Thank you @AAEV_org for yesterday's mini symposium on extracellular vesicles. Exciting work including therapies like exosome-eluting stent from @KeChengLab!
Hug the people in your bubble, hug yourself, and know I am sending #airhugs to anyone who needs it today.
Virginia Satir, family therapist:
“We need four hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.”
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Thank you @CGiurgescu for helping to raise awareness about the disparity in preterm birth and maternal outcomes for Black families. #maternaljustice#birthjustice
FACT: Black women are more likely to die during pregnancy or in the 1st year after birth compared to white women.
Fact: Rates for #pretermbirth among Black women are 50% higher than white women.
With NIH funding, #UCFNursing#WHNP Carmen Giurgescu is identifying factors behind it and examining experiences of Black women in #COVID19
Learn more https://t.co/kIDeKmBddO
#HealthDisparities
While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last—because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.
It is not enough to just save our babies with #NEC, we need to give them the best possible quality of life. Thank you @davidhackam for this new exciting work that can lead us to preventing #braininjury! #SIGNEC2020
Grateful to the @SIGNECconf for bringing us the stories of NEC patients, like the amazing
@Linseigh Green, Luke Mader, and Arabella Hilborne-Rose! Thank you for reminding us this disease goes beyond the NICU. #signec2020@NECsociety
"I feel more passionate about the teaching side of my job than I have ever been, because it’s so important to convince the younger generation that their ability to question and think is crucial to the future of the world."
2020 Physics Laureate Andrea Ghez on being a professor.
Here is what the birth outcomes in my house district look like. Find yours in the toolkit, tweet it, and tag us and your legislator! Find what district you are in here: https://t.co/WG1upyEi13
Knowledge and wisdom are the true superpowers! Thank you for your COURAGE to speak truth to power, your HUMILITY to know you need to talk to those in the "trenches", your CRITICAL THINKING, and your excellent use of analogies! #ScientistsAsLeaders
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When talented medical professionals and passionate parents help a baby beats the odds of a 38% chance to survive in the NICU, you celebrate like only this city knows how! #notallheroeswearcapes#GoodNews
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