# health professional (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover health professional. Page: Feed: --- ## [One Year After the Attack on CDC: a poem of resistance and remembrance](https://phworkforceok.substack.com/p/one-year-after-the-attack-on-cdc) _2026-08-07 · Dr. Katie Schenk · The Public Health Workforce is Not OK_ On the first anniversary of the deadly shooting attack at CDC, epidemiologist and poet Maeve O’Reilly shares a poem. ## [🌻Beyond Individual Resilience: a resource for Summer Break](https://phworkforceok.substack.com/p/beyond-individual-resilience-a-resource) _2026-07-31 · Dr. Katie Schenk · The Public Health Workforce is Not OK_ What if the problem is not that the public health workforce lacks resilience? ## [The Science of What Ifs: On Moral Injury and the Cost of Prevention](https://phworkforceok.substack.com/p/the-science-of-what-ifs-on-moral) _2026-07-20 · Dr. Katie Schenk · The Public Health Workforce is Not OK_ A public health professional traces the lingering moral injury shaped by preventable harm, institutional betrayal, and the erosion of trust. ## [When Work Is Interrupted: Finding Purpose Beyond a Title](https://phworkforceok.substack.com/p/when-work-is-interrupted-finding) _2026-07-13 · Dr. Katie Schenk · The Public Health Workforce is Not OK_ A candid reflection from a former senior leader at CDC on navigating professional transition, the tension between loyalty and integrity, and the values that remain when institutions and roles change ## [Independence, Interdependence, and Why Our Story Still Matters](https://phworkforceok.substack.com/p/independence-interdependence-and) _2026-07-06 · Dr. Katie Schenk · The Public Health Workforce is Not OK_ A reflection on 250 years of US independence through a public health lens ## [If you are laid off tomorrow: a practical and soulful guide](https://phworkforceok.substack.com/p/if-you-are-laid-off-tomorrow-a-practical) _2026-06-29 · Dr. Katie Schenk · The Public Health Workforce is Not OK_ How to reclaim your rest and strength after a layoff or RIF to build the life you actually want ## [Climate Crisis and Psychiatric Patients](https://moftasa.net/climate-psychiatry) _2026-06-24 · moftasa · moftasa.net_ Yesterday, I sent a friend who works in a hospital in Scotland the Egyptian Ministry of Health's guidelines for managing psychiatric inpatients during heatwaves. These guidelines were developed and circulated following the deaths of 10 patients from heat-related complications in 2015. These are mostly low-cost interventions like: keeping patients hydrated provide cool areas limit sun exposure… ## [The Retirement Party I Never Had - Reflections on Loss and Identity from a Global Health Professional](https://phworkforceok.substack.com/p/the-retirement-party-i-never-had) _2026-06-22 · Dr. Katie Schenk · The Public Health Workforce is Not OK_ A global health professional reflects on the grief and moral injury of losing a career path, watching institutions dismantled, and finding a new path forward. ## [The Infrastructure of Exclusion in Public Health: Everything is Accessibility](https://phworkforceok.substack.com/p/the-infrastructure-of-exclusion-in) _2026-06-15 · Dr. Katie Schenk · The Public Health Workforce is Not OK_ An experienced public health professional reckons with disability, exclusion, and the workers who pay the price when disability is treated as an afterthought. ## [It Has Been Zero Days Since Someone Cried in My Office (and one of those someones was me)](https://phworkforceok.substack.com/p/it-has-been-zero-days-since-someone) _2026-06-08 · Dr. Katie Schenk · The Public Health Workforce is Not OK_ A public health professional traces the lingering moral injury shaped by preventable harm, institutional betrayal, and the erosion of trust. ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/rzuypddXfxnJ) _2026-06-08 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## [It’s All About the People: Leadership in Public Health](https://phworkforceok.substack.com/p/its-all-about-the-people-leadership) _2026-06-01 · Dr. Katie Schenk · The Public Health Workforce is Not OK_ A former senior leader at CDC reflects on leadership and rebuilding public health ## [War on Iran](https://moftasa.net/war-on-iran) _2026-04-06 · moftasa · moftasa.net_ Five weeks passed since the US and Israel started their unprovoked and illegal war on Iran ( it is illegal according to UN experts ). With how things are looking the war seems to be dragging on for much longer than Trump stated. He said it will only take 5 to 6 weeks. Yesterday, he had a major tantrum on Trash Social. To date, the war has achieved nothing but death and destruction to all parties… ## [NORTH GROUP: FOLLOW-UP LETTER TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS](https://northgroup.substack.com/p/north-group-follow-up-letter-to-reproductive) _2026-01-12 · NORTH Group · NORTH Group_ Urgent Review: Emerging Safety Signals Linking COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines to Reproductive Health Outcomes ## [NORTH GROUP: PATHOLOGISTS LETTER](https://northgroup.substack.com/p/north-group-pathologists-letter) _2026-01-12 · NORTH Group · NORTH Group_ Collaborative Inquiry: Seeking Your Expert Opinion on Histopathological Findings Post-COVID-19 Vaccination ## [Digital Resources for Mental Health Professionals: Psychiatry & Psychology Podcasts](https://moftasa.net/psychiatry-podcasts) _2025-10-21 · moftasa · moftasa.net_ This is a list of psychiatry podcasts that I have found useful. This post is part of a series of on digital resources for mental health professionals . Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast by Dr. David J. Puder is in my opinion the best psychiatry podcast online. It has been running for a very long time and has covered excellent topics with great care. He also interviews a wide array of experts.… ## [Galala Challenge](https://moftasa.net/galala-challenge) _2025-10-11 · moftasa · moftasa.net_ Update: Unfortunately, we won't be able to take part in the event due to the illness of a family member. We have signed up for this year's Galala Challenge which will take place on Friday, November 7th. Probably one of the largest cycling events in Egypt. There are three distances 50, 90 and 150kms. It is a non-competitive ride with different tiers for different levels of riding. There is a 10km… ## [علاء خرج](https://moftasa.net/alaa-released-ar) _2025-09-23 · moftasa · moftasa.net_ Post by @sarahalsherif@mas.to View on Mastodon ## [SWITZERLAND JOINS NORTH](https://northgroup.substack.com/p/switzerland-joins-north) _2025-07-15 · NORTH Group · NORTH Group_ SWITZERLAND is the 26th country to join the NORTH Group initiative. ## [Preservation Request – QoVAX COVID-19 Vaccine Biospecimens](https://northgroup.substack.com/p/preservation-request-qovax-covid) _2025-07-15 · NORTH Group · NORTH Group_ NORTH Group has written a letter conveying a deep concerned about the plans to dispose of critical research material held within the QoVAX Study biobank in Queensland, Australia. ## [NORTH Group: Support for Slovakia](https://northgroup.substack.com/p/north-group-support-for-slovakia) _2025-06-30 · NORTH Group · NORTH Group_ Letter of Support for Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/UAOuxScBKj0O) _2025-06-30 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [NORTH GROUP: OPEN LETTER TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS](https://northgroup.substack.com/p/north-group-open-letter-to-reproductive) _2025-05-31 · NORTH Group · NORTH Group_ Reproductive health professionals have an essential role in safeguarding the lives of women, unborn children, and future generations in the face of the deployment of gene-based mRNA vaccines ## [Mental Heatlh and AI](https://moftasa.net/mental-heatlh-ai) _2025-04-15 · moftasa · moftasa.net_ This issue keeps being discussed in conferences and online. I want to put my position here so I can just forward the link because I am really bored by the repetitiveness of it. Our profession, at its core, is based on caring. A machine will never be able to genuinely do that. If you think it can care, you are being mislead by marketing hype. Other problems with AI include, very large amounts of… ## [How to Remove the DRM from Kindle Books on Debian](https://moftasa.net/dedrm-kindle) _2025-02-22 · moftasa · moftasa.net_ My Kindle is from 2012, it is a 5th generation Kindle Paperwhite, and it works perfectly. I don't need to buy a new one. Unfortunately, it is no longer supported by Amazon (it won't receive new updates). So if and when its hardware fails, I would like to have the option to buy whichever brand of ereader I like without feeling locked in the Kindle brand by my previous purchases from Amazon. I first… ## [Mastodon Online is Offline 😢](https://moftasa.net/mastodon-offline) _2025-02-10 · moftasa · moftasa.net_ Update : It is online again. Mastodon Online is down for an hour or two now. The status page has identified the error and the admins are working on getting it fixed. This sucks of course because this instance hosts my mastodon account . So I can't post or read my timeline. Due to its decentralised nature, Mastodon and the wider fediverse are still functioning normally and all other servers and… ## [#FreeAlaa in 2025](https://moftasa.net/freealaa-2025) _2025-01-24 · moftasa · moftasa.net_ I can't believe we are still calling for Alaa's freedom in 2025. Particularly on the 14th anniversary of January 25. He finished his last sentence more than 100 days ago. His mother has been on a hunger strike since. Alaa was arrested in 2019. Two years later, he received a non-appealable 5 years sentence from a state security court for sharing a Facebook post about prison conditions in Egypt. He… ## [Blog Post Number 52](https://moftasa.net/post-52) _2024-12-20 · moftasa · moftasa.net_ I wanted to write 150 blog posts this year, but clearly that was way too optimistic. This is the 52nd post of the year and probably the last one for 2024. Not bad honestly. Next month this blog will be 20 years old! Alaa's mother Dr. Laila Soueif is entering her 81st day of her hunger strike to free her son. Her protest seems to be ignored by the Egyptian and UK governments . She lost … ## [Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun](https://moftasa.net/openra) _2024-11-01 · moftasa · moftasa.net_ 24 years ago, I came home from medical school with a borrowed CD-ROM of the real-time strategy (RTS) game Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun. I got home at 4pm, put the CD in the Creative CD-ROM drive tray and suddenly it was 4am in the morning. I am not a big fan of RTS games but they are incredibly addictive and fun. Just recently that I found out that older Command & Conquer games are being kept … ## [Hybrid Case Presentation - Grand Rounds](https://moftasa.net/hybrid-grand-rounds) _2024-10-27 · moftasa · moftasa.net_ Last Wednesday, we had a case presentation at the hospital that was held live on Microsoft Teams with the Maudsley Hospital / IoPPN Grand Rounds. It was hybrid, meaning some psychiatrists participated online (103) and some did in person at our conference room (25) and at the Wolfson Lecture Theatre in London (80). We were invited by the Academic Lead for the Maudsley Grand Rounds, who was chairing… ## [The Three Body Problem](https://moftasa.net/three-body-problem) _2024-10-08 · moftasa · moftasa.net_ I enjoyed reading this trilogy so much. It was full of massive ideas, mind-bending twists and turns, and the story was full of awe-inspiring and mind-blowing moments. This sci-fi trilogy has a large number of fans online, but if you read the reviews you will find that they are mixed, and the reason for this is that although it is a hard sci-fi book, the author decided to break some unbreakable… ## [D Switch](https://moftasa.net/d-switch) _2024-09-15 · moftasa · moftasa.net_ While reading The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin, which I am enjoying very much, I fell into a Wikipedia rabbit hole. I wanted to read more about our Sun, this led me to reading a bit about nuclear fusion which in turn made me read a bit about deuterium which then sent me indirectly to this paper about the 'D Switch' . Di Martino, R.M.C., Maxwell, B.D. & Pirali, T. Deuterium in drug … ## [Every Channel. One Login. (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/WPdZv2cCEYJC) _2024-09-15 · **Sponsored**_ 17,000+ live channels, movies and sports on any device. Free trial, no IP lock. ## [Digital Resources for Mental Health Professionals: Access Scientific Literature](https://moftasa.net/scientific-literature) _2024-08-31 · moftasa · moftasa.net_ This post is part of a multi-series of posts on digital resources for mental health professionals . As clinicians we are required to keep up with new knowledge in our fields. However, this isn't always possible as a lot of research is published in journals that don't offer free full text of their articles. Not all of us work in places that can afford institutional access to scientific journals and…