Maria Mora Pinzon, MD, MS, FACPM

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Preventive Medicine Physician #PrevMed Assistant Professor - Geriatrics Working to improve access to health care services for older adults, and those with #Alzheimers disease and other #dementias #LatinasInMedicine #impSci #HealthEquity

Just in time for the 2026-2027 vaccines, a new review shows that COVID19 vaccination significantly reduces the risk of severe illness and hospitalization across all age groups, including kids. Pregnant women were also protected, as were their babies. Don’t forget to schedule your vaccination!

COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety for the 2026-2027 Respiratory Season

This Special Communication aims to identify and summarize the most recently published evidence evaluating the effectiveness and safety of US-licensed COVID-19 vaccines and report on the epidemiology o...

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The measles vaccine is safe and effective. PLEASE get vaccinated — especially to protect babies who are too young to get the vaccine. This is outbreak, like many nationally, is the consequence of Donald Trump and RFK Jr. peddling anti-science lies. www.jsonline.com/story/news/h...

Almost 100 measles cases now tied to southwest Wisconsin outbreak

The cases are concentrated in Iowa, Lafayette and Grant counties. People getting sick have not been vaccinated.

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Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.

Did you know that tobacco research on adolescent tobacco ban policies actually contributed to reduction in smoking among adolescents? Guess what? Public policy and public health go together like peanut butter and jelly. #NIH

Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If we truly want to make Americans healthy, we need evidence-based policies and we need research that examines how policies influence health. Right now, Bhattacharya’s NIH is silencing these questions. open.substack.com/pub/27unihte...

Did you hear the news? 🔬 Data from a study reported at #AAIC26 suggests a blood test for Alzheimer’s can improve the accuracy of a diagnosis among specialists and primary care physicians. We asked the study's lead author Sebastian Palmqvist, M.D., Ph.D., to break down the science.

#BSEA CALL FOR PAPERS📣 Examining the Interface Between Structural and Individual Determinants of Aging, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Other Dementias Across Africa, Asia, and Latin America ⏰Deadline: Oct. 31, 2026 Full details: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...

Alzheimer's & Dementia: Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging

Suvarna Alladi, PhDProfessor at National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro SciencesBengaluru, Karnataka, India

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#AAIC26 attendees: Head to our booth (601) on Wed 7/15 from 10:30–11:00 a.m. to meet Gil D. Rabinovici, M.D., part of the leadership team behind ALZ-NET, a longitudinal patient registry designed to collect real-world clinical data on those receiving FDA-approved Alzheimer's treatments.

A photo depicting the Alzheimer's Association booth at AAIC. A sign above the part of the booth pictured reads "Grants"

#AAIC26 attendees: Meet the leadership team behind ALZ-NET, a longitudinal patient registry designed to collect real-world clinical data on those receiving FDA-approved Alzheimer's treatments. Monday, 12:30-1:40 p.m. Michael S. Rafii, MD, Ph.D. Wednesday, 10:30–11:00 a.m. Gil D. Rabinovici, M.D.

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