Vienna Lam

Aquatic death researcher (Criminology & Forensic Anthropology), rescue diver, ethics board member. Opinions are my own. Retweets are not endorsements.

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@RezaJooyandeh Only a moderately different colour scheme haha

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Happy new year!

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Happy new year!!

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Happy holidays everyone 🎊🎊. As a holiday gift 🎁, I will review and give feedback on 50 resumes, either comment a link to the PDF of your resume or DM me. I will prioritize minorities so if you identify as a minority, let me know in your message. RT for reach please.

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Gamer at heart

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As a forensic entomology lab manager at @SFU, Vienna Lam's research in aquatic deaths helps investigators and the bereaved find closure.
We need more people doing research for good.

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Science doesn't have to be spooky! I used to worry that talking about a grim subject like decomposition. If you're in that boat, try dioramas. Here are two that I made with Lego to help communicate my aquatic decomposition research to people of all ages.

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Meet Taiga! He's one of the keenest students I've ever met, and a budding entomologist. Since he was 10, he's been in touch with me and our lab. Not only is he a fast learner, he is also a peer model, and made some cool worksheets to get even younger kids excited about insects.

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Little did we know, kids that could envision themselves as superhero scientists would be needed more now than ever!

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Last year, my friends and I organized two Superhero Science Days for young kids, as part of the Burnaby Festival of Learning and Science Literacy Week in Surrey Public Library.

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Through the Science World's Scientists and Innovators in the Schools program, we're able to share our love of science around the province.

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The only way we're going to combat climate change and other global crises is if the next generation of kids embrace STEM. Nerds, unite!

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From looking at how diseases present themselves in our skeletal record to trying to create better measures of how old someone is, there's actually a lot of variety. You'll never get bored - that's for sure!

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Something about my field (forensic anthropology) that most people don't know is that there are tons of subdisciplines.

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Check this out! A movie on female scientists: https://t.co/FcL0dzyWtS

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I truly believe that diversity at every intersection will strengthen every work sector including queer representation. The more voices that can be heard at the table, the more solutions-based thinking we can all benefit from.

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When you want to do research in forensic taphonomy, you just might find yourself knee deep in snow in the great Canadian wilderness!

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Sometimes, my research will take me to interesting places... like a mangrove swamp in the Kingdom of Tonga!

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Sometimes, my research will take me to interesting places... like on a military research vessel in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!

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Sometimes, my research will take me to interesting places... like a coast guard light vessel!

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My research is all about aquatic deaths - detection, recovery, and repatriation. I'm also interested in drowning prevention. Did you know that the @WHO named drowning one of the leading preventable killers in their 2015 Global Report on Drowning?