@Jrvissoci @CatherineStato1 @GEMINI_Research @himanshuiyer374 @pushkarnim @asar_for_india Celebrating Global Surgery Day - a long 🧵
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In 2019, I took a methods elective at @DukeGHI taught by @Drs. Fitzgerald & Rice without knowing that it would change my life. Their course on global surgery was the perfect introduction for the interdisciplinary nature & collaborative spirit of the field.
Aug 4, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
@pushkarnim @Sharma25Parth and I wrote a response in @the_hindu to Dr. Ravi's op-ed. A quick summary of 4 main points below.
thehindu.com/opinion/eviden…1. Minor point but that had to said & showed. In data visualization, axis truncation without a clear description is distorts perception. Differences appear larger than they are. We correct it here.
Jun 16, 2023 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
As much as I like celebrating small milestones & young folks (like me!) taking up roles, not sure if I feel positive about this. Unsure if people who do this 👇 1. understand what being a reviewer means. 2. Realise that it appears a CV padding move than anything else.
Also, how do journals select reviewers? As far as I can tell, this person is yet to graduate from a UG program, has no public track record of peer reviewed research publications. @IJSurgery what's your criteria for selecting reviewers? How do you vet them?
What could be a better start to @IDMOD_ORG Annual Symposium at @gatesfoundation than Mahatma Gandhi's quote - "What you do for me, without me, is against me."
Crux of all global health, all development agenda.
One more attack in thousands others. The problem is systemic. So the solution has to be systemic. In last 2 years, I have been part of research, advocacy, high level meetings, everything to end violence against healthcare workers in #india. Resources 👇 #MedTwitter