Jeff Linder
@jefflinder.bsky.social
General internist, health services and clinical researcher | Health, education, infrastructure, opportunity for all Americans | Bicycles | Opinions, own
The main problems identified feel exponentially worse for academia:
1. Unaligned hiring teams
2. Ambiguous job descriptions and unclear criteria
3. Amplified bias
4. Uncomparable interviews
5. Communication voids
@behscientist.bsky.social
behavioralscientist.org/the-trust-eq...
1. Unaligned hiring teams
2. Ambiguous job descriptions and unclear criteria
3. Amplified bias
4. Uncomparable interviews
5. Communication voids
@behscientist.bsky.social
behavioralscientist.org/the-trust-eq...
The Trust Equation: It’s Not Just Who You Hire, It’s How You Hire - by Torben Emmerling - Behavioral Scientist
What if organizations decided to treat their entire hiring process (not just who they hire), as a competitive advantage rather than a wearisome chore?
behavioralscientist.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The main problems identified feel exponentially worse for academia:
1. Unaligned hiring teams
2. Ambiguous job descriptions and unclear criteria
3. Amplified bias
4. Uncomparable interviews
5. Communication voids
@behscientist.bsky.social
behavioralscientist.org/the-trust-eq...
1. Unaligned hiring teams
2. Ambiguous job descriptions and unclear criteria
3. Amplified bias
4. Uncomparable interviews
5. Communication voids
@behscientist.bsky.social
behavioralscientist.org/the-trust-eq...
Really good. And an important reminder.
As odd as the beliefs held by those interviewed to those of us steeped in biomedical science, it is an important reminder that everone is simply looking for:
Comprehension,
Control, and
Community...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
As odd as the beliefs held by those interviewed to those of us steeped in biomedical science, it is an important reminder that everone is simply looking for:
Comprehension,
Control, and
Community...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
Opinion | I Went to an Anti-Vaccine Conference. Medicine Is in Trouble.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Really good. And an important reminder.
As odd as the beliefs held by those interviewed to those of us steeped in biomedical science, it is an important reminder that everone is simply looking for:
Comprehension,
Control, and
Community...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
As odd as the beliefs held by those interviewed to those of us steeped in biomedical science, it is an important reminder that everone is simply looking for:
Comprehension,
Control, and
Community...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
Lost a bet to Jeff Gerber when @chicagofirefc.bsky.social lost to @philadelphiaunion.com.
Had to do a talk in a Union jersey☹️
Thankfully, a small audience, but included the CDPH CMO and the CDPH Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist 😬
#VamosFire!!
#antibioticstewardship
#publichealth
#medsky
Had to do a talk in a Union jersey☹️
Thankfully, a small audience, but included the CDPH CMO and the CDPH Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist 😬
#VamosFire!!
#antibioticstewardship
#publichealth
#medsky
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Lost a bet to Jeff Gerber when @chicagofirefc.bsky.social lost to @philadelphiaunion.com.
Had to do a talk in a Union jersey☹️
Thankfully, a small audience, but included the CDPH CMO and the CDPH Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist 😬
#VamosFire!!
#antibioticstewardship
#publichealth
#medsky
Had to do a talk in a Union jersey☹️
Thankfully, a small audience, but included the CDPH CMO and the CDPH Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist 😬
#VamosFire!!
#antibioticstewardship
#publichealth
#medsky
Really looking forward to this from @zkepharmd.bsky.social at @cdph.bsky.social Antimicrobial Stewardship Conference!
#antibioticstewardship
#publichealth
#medsky
#antibioticstewardship
#publichealth
#medsky
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Really looking forward to this from @zkepharmd.bsky.social at @cdph.bsky.social Antimicrobial Stewardship Conference!
#antibioticstewardship
#publichealth
#medsky
#antibioticstewardship
#publichealth
#medsky
Great to hear from Karen Alroy from @nychealthsystem.bsky.social and see @nychealthcommr.bsky.social at the @cdph.bsky.social Antimicrobial Stewardship Conference
#antibioticstewardship
#publichealth
#medsky
#antibioticstewardship
#publichealth
#medsky
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Great to hear from Karen Alroy from @nychealthsystem.bsky.social and see @nychealthcommr.bsky.social at the @cdph.bsky.social Antimicrobial Stewardship Conference
#antibioticstewardship
#publichealth
#medsky
#antibioticstewardship
#publichealth
#medsky
ScholarOne: Sometimes Infuriating. Always Annoying
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
ScholarOne: Sometimes Infuriating. Always Annoying
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Between February and August 2025, 1 in 30 NIH-funded clinical trials lost grant funding, affecting over 74,000 participants, with disproportionate impact on prevention, infectious disease, and behavioral trials. ja.ma/4i4tSYx
November 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Between February and August 2025, 1 in 30 NIH-funded clinical trials lost grant funding, affecting over 74,000 participants, with disproportionate impact on prevention, infectious disease, and behavioral trials. ja.ma/4i4tSYx
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This study shows that working with talented people outside your own discipline (including the healthy skeptics of “nudging”) genuinely strengthens the quality and relevance of your research. Excited to see more work in this space! @jefflinder.bsky.social @wiserhealthcare.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This study shows that working with talented people outside your own discipline (including the healthy skeptics of “nudging”) genuinely strengthens the quality and relevance of your research. Excited to see more work in this space! @jefflinder.bsky.social @wiserhealthcare.bsky.social
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Simple #design changes in EHR alerts, like presenting two or three good options instead of just one, could help #doctors provide #bettercare. But if these systems rely on outdated evidence, they risk doing more harm than good.
#besci #medicine
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#besci #medicine
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
November 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Simple #design changes in EHR alerts, like presenting two or three good options instead of just one, could help #doctors provide #bettercare. But if these systems rely on outdated evidence, they risk doing more harm than good.
#besci #medicine
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#besci #medicine
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Fun to work with @gemmaaltinger.bsky.social, Adrian Traeger, Chris Maher, @caitlin-jones.bsky.social, and others at @sydney.edu.au Institute for Musculoskeletal Health on this!
How we present choices to physicians influences their decision-making.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
How we present choices to physicians influences their decision-making.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Multiple Suggested Care Alternatives and Decision-Making of PCPs
This randomized clinical trial investigates whether providing primary care physicians (PCPs) with 1 vs 2 or more appropriate treatment alternatives in a choice set has an effect on the odds that they ...
jamanetwork.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Fun to work with @gemmaaltinger.bsky.social, Adrian Traeger, Chris Maher, @caitlin-jones.bsky.social, and others at @sydney.edu.au Institute for Musculoskeletal Health on this!
How we present choices to physicians influences their decision-making.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
How we present choices to physicians influences their decision-making.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
In time for the @pennchibe.bsky.social meeting, our paper about how the number of alternatives influences physician decision-making.
#MedSky #BehaviouralScience
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#MedSky #BehaviouralScience
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Multiple Suggested Care Alternatives and Decision-Making of PCPs
This randomized clinical trial investigates whether providing primary care physicians (PCPs) with 1 vs 2 or more appropriate treatment alternatives in a choice set has an effect on the odds that they ...
jamanetwork.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
In time for the @pennchibe.bsky.social meeting, our paper about how the number of alternatives influences physician decision-making.
#MedSky #BehaviouralScience
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#MedSky #BehaviouralScience
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Reposted by Jeff Linder
➡️ More alternatives (suggestions) = higher likelihood of choosing an NSAID over the opioid in a situation of chronic low back pain flare-up.
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Multiple Suggested Care Alternatives and Decision-Making of PCPs
This randomized clinical trial investigates whether providing primary care physicians (PCPs) with 1 vs 2 or more appropriate treatment alternatives in a choice set has an effect on the odds that they ...
jamanetwork.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
➡️ More alternatives (suggestions) = higher likelihood of choosing an NSAID over the opioid in a situation of chronic low back pain flare-up.
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Just in time for the @pennchibe.bsky.social meeting, a new paper with @gemmaaltinger.bsky.social in @jamanetworkopen.com.
We found that offering physicians MORE alternatives encouraged them to select one of the alternates.
We found that offering physicians MORE alternatives encouraged them to select one of the alternates.
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Just in time for the @pennchibe.bsky.social meeting, a new paper with @gemmaaltinger.bsky.social in @jamanetworkopen.com.
We found that offering physicians MORE alternatives encouraged them to select one of the alternates.
We found that offering physicians MORE alternatives encouraged them to select one of the alternates.
Was meeting Jeff Gerber and ran into @mhallsworth.bsky.social in Philly.
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Was meeting Jeff Gerber and ran into @mhallsworth.bsky.social in Philly.
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It will be my honour and pleasure to give this grand round in Northwestern, Chicago, next week!
Please join us on Nov. 12th for our next #MedicalGrandRounds ! We will be joined by @drkerribaker.bsky.social from @rcpedin.bsky.social !
November 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It will be my honour and pleasure to give this grand round in Northwestern, Chicago, next week!
I met a friend at the Omni Hotel on the "Miracle Mile Shopping Center" this morning on the way to work.
It was horrible.
A snowy morning. The people going to work. The Christmas lights. Shoppers. Tourists.
It was horrible.
A snowy morning. The people going to work. The Christmas lights. Shoppers. Tourists.
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I met a friend at the Omni Hotel on the "Miracle Mile Shopping Center" this morning on the way to work.
It was horrible.
A snowy morning. The people going to work. The Christmas lights. Shoppers. Tourists.
It was horrible.
A snowy morning. The people going to work. The Christmas lights. Shoppers. Tourists.
More terrific work on PAD by Mary McDermott and her team!
@nuintmed.bsky.social @ipham.bsky.social @nupress.bsky.social
@nuintmed.bsky.social @ipham.bsky.social @nupress.bsky.social
From @jama.com: Among people with PAD and no #diabetes, metformin treatment for 6 months did not result in improvements in walking ability or secondary outcomes vs placebo.
#AHA25 @ahascience.bsky.social
ja.ma/47yiLnq
#AHA25 @ahascience.bsky.social
ja.ma/47yiLnq
November 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
More terrific work on PAD by Mary McDermott and her team!
@nuintmed.bsky.social @ipham.bsky.social @nupress.bsky.social
@nuintmed.bsky.social @ipham.bsky.social @nupress.bsky.social
Reposted by Jeff Linder
Please join us on Nov. 12th for our next #MedicalGrandRounds ! We will be joined by @drkerribaker.bsky.social from @rcpedin.bsky.social !
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Please join us on Nov. 12th for our next #MedicalGrandRounds ! We will be joined by @drkerribaker.bsky.social from @rcpedin.bsky.social !
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Please join us on Oct. 15th for our next #MedicalGrandRounds ! We will be joined by C. Ronald Kahn, MD from Joslin Diabetes Center for our Rollin T. Woodyatt Lectureship!
October 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Please join us on Oct. 15th for our next #MedicalGrandRounds ! We will be joined by C. Ronald Kahn, MD from Joslin Diabetes Center for our Rollin T. Woodyatt Lectureship!
Another bike commute into the urban hellscape today…
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Another bike commute into the urban hellscape today…
This was great! My two favorite posters were, 1) this one, as I treated myself for a muscle strain, and…
October 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This was great! My two favorite posters were, 1) this one, as I treated myself for a muscle strain, and…
Reposted by Jeff Linder
Affidavit from Maywood ASA Jose Villarreal, testifying under oath that the presence of ICE/CPB is harming his office's prosecution of crimes.
October 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Affidavit from Maywood ASA Jose Villarreal, testifying under oath that the presence of ICE/CPB is harming his office's prosecution of crimes.
To the TSA agents at a fully staffed PIT — was through security in 5 min — this afternoon who are working without pay…
…on behalf of all American taxpayers…
Sorry. And thank you.
🫡
…on behalf of all American taxpayers…
Sorry. And thank you.
🫡
October 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
To the TSA agents at a fully staffed PIT — was through security in 5 min — this afternoon who are working without pay…
…on behalf of all American taxpayers…
Sorry. And thank you.
🫡
…on behalf of all American taxpayers…
Sorry. And thank you.
🫡
Reposted by Jeff Linder
One of the things I really liked about S2 of “Andor” was how few Imperial Stormtroopers there were.
Lucas put them in masks for two reasons, IMHO: 1) it made them terrifying, their inhuman faces frozen in frowns, with no pity, feeling, etc. Echo of his enforcer robots in THX-1138.
Lucas put them in masks for two reasons, IMHO: 1) it made them terrifying, their inhuman faces frozen in frowns, with no pity, feeling, etc. Echo of his enforcer robots in THX-1138.
September 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
One of the things I really liked about S2 of “Andor” was how few Imperial Stormtroopers there were.
Lucas put them in masks for two reasons, IMHO: 1) it made them terrifying, their inhuman faces frozen in frowns, with no pity, feeling, etc. Echo of his enforcer robots in THX-1138.
Lucas put them in masks for two reasons, IMHO: 1) it made them terrifying, their inhuman faces frozen in frowns, with no pity, feeling, etc. Echo of his enforcer robots in THX-1138.