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  1. 11 hours ago

    Encouraging meetings today on building research capacity in Africa. New Coalition for African Research and Innovation formed!

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  2. 19 hours ago

    Facilitating my 1st talk at on a common theme of mine, precision public health, w/ .

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  3. 20 hours ago

    Ian Read of Pfizer speaks about Access Accelerated, focused on NCDs.

    1 reply 5 retweets 12 likes
  4. Jan 17

    Richard Hodes of gives an awesome multimedia presentation on Alzheimer's disease at

    1 reply 26 retweets 42 likes
  5. Jan 17

    Wearable devices will be a big part of Initiative. This study shows why.

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  6. Jan 16

    Heading to , will be tweeting this week from Davos.

    1 reply 2 retweets 15 likes
  7. Jan 16

    Words from the inspirational MLK: “Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?’”

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  8. Jan 12

    There’s more to muscle than muscle fibers. Take a look at this BioArt winner.

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  9. Jan 11

    New aims to improve outcomes w/better access to agents in

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  10. Jan 10

    Can kids be protected from developing dangerous peanut allergy? Here’s more on the new clinical guidelines.

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  11. Jan 9

    Swore in Maj. General James Gilman, M.D., (Ret.) this morning to be the CEO!

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  12. Jan 6

    Going to miss guru , when he leaves on 4/30. He’s been instrumental on , &more

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  13. Jan 5

    New clinical guidelines released by -sponsored panel to prevent peanut allergies w/focus on early introduction

    1 reply 10 retweets 12 likes
  14. Jan 4

    Happy New Year! -funded research highlighted in Breakthroughs of 2016.

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  15. Jan 1

    ! Making resolutions? Setting new goals? Here’s a guide on changing your habits for better health

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  16. 30 Dec 2016

    Lots of interest in research from NIH Institutes leads to 1 mo delay in FOA, no effect on research start date

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  17. 29 Dec 2016

    Excited to see evidence that new MEK inhibitor helps NF1 kids w/inoperable tumors. My lab discovered gene in 1990.

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  18. 25 Dec 2016

    Happy holidays! To help spread some cheer, here are gingerbread house competition winners:

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  19. 21 Dec 2016

    Here’s a roundup of some of ’s top research highlights from 2016! It’s been a great year for research:

    15 replies 120 retweets 98 likes
  20. 20 Dec 2016

    This holiday season, I’m remembering Tsien with a special story about a cell advance.

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