James Pirruccello
@jpirruccello
DMs here are *not* monitored
“Multi-omics for Novel Disease Mechanisms”. An All star #omics cast of @JenHoCardiology @MattNayor Bing Yu, Ravi Shah. Wonderful to moderate @AHAMeetings with @jpirruccello Key lessons: integrate the omic layers and collaborate! @BidmcCvi
Congrats to @tigerstatdoc (apparently not yet on Bluesky) for her GPM Early Career award! #AHA24
Quantity of fat tissue is a more important risk factor for #CardiovascularDisease than its location in the body, a @UCSF/@broadinstitute study finds. Efforts to reduce all fat tissues “are likely to be beneficial,” UCSF's Dr. @jpirruccello says. ucsfh.org/3CqbOaF
Check out this wonderful Perspective piece in @ScienceMagazine by Christina Theodoris @UCSF @GladstoneInst: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
My #AHA2024 at a glance briefing for @JACCJournals. We have an exciting line-up from the meetings. Great to work with wonderful authors - and to promote the important work. @ACCinTouch youtube.com/watch?v=q53XjJ…
Masterclass on management of acute PE from @criticalecho from @MGHHeartHealth today at @UCSFCardiology
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I have the pleasure of calling both mentors. André told me to but this book “Dressing the Man: Mastering the Art of Permanent Fashion.” Sits on my coffee table to this day.
I can think of two examples, both men who happen to be brothers. The first is Dr. André L. Churchwell, Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University; the second is Dr. Keith Churchwell, President of the American Heart Association.
San Francisco is the greatest city in the world
I wish most people loved America as much as @garrytan loves San Francisco
You may be surprised to hear: the top autopsy finding in athletes with SCD is a structurally NORMAL heart. As we wrap up Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness month, we must be aware of what we know & don't know & where we must invest in science & study. #SportsCardiology
If this is interesting to you - Waymo has 4 ML teams (planner [my team], perception simulation, research) that are all hiring, happy to make referrals careers.withwaymo.com/jobs/search?pa…
This is why you have to play SimCity *every* day
the best way to get good at something is usually to just practice actually doing the thing in question. a lot of very capable people outsmart themselves with complex plans that involve working a lot on fake prerequisites.
A team of scientists uncovered how immune cells trigger a chain of events that cause fibrosis in the heart. Their findings could lead to the development of immune therapies targeting heart disease and chronic conditions in other organs. Read more: bit.ly/3BWnNN2
Upgrading to 3.5” disks. Proud of us.
THE CITY OF THE FUTURE
longevity drugs = sexy branding of preventative medicine for age-related diseases