@AlexAIyer

MD student @HarvardMed via @NIHBioethics @BrownUniversity | he/him

Joined June 2020
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Is this patient having a heart attack? After 10+ years in the ER, it’s still an agonizing question for me I turned the angst into a long paper with @m_sendhil in @QJEHarvard—doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjab046 Tl;dr—machine learning can have *huge* benefit, and help fix docs' errors 🧵

Diagnosing Physician Error: A Machine Learning Approach to Low-Value Health Care*

Abstract. We use machine learning as a tool to study decision making, focusing specifically on how physicians diagnose heart attack. An algorithmic model o

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In this new paper, we took a deep dive into how to equitably provide patients with opportunities to participate in clinical trials, using COVID-19 as a case study. A research ethics 🧵 /1
The Hastings Center for Bioethics@hastingscenter16 Dec 2021
"Allocation of Opportunities to Participate in Clinical Trials during the Covid-19 Pandemic and Other Public Health Emergencies" now in Early View. By @KayteSB @HollyLynchez @ChandrosHull @MichelleNMeyer @ruqaiijah @profmohapatra et al #Covid19 #MedTwitter onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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I argue here that the NIH's research agenda should better reflect public health needs. To accomplish this, the NIH should address disparities in which diseases are funded, which researchers are funded, and the types of research that are funded.
Petrie-Flom Center@PetrieFlom14 Oct 2021
"The NIH presently spends eighteen times as much on prostate cancer than ovarian cancer per person-years of life lost for every case," @leah_pierson writes. blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.…
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‘We are witnessing a crime against humanity’: Arundhati Roy on India’s Covid catastrophe theguardian.com/news/2021/ap…

Arundhati Roy on India’s Covid catastrophe: ‘We are witnessing a crime against humanity’

The long read: It’s hard to convey the full depth and range of the trauma, the chaos and the indignity that people are being subjected to. Meanwhile, Modi and his allies are telling us not to complain

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Check out my editorial on why schools should play a part in disseminating the COVID-19 vaccine.
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@Slate16 Mar 2021
History shows us schools have the ability to help disseminate vaccines quickly. slate.trib.al/sNEKpFG
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Jawn Flick@kidnoble24 Aug 2020
When the escalator at DuPont Circle is not working.
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Here's the thing. As a Black medical student and resident, I have saved Black patients lives when this would not have happened otherwise. I am deeply troubled that it's true. But it is true. The stories I could tell you.
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Otra forma te asignar prioridades basada en li a Teoría de la decisión racional
Annette Rid@anetrid25 Jun 2020
Lotteries to Select Participants for High‐Demand Covid‐19 Treatment Trials - out in @hastingscenter Ethics & Human Research (OA) With fantastic @NIHBioethics colleagues Alex Iyer & Saskia Hendriks onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Proud friend plug! Cool paper from @AlexAIyer discussing participant selection for Covid-19 treatment trials
Annette Rid@anetrid25 Jun 2020
Lotteries to Select Participants for High‐Demand Covid‐19 Treatment Trials - out in @hastingscenter Ethics & Human Research (OA) With fantastic @NIHBioethics colleagues Alex Iyer & Saskia Hendriks onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Fascinating article about a novel way to increase fairness and enhance value to society from research: use a weighted lottery to decide who to invite into highly attractive COVID-19 treatment trials.
Annette Rid@anetrid25 Jun 2020
Lotteries to Select Participants for High‐Demand Covid‐19 Treatment Trials - out in @hastingscenter Ethics & Human Research (OA) With fantastic @NIHBioethics colleagues Alex Iyer & Saskia Hendriks onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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