Layla Bouzoubaa
@laylab.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @ Drexel University, Info. Sci. 🇲🇦 Studying lived experiences of people who use #drugs, #stigma, #harmreduction through mixed methods, #NLProc. Public health background. Aspiring wine connoisseur & proud cat lady 🐱🐱🐱
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Layla Bouzoubaa
@laylab.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Almost exactly 1 year ago I joined this platform! A little more about me: I am currently trying to understand felt stigma by people who use drugs from self disclosed posts using computational methods and narratology. I am presenting my paper on countering stigma directed towards pwud today at #EMNLP
Learning more about the pervasiveness of stigma in the clinical settings at #AMIA2025 makes me feel we need to be doing more to listen and trust patients while also making considerations in the models we deploy. Great piece.
💬 Editorial: Effective health care #AI for stigmatized conditions requires new solutions in data collection, algorithm design, model implementation, and ongoing evaluation. ja.ma/4oQJwtm
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Learning more about the pervasiveness of stigma in the clinical settings at #AMIA2025 makes me feel we need to be doing more to listen and trust patients while also making considerations in the models we deploy. Great piece.
Reposted by Layla Bouzoubaa
if you are considering submitting an application for this position, you still have just under 2 weeks to do so
any and all suitable candidates, please apply. everyone else, pls share with your networks
any and all suitable candidates, please apply. everyone else, pls share with your networks
📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd...
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
November 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
if you are considering submitting an application for this position, you still have just under 2 weeks to do so
any and all suitable candidates, please apply. everyone else, pls share with your networks
any and all suitable candidates, please apply. everyone else, pls share with your networks
Highlight from #AMIA2025 Day 2 is from the keynote from Dr.Kedar Mate: What can we do by next Tuesday? I love this reminder that we should be setting goals that can be bold and specific so that we can actually attain them. It’s actionable and helps us identify what to prioritize.
November 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Highlight from #AMIA2025 Day 2 is from the keynote from Dr.Kedar Mate: What can we do by next Tuesday? I love this reminder that we should be setting goals that can be bold and specific so that we can actually attain them. It’s actionable and helps us identify what to prioritize.
‘Wellness’ and ‘court’ are two words that should never be found together. More evidence of the failures of the Parker administration for a population that needs support the most.
The visualizations are awesome tho!
The visualizations are awesome tho!
My first byline! I made #DataViz for an accountability piece by @emilykrizzo.bsky.social @kensingtonvoice.bsky.social abt a #Philly program that targets & arrests pple living outside who use drugs in Kensington. Emily collected data for 87 pple bc the City won't share results w the public #ddj
New Kensington ‘fast-track court’ lands most with warrants, back into the cycle of addiction and homelessness
Kensington Voice collected and verified data on 87 people who were arrested during the first months of the program and tracked their journeys through the court. Most ended up with Wellness Court…
www.kensingtonvoice.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
‘Wellness’ and ‘court’ are two words that should never be found together. More evidence of the failures of the Parker administration for a population that needs support the most.
The visualizations are awesome tho!
The visualizations are awesome tho!
Today’s #AMIA2025 highlight was a storytelling workshop by @kbjohnsonmd.bsky.social and @gezzerortegamdmph.bsky.social hit close to home! We use storytelling to teach, to design, to communicate. But ensuring patient stories are actually heard is still an open problem. 🤔
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
November 16, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Today’s #AMIA2025 highlight was a storytelling workshop by @kbjohnsonmd.bsky.social and @gezzerortegamdmph.bsky.social hit close to home! We use storytelling to teach, to design, to communicate. But ensuring patient stories are actually heard is still an open problem. 🤔
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
Me: “lemme just do this quick feasibility check…”
My study: “what if I revealed five new constructs instead?” #academicsky
My study: “what if I revealed five new constructs instead?” #academicsky
a cat wearing glasses and a bow tie is looking at a laptop .
ALT: a cat wearing glasses and a bow tie is looking at a laptop .
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November 15, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Me: “lemme just do this quick feasibility check…”
My study: “what if I revealed five new constructs instead?” #academicsky
My study: “what if I revealed five new constructs instead?” #academicsky
I’ll be headed to Atlanta this week for #AMIA2025 with a poster: “Phenotypes of Stigma Expressed by People Who Use Drugs on Reddit.” Looking to meet others thinking about health, AI, and social impact… and to see what life after the PhD might look like 👀 hmu #HealthInformatics #NLP #AcademicSky
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I’ll be headed to Atlanta this week for #AMIA2025 with a poster: “Phenotypes of Stigma Expressed by People Who Use Drugs on Reddit.” Looking to meet others thinking about health, AI, and social impact… and to see what life after the PhD might look like 👀 hmu #HealthInformatics #NLP #AcademicSky
This a great quick read and, most importantly, a reminder for #AcademicSky ! On that note, if anyone has any good references for mentorship, I welcome them 🙏🏼: www.science.org/content/arti...
I didn't think I needed mentorship training—but it reshaped my approach
“I have noticed students are now quicker to ask for help,” this Ph.D. student writes
www.science.org
October 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This a great quick read and, most importantly, a reminder for #AcademicSky ! On that note, if anyone has any good references for mentorship, I welcome them 🙏🏼: www.science.org/content/arti...
🚨 Opportunities from @athnlp.bsky.social : @annarogers.bsky.social shared a PhD opening @ ITU for anyone interested in peer review and LLM + a postdoc @ AAU on real-world LLM evaluation #NLProc #AcademicSky
September 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🚨 Opportunities from @athnlp.bsky.social : @annarogers.bsky.social shared a PhD opening @ ITU for anyone interested in peer review and LLM + a postdoc @ AAU on real-world LLM evaluation #NLProc #AcademicSky
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Job alert! 🌸🏔️ The UW iSchool is hiring for *two* TT faculty positions, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence, broadly defined. It's pretty here!
Applications due November 15th 2025 (priority deadline).
Link: apply.interfolio.com/171020
Applications due November 15th 2025 (priority deadline).
Link: apply.interfolio.com/171020
September 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Job alert! 🌸🏔️ The UW iSchool is hiring for *two* TT faculty positions, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence, broadly defined. It's pretty here!
Applications due November 15th 2025 (priority deadline).
Link: apply.interfolio.com/171020
Applications due November 15th 2025 (priority deadline).
Link: apply.interfolio.com/171020
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Some of y’all forget the reason we have food safety regulations is because companies used to do things like adding chalk to spoiled milk so it looked normal.
Regulations don’t exist because governments enjoy them. They exist because pure unadulterated capitalism would kill us.
Regulations don’t exist because governments enjoy them. They exist because pure unadulterated capitalism would kill us.
September 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Some of y’all forget the reason we have food safety regulations is because companies used to do things like adding chalk to spoiled milk so it looked normal.
Regulations don’t exist because governments enjoy them. They exist because pure unadulterated capitalism would kill us.
Regulations don’t exist because governments enjoy them. They exist because pure unadulterated capitalism would kill us.
Reposted by Layla Bouzoubaa
Thanks to @asm.org and colleagues for stadning up for public health. Call Congress today and demand Kennedy's resignation
asm.org/press-releas...
asm.org/press-releas...
September 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Thanks to @asm.org and colleagues for stadning up for public health. Call Congress today and demand Kennedy's resignation
asm.org/press-releas...
asm.org/press-releas...
If I can sneak away for a couple days, I’ll be there ! It’s be good to visit and reconnect with my UM family and
@homahm.bsky.social 🤗
@homahm.bsky.social 🤗
The Computation+Journalism Symposium will take place on December 11-12 at the University of Miami. Join us: cplusj2025.com
The deadline to submit a talk, workshop, or panel is September 7th: cplusj2025.com/submissions/
We've already announced several speakers. More coming soon!
The deadline to submit a talk, workshop, or panel is September 7th: cplusj2025.com/submissions/
We've already announced several speakers. More coming soon!
August 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If I can sneak away for a couple days, I’ll be there ! It’s be good to visit and reconnect with my UM family and
@homahm.bsky.social 🤗
@homahm.bsky.social 🤗
Reposted by Layla Bouzoubaa
Hot take: AI therapy chatbots are medical devices and should be regulated by the FDA.
August 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hot take: AI therapy chatbots are medical devices and should be regulated by the FDA.
Reposted by Layla Bouzoubaa
If you know an unhoused person, and you could house them, now'd be a good time to do your part because the government is about to make them the scapegoats for all crime. I did my part. Most of the people I helped off the streets or out of insecure housing before I left the US are still housed.
Bondi: "Let me be crystal clear: crime in DC is ending and ending today."
August 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
If you know an unhoused person, and you could house them, now'd be a good time to do your part because the government is about to make them the scapegoats for all crime. I did my part. Most of the people I helped off the streets or out of insecure housing before I left the US are still housed.
Reposted by Layla Bouzoubaa
Update on hidden prompts in papers targeting LLM reviews: ICML 2025 PCs react.
icml.cc/Conferences/...
icml.cc/Conferences/...
July 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Update on hidden prompts in papers targeting LLM reviews: ICML 2025 PCs react.
icml.cc/Conferences/...
icml.cc/Conferences/...
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"[LinkedIn] is a digital motor pool full of self-appointed visionaries doing donut in the mud, yelling about scaling, optimising, and disrupting, while actively failing to comprehend anything larger than their own reflection in a ring light." 🔥🔥🔥
Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
August 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"[LinkedIn] is a digital motor pool full of self-appointed visionaries doing donut in the mud, yelling about scaling, optimising, and disrupting, while actively failing to comprehend anything larger than their own reflection in a ring light." 🔥🔥🔥
I’m so excited that EACL next year will be in my favoritist place, my Morocco 🇲🇦❤️!!
EACL 2026 will happen in Morocco! Prof. Aline Villavicencio, from University of Exeter, will serve as the general chair!
August 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’m so excited that EACL next year will be in my favoritist place, my Morocco 🇲🇦❤️!!
Reposted by Layla Bouzoubaa
🎓 Looking for PhD opportunities in #NLProc for a start in Spring 2026?
🗒️ Add your expression of interest to join @copenlu.bsky.social here by 20 July: forms.office.com/e/HZSmgR9nXB
Selected candidates will be invited to submit a DARA fellowship application with me: daracademy.dk/fellowship/f...
🗒️ Add your expression of interest to join @copenlu.bsky.social here by 20 July: forms.office.com/e/HZSmgR9nXB
Selected candidates will be invited to submit a DARA fellowship application with me: daracademy.dk/fellowship/f...
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
June 27, 2025 at 6:51 AM
🎓 Looking for PhD opportunities in #NLProc for a start in Spring 2026?
🗒️ Add your expression of interest to join @copenlu.bsky.social here by 20 July: forms.office.com/e/HZSmgR9nXB
Selected candidates will be invited to submit a DARA fellowship application with me: daracademy.dk/fellowship/f...
🗒️ Add your expression of interest to join @copenlu.bsky.social here by 20 July: forms.office.com/e/HZSmgR9nXB
Selected candidates will be invited to submit a DARA fellowship application with me: daracademy.dk/fellowship/f...
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if you've had an NIH grant terminated, I want to hear about it. Signal: katherinejwu.12
March 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
if you've had an NIH grant terminated, I want to hear about it. Signal: katherinejwu.12
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I’m looking for a PhD student to work at the intersection of modelling infectious diseases and climate change.
Deadline of applications: 31st of May, but applications are evaluated on a rolling basis.
Please repost and help me spread the words!
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/311728
Deadline of applications: 31st of May, but applications are evaluated on a rolling basis.
Please repost and help me spread the words!
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/311728
PhD Position in mathematical modelling of infectious diseases and climate change
Climate change is reshaping our world, and its impact on the spread of infectious diseases is profound. Rising temperatures, shifting precipitation patterns, and increasingly frequent extreme weather ...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
January 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I’m looking for a PhD student to work at the intersection of modelling infectious diseases and climate change.
Deadline of applications: 31st of May, but applications are evaluated on a rolling basis.
Please repost and help me spread the words!
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/311728
Deadline of applications: 31st of May, but applications are evaluated on a rolling basis.
Please repost and help me spread the words!
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/311728
Reposted by Layla Bouzoubaa
📢 CfP: #ICWSM2025 Workshop on
#Data for the Wellbeing of the Most #Vulnerable
👉 #AI #NLP #epidemiology #demography #sociology #humanitarian #datascience
submit your abstract, or short or long paper by
⏰ March 31
sites.google.com/view/datafor...
w/ @kyriakikalimeri.bsky.social + Daniela Paolotti
#Data for the Wellbeing of the Most #Vulnerable
👉 #AI #NLP #epidemiology #demography #sociology #humanitarian #datascience
submit your abstract, or short or long paper by
⏰ March 31
sites.google.com/view/datafor...
w/ @kyriakikalimeri.bsky.social + Daniela Paolotti
February 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
📢 CfP: #ICWSM2025 Workshop on
#Data for the Wellbeing of the Most #Vulnerable
👉 #AI #NLP #epidemiology #demography #sociology #humanitarian #datascience
submit your abstract, or short or long paper by
⏰ March 31
sites.google.com/view/datafor...
w/ @kyriakikalimeri.bsky.social + Daniela Paolotti
#Data for the Wellbeing of the Most #Vulnerable
👉 #AI #NLP #epidemiology #demography #sociology #humanitarian #datascience
submit your abstract, or short or long paper by
⏰ March 31
sites.google.com/view/datafor...
w/ @kyriakikalimeri.bsky.social + Daniela Paolotti
For #philly, Philabundance has food banks all over and has opportunities to get involved www.philabundance.org
January 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
For #philly, Philabundance has food banks all over and has opportunities to get involved www.philabundance.org
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To help people understand the importance of NIH, share what you’ve used their funding for (in easily understandable terms).
I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.
I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.
January 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
To help people understand the importance of NIH, share what you’ve used their funding for (in easily understandable terms).
I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.
I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.