Ampai Thammachack

Health Geographer, Master’s Candidate from Queen’s University (Canada) and #IMGS2022 Social Media Correspondent 🗺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✨❤️ Scotland 2022

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@ampaimelody @imgs2022 We are excited to be the hosts for IMGS 2024. Looking forward to welcoming you all in Atlanta! @GSUGEOS #imgs2024

[Ampai Thammachack @ampaimelody]

Safe travels everyone!! #IMGS2022

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Thank you so much #imgs2022 it’s been a pleasure being your Social Media Correspondent!! Thank you again @imgs2022, @steph_coen, @HealthGeography, @DSG_AAG, @GeogHealth for this amazing opportunity and for the delicious chocolates!!

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New changes being discussed by Dr. Oppong!! #IMGS2022 1) welcoming environment for new researchers 2) better accessibility for international students 3) financial support 4) disability accommodations 5) better supporting EDI initiatives 🎉🖖🏽

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ATLANTA 2024!!!! #IMGS2022 ✈️🎉

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And that’s a wrap!!!! #IMGS2022

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“You can’t paint all researchers with one brush, some come from community, you have some who build meaningful rapport with communities, and then there is a lot of parachute research that holds a bulk of the funding and does a lot of harm.” #imgs2022 - Dr. Masuda

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#imgs2022

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“Affordable housing can be seen as anti-colonial fortification.” - Dr. Masuda

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Looking at some newer metrics to understand why and how racial segregation impacts health: racial bias in mortgage lending, redlining, and ethnic bias in mortgage lending #IMGS2022

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#imgs2022

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“Co-becoming allows us to recognize that when we look for disease symptoms we should not just be looking at the way the symptoms manifest in human beings, but at how they manifest in space, place, the land, and non-human entities.” Just 1 part of the great talk by @RoyalChukz

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“ Never until now… I’ve never been asked what my experiences were working in the camps before… never until now.” #imgs2022

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I’m very excited to see more research in the equity/ diversity space move from the “what is wrong.” to… “how do we fix this problem,” now… who is going to fix so many of the problems we have brought to light at the #imgs2022 and who is going to fund this work? 💰 Let’s see!!

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“Let’s talk about how colonization continues and how colonization is ongoing in research.” #IMGS2022

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Let’s talk about research and “positionality,” a theme I’ve seen again and again this #IMGS2022. What connections do we have to the communities we research? We have to make sure these connections are meaningful and beneficial to the communities we serve ❤️.

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So proud of my roomate and peer Alexandra Overvelde for shedding light on the disruption COVID-19 brought to food and hospitality workers! Such unsung heroes #IMGS2022

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Thank you for showing the disparities in salt-scapes, fatscapes, and sugarscapes to demonstrate how nutrition is spatially distributed in rich versus poor neighbourhoods! #IMGS2022

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For anyone who isn’t at the conference right now it is sad to announce that the dinner and ceilidh is cancelled tonight 😔. For everyone’s safety, drinks will be served outside at 6:30! #IMGS2022

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EXCITING OPPORTUNITY for the Geographies of Health and Wellbeing Research Group!! There is a photo competition going on!! 😍📸 This opportunity is run by @GeogHealth. Message @GeogHealth for questions and details. Check out the graphic for more!! And good luck 😏👏🏽 #imgs2022