Immunologist, avid reader— ever evolving

MD
Joined September 2010
📢Dr. King (@ALesterKingphd) receives a prestigious R25 grant for her initiative, EMPOWER (Engaging Multi-Disciplinary Professional Opportunities for Women in Environmental Research). Congratulations on this remarkable achievement! #BlackinPhysiology
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❤️❤️❤️ to see this, so well deserved!!! – at Baltimore, MD
TIME's list of the 100 Most Influential People in the world is out. I'm honored, delighted, and grateful to be a part of this incredible group #TIME100 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 @TIME time.com/6964230/akiko-iwasa…
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Replying to @Walmart
@Walmart… went plant shopping in garden center and got locked in and no one would answer the phone. Need to do better!!!
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NSURP CALLS FOR AID! Sign up as a mentor at NSURP.org. Please share (but also sign up 😀) #nsurp2024 #nolabnoproblem
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Dr. Tonya Webb retweeted
During #BlackHistoryMonth2024, we’re lifting up Black life sciences leaders & those who have made a difference in the lives of many students. Meet Board Pres. Dr. Tonya Webb, a pioneer in cancer immunotherapy research! @UMmedschool @scienceempress 👏🏾👏🏿👏🏼 btiworks.org/black-history-t…
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Dr. Tonya Webb retweeted
Meet @scienceempress, Assoc. Prof. at UMSOM, an acclaimed immunologist pioneering CD1d-mediated NKT cell activation in cancer immunotherapy. Her mission: empower diverse cancer immunotherapy researchers. 🌐🔬 #BlackHistoryMonth #HealthDisparities #InnovatingCancerImmunotherapy
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Wow—feeling blessed, grateful, joy 🤩🎉🙌🏾. Thank you @ImmunologyAAI I appreciate my amazing friends like @vesriram, trainees, and colleagues for their support & encouragement! – at Maryland, USA
Dr. Tonya Webb is an AAI Vanguard Award recipient-2024. Congratulations @scienceempress. Awarded by @ImmunologyAAI in recognition of exemplary research achievement and  career success
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🚀 Big News! @natblackpostdoc has published our Emergency Support Program (ESP) for Black Trainees framework in @npp_journal! 👇🏾nature.com/articles/s41386-0… With 60+ mentors onboard, a detailed mentor training manual, and trainee request portal, we aim to preserve careers and lives!🫶🏾
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This right here 👇🏾 – at Baltimore, MD
Supporting others doesn’t take anything away from you❤️ it doesn’t mean neglect yourself, it just means support others from a genuine place when you can❤️Giving support and receiving support is the win baby!! Let’s keep taking care of each other!!
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You can either be your biggest fan or your worst critic. I choose to be my biggest fan and criticize where necessary.
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Dr. Tonya Webb retweeted
Our was awarded an E.E Just Postgraduate research training award from @UNCF. We are seeking a Postdoc fellow to study novel immune markers in Prostate Cancer. Competitive salary & funding. If you or someone you know is interested and eligible, please get in touch with us ASAP.
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Dr. Tonya Webb retweeted
We are excited to welcome Dr. Taofeek Owonikoko as our new Executive Director. Dr. Owonikoko, an internationally recognized thoracic oncologist who specializes in treating lung cancer, will take over from Dr. Kevin J. Cullen, who has served as Director for the past 20 years!
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Dr. Tonya Webb retweeted
Come check out the new science complex at TU on Nov 10th and hear about local student research from all over Maryland!Co-sponsored by local ASM, ACS, Greenbaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, and ASBMB. Very excited about this event!
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Drumroll, please!! 🥁 We are excited to announce the 2023 Black in Immuno Week! This year we’ll be focusing on Immune Systems in a Changing Environment. We’ve got an excellent program of speakers and sessions so stay tuned, get registered, and save the date! #BIIW2023
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This is still surreal to me. Happy to be able to represent such a wonderful institute!
Congratulations to Michael D.L. Johnson (@blacksciblog) as the inaugural Keating Family Endowed Professor for Interdisciplinary Research at the BIO5 Institute! Read the story to learn more about Johnson’s research excellence & commitment to mentorship: bit.ly/3PtJNlp
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Dr. Tonya Webb retweeted
Meet ABRCMS alum, Joel Encarnacion-Rosado, a Ph.D. candidate & HHMI Gilliam fellow at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine! Learn about Joel's scientific journey & register for #ABRCMS2023 to hear from more scientists like him! asm.social/1tb
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Dr. Tonya Webb retweeted
I'm so proud of my postdoc Alagie Jassey, whose sense of community is as strong as his scientific insights.
Replying to @eLifeCommunity
Postdoc at the University of Maryland and #ReviewedPreprint author Alagie Jassey is delighted to be able to give back to the teaching hospital laboratories where his scientific career began, using the award to buy microscopes and a trip to present at the University of The Gambia.
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