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Rob Knight PHD, Embriette Hyde PHD, Sandrine Miller Montgomery PharmD PHD The Knight Lab uses and develops state-of-the-art computational and experimental techniques to ask fundamental questions about the evolution of the composition of biomolecules, genomes, and communities in different ecosystems, including the complex microbial ecosystems of the human body. We subscribe to an open-access scientific model, providing free, open-source software tools and making all protocols and data publicly available in order to increase general interest in and understanding of microbial ecology, and to further public involvement in scientific endeavors more generally.

Jon Kabat-Zinn, PHD: Founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Susan Bauer-Wu, PhD, RN: Nursing professor, President, Mind & Life Institute Congressman Tim Ryan: Mindfulness advocate, 2020 Presidential candidate Kristin Neff, PhD: Author, Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself Bobby Mukkamala, MD: Member, AMA Board of Trustees Ron Epstein, MD: Author, Attending: Mindfulness, Medicine and Humanity And many others!

Neural Integration - Todd Coleman PHD, Armen Gharibans PHD

"Jennifer M Radin, PhD Nathan E Wineinger, PhD Prof Eric J Topol, MD Steven R Steinhubl, MD"

"Leroy Hood, MD, PhD SVP and Chief Science Officer, Providence St. Joseph Health; Chief Strategy Officer, Co-founder and Professor, ISB"

Recommended by Erin Raskin John Chen, PhD, Pharm D, OMD, LAc is a very knowledgeable and generous man.

Spend Money on AI or Just Give Doctors More Time? Eric J. Topol, MD; Abraham Verghese, MD; Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD DISCLOSURES September 04, 2019

Dr. K's mentor "Lee Hood, MD, PhD, is a pioneer in the systems approach to biology and medicine. His research has focused on molecular immunology, biotechnology, and genomics. Dr. Hood began his career at Caltech, where he and his colleagues developed the DNA gene sequencer and synthesizer and the protein synthesizer and sequencer, which paved the way for mapping the human genome. A pillar in the biotechnology field, Dr. Hood has played a role in founding more than fourteen biotechnology companies, including Amgen, Applied Biosystems, Darwin, and Integrated Diagnostics."

"Flattening the curve is not an option for the United States, for the UK or Germany. Don't tell your friends to flatten the curve. Let's start containment and stop the curve." Strong article with data visualizations from a Phd working out of MIT/Harvard.

"Is it ethical to edit your child's DNA - or your own? Does the answer depend on whether you're perfectly healthy or have a condition like vision loss or are dying of a degenerative disease? And does it matter whether you've got a PhD or never set foot in a college classroom?"

Dr. Michael Kurisu D.O.: Another article capturing the dialogue that i hear from a lot of my colleagues and others. We have doctors as well In my family : -My sister is Neuro ICU and director of stroke at Tri city hospital in Oceanside -Her husband is ER doc -My little sister is the PhD in sociology. (She specializes in education programs for the incarcerated and has interest on health access for prisons - which is a frightful place during this pandemic)

We are in a war against this virus. First responders are the first line of defense. There is a lack of supplies and central leadership. However, there is no shortagage of courage. When you meet a first responder, say, "Thank you for your service."

DeAunne Denmark, MD, PhD: "To date, the FDA has granted EUA for only these 4 companies: Cellex, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Chembio Diagnostic Systems and the Mount Sinai Laboratory. Really looking forward to the validation and head-to-head comparison data promised here from the FDA, Chan Zuckerberg (supposedly this week?), and others. That should be telling... "

Recommended by DeAunne Denmark, Phd, MD

"From July to November 2020, Karthikeyan and team, led by Rob Knight, PhD, professor and director of the Center for Microbiome Innovation at UC San Diego, sampled sewage water to see if they could detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. They could. But concentrating the wastewater proved to be a bottleneck -- it's a slow and laborious multi-step process."

Recommended by Tyler Orion, Endorsed by DeAunne Denmark, MD, PhD :This is an example of the high quality and thoughtful study design needed to accurately and meaningfully interpret real-world tracking data. This prediction signal would not have been detected in the larger (inconsistently reporting) group, or in those who hadn't tracked enough before getting sick. Which relates to the importance of creating a baseline health timeline and consistently collecting robust, standardized pre-intervention contextual data. And another illustration re: why I keep circling back to these in all of our n-of-1 discussions :)

Recommended by: DeAunne Denmark, MD, PhD "It's important for the public to be aware of what's available to them in the world of genomics and precision medicine. Various resources are available that provide general and disease-specific information about genomics and precision medicine. A list of some resources available to the public is provided below, but additional resources are likely available through your health provider or other groups such as the US National Institutes of Health."

The resource index in this article is incredible.

DeAunne Denmark MD, PhD; Very interesting developments. Really hope this will start pointing toward more effective, targeted treatments. "Evidence is growing that self-attacking 'autoantibodies' could be the key to understanding some of the worst cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection."

Recommended by DeAunne Denmark MD Phd: "...the immune system is very complicated. Arguably the most complex part of the human body outside the brain, it's an absurdly intricate network of cells and molecules that protect us from dangerous viruses and other microbes. These components summon, amplify, rile, calm, and transform one another: Picture a thousand Rube Goldberg machines, some of which are aggressively smashing things to pieces. Now imagine that their components are labeled with what looks like a string of highly secure passwords: CD8+, IL-1β, IFN-γ. Immunology confuses even biology professors who aren't immunologists"

Recommended by DeAunne Denmark MD PhD: BJ Miller, MD @ UCSF Palliative Medicine - one of the foremost experts and innovators in the field. "You don't have to spend much time there (Zen Hospice) to realize that the most crucial, and distinctive, piece of the operation is its staff of volunteers. Freed of most medical duties by the nursing staff, the volunteers act almost as existential nurses. They sit with residents and chat, offering their full attention, unencumbered by the turmoil a family member might feel. The volunteers are ordinary people: retired Macy's executives, social workers, bakers, underemployed millennials or kibitzing empty-nesters. Many are practicing Buddhists. Many are not. (Miller isn't.) But Buddhism informs their training. There's an emphasis on accepting suffering, on not getting tripped up by one's own discomfort around it. "You train people not to run away from hard things, not to run away from the suffering of others," Miller explained.

Recommended by DeAunne Denmark MD PhD: "The Human Connection of Palliative Care: Ten Steps for What To Say and Do"