Niklas Bobrovitz

@nikbobrovitz

MD, MSc, DPhil @UofT @UniofOxford. Emergency Medicine resident @UCalgary. http://SeroTracker.com Health emergencies 🏥, Health services 📈, Public health 🌍

Calgary, Canada

Joined May 2014

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Eddy Lang@EddyLang1 · Sep 19

🚨 Calling all international emergency medicine academics! 🌍 Join us in shaping the #ICEM2025 by signing up to review abstracts. Your expertise can help us highlight groundbreaking research! 📝🌟 Sign up today! @ICEM2025 @PECARNteam @IFEM2

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Niklas Bobrovitz@nikbobrovitz · Sep 19

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Niklas Bobrovitz@nikbobrovitz · Jul 1

Evidence of immune imprinting / anchoring for COVID. nature.com/articles/s4385…

nikbobrovitz's tweet card. Communications Medicine - Chemaitelly et al. investigate effects of immune history on SARS-CoV-2 reinfections using three retrospective cohort studies in Qatar from 28 February 2020 to 12 August...

Niklas Bobrovitz@nikbobrovitz · Jun 12

Super impressive work on an AI workflow to fully automate both screening and data extraction for systematic reviews led by @ChristianCao11 . Impressively high performing. Will change the SR landscape.

CChristian Cao@ChristianCao11 · Jun 12

Today we’re announcing otto-SR, an AI workflow to perform systematic reviews 3000x faster By using gpt-4.1 and o3-mini, ottoSR beats humans at all tasks In two days, we conducted 12 work-years of Cochrane research–finding 2x more relevant papers and altering key conclusions 🧵

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UCalgaryMedicine@UCalgaryMed · Mar 5

👏🏼 Congrats to #UCalgaryMed’s SeroTracker team, Dr. Niklas Bobrovitz & Christian Cao on this innovative approach using AI. Offering highly valuable methods for research and results for systematic reviews! Read more: bit.ly/43o3ZxD @ucalgarychi @uoftmedicine @nikbobrovitz

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Niklas Bobrovitz@nikbobrovitz · Mar 4

Using AI to make writing systematic reviews easier and faster temertymedicine.utoronto.ca/news/using-ai-… @uoftmedicine @UCalgaryMed @UofCEMResearch @UCalgaryEM @UCalgaryBHSc #AI @OpenAI

nikbobrovitz's tweet card. Researchers at the University of Toronto and University of Calgary have developed an innovative approach that uses AI-driven large language models (LLMs) to streamline the screening process for...

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Annals of Int Med@AnnalsofIM · Feb 26

New: Study finds that a generic prompt for automated abstract and full-text screening using several LLMs can achieve high sensitivity/specificity when performing systematic reviews and meta-analyses. bit.ly/41nnhAS @UofT @HarvardMed @UCalgary @VectorInst @stripe #AI #LLM

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Niklas Bobrovitz@nikbobrovitz · Feb 27

We created & validated text prompts for LLM screening in systematic reviews. High performing. Could filter out 65-95% prior to human review or replace 1 human. Reduces cost. @ChristianCao11= superstar @UofT @UCalgary @ucalgarychi @cochranecollab #LLM #AI acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/AN…

nikbobrovitz's tweet image. We created &amp; validated text prompts for LLM screening in systematic reviews. High performing. Could filter out 65-95% prior to human review or replace 1 human. Reduces cost. @ChristianCao11= superstar @UofT @UCalgary @ucalgarychi @cochranecollab #LLM #AI acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/AN…

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National Institute for Health and Care Research@NIHRresearch · Feb 11

🚶‍♀️ After surgery for a broken ankle, most people are told to keep weight off their ankle for 6 weeks. Yet some surgeons encourage people to walk after 2 weeks. ✅ Research found that walking earlier is safe for many people & could save the #NHS money: evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/walking-……

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Laith J. Abu-Raddad@Laith_AbuRaddad · Feb 7

Our new study in Nature describes the intriguing story of SARS-CoV-2 evolution and immunity as the pandemic unfolded—another milestone for scientific research in Qatar. Link: nature.com/articles/s4158… @Nature #COVID19 #Nature #Qatar #SARSCoV2 #Immunity

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Niklas Bobrovitz@nikbobrovitz · Feb 5

Artificial intelligence–based clinical decision support in the emergency department - great work led by Dr. Kareemi to map what tools are available and their stage of development. TLDR: validation studies needed. …ary-wiley-com.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/doi/10.1111/ac… @CAEP_Docs #AI #AImedicine

nikbobrovitz's tweet image. Artificial intelligence–based clinical decision support in the emergency department - great work led by Dr. Kareemi to map what tools are available and their stage of development. TLDR: validation studies needed. …ary-wiley-com.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/doi/10.1111/ac… @CAEP_Docs #AI #AImedicine

Niklas Bobrovitz@nikbobrovitz · Jan 16

Join us for our Health Emergency Appeal today and see the incredible work of @WHO. #ProudToBeWHO @DrTedros @DrMikeRyan @Chikwe_I Details ⬇️

WWorld Health Organization (WHO)@WHO · Jan 15

Join the launch of WHO’s Health Emergency Appeal 2025 to learn about our response priorities, and hear firsthand experiences from our contributors, partners, and staff who are working tirelessly to reach communities in emergency settings with life-saving health interventions. 🗓️…

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Dr Georgia Richards, PhD@Richards_G_C · Jan 16

Excited to share my first commissioned writing for @thetimes! The #death investigation system needs #bold transformation - we must invest & support #data infrastructure that enables #research to measure progress & harm. Full transcript: preventabledeaths.substack.com/p/a-manifesto-… @kingsmedicine

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Maria Van Kerkhove@mvankerkhove · Dec 8

🆕 @WHO Disease Outbreak News Undiagnosed disease - Democratic Republic of the Congo 🇨🇩 8 December 2024 who.int/emergencies/di…

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Niklas Bobrovitz@nikbobrovitz · Nov 12

Enjoyed working with @mlinstrumnewman and the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women @GAATW_IS on this new report, which highlights that migrant and trafficked women face a variety of rights violations and injustices at the hands of official decision-makers. ⬇️

GGAATW@GAATW_IS · Nov 8

For over 20 years, GAATW has documented barriers migrant & trafficked women face in justice systems. Our latest report exposes stereotypes & biases that continue to undermine their rights.

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Niklas Bobrovitz@nikbobrovitz · Oct 27

ED wait times are a barrier to providing quality emerg care to CNDs. People falsely believe wait times reflect inappropriate ED visits however access block is a greater contributor. If Canadians want the ED to be ready for them this needs the attn of the entire health system.

IIan Hanomansing@ianhanomansing · Oct 26

Sunday on Checkup, we're revisiting an ongoing, important issue: how are Emergency Department wait times affecting you? Whether you're a patient, family member or work at a hospital, consider callinf or replying. In the last 45, we'll switch to bike lanes. Lots to talk about.

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Liam McCoy, MD MSc@LiamGMcCoy · Oct 26

The internet has been progressively diluted with AI-generated slop. Are medical records headed for the same fate? 🧵 I just published a perspective in @NEJM with @AdamRodmanMD and Arjun Manrai on why rushing AI into medical documentation could be a mistake.

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O'Brien Institute for Public Health@OBrien_IPH · Oct 23

Congratulations to our members Drs. Jamie Benham and Sofia Ahmed on receiving CIHR National Women’s Health Research Initiative Grants to support their research addressing the needs of women, girls, & gender-diverse people. #WomensHealth #PCOS #HeartHealth #Research #PublicHealth

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Niklas Bobrovitz@nikbobrovitz · Sep 26

It’s great to see this feature in @bmj_latest on #inquests and PFD reports written by #coroners but sustainable funding is needed to assess how we can best #prevent premature deaths - delighted the Preventable Deaths Tracker was recognised #prevention #tracking #tracker #EBM

TThe BMJ@bmj_latest · Sep 25

Campaigners say that coroners’ reports on preventing future deaths represent a missed opportunity to improve patient safety. But there are signs that systemic issues are gaining recognition, @sajeraj reports bmj.com/content/386/bm…

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Unity Health Toronto@UnityHealthTO · Sep 19

A new study in @CMAJ shows CHARTWatch, an AI early warning system developed at St. Michael’s Hospital that monitors hospitalized patients in real-time, led to a 26 per cent reduction in unanticipated deaths. unityhealth.to/2024/09/ai-too… 1/3

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