Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡)
@tomasaragon.bsky.social
Impact Fellow & Adjunct Faculty, UC Berkeley Public Health Former State Health Officer & Director, California Dept Public Health. Former Health Officer & Director, Pop Health Div, SF Dept Public Health Blog: TEAMPublicHealth.substack.com
The OMB Proposal will stop scientists from fighting against Trump's policies that fuel the climate crisis. We need the proposal permanently revoked. Visit the link to contact your MoC's and tell them to #RevoketheRule: tr.ee/QyLCZm #AmericanPolitics
Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 4d agoAnd keeps adding to the crisis.
Dr Richard Pan is a contemporary public health hero who models moral courage! He deserves our support! www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
He wrote California’s landmark vaccine laws. Now he wants to take on RFK Jr. from Congress
The pediatrician and former state senator has long battled with the U.S. Health and Human Services secretary over California’s vaccine laws.
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"In a world flooded with information, we make choices about what information to believe. Human limitations and biases can make it easy to fool ourselves. That is why we have worked with a team of experts to create Scientific Thinking for All: A Toolkit." scientificthinking.lawrencehallofscience.org
Are you down with #Markdown? Future-proof text files for your personal notes, management files, and AI instructions. I cover: 1 Productivity & Knowledge Management 2 Universal document conversion 3 Skills for AI agents 4 Reproducible dynamic documents teampublichealth.substack.com/p/are-you-do...
Are you down with Markdown?
Future-proof text files for your personal notes, management files, and AI instructions
teampublichealth.substack.com
I read Jonathan Haidt's "Anxious Generation" book when it was first published. I loved it! He took a public health precautionary principle approach to social media and youth mental health. This article highlights his contributions! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/s...
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Value-Focused Decisive Leadership (VFDL) is - leading with values, - ensuring decision quality, and - getting results in a way that inspires trust. teampublichealth.substack.com/t/decisive
A decision is an irrevocable allocation of resources - time, energy, assets, money, people, & opportunity costs. Nothing is more important! Decisive leaders master awareness of complexity in content, context, & analysis. And start w cognitive biases & DQ check list teampublichealth.substack.com
Leader Standard Work - Managing for daily improvement: Inspirations from Dr. Susan Ehrlich, CEO, San Francisco General Hospital teampublichealth.substack.com/p/leader-sta...
Leader Standard Work - Managing for daily improvement
Inspirations from Dr. Susan Ehrlich, CEO, San Francisco General Hospital
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So true ... "Fauci’s diaries show he changed his mind often. That’s what scientists are supposed to do. Public health experts need to be allowed to admit when they’re wrong — and share with the public what they are learning." www.ms.now/opinion/fauc...
Opinion | Fauci’s diaries show he changed his mind often. That’s what scientists are supposed to do.
Ann Keller: Public health experts need to be allowed to admit when they’re wrong — and share with the public what they are learning.
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"Seeking to Prosecute Fauci Is Disgraceful — The Senate committee's actions are legally flawed and set a dangerous precedent" www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | Seeking to Prosecute Fauci Is Disgraceful
The Senate committee's actions are legally flawed and set a dangerous precedent
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Brilliant interview of decision expert @annieduke.com. - Luck vs. decision quality - Decisions under uncertainty - Resulting and present vs. future self - Loss aversion, status quo bias, quitting - Making implicit models explicit - Decision volume and game selection www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rttp...
How to Get Lucky, Solved
YouTube video by Mark Manson
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If you read my Substack blog (#TEAMpublichealth) you know I promote Stoic philosophy for leadership character development. If you are curious about Stoicism, Oprah Winfrey just posted a great interview on this topic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fiua...
Is Stoicism the Secret to a Good Life?
YouTube video by Oprah
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The science and practice of Stoic Philosophy (#Stoicism) in one infographic. To learn more visit teampublichealth.substack.com/p/public-hea...
The 2026 Tanner Lecture on Human Value at Oxford University. From Yuval Noah Harari, "AI bureaucrats, AI religions, and AI boyfriends: What happens when a non-human intelligence hack the operating system of civilization" Absolutely worth watching! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBtV...
AI has hacked the code of human civilization | Yuval Noah Harari
YouTube video by Yuval Noah Harari
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I was inspired by Cohort 6 of the ASTHO Leadership Institute. I had the privilege to conduct a workshop on Value-Focused Decisive Leadership (VFDL) on June 25, 2026, in Washington DC. My slides are handouts are available at teampublichealth.substack.com/p/decision-i...
Decision Intelligence 4 Health (di4h)
fyi … See TEAM Public Health articles on being decisive.
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"The Heart of Access was made possible by the crucial partnerships formed between the San Francisco Department of Public Health, community organizations, and academic institutions during the pandemic. " heartofaccessfilm.org
Congratulations to Xavier Becerra. I am excited to offer him all the support I can as he sets out to become our state’s next governor, and I look forward to standing with him as California makes history by electing our first Latino governor in 150 years.
"Moderate drinking increases the risk of early death and diseases such as cancer, heart disease and liver disease, and provides no net positive health benefit, according to the study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs." www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
What a study at odds with Trump officials’ health guidance found on alcohol limits
The federally commissioned report was published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
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Scott Pelley: What Has Happened to ‘60 Minutes’ Is a Tragedy | The Interview --- Very moving. CBS staff were traumatized. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePqd...
Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ‘60 Minutes’ | The Interview
YouTube video by The Interview
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Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has clinched the top spot on California's ballot for governor. With millions of ballots still to be counted, his November challenger is unknown. n.pr/4x2DMB8
Democrat Xavier Becerra wins the top spot in November's race for California governor
Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has clinched the top spot on California's ballot for governor. With millions of ballots still to be counted, his November challenger is unknown.
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10 ways to build a healthier relationship with yourself and others
Practical steps for building a happier life by improving the way we relate to ourselves and others are at the heart of a UC San Diego course launched by psychologist Karen Dobkins to help students pra...
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Classic hindsight bias: Excerpt: In retrospect she wishes her husband hadn’t run for a second term. “As I look back,” ... “would I want to put Joe through the hurt and the pain that we felt during that time? Never. Never. I mean, it was so hurtful.” www.wsj.com/opinion/jill...
Opinion | Now Jill Biden Tells Us
She wanted Joe to run again in 2024 no matter his growing infirmities.
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Get webinar slides for "Using AI to Strengthen (not replace) Public Health Thinking: 'Effort is the Algorithm' to improve human capabilities" #ailiteracy #teampublichealth teampublichealth.substack.com/p/using-ai-t...
Using AI to Strengthen (not replace) Public Health Thinking
“Effort is the Algorithm” to improve human capabilities
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No mystery! Character. Caring. Competent. Consistent. In other words trustworthy and Xperienced. Xavier for Governor! www.latimes.com/california/s...
The mystery behind Becerra leapfrogging over his rivals in California's governor's race
Xavier Becerra was polling at around 4% in numerous polls taken in February, March and early April. Then, he surged.
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When you hear a SIREN you pause to think. The SIREN Checklist helps you detect opportunities to improve Decision Quality (DQ). Remember, "Life is a sum of all your choices." — Albert Camus To learn more visit: teampublichealth.substack.com/p/the-groan-...
Research priorities for improved pandemic and epidemic intelligence (The Lancet Global Health): "to strengthen pandemic and epidemic intelligence globally through Better Data, Better Analytics, and Better Decisions." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Research priorities for improved pandemic and epidemic intelligence
Pandemic and epidemic intelligence integrates surveillance data with contextual knowledge to assess health risks and inform public health decisions. Although investments in surveillance and public hea...
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Guidance for using modeling for immunization decision-making 2026, Decision-making, English, Global/multi-country, Methodological guidance/tool, Modelling, Prioritization & optimization, World Health Organization immunizationeconomics.org/recent-activ...
Guidance for using modelling for immunization decision-making
Visit the post for more.
immunizationeconomics.org
"Life is a sum of all your choices." —Albert Camus Decision Intelligence 4 Health (di4h) - Updated infographic (below) and 4-page cheatsheet here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
