tobytrem
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Hello! I'm Toby. I'm Content Manager at CEA. I work with Lizka and the Online Team to make sure the Forum is a great place to discuss doing the most good we can. You'll see me posting a lot, authoring the EA Newsletter and curating Forum Digests, making moderator comments and decisions, and more.
Before working at CEA, I studied Philosophy at the University of Warwick, and worked for a couple of years on a range of writing and editing projects within the EA space. Recently I helped run the Amplify Creative Grants program, to encourage more impactful podcasting and YouTube projects. You can find a bit of my own creative output on my blog, and my podcast feed.
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Reach out to me if you're worried about your first post, want to double check Forum norms, or are confused or curious about anything relating to the EA Forum.
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That's interesting! I was thinking there was a chance it did, because in a write-up about a similar public consultation on live animal transport, Defra used a lot of "X% of people thought Y" framings in their analysis (more details). It depends whether they count duplicated responses when they do this.
Welcome Emmanuel! You might want to post on this thread to introduce yourself, and/or ask any questions you have,
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Hi Dean, thanks for doing this! I really enjoyed the episode. I've got a couple questions:
1. Do you know why private hospitals in Uttar Pradesh had higher mortality rates for premature babies than public hospitals? Seemed super surprising.
2. Is kangaroo mother care the best practice for underweight/premature babies overall, or just the most cost-effective improvement compared to current standards of care in Uttar Pradesh? I.e. do, or should, hospitals in wealthy countries also use this method?
Thanks for posting this! In case you didn't notice, you haven't mentioned a deadline. (Wouldn't have thought it weird if you hadn't included the text "Please email careers@epochai.org if you have any questions about this role, accessibility requests, or if you want to request an extension to the deadline.")
Thanks for joining Sebastian! Your AISF project sounds really interesting, and I'm sure people would love to see it on the Forum some day :)
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