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Better Data Visualization: A Comprehensive Guide to Clear and Impactful Charts 📊✨
🎥 Watch the Full Workshop Series 📌 Part 1:  https://youtu.be/ozOfDbbs69o 📌 Part 2:  https://youtu.be/MltYW2QKJOY Introduction In...

Alireza FakhriRavari, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAHIVP
Feb 144 min read
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Better Presentations in 2024: Turning Data into Clear and Impactful Stories
In the world of data-driven decision-making, the ability to present data effectively has become a crucial skill. Whether you're...

Alireza FakhriRavari, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAHIVP
Oct 23, 20245 min read
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Enhancing Meeting Dynamics: Insights from "The Surprising Science of Meetings" by Steven G. Rogelberg
8/9/2024 In today's fast-paced work environments, meetings are a fundamental component of organizational success. However, they often...

Alireza FakhriRavari, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAHIVP
Aug 9, 20243 min read
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Navigating the Flu Season 2024: Updates on Vaccine Effectiveness and Innovations
April 3, 2024 As the flu season of 2023-2024 unfolds, understanding the nuances of influenza activity, the effectiveness of vaccines in...

Alireza FakhriRavari, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAHIVP
Apr 3, 20243 min read
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Inclusive Leadership: 9 Effective Ways to Elevate Women in Your Team
November 23, 2023 In my role as a male department chair at Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy with predominantly female faculty, I...

Alireza FakhriRavari, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAHIVP
Nov 23, 20235 min read
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Maximizing the Benefits of AI in Education: Insights from the U.S. Department of Education
June 6, 2023 Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming many aspects of our lives, from healthcare to transportation to...

Alireza FakhriRavari, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAHIVP
Jun 6, 20232 min read
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Akkermansia muciniphila: The Beneficial Gut Bacterium You Need to Know About
May 2, 2023 The human body is a complex ecosystem of cells, tissues, and microorganisms, with trillions of bacteria residing in the gut...

Alireza FakhriRavari, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAHIVP
May 2, 20232 min read
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Influenza Activity in 2023 (Week 1)
January 17, 2023 This influenza season activity started aggressively in October 2022 with positivity rates passing 5% of tested specimens...

Alireza FakhriRavari, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAHIVP
Jan 17, 20232 min read
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Monkeypox: brincidofovir, tecovirimat, and Jynneos!
With recent outbreaks of the Monkeypox virus in Europe and the United States, interest in Monkeypox prevention and treatment has...

Alireza FakhriRavari, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAHIVP
May 27, 20223 min read
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Before we panic about the Omicron variant...
What is Omicron? The new B.1.1.529 variant (Omicron) clade 21K, which harbors many mutations, particularly in the spike protein, was...

Alireza FakhriRavari, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAHIVP
Nov 27, 20211 min read
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Flu Vaccination and the Flu Season: What to Expect
The good news is that influenza was very scarce last year (2020-21) in the Northern Hemisphere and remained scarce this summer in the...

Alireza FakhriRavari, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAHIVP
Aug 30, 20212 min read
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💉💉💉 A 3rd COVID-19 jab...
Last night (8/12/21), the FDA extended the emergency use authorizations (EUA) for Pfizer-BioNTech's BNT162b2 (currently for age 12 years...

Alireza FakhriRavari, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAHIVP
Aug 13, 20211 min read
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What to expect from a third shot of Moderna's mRNA COVID vaccine?
The COVID vaccination campaign has been extremely successful in the United States, with highly effective mRNA vaccines from...

Alireza FakhriRavari, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAHIVP
May 8, 20212 min read
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Delayed Severe Skin Reactions to mRNA Vaccines
Back in January 2021, I had a patient who had experienced a delayed edematous plaque (very large and painful) at the site of injection...

Alireza FakhriRavari, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAHIVP
Mar 3, 20212 min read
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I don't get the flu shot in July, August, or September
The idea is simple. Vaccinate as many people as possible when you have the chance as soon as the flu shot becomes available. If you ask...

Alireza FakhriRavari, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAHIVP
Dec 20, 20202 min read
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Males and the elderly more likely to get severe COVID-19?
A recent analysis from CDC looked at a dataset of 1,320,488 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases reported to CDC from January 11, 2020, to...

Alireza FakhriRavari, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAHIVP
Jun 16, 20202 min read
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How to Name New Diseases
When a new contagious infectious disease emerges, there's a sense of urgency to name it so that the scientific community can refer to it...

Alireza FakhriRavari, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAHIVP
Apr 19, 20203 min read
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