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Taylor Watterson

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she/her/hers • PharmD, PhD • researching🪫 pharmacist fatigue 📠 health IT 🚧 patient safety • my views are my own scrpts.lab.uic.edu

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Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Nov 15

My name's Taylor! I love pharmacy, books, video games, and cats! Especially my cats. BlueSky, meet Winnie and Charlie! 🐈

A white woman with short brown hair and a red long-sleeve t-shirt holds 2 calico kittens up to her cheeks, one in each arm.

Two calico cats peer over a cat tree. They are both sitting in the same basket.

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Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Jan 3

Starting the year with a re-read (so I can jump into the 2nd book for the first time).

Tracy Deonn’s New York Times Bestseller, Legendborn, sitting on a wooden coffee table. A yellow mouse cat toy peeks in at the edge.

Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Dec 16

3 of 3: we must dwell on the past-- the stories, the counter-stories, the tragic stories, the joyful stories -- to provide our children with a less wicked world than we have today.

Today, I'm holding space for a lot of things. But tomorrow, we must continue to act.

Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Dec 16

2 of 3: contrasted with

... the most beautiful and touching glimpse at what can be; Asif Wilson's heartfelt love letter to his future daughter after watching Wicked.

Wilson writes, "But trust, you are the leader we’ve been waiting for!"

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What "Wicked" might mean for my daughter's Black skin by Asif Wilson - VISIBLE Magazine

As the temperatures dipped below freezing in Chicago, my family and I braved the cold to see “Wicked,” the Broadway musical-turned-movie that follows Elphaba and Glinda through their time at Oz’s Shiz...

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Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Dec 16

1 of 3: The themes from Wicked have had me thinking a lot today.

... yet another school shooting, 2 days after the 12th anniversary of the Sandy Hook tragedy. This time, in my home of 6 years, Madison, WI. The repercussions of how we [fail to] dwell on and respond to "historic" events.

Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · Dec 16

I keep thinking about that scene in Wicked when Dr. Dillamond is teaching the history of Animal rights, and somebody in the class whines, "Why don't you teach us history instead of dwelling on the past?" It feels so on the nose right now.

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Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Dec 12

Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theater as a kid

Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Dec 12

This photo captures a hard-at-work employee reminding you that, "What is familiar is not always safe."

Make sure YOU have the best prescription for success by talking about OTC safety with a pharmacist or credible resource like medlineplus.gov/ency/patient...

Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · Dec 12

Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Dec 12

The holidays are tough... especially in community pharmacies [healthcare + retail = 😨].

I still love this 2023 NIOSH Science Blog: Help for the Holidays: Preventing Fatigue, Violence, and Stress in Retail

blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-scienc...

Help for the Holidays: Preventing Fatigue, Violence, and Stress in Retail | Blogs | CDChome

CDC - Blogs - NIOSH Science Blog – Help for the Holidays: Preventing Fatigue, Violence, and Stress in Retail -

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Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Dec 11

Same! 😂❤️

Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Dec 11

AMAZING first slide from Callie Walsh-Bailey at #DIScience24 ! #academyhealth should start selling “We ❤️ TMFs” and “I ❤️ TMFs” merch!

Photo of a PPT slide. On the left of the slide is a red square box with the words “We ❤️ TMFS”

Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Dec 10

When thinking about the pace of #DIScience24 , how do we deal with distractions of new frameworks and models and desire to quickly build new catapults and bridges?
- @jhfordii.bsky.social

Such a good question! It’s tempting to follow the newest “perfect” framework and restart all over again.

a cartoon dog says squirrel to a man

Alt: a cartoon dog says squirrel to a man

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Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Dec 10

So fantastic to connect with you at the conference! Next time we’ll have to watch out for unregulated peppers! 🌶️ 😂

Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Dec 10

We were sitting next to each other! 😂 I agree 100%! This was an AMAZING session! (And Bluesky is the way to go 😉).

I learned so much from listening to their heartfelt stories and ability to look back on “catastrophes” with humor! ❤️

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Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Dec 10

Great question, “how do we demonstrate validity when publishing the results after we get things back on the rails?” The answer may be a Protocol 2.0! #DIScience24

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Jay Ford, PhD @jhfordii.bsky.social · Dec 9

UW Madison School of Pharmacy faculty, staff, & graduate students have approximately 10 presentations and posters at the Academy Health #DIScience24 Conference! Look for our sessions on complex implementation strategies, OTC meds for older adults, a nationally recognized COPD EBP and FRAM modeling.

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Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Dec 10

#DIScience24 #academyhealth one of the best sessions I could attend as a junior faculty member doing implementation science. IS requires flexibility, open communication, and DOCUMENTATION!

Screenshot of a PPT slide. “Oh $@/* My Study is Totally &%#’ What the &$:@ Do I Do Now?

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Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Dec 8

Attending in a brilliant workshop on User-Centered Systems Design today! #DIScience24 officially kicks off tomorrow! Woohoo! 🎉

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · Dec 3

Let's talk numbers: To date, since Oct 25th, we have found 395,000 Bluesky posts that link to a research paper or other research object that has a scholarly identifier like a DOI, PubMed ID, URN etc

This is enormously high for a platform that has only been open since Feb to general sign-ups.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · Dec 3

The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.

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Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Dec 3

Okay, Spotify... "scream, journaling, crying" seems a little too specific. 😂 No need to call me out like that.

Screenshot of Spotify Personalized Playlist. "Journaling Scream Afternoon. You listened to movie tunes and animated films and television in the afternoon. Here's some: scream, journaling, crying, people pleaser, relatable and sad"

Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Dec 2

Loving my @thestorygraph.com November monthly wrap up! 🥸📚

Screenshot from Nov 2024 StoryGraph summary. Top books include Harrow the Ninth and Nona Ninth. Read 13 books, 3,605 pages, with an average rating of 4.23. 92% were fiction, 92% were print.

Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Nov 29

But was it, “white. wine?”

Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Nov 29

Sounds like something Euro Jym would say…

Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Nov 27

Health Tech! We’re always talking about how to optimize machine learning in health care. 🤔
So great to hear @jonbois.bsky.social ‘s perspective! 😂

Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · Nov 27

Today on Bluesky, the hot topic of the day is data scraping. Are your posts being scraped to train machine learning algorithms? Should you be concerned? And what can you do about it? I'm here to break it all down on today's episode of the Bluesky Tech Minute:

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Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Nov 26

Health Tech!

Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · Nov 25

Introducing the Bluesky Tech Minute, a minute-long show hosted by yours truly in which I take you through the ins and outs of the day’s tech news. Find out all about the latest developments in the tech sector – and what they mean for you as a consumer:

Taylor Watterson @wattersontl.bsky.social · Nov 26

I CANNOT WAIT for this reading wrap-up (and for my TBR list to grow)! 🥹