Tim Plante, MD MHS
@tbplante.bsky.social
Vermont-based CVD epidemiologist and internist. An editor-in-chief of https://www.wikijournalclub.org. Looking to move the needle on hypertension and CVD prevention.
#UVM #Stata #CardioSky #MedSky #EpiSky
#UVM #Stata #CardioSky #MedSky #EpiSky
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RCT: Home-delivered, low-sodium Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) groceries and dietitian support temporarily improved blood pressure and LDL cholesterol in Black adults with high BP versus monetary support.
#AHA25 @ahascience.bsky.social
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#AHA25 @ahascience.bsky.social
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November 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
RCT: Home-delivered, low-sodium Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) groceries and dietitian support temporarily improved blood pressure and LDL cholesterol in Black adults with high BP versus monetary support.
#AHA25 @ahascience.bsky.social
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#AHA25 @ahascience.bsky.social
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Congratulations, @spjuraschek.bsky.social (and his mighty team!) for your GoFresh late breaker at #AHA25 and your @jama.com publication! Huge amount of work and very impressive findings.
@bidmcreseach.bsky.social
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@bidmcreseach.bsky.social
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
November 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Congratulations, @spjuraschek.bsky.social (and his mighty team!) for your GoFresh late breaker at #AHA25 and your @jama.com publication! Huge amount of work and very impressive findings.
@bidmcreseach.bsky.social
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
@bidmcreseach.bsky.social
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Great job to our post doc, Zaib Hussain at the QCOR early career competition! Her and @uvmvermont.bsky.social CompSci PhD student, Tonye Harry's manuscript is now published at Circ's QCOR journal!
#aha25
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#aha25
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November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Great job to our post doc, Zaib Hussain at the QCOR early career competition! Her and @uvmvermont.bsky.social CompSci PhD student, Tonye Harry's manuscript is now published at Circ's QCOR journal!
#aha25
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#aha25
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Proud of Sarah Krumholz, med student in our lab, for winning the award for Outstanding Research Publication by a Medical Student!
Her mentor is my former mentee @tbplante.bsky.social, so that makes her my ‘granddaughter’?? 🤣
@uvmlarnermed.bsky.social Research Week
Her mentor is my former mentee @tbplante.bsky.social, so that makes her my ‘granddaughter’?? 🤣
@uvmlarnermed.bsky.social Research Week
September 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Proud of Sarah Krumholz, med student in our lab, for winning the award for Outstanding Research Publication by a Medical Student!
Her mentor is my former mentee @tbplante.bsky.social, so that makes her my ‘granddaughter’?? 🤣
@uvmlarnermed.bsky.social Research Week
Her mentor is my former mentee @tbplante.bsky.social, so that makes her my ‘granddaughter’?? 🤣
@uvmlarnermed.bsky.social Research Week
Congratulations to @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social medical student, Sarah Krumholz, for winning the Outstanding Research Publication award for her study in REGARDS investigating risk of hypertension by sRAGE level! Very well deserved!
Her paper: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40708351/
Her paper: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40708351/
September 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Congratulations to @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social medical student, Sarah Krumholz, for winning the Outstanding Research Publication award for her study in REGARDS investigating risk of hypertension by sRAGE level! Very well deserved!
Her paper: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40708351/
Her paper: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40708351/
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Great debate on how to measure accurately vs efficiently by Phil Levy vs Tim Plante #Hypertension25 @spjuraschek.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Watched Ghostbusters with the kids. Such a great movie! I set myself up for being woken up 43 times tonight though.
September 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Watched Ghostbusters with the kids. Such a great movie! I set myself up for being woken up 43 times tonight though.
Anyone else have an albatross project?
I have a paper that is older than 2 of my children finally under review at a journal.
I have a paper that is older than 2 of my children finally under review at a journal.
June 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Anyone else have an albatross project?
I have a paper that is older than 2 of my children finally under review at a journal.
I have a paper that is older than 2 of my children finally under review at a journal.
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The complex association of adiponectin with risk of hypertension. @tbplante.bsky.social @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social
#REGARDSStudy
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#REGARDSStudy
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Association between serum adiponectin and risk of incident... : Journal of Hypertension
he risk of incident hypertension by level of adiponectin.
Methods:
The REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study recruited 30 239 adults from 2003 to 2007. We included...
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June 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The complex association of adiponectin with risk of hypertension. @tbplante.bsky.social @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social
#REGARDSStudy
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#REGARDSStudy
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Remember when Google searches actually gave you results that were useful? The internet is seemingly wall to wall AI slop now.
May 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Remember when Google searches actually gave you results that were useful? The internet is seemingly wall to wall AI slop now.
Go cats go! @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social Class of 2025!
May 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Go cats go! @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social Class of 2025!
Congratulations to the #OPTION investigators for completing a likely practice-changing trial of #AFAblation & #LAAOcclusion in AF.
The supplement has probably the most remarkable tabulation of adverse events I've ever seen.
Read our review on WJC: www.wikijournalclub.org/wiki/OPTION
The supplement has probably the most remarkable tabulation of adverse events I've ever seen.
Read our review on WJC: www.wikijournalclub.org/wiki/OPTION
May 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Congratulations to the #OPTION investigators for completing a likely practice-changing trial of #AFAblation & #LAAOcclusion in AF.
The supplement has probably the most remarkable tabulation of adverse events I've ever seen.
Read our review on WJC: www.wikijournalclub.org/wiki/OPTION
The supplement has probably the most remarkable tabulation of adverse events I've ever seen.
Read our review on WJC: www.wikijournalclub.org/wiki/OPTION
Better #CardiovascularHealth (aka #LifesEssential8) is associated with lower #CVD, #Cancer, and other deaths in #REGARDS. Fascinating associations by LE8 component.
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@jaccjournals.bsky.social @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social @dmljmd.bsky.social
www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
@jaccjournals.bsky.social @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social @dmljmd.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Better #CardiovascularHealth (aka #LifesEssential8) is associated with lower #CVD, #Cancer, and other deaths in #REGARDS. Fascinating associations by LE8 component.
www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
@jaccjournals.bsky.social @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social @dmljmd.bsky.social
www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
@jaccjournals.bsky.social @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social @dmljmd.bsky.social
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Had a great visit with Tisdale lecturer, Ken Mukamal (@bidmcreseach.bsky.social). Stopped by our (@uvmlarnermed.bsky.social) biorepository. Behold! Specimens from studies that NIH has spent hundreds of millions of dollars supporting. MAJOR advancements in scientific knowledge have come from here.
April 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Had a great visit with Tisdale lecturer, Ken Mukamal (@bidmcreseach.bsky.social). Stopped by our (@uvmlarnermed.bsky.social) biorepository. Behold! Specimens from studies that NIH has spent hundreds of millions of dollars supporting. MAJOR advancements in scientific knowledge have come from here.
#Measles is officially in #Vermont. "Prepare for measles cases."
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March 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
#Measles is officially in #Vermont. "Prepare for measles cases."
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showed this to LilAware and I think it might be a good example of how a large proportion of protocol violations may make per protocol analysis more appropriate than intention to treat
Classic Tootsie Roll Commercial - "How Many Licks"
YouTube video by Tootsie Roll
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March 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
showed this to LilAware and I think it might be a good example of how a large proportion of protocol violations may make per protocol analysis more appropriate than intention to treat
Check out the @nytimes.com data driven story telling on the impact of covid's arrival 5 years ago. (Not the best use of the y axis range at times but good effort!)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
30 Charts That Show How Everything Changed in March 2020
It can be easy to forget, or look away from, the pain and disruption of the pandemic. The numbers will be there to remind us.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Check out the @nytimes.com data driven story telling on the impact of covid's arrival 5 years ago. (Not the best use of the y axis range at times but good effort!)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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1/3 11 posters from @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social last night at #EPILifestyle25!
#REGARDSStudy
@deborascience.bsky.social @ahascience.bsky.social
#REGARDSStudy
@deborascience.bsky.social @ahascience.bsky.social
March 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
1/3 11 posters from @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social last night at #EPILifestyle25!
#REGARDSStudy
@deborascience.bsky.social @ahascience.bsky.social
#REGARDSStudy
@deborascience.bsky.social @ahascience.bsky.social
Worked the system!
2/3. @tbplante.bsky.social had 2 posters not near each other. Great solution! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
March 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Worked the system!
Will 'Life's Necessary 9' add on the environment when considering cardiovascular health? Great talk from Columbia's METAL Lab! #epilifestyle25
March 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Will 'Life's Necessary 9' add on the environment when considering cardiovascular health? Great talk from Columbia's METAL Lab! #epilifestyle25
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Reminder for those attending the #ahaepi25 conference in New Orleans this week... check out #UVMLarnerMed Class of 2027 Jake Ayisi's poster at #EPILifestyle2025 on the #REGARDSStudy @americanheart.bsky.social @uvmvermont.bsky.social
Great job, Jake! For folks going to #ahaepi25, make sure to check out Jake's poster for this project.
Finalist 1: Jake Ayisi, second year medical student, on association of type A personality and stroke risk in the #REGARDSStudy
@uvmlarnermed.bsky.social
@uvmlarnermed.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Reminder for those attending the #ahaepi25 conference in New Orleans this week... check out #UVMLarnerMed Class of 2027 Jake Ayisi's poster at #EPILifestyle2025 on the #REGARDSStudy @americanheart.bsky.social @uvmvermont.bsky.social
DASH diet with low sodium lowers BP in DM, even when sglt2-i or glp-1 agonists are used!
#epilifestyle25
#epilifestyle25
March 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
DASH diet with low sodium lowers BP in DM, even when sglt2-i or glp-1 agonists are used!
#epilifestyle25
#epilifestyle25
So how's everyone doing?
February 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
So how's everyone doing?
Great job, Jake! For folks going to #ahaepi25, make sure to check out Jake's poster for this project.
Finalist 1: Jake Ayisi, second year medical student, on association of type A personality and stroke risk in the #REGARDSStudy
@uvmlarnermed.bsky.social
@uvmlarnermed.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Great job, Jake! For folks going to #ahaepi25, make sure to check out Jake's poster for this project.