On this day in 1920, Henrietta Lacks was born.
Her cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951 (HeLa cells) and became one of the most important tools in medicine. They became vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, vitro fertilization & more
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Inventions that would not exist without Black Women.
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Valerie Thomas, NASA physicist, invented 3D Movies
In 1977, she began to develop the illusion transmitter, the 1st mechanism that allowed images to be viewed in 3D using concave mirrors & rays of light.
MP with 1 kid: £104pw child allowance
MP with 2 kids: £208pw child allowance
MP with 3 kids: £313pw child allowance
Public with 1 kid: £24pw child benefit
Public with 2 kids: £40pw child benefit
Public with 3 kids: £40pw child benefit
Do you see the massive disparity?
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Final call 🙋♀️
If you are an athlete who plays sport at a competitive level, are over the age of 18, and are based in India or the UK, please spare a few minutes to fill this survey. Would massively help - https://t.co/MiPlXiWbyr
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* 📢 Trainees/Qualified Clinical Psychologists from University of Manchester, Birmingham or Liverpool.
Would any of you be so kind to please read my personal statement? I unfortunately do not know any Trainees/Qualified at either of those unis #dclinpsy
Are there any current trainee CPs who have lived experience of mental health who would be willing to do a webinar with myself amd another trainee with lived experience about disclosure in DClin applications?? Its sonething we'd love to do!! @AnnieStevenson4
We are excited to announce the publication of our new clinical tool, the Racial Trauma Scale, the product of several years of work & validated in a national sample. Check it out now at Practice Innovations @drmonnica@apa#racialtraumaisreal https://t.co/ZTIaLPHXT5
I am a Trainee Clinical Psychologist researching the impact of sexual violence on Black women’s mental wellbeing & identity.
Your voice is important & will help us understand what needs to be done to better support black women.
Please share!
We’re having an online event for aspiring CP’s with long-term health conditions, disabilities and neurodiversity on 21st July. Led by @victoriaemma_w, @TheresaMarr, and fantastic trainees from our EDI Disabilities Workstream 😍
Keynote @DrHannahBB🤩
Sign up via Eventbrite👇