Thank you @alexsmithmd.bsky.social and @ewidera.bsky.social for highlighting our research on @geripal.bsky.social

GeriPal Podcast@geripal.bsky.social · 3mo ago

When should doctors say "no" to treatments that won't help? We talk to Jason Batten, Liz Dzeng & Teva Brender about the real-world, unwritten "workarounds" clinicians use when standard ICU guidelines fail. #medsky   👉 bit.ly/GeriPalEp408 😀 Hosts: @alexsmithmd.bsky.social | @ewidera.bsky.social

Join us for Critical Care Grand Rounds with Dr. @lizdzeng.bsky.social on Dec 11 at 4 PM (UCSF Parnassus, M919 or via Zoom). She’ll discuss how hospital norms shape end-of-life care decisions. 💬 #UCSF geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/elizabe...

Elizabeth Dzeng to Present at Critical Care Grand Rounds on Hospital Norms and End-of-Life Care | Geriatrics

Elizabeth Dzeng, PhD, MD, MPH, MPhil, MS will be giving Critical Care Grand Rounds on Thursday, December 11 at 4:00 PM in person at UCSF Parnassus, Room M919. Her talk, titled “How Do Hospital Norms…

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The ASCENT Consortium, a new U54-funded initiative, will advance palliative care research nationwide. Dr. @alexsmithmd.bsky.social leads the Pilot Studies Core & Dr. @lizdzeng.bsky.social joins the REC Core.

Dr. @lizdzeng.bsky.social’s UK-based study on clinical deceleration in dementia care is published in @jamanetworkopen.com—and it’s the featured article! An editorial by Kruser & Rubenfeld highlights its powerful insights on end-of-life care. geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/elizabe...

Elizabeth Dzeng published article in JAMA Network Open | Geriatrics

Elizabeth Dzeng, PhD, MD, MPH, MPhil, MS’s UK-based study on clinical deceleration and systemic influences on serious illness care for older adults with advanced dementia has been published in JAMA…

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Thank you @jackykruser.bsky.social and Gordon Rubenfeld for such a beautifully written and thoughtful editorial on our recent @jamanetworkopen.com paper. Systemic biases lack flexibility for the plurality of patient values and priorities. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

How Health Care Systems Shape End-of-Life Care

Our health care systems, in all their multifaceted complexities, are more influential in shaping the delivery of care than individual human effort or error.1,2 Influential system-level factors span ma...

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In Great Britain, clinicians and caregivers identified individual, institutional, and system-level factors that favor lower-intensity treatment for people living with advanced dementia. https://ja.ma/4nG1WN2

Our new paper in @jamanetworkopen.com on systemic strategies that prevent potentially non-beneficial treatments near the end of life in the UK. We propose the term "clinical deceleration" to describe phenomenon @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Our new paper in @jamanetworkopen.com - To combat clinician moral distress, interventions and solutions should focus on the systemic contributors to moral distress jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

ASSIGNMENT: COMMENT ON SCHEDULE F 1 week left to comment about Schedule F, potentially making NIH institute and center director essentially political appointees. www.regulations.gov/commenton/OP... 1/n

Dr. @lizdzeng.bsky.social was featured in a @jamainternalmed.com editorial and podcast highlighting the 2025 SGIM Annual Meeting, sharing insights on key studies and themes in general internal medicine. geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/elizabe...

Elizabeth Dzeng Featured in JAMA IM Editorial and Podcast on SGIM 2025 Highlights | Geriatrics

Elizabeth Dzeng, PhD, MD, MPH, MPhil, MS was recently featured in both print and audio media highlighting the 2025 Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Annual Meeting.

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Thank you @jamainternalmed.com @ishaniganguli.bsky.social for the opportunity to discuss my abstract on US and UK ethical and institutional cultural differences that shape intensity of end-of-life care for people living with dementia at @societygim.bsky.social

JAMA Internal Medicine@jamainternalmed.com · last yr.

🎙️ In this podcast episode, Lisa Rotenstein, Seth Berkowitz, and Elizabeth Dzeng each discuss the work they are presenting at #SGIM25 with JAMA Internal Medicine Associate Editor @ishaniganguli.bsky.social. 🎧 Listen now: edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/...

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, said about President Trump's demands. nyti.ms/4jzSS9W

A critical read - we must now analyze American policy not through a political lens but rather from a kleptocratic one - who benefits financially and what actions does that incentivize?

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · last yr.

“American government, American foreign policy, and American trade policy are slowly being transformed, not to benefit Americans but to benefit the president, his family, and his friends.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up. If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes. Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.

Cancelled NIH grant information submission form

Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...

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10/ And once Trump has the lawyers, colleges and industry under his thumb, it becomes very hard for the opposition to have any viable space to maneuver. Trump didn’t invent this strategy. It’s the playbook for democratically elected leaders who want to stay in power forever.

11/ The tariffs aren’t economic policy. They are political weapons. But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs. The people still have the power.

9/ The tariffs are DESIGNED to create economic hardship. Why? So that Trump has a straight face rationale for releasing them, business by business or industry by industry. As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

In this months London borough (Hackney) newsletter - transparency and taxpayer funds spent on mitigating poverty, inequity, housing, and climate. Very happy and gratifying to pay these taxes, especially compared to my US tax dollars going to bombing Gaza and the Trump regimes’ agenda

#schadenfreude

I'm so excited to be working with @laurenrpollack.bsky.social on her important project understanding pre-hospital dynamics and the role of EMS in serious illness decision-making. Very grateful for the pilot grant support from the @rccn-aging.org!

Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN)@rccn-aging.org · 2y ago

We are proud to feature 2024 RCCN Pilot Awardees Lauren Pollack and Elizabeth Dzeng in this Pilot Awardee Spotlight! Learn more about their Inter-NIA Center pilot project here: bit.ly/4i58T77 #EMSResearch #Dementia #AgingResearch @laurenrpollack.bsky.social @lizdzeng.bsky.social

Flying to London today 🇬🇧. I’m in utter despair about my country. yesterday was disgraceful and horrendous, but I’m thankful to be able to escape a bit to my adopted country where solidarity and support for Ukraine is strong 🇺🇦🇺🇦 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

UK gives royal welcome to Zelenskyy after White House meltdown

King Charles to hold official audience for Ukrainian president as show of support after Trump clash

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Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 2y ago

Brilliant show of statesmanship and solidarity. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer comes out to greet President Zelenskyy on the street. Starmer posted a clip of this moment on his X account. He stated: "Action, not just words. Britain stands with Ukraine, today and always 🇬🇧🇺🇦"

The unimaginable has happened - UK worried about what would happen if the US attacks them: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The question no one dares ask: what if Britain has to defend itself from the US? | George Monbiot

So much of our intelligence and military systems are shared or reliant on the US – if it becomes the enemy, it is already inside the gates, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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How might ethics committees be more helpful in supporting clinicians, patients, and families in addressing end-of-life decision making challenges? Our new commentary in American Journal of Bioethics. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

NEW: The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep funding frozen at the NIH - a move that some legal scholars say is illegal. Federal Register notices are blocked, so no grant-review sessions can be scheduled. All the gritty details here, and a short 🧵: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order

The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.

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A NIH study section (grant review committee) meeting I am on who was supposed to meet Friday was just cancelled. I suspected b/c PO fired, but also very worrisome for the Trump regime's ability to effectively stop scientific research in its tracks. This was not what people voted for.

I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.