April Recap at Dream Grad Academy – Research, Reflection, and Room to Grow Dream Grad Academy is a Light Node providing beginner Bitcoin education and building a learning community around Bitcoin and health. After a succesful pilot cohort of learners in the ten week diploma, 2 learners are going on to participate in educator training in the coming weeks. Addtional notable projects in development include MedSchlr, an early-stage Nostr-native health sciences publishing platform, alongside an expanding portfolio of student-led research. April brought that momentum into public view. Nashville, Tennessee: Bitcoin and Health Forum -April A sincere thank you to for welcoming one of our nursing student and putting on a world class event at Bitcoin Park. We asked her to reflect on what she experienced: "As a student who has only been involved in the Bitcoin and health scene for a couple of months, it was inspiring to see so many unique physicians and healthcare professionals speak up about their experiences and contributions to this emerging field. Ideas that struck me most were the misguided incentivization of medicine, the lack of price transparency in health services, the over-emphasis of sickcare over genuine healthcare, the need for Bitcoiners in health to have low time preference, and the importance of building a new system rather than reforming a corrupted one. I look forward to building more connections with innovative Bitcoiners in the future." - Moon, K. Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact McMaster Research Day — April 28 DGA students presented four posters representing some of the earliest work in decentralized health. A Healthy Aging and Society thesis student presented preliminary findings on the scholarly publishing landscape underpinning MedSchlr. Graduate students presented a theory-based poster and live demo of decentralized publishing on Nostr. Undergraduate nursing students presented preliminary findings from the Bitcoin merchant adoption study, currently under ethics review. Four posters. Five student researchers. One emerging field. What April tells us: When DGA was founded, virtually no peer-reviewed literature existed at the intersection of Bitcoin, Nostr, and health. April is evidence that we are on a path to changing that, student by student, conference by conference. If you are a healthcare professional, student, or health advocate curious about this space, click the link below to join the DGA waitlist to learn more about future opportunities and ways to collaborate. DGA WAITLIST LINK: https://lnkd.in/eTmjc4AK