Taking apart how science & technology work (and fail) within the context of modern life and our public health landscape. Driven by data. Powered by statistics. Views my own.

Teching It Apart is your one-stop bilingual blog diving into emerging tech trends in medicine, healthcare, transportation, energy, security, and computing (amongst others) and how these impact the everyday fabric of our lives, with an emphasis on Brain-Computer Interfaces, relevant AI and modern health-geared advances.

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Health at the Intersection of Technology and Information

Science advances and technology geared towards health are progressing at a faster rate than we can adapt to it. Learn about the current implications on our well-being & health systems and keep up with emerging trends that will shape or influence health outcomes across the population for years to come at a high level.

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Worth compiling. The child firearm mortality rate in the U.S. doubled from 1.8 per 100,000 in 2013 to ~3.6-3.7 in 2021, the highest among wealthy nations. In other countries, firearms are not even among the top four causes of death for children. U
News headlines around mass shootings cut deeper after becoming a parent. I can’t imagine the grief, and inconsolable pain parents face when these events happen, even more so when they take place repeatedly and are fueled by policies (or lack of
We are in a Covid surge, so I wanted to bring back the risk reduction spectrum guide. Interestingly, a big obstacle to our pandemic response has been binary thinking around risk reduction. Perhaps this was because at one point there was a small sliv
In an unprecedented move, Joe Biden withdrew from the race, endorsing Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. This historic moment, along with the volatile voter sentiment and an invigorated Democratic party, sets the stage for an interesting presid
The number of eligible voters favors democrats - but we have to get out and do it. Both men and women under 30 tend to favor Democrats by roughly a two-to-one ratio. Voters aged 30 to 49 are more evenly split in their political loyalties, but the De
Life is hectic right now, but I still wanted to jump on this trend (so fun! Many thanks to @unambiguousscience @unbiasedscipod for the inspo). Note, this list isn’t exhausting by all means- check out my post on 100 ways to manipulate data for
I was asked to post this on my stories by many. Here is it. It’s typically a slow trickle to the decimation of liberties and the unfolding of civil unrest.
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Data Science, Risk Analysis, and Statistics tutorials.

Learn how to interpret, analyze, and visualize data, and peer-reviewed literature to have a more solid understanding and thorough assessment of select topics, moving past sensational headlines. Sorting through data and adjusting for confounders is necessary to objectively interpret and appraise evidence. Posts and video tutorials aim to provide digestible and easy-to-grasp modules for those interested in statistics, data science, and visualization. Courses coming soon!

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Covid-19 Related Content

Sort through select Covid-19 related content and peer-reviewed evidence. This section also tackles flawed data or analyses that distort public perceptions of vaccines, public health interventions and epidemiological data.

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Meet Nini

Nini curated niniandthebrain on Instagram during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic to provide an objective review and assessment of clinical data, punching through fear-mongering headlines, and misinformation pervasive on most sources of media. Her following grew organically through detailed posts and risk/benefit analysis. Whilst her expertise resides outside the fields of virology, epidemiology, immunology, or infectious disease, her experience handling large data sets and conducting engineering risk assessments and FMEAs allowed her to explore and chart trends in real time to promptly communicate studies and clinical outcomes both at the individual and population level. She completed her Ph.D. at Cornell University in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering exploring carbon electrodes for neurotransmitter recognition, neural sensing, and stimulation. Nini lives in Santa Barbara, CA with her husband and daughter. A Colombian native, she aims at equitable access of science through her bilingual communication efforts and non-profit work in the community.

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