Umayr R. Shaikh, MPH
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I am a proud Pakistani Hoosier. My father immigrated from Pakistan in 1992 in search of a better life than what was possible back home. After moving around for work in those early years, my parents settled outside Indianapolis when…
I am a proud Pakistani Hoosier.
My father immigrated from Pakistan in 1992 in search of a better life than what was possible back home. After moving around for work in those early years, my parents settled outside Indianapolis when I was four years old, and Indiana has been home ever since. As I now pursue my medical education, I find myself thinking often about the two places that shaped me …
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From Pakistan to Indiana: climate change and patient health
Conditions and diseases
For most of my life, preventable infectious diseases existed at the margins of medicine. Influenza was seasonal but manageable. Hepatitis outbreaks were contained. Childhood hospitalizations from rotavirus or meningococcal disease were rare enough to be notable. COVID-19 may have shattered…
For most of my life, preventable infectious diseases existed at the margins of medicine. Influenza was seasonal but manageable. Hepatitis outbreaks were contained. Childhood hospitalizations from rotavirus or meningococcal disease were rare enough to be notable. COVID-19 may have shattered predictability, but even then, many of us believed the lessons we learned would be followed by renewed investment in prevention.
Instead, we now stand at a crossroads.
A crossroads in prevention
Recent guideline …
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The impact of CDC’s new childhood immunization guidance
Health policy
During my pediatrics rotation in my third year of medical school, the most important skill I learned was how to listen more carefully. Children rarely have the language or power to fully articulate their needs. They are forced to rely…
During my pediatrics rotation in my third year of medical school, the most important skill I learned was how to listen more carefully.
Children rarely have the language or power to fully articulate their needs. They are forced to rely on adults, systems, and institutions to advocate on their behalf. In pediatrics, that responsibility is not an abstract idea. It shows up in exam rooms where parents must choose to pay …
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Why AAP funding cuts threaten the future of pediatric health care
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