A Black Woman first and foremost. #BlackandSTEM | BS - @UMBC '14 Meyerhoff Scholar | PhD - @CAMBUpenn '21 | currently: PostDoc in genetic diagnostics
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Why at 18? I knew I wanted one then but I was nowhere near prepared.
My decent GPA and decent SAT was combined with extensive (at the time) STEM extracurricular activities.
The outside interest and experiences were more influential than my ability to test well.
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Is there a reason why the Sickle Cell Disease research community is so cagey with the actual mutations in HGVS nomenclature?
Am I missing something because Beta6Glu>Val means nothing to me and I shouldn't have to hunt this hard for c. and p. information.
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Now ask yourself how many moments of valuation like this - in job interviews, at their job, in raising money for a business, in conversations with their doctors, in interactions with police - exist in every Black life and what the aggregated consequences are across generations.
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It's the little things.
Like the first assumption being that I don't work here just because you haven't seen me around here. Innocent assumptions but a bevy of observations could have given them a more informed assumption.
Every once in a while I think about Dr. Miranda Bailey writing her NIH grant proposal in like 12 hours and I get a lil annoyed all over again.
Fun tidbit. The summer I was a Meyerhoff Summer Bridge counselor was Dr. Bediako's first summer running one of the courses for the students. I felt like I learned right along side them.
'Will I ever commit the insulin-glucose relationship to memory?', she asks herself after reviewing it for the 4th time in 6 months.
So you're just going to set this tweet up to be easily understood and shared WITHOUT mentioning that this is data from a fight from March 23rd, 2020?
In these times this is how you choose to communicate science?
✈️SARSCOV2 outbreak on 2-hr flight
🤒21 cases identified
🗣️Symptomatic index patient was NOT wearing mask
😷Passengers wearing masks were less likely to get infected
Virus is #airborne: reached many rows away from index patient
Contact Tracing Report: rb.gy/qszorz
I feel like I am almost out of the hole. Just a few more stops of hyperpigmentation left. I definitely think a decrease in stress has helped
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#BIGImpact If you haven't already heard one of my favorite Geneti-SIS and Anthropolog-SIS @TinaLasisi was on one of my favorite science shows @NPR #shortWave with @emilykwong1234
npr.org/2021/10/05/104339180…
@BlackInGenetics
#BIGxScience Day! Here's a brief overview of the publicly available parts of my thesis. I've got a long to-do list today but if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask!!!
The first of our #BIGxScience Seminars comes from Dr. Niambi Brewer. Dr. Brewer discusses her PhD work in this talk titled, “Gnas Inactivation in Heterotrophic Ossification”. Please tweet us any questions you have for @DoctorNoms!
#BIGxWeek 🧬
youtu.be/WINlXQ83JB0
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Are you a URM applying to University of Pennsylvania's Neuroscience PhD Program? If so, check out our new application support program, where you can be matched with a current student/faculty member to help craft your CV and/or research statement:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
#BIGxWeek my #BIGxStory is told on my episode of the Cohort Sistas podcast! Just a quick 40 minutes about how I ended up here. (available below or on all major podcast streaming platforms)
cohortsistas.com/podcast/drb…
my various transitions from high school to postdoc were guided by speaking up about my interests (especially what I wasn't interested in) and of course the privilege of involved parents and an evolving network.
#BIGxWeek #BIGxStory
I also want to highlight @IjeomaKola and the @CohortSistas Podcast.
Collecting Black Women's stories across disciplines and creating a community for our collective successes cohortsistas.com/