones reflect in @nejm.org on the progress, tensions, and future of race correction in medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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New reflection on When Public Health Goes Wrong: why we all need a break in nature
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From quiet lakes to sharper ideas
Reflection
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September 4, 2025 at 4:47 AM
New reflection on When Public Health Goes Wrong: why we all need a break in nature
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New reflection on When Public Health Goes Wrong: why we all need a break in nature
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From quiet lakes to sharper ideas
Reflection
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September 4, 2025 at 4:47 AM
New reflection on When Public Health Goes Wrong: why we all need a break in nature
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I have a list of things we can do to change this tempo of tragedy
The proposals are based on real data
They have had signals of efficacy
It may feel hopeless today but:
I refuse to give up.
Because - Our babies & our communities deserve better than a rolling litany of horrors.
The proposals are based on real data
They have had signals of efficacy
It may feel hopeless today but:
I refuse to give up.
Because - Our babies & our communities deserve better than a rolling litany of horrors.
BREAKING: Two children were killed and 17 people injured in a shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school, police said. The shooter is also dead.
Minnesota governor says a shooting has occurred at a Minneapolis school
Authorities say a shooting has erupted during the first week of classes at a Minneapolis Catholic school. There was no immediate information on any injuries. Gov.
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August 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I have a list of things we can do to change this tempo of tragedy
The proposals are based on real data
They have had signals of efficacy
It may feel hopeless today but:
I refuse to give up.
Because - Our babies & our communities deserve better than a rolling litany of horrors.
The proposals are based on real data
They have had signals of efficacy
It may feel hopeless today but:
I refuse to give up.
Because - Our babies & our communities deserve better than a rolling litany of horrors.
Sunset at Spanish Banks, Vancouver 🇨🇦
August 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Sunset at Spanish Banks, Vancouver 🇨🇦