Brendan Barton

Immunologist, amateur linguist, and a Manhattan, please.

[Brendan Barton @brendanmbarton]

@LGBTQHealthJC #lgbtqhealthjc

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@LGBTQHealthJC One difficulty in remote mentorship is the lack of rapport that in-person meetings may better cultivate. I am sure many nowadays can relate to how even one-on-one meetings over Zoom cannot fully mimic in-person dynamics

[Brendan Barton @brendanmbarton]

@LGBTQHealthJC Mentors can come in many different forms. Usually they have a presence for some time and act as a role model for areas of your life in which you seek them out. Mentors may serve additional roles, but the relationship ideally provides an exchange of ideas towards mutual growth

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@LGBTQHealthJC Hey! Brendan here, MD/PhD candidate with no COIs to disclose. #LGBTQHealthJC

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@LGBTQHealthJC To elaborate, the idea is that study participants that answer in the negative may experience less stigma, more support, more self-compassion, or many other yet unmeasured parameters such as LGBTQ+ social groups, therapy, and so on.

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@LGBTQHealthJC Much of the article focuses on prevalence of eating disorders, behaviors, and body dissatisfaction while not addressing populations that do NOT report these items. More nuanced investigation of "resistant" populations may be illuminating for informing clinical guidance

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@madeleineblazel @LGBTQHealthJC These biases are further compounded by the use of the BMI, a quick if unreliable method for determining healthy weight. A much broader discussion than for this community, but well-worth revisiting

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@jontchu @LGBTQHealthJC I agree! I think this approach will encourage Sam to speak a bit more deeply about the topic and feel less vulnerable about sharing any emotional or mental health battles that he may have initially been reticent to speak about

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@LGBTQHealthJC Etiology may be specific to the population of interest, such as stigma associated with sexual orientation or to match a desired gender expression.

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@LGBTQHealthJC Eating disorders and body dissatisfaction manifest in multiple possible behaviors as classified by the reviewed literature, including disordered eating, vomiting, or drug use such as laxatives, diet pills, and steroids. #lgbtqmedjc

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@LGBTQHealthJC Hello - Brendan here! PhD-phase MD-PhD @CWRUSOM with no COIs. Looking forward to today's discussion

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@LGBTQHealthJC Future analyses will benefit from addition of gender identity to the list of demographics surveyed. Additionally, representation of sample size likely underestimates LGB populations - 2.4% of the sample consisting of these sexual minorities - possibly due to clustered communities

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@LGBTQHealthJC Hi - I'm Brendan! Current PhD-phase MD/PhD student at Case Western with no COIs #lgbtqmedjc

[Stan Huang Lab @DrSTANtheMAN]

Thanks very much, Gwen @LabRandolph for coming to our Immunology retreat (organized by @Cobbohydrates) and giving us this WONDERFUL Ecker Lecture seminar! It's really amazing...My jaw dropped!

[Brendan Barton @brendanmbarton]

@ajcalac And it will also be hard as those same friends and colleagues match to residencies across the country while you are still assembling your projects in grad school. With the right support you'll make it though!