Psychiatry resident MD @UCLA, public health scholar, #healthequity advocate- Alum @BrownUniversity @HarvardChanSPH @IcahnMountSinai - Views my own - she/her
Thanks for highlighting our work @ruha9 Written w. a team of brilliant MDs who will not stand by while “while other agents co-opt our frameworks, obscure our research and weaponize our language in the service of oppression.”
Every American CEO, every corporate leader, every company based in Texas (@HP, @Oracle, @AmericanAir, @SouthwestAir, @WholeFoods, @Dell, @HEB) has a moral responsibility to publicly join the coalition demanding stronger gun laws. Today.
A thread 🧵 on some MATERNAL (not fetal, that’s another huge thread) consequences of forced birth from an OB/GYN and Urogynecologic surgeon who repairs postpartum maternal trauma:
We all know who will suffer when this goes into effect. Poor, Black, Indigenous, brown women.
The way we discard those we should be protecting and uplifting.
Shameful
In light of the draft of a leaked majority Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, I want to call your attention to the people that would be impacted most by the end of legalized abortion across the United States. 🧵:
“It’s incumbent on us to not check out, to not give up…to not evade responsibility by shifting the blame to others, but instead to face the future with the respect owed to our forebears and a crystal clear vision of who is going to be suffering right now and in the coming years”
I see that we've hit the Hillary-Bernie-RBG-Sarandon finger pointing portion of the night here, which does make me want to repost this from December after the oral arguments in this case: https://t.co/Uc9JlkKbHK
We formed REACH UCLA Health in 2020 to change this in LA. REACH or Realizing Equitable Access to Care for Health includes faculty, trainees & students who recognize...
LA Times Op-Ed: Why won't UC clinics serve patients with state-funded health insurance? https://t.co/BLNTsli2Wg
Millions are insured through Medi-Cal, but the University of California is limiting their access to medical care, write Michael Wilkes and David Schriger. (via @latimesopinion)
https://t.co/MfkvpUZHV3
Proud of all of these amazing Psychiatry trainees and directors sharing pearls of wisdom about structural racism and psychiatric training. #APAAM2021 @DrMichaelMensah
Congratulations to the UCLA Psychiatry Class of 2025!! These doctors, leaders, scientists, and advocates are going to do tremendous things for our field. See you in June!!
Real talk - thread: 1. I have applicants DM’ing about how scared they are. This is not new. But #dnrtulane has thrown people.
Allies. Everyone: this is what we must deal with every day. The lack of safety. The question who will stand with us.
Wondering if we are alone.
Data from the CA Health Interview Survey shows Serious Psychological Distress is rising. SPD ⬆️ by 41.8% in adults b/w 2014-2018. For more on inequities & their policy implications, read the @UCLAchpr report, co-authored by 1 of our CGP chiefs, @DrACR_.
https://t.co/7ovQ03M69L