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Great @A_P_S_A Seminar: "The role of the physician scientist during a pandemic"
Live tweeting thread!
Live tweeting thread!
"What are the most important frontline clinical questions?"
@SalliePermar: "It seems that children aren& #39;t as affected, even among immunocompromised children. What causes the difference in response b/w adults and children?"
@SalliePermar: "It seems that children aren& #39;t as affected, even among immunocompromised children. What causes the difference in response b/w adults and children?"
@SalliePermar: "What are the routes of transmission?"
@DMAronoff: "What will be the outcome of this societal experiment of wearing masks?"
@DMAronoff: "Why do we have 30 year olds dying of infection, and sometimes 100 year olds don& #39;t? We& #39;re chiselling away big chunks like hypertension, diabetes, but there is lots from genetic information."
@DMAronoff: "How durable is our immunity to this virus? Will those infected keep immunity, or will it wane over time?"
@DMAronoff: "There are so many questions that we could spend a whole day whiteboarding the questions!"
Albrecht: "how would you test people that have already been infected by covid19 and how would that go about?"
@SalliePermar : "Animal models. Study re-infection and see if infection/immunity is around in the long term. It& #39;ll be important to show in human populations. We prepare now for the 2nd/3rd waves by setting up the clinical trials now. Follow pts infected in this wave 4 long term."
@JoseARodrigues8: "How has seeing covid patients changed how you interact with clinical teams and pt management?"
@DMaronoff: "At Vanderbilt, we have two multidisciplinary clinical huddles/day. 1 for pts in ICU, 1 for pts not in ICU. Reps from physicians in infectious disease, PMCC, immunologists, rheumatologists, virologists, clinical trialists. Primary care providers participate too."
@SalliePermar: "Pharmacists + microbiologists. Going over what changed this week. Multidisciplinary has become the new norm and something I hope will continue."
@YentliSA : "What do we tell family members about where we stand for developing therapies for covid19?"
@SalliePermar: "Listen to the scientific community. Look at the landscape, which changes every day. It& #39;s not simple and it& #39;s not static. Pointing to one source may not be feasible in the short term."
@DMOronoff : "Some really good compilers of info: National Library of Medicine. Good in communication to stick to what we know and stick to fundamentals. It& #39;s not wrong to say there are no proven therapies and no vaccines for covid19."
@DMOronoff : "The best offence right now is defence. The concept that we& #39;re communicating over the power of electrons instead of in person is really important in preventing the spread of a respiratory infectious disease."
@DMOronoff: "Why are we distancing? Why are we washing hands and using disinfecting sanitizer? These are really basic and go back to the flu pandemic of 1918, but they& #39;re important questions to answer."
@DMOronoff: "Important not to get into the angstrom level of our research, and spend time explaining the basics of preventing spread."
@JoseARodrigues8 : "Do you feel like you were prepared to communicate so well about this disease? Or was this something you picked up while training elsewhere?"
@DMAronoff: "All the training standing in front of posters. Having to practice my research pitch, whether it& #39;s for a grant, or literally in an elevator has been invaluable for communication."
@DMAronoff : "I have to learn in real time about how my city and hospital are dealing with this, ingest it, and give it out in aliquots to say in a way that& #39;s understandable to a broad audience."
@DMAronoff : "Scientists are among the best prepared to be public health and science communicators. Growing trend + emphasis now for students to be science communicators!"
@SalliePermar : "Physician scientists have an advantage of taking a huge story and summarizing it down into a one-liner. They& #39;re well-poised to speak to the broader community."
@SalliePermar: "Now, more than ever, it& #39;s important for scientists and physician scientists to take that podium and earpiece and turn it into an important message."
@YentliSA : "How do you recommend research to trainees during this time when a lot of labs are shut down?"
@SalliePermar : "As mentors, one of our tasks now is to come up with research opportunities that are virtual. This is a new challenge! For mentees: if you are in an established research community, you can bring up an idea to your mentors. If you& #39;ve wanted to learn R, go for it!"
@JoseARodrigues8 : "How do folks that are ambitious, how to balance opportunism vs trying to address the problem?"
@DMAronoff: "The long view is important one here. This will pass and labs will reopen."
@DMAronoff: "This shows we can rapidly do team science. I think we may see a bit of a renaissance in the importance of physician scientists and the importance of biomedical science. It may open people to interest."
@DMAronoff: "When things gradually reopen, labs will be very hungry to bring new scientists in. Hold onto hope. I think this is a time where great change is afoot."
