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David Shaywitz

@dshaywitz.bsky.social

MD/PhD, healthtech exec building tools that enhance our agency and help us become more capable authors of our own health. DBMI. AEI. Be kind & be well. https://www.kindwellhealth.com/home

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Maggie Astor@maggieastor.bsky.social · 3d ago

This isn't EXACTLY what I do these days, but it's close enough that I feel validated and less nuts. I often google endings of dramatic media so I can watch without feeling stressed by not knowing whether/how the conflict will be resolved. I didn't used to do this.

Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social · 3d ago

These days I google the end of every single movie before I watch it to see if it’s sad because I just can’t handle that shit anymore. Happy endings only the real world is sad enough.

David Shaywitz@dshaywitz.bsky.social · last wk.

1/ Absolutely love this Clay Routledge NYT op-ed on the value of improving psychological well-being (w caveats he articulates) through exercise, connection, purpose vs solipsistic naval gazing: nytimes.com/2026/07/26/o... ; aligns w so much of what I've been championing at work & in print.

Opinion | Obsessing About Our Mental Health Is Part of Our Mental Health Problem (Gift Article)

We need to support psychological well-being without fixating on it.

nytimes.com

David Shaywitz@dshaywitz.bsky.social · 2w ago

1/3 In the weekend @wsj.com, I review two books related to evolution, one that argues (with nuance) for its relevance to how we think about the regulation of behavior (eg laws), the other offers a bold hypothesis for how human design might improve what evolution has delivered...

David Shaywitz@dshaywitz.bsky.social · 2w ago

Great to see this celebration in @wsj.com of @regeneron.com’s George Yancopoulos: www.wsj.com/health/pharm.... I’ve been an impassioned fan for years, and my celebration of him is here: timmermanreport.com/2020/04/geor... cc @jgreid.bsky.social @luketimmerman.bsky.social

The Scientist With 1,000 Patents Fueling a Drug Powerhouse

At Regeneron, George Yancopoulos is the rare scientist and executive who drives growth with discoveries instead of acquisitions.

wsj.com

David Shaywitz@dshaywitz.bsky.social · 2w ago

Just out-latest @wsj.com book reviews-2 new bks related to evolution, one by @vanderbilt.edu prof of bio & law, celebrating evolution+highlighting potential lessons for modulating human behavior; other by biotech entrep suggesting evolution=ok, but we can do better www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

‘Force of Nature’ and ‘On the Future of Species’: Wild Design Ideas

Evolutionary forces continue to shape the world in ways human designers can emulate. Can artificial intelligence allow us to do nature one better?

wsj.com

Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 2w ago

INBOX: the last dedicated science reporter at The Wall Street Journal, @aylinwoodward.bsky.social, has left the newsroom. This came after the Murdoch-owned newspaper dissolved its Health and Science Bureau last October. NPR, CBS, and WaPo also gutted their climate desks in the last eight months.

After nearly five incredible years, The Journal's last remaining dedicated science reporter (that's me!) has left WSJ. Following the dissolution of the miraculous Health & Science Bureau last October, myself and a small numbers of others worked hard to continue our former team's legacy, but the time has finally come for me to move on. I am deeply grateful for all of the opportunities this publication -- and the journalist community I met there -- has given me. From stories about T. rex lips to primate booze problems to shrinking brains, to Nobel Prize and NASA mission coverage, Jane Goodall's obituary, winter storm, volcano and wildfire smoke stories, I left no scientific stone unturned, working constantly to inspire curiosity and wonder in Journal readers during times of increasing turmoil and challenge. I met some of my closest friends, wrote for two of the most phenomenal editors I'll ever have the privilege of working with, saw Evan come home, and learned (in retrospect, naturally) the gift it is to be on a team of professional nerds who drive the cutting edge of health and science journalism in America while uplifting each other and their craft. Well, this is your counterprogramming kid signing off. Not sure where I'll end up next, but don't be strangers y'all. In the meantime, I'll be coaching roller derby across the U.S., South America and Europe!
Michael Gilman@gilman.bsky.social · 2w ago

Although I usually agree with these critiques of the Times, my reaction here was, come on, did you even read this piece? It's funny, breezy, and well written. Not everything needs to be politics. Please.

Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis@jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 2w ago

Americans are struggling with high costs and the #BrokenTimes decides this is the moment to have a writer buy a $160 hat ("it fit my head like an avocado fits its pit") and $770 shirt. Read the room, editors. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/m...

David Shaywitz@dshaywitz.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is a wild story via @adamfeuerstein.bsky.social and insane if true - mostly because usually there's a very high level of diligence around CXO roles in particular, including ref checks, background checks, etc. If this guy was hired after manufacturing his background experience -> stunning lapse.

STAT@statnews.com · 2w ago

A former doctor accused of sexual assault but on the run for 20 years appears to have been living a secret life as a biotech executive. www.statnews.com/2026/07/20/r...

Michael Gilman@gilman.bsky.social · 2w ago

As a grad student in Berkeley in the late 1970s, in a seminar on "great scientific papers," I selected Tonegawa's 1976 PNAS paper that demonstrated that genomic DNA rearrangement generates antibody diversity. This discovery was completely unexpected and anti-paradigmatic at the time.

David Shaywitz@dshaywitz.bsky.social · 2w ago

So sorry to learn of passing of Susumu Tonegawa, a remarkable, visionary, & determined scientist whose pioneering work cracked open mystery of ab diversity. I was genuinely privileged (esp as non- @mit.edu undergrad) to have done my undergrad thesis in his lab. news.mit.edu/2026/mit-pro...

David Shaywitz@dshaywitz.bsky.social · 2w ago

So sorry to learn of passing of Susumu Tonegawa, a remarkable, visionary, & determined scientist whose pioneering work cracked open mystery of ab diversity. I was genuinely privileged (esp as non- @mit.edu undergrad) to have done my undergrad thesis in his lab. news.mit.edu/2026/mit-pro...

MIT Professor Susumu Tonegawa, renowned molecular biologist and Nobel laureate, dies at 86

Susumu Tonegawa, a renowned MIT professor of biology and neuroscience and a Nobel laureate, has died at the age of 86. His discovery of how the immune system generates many different antibodies earned...

news.mit.edu

David Shaywitz@dshaywitz.bsky.social · 3w ago

Wow talk about the impact of genes (or is it environment) - Dr. D. Relman's dad Arnold a legendary figure in Boston, former editor of @nejm.org, esp well known for focus on COI and disdain for industry.

Stanford Medicine@stanfordmedicine.bsky.social · 3w ago

Cyclospora cases are rising across the U.S. Stanford Medicine's David Relman, whose research transformed how this foodborne illness is diagnosed and traced, shares what you should know about the symptoms, treatment and prevention. stan.md/4vwmY3p