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TED’S TAKE: SDOH MEET BMI
Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) is all the rage as far as evaluating health. Stable housing, education, access to transportation
Oct 18, 20232 min read


TED’S TAKE: TG NOT IN PART C
Medicare Part C, sometimes called Medicare Advantage, is touted as the efficient way to deliver quality care to enrollees. As someone on
Oct 11, 20232 min read


TED’S TAKE: COALESCING OR CONVERGENT THINKING
I’d like to introduce the concept that coalescing or “convergent thinking” may be detrimental within an organizational setting. By this,
Sep 12, 20233 min read


TED’S TAKE: WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH
One would think that research about climate issues is one area that people would come together and commit to doing it right –
Aug 16, 20233 min read


WHY AREN’T WE TALKING ABOUT THIS? KEY QUESTIONS RAISED BY THE MEDICARE TRUSTEES REPORT
The Medicare Trust Fund (TF) Annual Trustees report on solvency drives much of the discussion about Medicare payments. Therefore, it’s
Jul 13, 20234 min read


APPLYING NANOPARTICLES AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO FIGHT CANCER
JKTG-funded research, Spatial analysis of nanoparticle distribution in human breast xenografts reveals nanoparticles targeted to cancer cell
Jul 6, 20232 min read


TED’S TAKE: BUREAUCRACY AND THE SUPERTANKER
Bureaucracies are very large and complex organizations, with governments the highest forms of bureaucracy. These entities have their own
Jul 5, 20233 min read


TED’S TAKE: APPROACHING RESEARCH DIFFERENTLY (AND WHY YOU SHOULD DO THE SAME)
Much of our research in breast cancer involves data and analytics; data are collected, and analysis drives our work.
Jun 13, 20232 min read


JKTG FOUNDATION PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, TED GIOVANIS, GIVES $35M TO STUDY THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF CANCER DEATH: METASTASIS
The Foundation is excited to announce today the creation of the Giovanis Institute for Translational Cell Biology, with a $35 million gift
May 10, 20231 min read


TED’S TAKE: OFFENSE OR DEFENSE? WHEN REGULATIONS BECOME TWO-WAY PLAYERS
Legislation sets out the law, but it is in fact the regulatory agencies that interpret that law through regulations. To gain consensus –
May 8, 20232 min read


TED’S TAKE: PRIORITIES SHOULD INFORM POLICY DECISIONS AND POLITICS
Setting priorities is important. It helps get things accomplished particularly when there are multiple tasks to do. It gives order to those
Apr 3, 20232 min read


TED’S TAKE: LONGEVITY IN HEALTHCARE
Some suggest that the solution to healthcare’s current workforce shortage is to focus strategies on employee retention. This has been
Mar 1, 20232 min read


TED’S TAKE: WHY ISN’T COST A CONSIDERATION IN FDA APPROVAL?
Debate over the debt limit is dominating the news, but consider this staggering fact: In 2021, the US spent $378 billion on prescription
Feb 7, 20232 min read


TED TAKE: WHY FOUNDATIONS (AND HOSPITALS) SUFFER IN THEIR EFFECTIVENESS
There are many tax-exempt foundations, including most hospitals, and each serves a purpose. However, many of these foundations and other
Dec 13, 20222 min read


THANKFUL FOR FRIENDS OF THE JKTG FOUNDATION
Last month, the Foundation was able connect with people in-person at the 6th annual symposium, Moving Breast Cancer Treatments Forward.
Nov 22, 20222 min read


TED’S TAKE: BELIEF SYSTEM
The study found that when folks are presented with information different from personally held beliefs, rather than process the information
Nov 8, 20222 min read


TED’S TAKE: STRUCTURAL DEFICITS
Much of how government behaves stems from a little-known characteristic known as a “structural deficit” with an outsize impact on future
Oct 11, 20222 min read


TED’S TAKE: IN THE MIRROR
Most of what we accomplish or what we do relies on one thing – our own actions. If we think or blame others for our actions or what occur
Sep 16, 20222 min read


TED’S TAKE: AMOEBATIZATION OF HEALTHCARE
The healthcare system is undergoing an evolutionary change that some might call revolutionary. Initially, we were focused on inpatient care
Aug 15, 20222 min read


JKTG FUNDING @ WORK
The research, Triple-negative breast cancer metastasis involves complex epithelial-mesenchymal transition dynamics and requires vimentin,
Aug 11, 20221 min read
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