In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, revisit a powerful 2024 discussion from Let’s Talk ID, feat. IDSA Board member Mati Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH, FIDSA, HIVMA Past Chairs Allison Agwu, MD, ScM, FIDSA and Michelle Cespedes, MD, MS, and Darrell McBride, DO, on being Black in ID. https://bit.ly/43gDytY
Thank you so much!
Need some inspiration and commiseration? Check out the @idsainfo.bsky.social podcast with @matih-id.bsky.social and @drdemetre.bsky.social. Comforting to hear these heroes speak from the dark place, still looking up towards the light.
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The ACIP decision to discontinue the recommendation for a universal hepatitis B birth dose vaccine will cause harm.
As the federal government continues to fail children's health, families can rely on our nation's physicians to continue to put children's health first.
New #LetsTalkID out now!🎙️ @matih-id.bsky.social and @drdemetre.bsky.social explore the current state of public health. They discuss how political pressures and weakened infrastructure have left the system vulnerable, and how this could spark a public health “renaissance."
Transcript: bit.ly/4887CZq
NEW! Live from #IDWeek2025, #LetsTalkID hosts Drs. Buddy Creech, @matih-id.bsky.social & @paulsaxmd.bsky.social share their hottest takes on infectious diseases, from the dismantling of the CDC to breakthroughs in treating staph aureus bacteremia.
Transcript: https://bit.ly/4oAUKlI
Awww thank you so so much!
Keynote talk from Dr. Matifazda Hlatshwayo Davis at the SIDP Annual meeting
Absolutely phenomenal @sidpharm.bsky.social keynote 🔑 from Dr. Mati Hlatshwayo Davis @matih-id.bsky.social today: Reducing Barriers Toward Health Equity: Advocating for Change in the Healthcare Industry and Beyond.
I laughed, I cried. All the things. Just wow 👏👏👏 #IDWeek2025 #IDSky
Dr. Mati Hlatshwayo Davis presenting at the SIDP meeting
“Whose trust are we earning and whose voices are missing from our systems?” - @matih-id.bsky.social on equity-based leadership #SIDP2025 @sidpharm.bsky.social
Dr. Davis presenting at SIDP
“Every system reproduces the priorities of those who built it-unless we make deliberate choices to design differently” @matih-id.bsky.social #SIDP2025 #IDWeek2025
As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people.
Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi
"The politicization of health and public health has got to stop," urges IDSA Board member @matih-id.bsky.social, discussing the recent shooting at CDC offices during this week's episode of the Why Should I Trust You? podcast.
So appreciate this, thank you so much!
What happens when you bring MAHA leaders together with public health leaders, and a group with seemingly opposite political affiliations? Days after the CDC attack we had honest dialogue, and moments of connection you might not expect. And I kept it ALL the way real
🎧 Listen: apple.co/46T2mdf
Received the 2025 Dr. William Montague Cobb Award from the NAACP. I represent my family, Zimbabwe, and St. Louis with pride. This is a recognition of a life’s work grounded in health equity, justice, and a vision for Black liberation through public health.
Thank you fave! Takes one to know one 😉🤎
Thank you!
@idsainfo.bsky.social
Honored to join Dr. Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir and Dr. Jasmine Marcelin as the first Black authors for Mandell’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases along with Dr. Talia Swart 📚.
Our chapter on communicating ID to the public is out now in this ID foundational, gold standard textbook!
🚨BREAKING: IDSA, along with AAP, APHA, ACP and others, has filed a lawsuit against HHS/Secretary Kennedy to stop unlawful changes to vaccine policy and defend public health.
We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. bit.ly/4lm7UkW
Grateful to the St. Louis County NAACP for the Excellence in Healthcare Award. Health is a human right. But tornado recovery delays, federal cuts, and underfunded health departments remind us how far we have to go. I build systems that serve us with dignity, and I won’t stop.
Pt. 2 out now!🎙️Judy Guzman-Cottrill, DO, Professor of Pediatrics at OHSU, and John Brooks, MD, former CDC medical officer, rejoin @matih-id.bsky.social to discuss the impact of federal funding cuts and actions we can take to protect vulnerable communities. #LetsTalkID
Transcript: bit.ly/43ZWXxH
So surprised and honored to be recognized by the county NAACP! 🎉Especially with this group of visionaries
New two-part #LetsTalkID series!🎙️From dismantled community partnerships to stalled clinical trials, Drs. Judy Guzman-Cottrill, John Brooks & @matih-id.bsky.social explore the impact of federal public health funding cuts.
Ep. 1 is out now. Search "Let's Talk ID" in your favorite podcast app.
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Thank you for the heads up!! Added it
