Rajesh Vedanthan
@RVedanthan
Director, Section for Global Health, NYUGSOM Cardiologist, Global Cardiology, Global Health, Husband, Dad. Opinions are my own, retweets are not endorsements
My essay addressed to those in Moscow who might be asking - who lost the West? It’s worth telling this tale as one of Russian agency, going back to Putin’s arrival in ‘00, and as a tale of failed Russian statecraft; the regrettable road that was taken. images.app.goo.gl/5gs2RQjndd1jLx…
Wildfires increase indoor air pollution and blood pressure. Results of our study from western Montana. doi.org/10.1088/2752-5… via @IOPenvironment #wildfires @nyugsom_iehe @pophealthNYC @nyugrossman
Why Dialogue Matters: Dr. K.M. Venkat Narayan on Embracing Conversation and Curiosity in Uncertain Times - NAM nam.edu/news-and-insig…
📬 The fourth edition of the DigiCare4You newsletter is out now! Read the newsletter to get up-to-date with the latest project news: createsend.com/t/t-44ED7055C8…
It's been an honor to have such an amazing mentee! @mariamardehali will ascend to great heights and I consider myself lucky to have worked with her! Also an important issue and an important finding. Need to take into account #SDOH when designing programs for chronic diseases
Excited to share my first first-author project, just published in BMJ Global Health! It's been an honor working with @RVedanthan, who is both an incredible mentor and all-around person. @nyugsom_iehe @AMPATHGlobal @GlobalHealthBMJ @Prof_Omar_G gh.bmj.com/content/9/12/e…
Food insecurity is associated with greater difficulty accessing care among people living with HIV +/- comorbid non-communicable diseases in western Kenya gh.bmj.com/content/9/12/e… @NIMHgov @MoiMedicine @MTRHofficial @nyugrossman @nyugsom_iehe @pophealthNYC @AMPATHGlobal
Substandard and falsified medical products are putting lives at risk. WHF is joining #FightTheFakes Week between 2-8 December to demand safer healthcare. Learn more: fightthefakes.org
Strengthening policy engagement when scaling up NCD interventions. Thank you @AnushRC and Amanda Thrift for your leadership, @gacd_media and Scale-up WG for your amazing support. @RVedanthan @jjaimemiranda @ncdalliance @HPP_LSHTM @HelenaTeede academic.oup.com/heapol/article…
BIG NEWS. California Department of Public Health adopted 30 cfm/p as the ventilation target for classrooms, citing our Lancet report 🙌 cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/D… Thread on 30 cfm/p here (with a cool update...)👇
Build buildings? Operate buildings? Invest in buildings? Work in buildings? Don’t sleep on this. Consensus that: 1) Current ventilation rates are too low 2) 30 cfm/p is a good target
Cardiovascular disease in Africa is a “time bomb waiting to explode” according to experts from @EssexIPHW and @EdinburghUni. Working with @worldheartfed and @CleanAirFund, the report reveals the threat of cardiovascular diseases caused by air pollution. brnw.ch/21wOCIi
Cardiovascular disease could soon overtake infectious diseases as the leading cause of death in Africa. Our new report reveals that the lack of #AirPollution monitoring and research in the continent is preventing policies that could save lives👇
Cardiovascular disease in Africa is a “time bomb waiting to explode” according to experts from @EssexIPHW and @EdinburghUni. Working with @worldheartfed and @CleanAirFund, the report reveals the threat of cardiovascular diseases caused by air pollution. brnw.ch/21wOCIi
Air pollution is a major risk factor for heart disease. @ApylavCameroon, member of our Air Pollution and Climate Change Expert Group, explains how serious this threat is and how it affects our hearts.
Clearing the Air to Address Pollution’s Cardiovascular Health Crisis, now published in Global Heart @worldheartfed Progress being made, but more to do! globalheartjournal.com/articles/10.53… #GlobalHealth @nyugrossman @pophealthNYC @nyugsom_iehe
We are recruiting non-invasive cardiologists to the University of Oklahoma - the largest academic program in the state. If you have interests in multimodality imaging, heart failure, adult congenital heart disease or cardio-oncology then DM or email me at [email protected]
Very excited that our academic partnership between @nyugrossman @tthgovgh @VOICE_OF_UDS supported this work led by Dr Dzifa Ahadzi. @AMPATHGlobal @HelmsleyTrust @pophealthNYC @nyugsom_iehe @AHAScience @worldheartfed
Congratulation to Dr. Dzifa Ahadzi and the team for your prestigious award by the American Heart Association 2024 Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award.
We are moving forward in our vision to transform clinical training for health professionals in northern Ghana. @VOICE_OF_UDS @tthgovgh @AMPATHGlobal @nyugrossman @pophealthNYC @nyugsom_iehe #globalhealth
Making a global impact on #MedEd - @SandyZabarMD and DGIMCI's #PrMEIR team collab with @AMPATHGlobal Ghana to conduct OSCEs for 82 med students and house officers. @nyugrossman @NYULH_DeptofMed @pophealthNYC
The AMPATH Ghana Clinical Pathways program will lay the foundation for transformative improvement in quality of care throughout northern Ghana. We will leverage this foundation for meaningful education and research initiatives. @nyugsom_iehe @pophealthNYC @nyugrossman
Clinical Pathways Improve Care for Patients in Ghana The team at AMPATH Ghana launched a Clinical Pathways initiative to adapt current evidence-based guidelines into realistic & usable clinical algorithms for management of common illnesses at @tthgovgh. ampathghana.org/news-blog-feed…
Happy and honored to be part of this transformative initiative. Thank you to @HelmsleyTrust for enduring support! @nyugrossman @nyugsom_iehe @pophealthNYC @AMPATHGlobal @VOICE_OF_UDS @of_uds
Just published in @LancetGH Cost-effectiveness of group medical visits and microfinance interventions to manage hypertension in Kenya thelancet.com/journals/langl… @pophealthNYC @nyugsom_iehe @nyugrossman @MTRHofficial @MoiMedicine @ampathkenya #globalhealth
"Air pollution has been called the “greatest single environmental health risk” by a new report, which says deaths from cardiovascular conditions caused by air pollution have been rising for a decade." The #WorldHeartReport 2024 featuring in @wef 👇 weforum.org/agenda/2024/06…