@sarahwieten
philosopher of medicine and social sciences, clinical ethicist, pedagogy enthusiast, plant lady 'pretty decent at puns' Looking for philosophy, medicine, public health, economics, methods, meta-research, history, and bioethics people! She/Her
Previous personal best for late rejection shattered. UW-Madison rejected me in Feb 2025 for a job I applied for in Oct 2023. Not to be outdone, UNC-Chapel Hill just responded today to my Oct 2023 app.
Also that is just so much of my face.
Feels like at least 4 million.
Can I ask what reminded you?
The only generational difference not yet picked over with a fine toothed comb is the use of reply all.
There's possible reverse causality, there's potential reverse causality, and then there's the fear that young people living with their parents will hurt their job prospects.
"In the university’s records, I remained a student of Professor Prominent. The junior faculty member who actually did the work of commenting meaningfully on my dissertation was relegated to 'committee member.' Her only reward was having to write letters of recommendation for me for years to come."
do it
I started a substack, intending to use it to talk about my plan to train as a therapist. This week, however, I wrote about a close family friend's funeral, and last week I wrote about discovering that my Jewish ancestry has made me German... joefgough.substack.com
Good call.
Excited to announce publication of new JHPPL special issue: Public Health Under Siege (ungated) that explores the fate of public health during the second Trump administration:
read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/issue/...
Yes ido
Typos on the other hand
Image of Norman Rockwell's Freedom of Speech painting, featuring a white man with dark hair in a blue plaid shirt and worn jacket standing to speak to a group seated all around him. Used in memes to signify possible controversy, or the poster's belief that they are bravely speaking truth to power, or could be taking themselves to be in a way which invites mockery.
"What is Englightenment?" is pretty great.
It turns out I am exceptionally good at driving hazard perception videos.
Clearly we do not choose our talents.
We are organising a pre-conference workshop on Values in science in the rest of the world in Helsinki in August, just before ENPOSS 2026. Please consider submitting an abstract!
"Is a research question a promise of what we can deliver, or is it simply an expression of what we want to know?"
Interesting article from @jeremylabrecque.bsky.social and @Katrina Kezios
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
On Tue 24 Feb join us for an in-person workshop with @sarahwieten.bsky.social & @beccajackson.bsky.social, for informal short talks on critical appraisal of metrics at the beginning & end of life, with particular attention paid to Apgar and SOFA scores.
More info 👇️
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
Up early, putting in the time in the meme factory.
We've just rolled out ambient AI listening in our hospital, and my colleagues are really, really excited about it (more time doing things other than note writing). They're so excited that things like patient concerns/autonomy are lost.
We're just making up ethics as we go along with AI right now.
Yeah sorry, this might read as sarcasm but meant it as earnest advice.
Don't all rush at once to educate Elon.
I also cannot believe I haven't read The Taming of Chance, need to get on that
Enjoying reading Alexander Campolo's historical work on Error for our next CHESS meeting
journalhistoryknowledge.org/article/view...
If this kind of work is of interest to you, get in touch to join our work-in-progress group, hybrid meetings on Thursdays
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
I have a specific text in mind that I am misplacing the details on, but this should be a start yes
I guess the one I think of first is Wylie's work on the "New Archeology" where she describes the damage off the shelf Popperian thinking did for scientists seeking respectability for their discipline. Do you mean this kind of thing?
Is there a meta-literature on how philosophical arguments are adopted and used in empirical disciplines, especially medicine or technology? It's crazy how quickly bad philosophical arguments get picked up and cited in the lit on robots in healthcare. #philsky
I would assume this would be tough to learn because who would admit to philosophy having influence?
Has anyone seen a round up of all the declarations & initiatives launched at COP30? (ahem, @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org )?
Who are your favorite historians of late 20th/21st century medicine (bonus for not focusing on the anglophone world)?
Looking to broaden my reading list.
I can't seem to find myself :/