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Effective Altruism for ChristiansPhilosophyPhilosophy of effective altruismAnimal welfareAnimal product alternativesEffective givingCharity evaluationClimate changeBiosecurityGlobal health & development

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My name is Nathanael Roy. 
Master's of Applied Statistics - UC Riverside
BA of Mathematics - Pomona College
Consequentialist in the streets, deontological existentialist in the sheets. I am a Catholic. I have chronic pain. I 

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I am interested in working as a public servant in policy spaces, as a researcher or data scientist in biological and health systems research. I am aligned on many EA topics such as international development, animal well-being and alternative meats. I have some criticisms especially with respect to longtermism and AI.

How I can help others

Experience working at the FDA in projects involving Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling. Skills include Monte Carlo Methods. Mainly work in R. Also have spent a few years on multicultural marketing and have developed some skills in survey research and marketing.

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A Major Step in the Fight Against Tuberculosis
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Hey, I'm super late in responding to this, but thanks for reading! And best of luck with the conference next May

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Cause area report: Antimicrobial Resistance
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This is well done for a high-level report. Skimming through the report it looks like misuse and overuse of antibiotics by humans and animals is the main cause of AMR as we understand it right now. In addition, some of the less well-developed areas of understanding relate to these.

The two recommendations directly related to these from your post are innovating on policy and developing diagnostic tests. I'm wondering, as others are, if directly tackling AMR use in factory farming might be as important or more important than these.

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