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Steffanie Strathdee, PhD

@superbug-slayer.bsky.social

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Infectious disease epidemiologist. Harold Simon Distinguished Professor @UCSanDiego. Phage wrangler @IPATH. Author of The Perfect Predator. ThePerfectPredator.com

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Steffanie A. Strathdee is the Harold Simon Distinguished Professor at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Co-Director at the Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics. She is known for her work on HIV research and prevention programmes in Tijuana. .. more

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Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · Feb 25

The #NIH funding fiasco, cont'd @nytimes.com.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...

President Trump’s Cuts to Medical Research

How government cuts are slowing research.

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Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thank you!

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · Aug 15

New: I spent the week looking into the cancelled mRNA contracts. Interviews with HHS officials and MAGA and MAHA influencers reveal an HHS agency plagued by dysfunction as Kennedy chips away at the nation’s public health.

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How RFK Jr. alienated MAGA, MAHA and the White House in a single week

The botched announcement about mRNA vaccines reveals a health department full of dysfunction and infighting.

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Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thanks for the shoutout!

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · Jun 11

BREAKING: RFK Jr. names Martin Kulldorff and Robert Malone and six others to ACIP.

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Secretary Kennedy on X: "On Monday, I took a major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines by reconstituting the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). I retired the 17 current members of the committee. I’m now repopulating ACIP with the eight new members who will attend ACIP’s" / X

On Monday, I took a major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines by reconstituting the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). I retired the 17 current members of the committee. I’m now repopulating ACIP with the eight new members who will attend ACIP’s

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · Jun 10

"These are scientists, physicians, epidemiologists & other experts who are honored to serve their country because they care deeply about public health." @richbesser.bsky.social in defense of #ACIP and on the risks posed by political interference in its critical work. www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/a...

RFK Jr.’s attack on vaccine experts endangers every American

“Our nation’s top health official cannot be trusted to protect America’s children and their families,” writes Richard Besser, pediatrician and president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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MedPage Today @medpagetoday.com · May 21

In a new #OpEd, Daniel Pham, MD, discusses the debate surrounding Casey Means’ nomination for U.S. Surgeon General, weighing concerns about her medical background against the broader responsibilities of the role in public health leadership.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Opinion | Does It Matter if the U.S. Surgeon General Never Practiced Medicine?

Their leadership must be grounded in sound public health priorities

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NPR @npr.org · May 21

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

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