Health comms, advocacy, and justice
A mix of advocates, organizations, journalists and others who post about health equity challenges, disability, healthcare, reproductive rights, and all the related.
Created by
@tuckerleg.bsky.social
@lateshakharris.org
PhD Candidate in Nursing Science, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Hillman Scholar, RWJF Health Policy Research Scholar Women’s Cardiometabolic Health Inequities #CardioSky #HealthPolicy #HealthEquity lateshakharris.org *Views mine.
@elizabethllorente.bsky.social
Veteran journo, now PR manager for NJ hospital system. Still have ink in my blood. Smitten abuela. George Polk Awards board member, past winner. Univ. of Missouri J-School alum and 2004 keynote commencement speaker. Columbia Univ. Career Achievement Award
@drsforamerica.bsky.social
Empowering doctors and healthcare advocates to lead initiatives that enhance the health of patients, communities, and the nation.
@drjessigold.bsky.social
Psychiatrist. Bestselling Author. College & Healthcare Worker Mental Health. To quote the show Wednesday, “Smart, Sarcastic, & A little dead inside.” Opinions=My Own
@violetblue.bsky.social
Awarded author, journalist: cybersecurity, privacy, digital human rights, Covid. WIRED, PopSci, Spinoff, Engadget, FT, IFJ. Visiting Scholar at Stout Research Centre, NZ. Bio: about.me/violetblue Pod: linktr.ee/raisedbyhorror News: patreon.com/violetblue
@cleanindoorair.bsky.social
Starting this account as a repository of information on clearing viruses, pollution, and wildfire smoke from the air in schools, workplaces, hospitals, and other shared spaces so the next generation can grow up breathing clean indoor air. (Also @paix120)
@paix120.bsky.social
Christian. Feminist. Anti-Fascist. Democrat. Works with data. Lives in Virginia. Has a veggie garden and some aquariums. Also @letshelp.bsky.social
@gracielaforsenate.bsky.social
IL State Senator-Elect, District 20 | immigration and healthcare advocate | mutual aid | with my community, for my community. Se habla español https://linktr.ee/guzmangr
@petermorley.bsky.social
Patient Advocate (morethanmySLE from Twitter) *Disability & Chronic Illness Activist. *♿️, Cancer Survivor & #Lupus Warrior. *Testified 3x for Congress. *Anjelika is my #servicedog YouTube Congress Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@petermorley_sle/videos
@esqueer.net
Transgender Menace 🏳️⚧️🇵🇷 Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law Cyberlaw Clinic. Gender & Tech. Views = my own. She/Her. Sometimes anti-social, always anti-fascist.
@drericding.bsky.social
Public health warnings & health policy. Epidemiologist & health economist. Chair and Faculty at NECSI. Former 16 years at Harvard. DC & Virginia. Bio & contact: necsi.edu/eric-feigl-ding A story: nym.ag/3olszuo 📝: drericding.substack.com/subscribe
@debratotheleft.bsky.social
Fierce fighter for Democracy living in Minnesota Cancer survivor and #Healthcare voter HORRIFIED at what is happening to our country NO DMs #BlueCrew
@jengovey.bsky.social
I dress up in fancy dress for the charity Invest in ME Research to raise funds & awareness of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. In a previous life I worked in film. I’m an advocate for good science, treatments & better healthcare for #pwME.
@matthewcort.land
🖋️ Lawyer, advocate, writer, public health nerd 🦠 Immunocompromised, chronically ill, disabled Then: SSI, SNAP, Medicaid Now: data & policy, disability, healthcare. 🔗 patreon.com/mattbc 🏳️🌈nonbinary
@psychiatry.bsky.social
Founder & interventional psychiatrist at @fermata.health, Chief Product Officer at Radial (www.meetradial.com). Healthtech nerdette. Views are my own/Not medical Advice. May have coined #medsky 4/28/23! #skychiatry #psychiatry
@allentien.bsky.social
k12 student mental health, MTSS, prevent suicidality harms and deaths, integrate behavioral health, web tech https://www.linkedin.com/in/allentien/ general semantics, energy network science, health informatics 地球 #OnePlanet Art I post: #WillieKohler
@pkpd-babe.bsky.social
Pharmacology • Neuroscience • Ethics • Clinical Trials • Public Health • SciComm • SciArt • Yoga Posts are mine, not my employer’s.
@shematologist.medsky.social
Peds hematologist oncologist, mother, dreamer, pacifist, justice seeker. Retweeted by Wonder Woman #HemeSky #MedSky #CakeForBreakfast #IronMatters http://www.HCWvsHunger.org
@shirleyluckhart.bsky.social
Evolutionary and comparative physiology, parasitic and vector-borne diseases, advocate and ally for DEI, BLM, LGBTQIA+, health and healthcare are human rights, FFRF member, proud to be 💙 💙💙#fuckcancer #indivisible
@shortney0006.bsky.social
She/Her 🎀 EM MD focused on reproductive health in the emergency department. 🩺 Student advocate in MedEd. Medicare for All. Abortion is healthcare. Puzzles and video games. #PatientsOverProfits ✨ #MedSky 📍 Phoenix, AZ ☀️🌵
@meghancarnold.com
🚍unapologetic advocate for public transit, pedestrian, & bike infrastructure | 🗣️abortion is healthcare | 🎨creative community at adobe | 📍Santa Cruz (temporary) | left my ❤️ in SF | opinions mine
@bobjherman.bsky.social
Health care business reporter for @statnews.com and its Health Care Inc. newsletter. Contact: bob.herman@statnews.com or bobjherman.09 on Signal. Sign up: https://www.statnews.com/signup/health-care-inc/
@edwincpark.bsky.social
Health policy especially Medicaid, CHIP and the Affordable Care Act. Research Professor at the Center for Children and Families (CCF) at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. ccf.georgetown.edu
@pnwdoc.bsky.social
Emergency Medicine physician, critical access. Mom and advocate. Passionate about music, food and wine. Debunker of Twitter medical myths.
@drjengunter.bsky.social
Doctor, writer, Canadian Spice, lasso of truth, I speak for no one but me. 2X NYT bestsellers. More thoughts at TheVajenda.com
@kevinro.medsky.social
Emergency/ICU/Critical Care RN at the University of Michigan. CNS-MSN student at Michigan State University. Advocate for Detroit Pistons, plants, public policy, patients & EBP. Detroit City FC owner. Opinions are my own. #MedSky #NurseSky (he/him/his)
@charlesgaba.com
Healthcare data analysis, advocacy & snark. (I used to be @charles_gaba on 🐤) 🕸️ https://ACASignups.net 🐘 https://Mastodon.social/@charlesgaba
@cynthiaccox.bsky.social
Vice President @KFF.org researching #HealthPolicy. Focus on the #AffordableCareAct health care costs, outcomes & access to care. Lead a partnership with the Peterson Center on Healthcare tracking U.S. health system performance www.healthsystemtracker.org
@healthpoverty.bsky.social
We see health differently. We do what’s needed, not what’s easiest, to stop health being denied. https://www.healthpovertyaction.org/
@danweissmann.bsky.social
Reporter. I make An Arm and a Leg— a show about why health care costs so freaking much, and what we can maybe do about it. Distributed by @kuow.org www.armandalegshow.com
@helenbranswell.bsky.social
I cover infectious diseases for STAT (www.statnews.com). 2020 Polk winner. Nieman '11. She/her. I write about H5N1 (in all species), Covid, polio, flu, Ebola, RSV, mpox, STIs. Find me on Signal: HBranswell.01
@ambertongpw.bsky.social
Reporting on China/Asia biotech and pharma for Bloomberg News | 📍 Hong Kong | ptong38@bloomberg.net | Formerly: Endpoints News | Views are my own
@lancetcountdown.bsky.social
Bringing together experts from across the globe to track how climate change is affecting our health, and how the world is responding. Funded by Wellcome.
@mkellyirving.bsky.social
Health equity, social inequalities, lifecourse, embodiment Leads the Inserm #Equity research team in Toulouse, France Social Epidemiologist & quantitative social scientist Irish, impertinent, impish
@angelamswinca.bsky.social
🦠😷♿️#LongCovid disabled | 📢Chicané activist | 🏠LAX | ⚖️health justice | ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿racial justice alt text profile pic: tan skinned person in a tan KN95 mask and suit, dark wavy hair with short bangs
@vilissathompson.bsky.social
#DisabilityTooWhite Creator • Founder of Ramp Your Voice!, LLC • #Disability_Rights #Consultant • Social Worker • #Writer https://www.rampyourvoice.com/ https://www.vilissathompson.com/ http://patreon.com/RampYourVoice
@astra.bsky.social
Author of a growing pile of books (Solidarity; The Age of Insecurity; Remake the World; Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss it When It's Gone; The People's Platform), maker of documentaries, schemer with the Debt Collective, editing at Hammer & Hope.
@sunaura.bsky.social
Artist, writer, scholar of disability, animal studies, and environmental justice. Author of Disabled Ecologies: Lessons From a Wounded Desert and Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation.
@geauxgabrielle.bsky.social
John 3:16 | Founder of The Thurman Perry Foundation | Women’s Incarceration Expert | Political Commentator | Author: BAD GIRLS (coming soon)(Hachette) | Epidemiologist | Words: @WashingtonPost @ESSENCE #writingcommunity https://linktr.ee/gabrielleperrymph
@irenetrampoline.bsky.social
ML for healthcare and health equity. Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley and UCSF. https://irenechen.net/
@shikhajainmd.bsky.social
Expert in healthcare communication, gender equity & policy | Founder, Women in Medicine® | 2024 Illinois Physician Leader of the Year | Advocate for women & marginalized communities | Hem/Onc | TEDx Speaker| UI Cancer Center #MedSky #WIMStrongerTogether
@soh-yon.bsky.social
Lead User Researcher. Equity-centred design and research in healthcare. Co-conspirator of Design Justice London node.
@tchoumd.bsky.social
Pediatrician | hospitalist #PHMSky #HMSky | improving value and reducing healthcare costs | data & improvement science / #QI | #QILIFE | equity | environment & climate | #dadjokes | #Medsky | he/him
@enbrown.bsky.social
Senior editor at Reason, covering sex, speech, tech, justice, prohibition & panic. Cofounder of Feminists for Liberty. Adjunct at the University of Cincinnati journalism school | gmail or protonmail: elizabethnolanbrown
@louhicky.bsky.social
Incoming Wellcome's Early Career Award. Research Associate with Minderoo Centre for Democracy and Technology, University of Cambridge.
@abbycheru.bsky.social
Postdoc at Joslin Diabetes Center. Alum WashU, Colby College. Kenyan American. RNA and translation regulation, pancreatic islets, diabetes. MOSAIC NIDDK K99/R00 recipient 2024. #LeadingEdge Fellow #Keystone Fellow 👩🔬🧪
@garnethenderson.com
Investigative reporter and researcher—abortion, health and human rights disinformation. Seen in The Nation, ELLE, Scientific American, WIRED, and more. Signal: garnethenderson.12 Wyoming-born New Yorker, dancer & ex-fitness pro. garnethenderson.com
@chartblay.bsky.social
**revolution is not a one time event** assoc. prof University of Toronto https://cassandrahartblay.net/
@19thnews.org
The 19th is an independent, nonprofit newsroom reporting at the intersection of gender, politics and policy. http://19thnews.org/newsletters
@hrc.org
We’re America’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization. We proudly fight for a world where equality wins at home, school, work, and every community.
@bioethicscenter.bsky.social
The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity (CBHD) is a Christian bioethics research center at Trinity International University that explores the nexus of biomedicine, biotechnology, and our common humanity.
@cobioethics.bsky.social
Supporting compassion, competence, respect, and justice in healthcare through bioethics and health humanities. linktr.ee/cobioethics http://www.coloradobioethics.org
@mhbuwmad.bsky.social
Official account for The Dept. of Medical History & Bioethics. University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. https://linktr.ee/mhb_uwmad
@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
Disabled & chronically ill writer. Former theatre critic. Clean air is a human right & vulnerable people aren’t expendable. Covid is airborne 😷 https://www.disabledginger.com A redheaded snippet who loves Sondheim. Once fainted into Hugh Jackman.
@transjournalists.org
Promoting more accurate, nuanced coverage of trans issues and communities in the media. Supporting gender-expansive journalists in their workplaces and careers. https://linktr.ee/transjournalists Support us: bit.ly/tja_donate
@katalcenter.org
Community organizing in NY and CT. Working to build leadership and organizing capacity. Fighting for an equitable, healthy, and just world for all. Join us: katal.info/join
@guttmacher.org
For more than 55 years, Guttmacher has been the leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide.
@marmotihe.bsky.social
The UCL Institute of Health Equity was established in 2011 and is led by Professor Sir Michael Marmot
@emelinefourment.bsky.social
AssProf ScPo | social movements | gender | justice | health Network VisaGe on gender based violence #Rouen #Konstanz
@bermaninstitute.bsky.social
Our mission: Identify & address key ethical issues in science, clinical care, public health - locally & globally.
@tuckerleg.bsky.social
Writer, researcher, fact-checker, tech explorer, blogger on the human body; reproductive rights & healthcare advocate. Nerd at heart. Working on a book about crooked bones and diabetes. Always up for an adventure. More at https://www.tuckerlegerski.com