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Megan Ranney MD MPH
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Emergency physician & Dean of the Yale School of Public Health. Gun violence prevention researcher. Incorrigible optimist (because we can and do create change, together). Mom of two teens. GO BILLS. @meganranney at the other place 🛟🩺📉📈🧪 .. more

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Megan L. Ranney is a practicing American emergency physician currently serving as the Dean of the Yale School of Public Health. Previously, Ranney served as the Deputy Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, was Warren Alpert Endowed Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital and the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Ranney was the founding Director of the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health. .. more

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 15h
U.S. Measles cases continue to rise unabated - with 125 new cases in South Carolina alone.

This is BEFORE the expected increase in transmission from holiday travel.

Ps: the MMR vaccine works.

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 1d
“I have treated patients who have harmed others. I have cared for people in police custody, people accused of violent crimes…. None of that alters my obligation.

When someone is bleeding in front of you, your duty is to stop the bleeding.” @josephsakran.bsky.social
I'm a surgeon – and I've been shot. ICE denying Renee Good aid is inhumane.
I do not know if Renee Nicole Good could have been saved; no one can say with certainty. But she should have been given every possible chance.
www.usatoday.com

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 1d
Thanks, Megan! I was really glad to have this opportunity to share my research findings and highlight this large-scale problem.

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 1d
Miranda!! Kudos!

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d
A fire heavily damaged Mississippi’s largest synagogue — the same one the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights

A suspect has been arrested, authorities say
Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d
The federal government Friday agreed to pay $125,000 after a judge found a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent liable for civil assault for pointing a gun at a hotel maintenance man who came to the agent’s room to unclog a toilet.
Feds pay $125K after Border Patrol agent pointed gun at Portland hotel worker
The payout amount was finalized during a settlement conference Friday after a judge found the officer civilly liable for assault.
www.oregonlive.com

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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 19d
Happy Christmas all. A detail from the Capella dei Magi in Florence, the journey of the wise men
A grandly dressed wise man in Renaissance style rides among his tetainerd on a white horse. In the background hounds are hunting a deer amidst a rocky terrain

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Adam Rothman aced his cognitive test @adamrothman.bsky.social · 19d
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
“We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said at a border security conference in April, according to the Arizona Mirror. The administration’s goal, he said, was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 19d
Ötzi and a 45,000-year-old Siberian were both infected with a cancer-causing strain of HPV.
This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
Two ancient humans, including famed ‘Iceman,’ had cancer-causing virus
Findings from ancient DNA may shed light on HPV’s history in our species
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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 19d
Sorry - www.nobelprize.org/impact-facto...
The dominance of impact factors
Journal impact factors now play a major role in determining the path of scientific careers, with researchers working hard to get into the highest-ranked journals. However, since impact factors are sim...
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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 19d
New link 🤦‍♀️ www.nobelprize.org/impact-facto...
The dominance of impact factors
Journal impact factors now play a major role in determining the path of scientific careers, with researchers working hard to get into the highest-ranked journals. However, since impact factors are sim...
www.nobelprize.org

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 19d
Ack! www.nobelprize.org/impact-facto...
The dominance of impact factors
Journal impact factors now play a major role in determining the path of scientific careers, with researchers working hard to get into the highest-ranked journals. However, since impact factors are sim...
www.nobelprize.org

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 20d
I got disappointing news tonight from a journal about a manuscript (& a revision) that I'd given my heart & soul to.

1. The lesson: rejection happens to everyone in academia

2. The cognitive reframing: A friend sent me this article 😂
https://nobelprize.org/impac…

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Yale School of Public Health @yalesph.bsky.social · 21d
A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
New report sounds alarm on health fallout from mRNA vaccine funding cuts
A new report from the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have
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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 21d
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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 21d
Aha!

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 22d
I am currently reading the Ronald Reagan bio by Max Boots.

Did you know that the John Birch Society [a hyper-conservative, often racist & homophobic private society started in the 1950s - too conservative for William Buckley] “denounced the fluoridation of water as a communist conspiracy”? 🤔

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 22d
There are so many labs, and besides, the restrictions on endowments are truly Byzantine

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 22d
Not only is his lab silent, but he's aware that without public funding, he'll have to turn to commercial sources.

Instead of creating a public good, he'll have to create private ones.

Tragic.

www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/r...
His lab was humming with discovery. After one year under Trump, it’s almost silent
John Quackenbush built a lab that is at the forefront of human genetics research and bioinformatics. Trump administration cuts have put it in danger of collapse.
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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 22d
Thanks 🙏 glad to be here

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Solomon Center @ YLS @solomonctryls.bsky.social · 24d
In an op-ed for @theatlantic.com on the shooting at Brown University, @yalesph.bsky.social Dean and @solomonctryls.bsky.social faculty affiliate @meganranney.bsky.social writes about the importance of data-driven, public-health approaches to reducing gun violence. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
First We Grieve
Then we must act.
www.theatlantic.com

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 25d
They have just explained this in detail during the press conference - hopefully I can find a transcript

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 25d
I am grateful that they found the man who committed this horrible crime.

I appreciate our state police colonel reminding us that investigations are based on evidence, not clickbait or misinformation.

I am not surprised he was found dead.

But I am bothered we may never know the “why”. 🤎

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 27d
Thank you. 🙏

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 27d
An honor to have the opportunity. Writing helps me heal.

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 27d
Indeed 😟

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 27d
Thank you. It was challenging but also therapeutic to write. 🙏

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 27d
Thank you for writing this, @meganranney.bsky.social.
First We Grieve
Then we must act.
www.theatlantic.com

Reposted by Megan L. Ranney

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Matthew W Nugent @n00ge8.bsky.social · 27d
First We Grieve

Then we must act.

Very important article written by Dr. Megan Ranney @meganranney.bsky.social and published in The Atlantic Monthly @theatlantic.com
First We Grieve
Then we must act.
www.theatlantic.com

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This Is Our Lane @thisisourlane.org · 27d
As clinicians, we know fear is natural, but it must fuel action. Policy, community, & conversation can protect children. We’re so grateful to This Is Our Lane Advisory Council member @meganranney.bsky.social for translating data into actionable guidance.
What Parents Should Know About Gun Violence | ParentData by Emily Oster
Gun violence is one of those topics that every parent dreads thinking about, but also one we can’t afford to ignore.
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