Clara Westwell-Roper

MD, PhD. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Subspecialty Resident. CL psychiatry and psychoneuroimmunology. She/her. Views my own.

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

There is systemic underfunding of research about and for women.

A greater focus on women’s health is an imperative that will translate into improved health for all, say @LiisaGalea and @DrRulanParekh
https://t.co/IJ1CUMIGGn

[Ye Ella Tian @yetianmed]

Mental illness is a brain disorder? Right?

We thought so.

Hang on though, our new study @JAMAPsych shows that poor body health is a more pronounced manifestation of mental illness than poor brain health.

https://t.co/4TFlt7awEY

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[Clara Westwell-Roper @cwestwellroper]

@KKeramatian @HlthResearchBC @BCSUPPORTUnit @VGHFdn @VCHResearch @CREST_BD @UBC_Psychiatry Such good news!!!! Congratulations Kam!!

[Jim Johnson, PhD @JimJohnsonSci]

Pls RT! There is still time to apply to these faculty positions at the @ubclifesciences , current home to 85 labs. See website for a non exhaustive list of gaps we’d like to fill in our collective expertise. https://t.co/enJP8aCRKP

[BC Children's Hospital Research Institute @BCCHresearch]

Congratulations to @DrDeanElbe on receiving the Pharmacy Practice Innovation Award at the 2022 Pharmacy Practice Plus Business Awards (@PPr_Plus)!

For more on Dr. Elbe’s work, read his full feature here: https://t.co/pMke9aobeI

#congratulations #award #health #research

[Gold @Gold_Neuro]

Good to see a systematic quantification of what's often vaguely referred to as "immune alterations" in depression. Great job by @MichaelBenros and team! Something there but mostly small effects. Most relevant in some subgroup? -> #IMD @Ygoes2B_more https://t.co/t0zVy7EoSn

[Pain Canada @pain_canada]

.@clinicaltrialON wants to hear your thoughts on decentralized clinical trials, which don't require participants to attend a study site, using tools such as videoconferencing or home visits instead.

To take the survey, visit: https://t.co/NeReY1JGTO

[MATRIX-N Cluster UBC @MatrixN_UBC]

How can we strengthen female leadership across research settings?

Hear insights from an expert panel including @ShernazBamji, @SnehaSingh687, @LynnRaymondLab, @morton_emm moderated by @tanvipuri_ at the FREE Translation in Action conference on Dec 6!

https://t.co/OsbdLjWSZI

[Melina Messing @MelinaMessing]

🚨👉So happy to share that our contribution to COVID-19 research (and my first first-author original research article @KMcNagnylab @SBME_UBC 🥹) is now published: Prognostic peripheral blood biomarkers at ICU admission predict COVID-19 clinical outcomes https://t.co/GVSYEp2kbp

[Rosa Paolicelli @rosa_paolicelli]

The discussion on #Microglia states and nomenclature has just started!
A community driven perspective out today in Neuron @SierraLabAch @stevens1lab @LaboTremblay
Thanks and congrats to the almost 100 co-authors across the globe!
https://t.co/j7hPurcaCx

[Neuron @NeuroCellPress]

📣We are proud to present this year's Special Issue on neuroimmunology 🧠🦠
You will find Q&As, opinions & reviews highlighting exciting developments in the study of neuro-immune crosstalk 👉 https://t.co/ImgPc6z4Dp

[Bich-Han Nguyen @BichHanNguyenMD]

Dr Melanie Lewis dropping the hard truth bombs at #ICRE2022 closing plenary. We all lost a part of ourselves throughout medical training

[CMAJ_Open @CMAJ_Open]

Pediatric clinician–scientists share their perspectives on opportunities and challenges related to equity, diversity, and inclusion in their field: https://t.co/HebMmLcqAw

@rn_bright @k_wollny @MarinkaTwilt @CatharineMWalsh @ltomfohr @drsamuelcalgary @LesleyPritcha18 @CCHCSP

[Martina Scholtens @MScholtensMD]

Need to prescribe a book? As part of my @UBC_Psychiatry residency project, I’ve launched a website of recommended reading for psychiatry patients at https://t.co/wxwebOg919. Books are organized by illness, audience, and genre, with links to evidence and recommendation sources.

[Clara Westwell-Roper @cwestwellroper]

@MichelCayouette I agree in contexts where the trainee's name would be highly appropriate to include, but is omitted. As if "my postdoc did XYZ" is sufficiently identifying, which often it is not (e.g. at a meeting when more acknowledgement is due) . Using names is respectful.

[Matt Burke @MattBurkeMD]

The COVID pandemic has brought FND into the spotlight

Our article @cazezhu is the 1st on FND in our 🇨🇦 med journal @CMAJ in 20 years. It is written for the generalist with an overview of FND and discussion of recent triggers @Sunnybrook @uoftmedicine

https://t.co/ptf1fG62Mz

[Clara Westwell-Roper @cwestwellroper]

@dockevinmcleod @karenlmuir Unless specialist follow-up continues for the same issue at an interval of less than q 6 mos!

[Dr. Katharine Smart @KatharineSmart]

“It's true that oftentimes to be seen on par as our male colleagues we need to be twice as nice and twice as good,” Hill said. #truth

Gender bias against female surgeons fuelling surgical backlogs https://t.co/gtMoTaET3u via @CTVNews

[Clara Westwell-Roper @cwestwellroper]

@alexiscrabtree @CDCofBC @towardtheheart Congratulations!!! What a great announcement.

[Usha Lee McFarling @ushamcfarling]

NEW: Black residents are being forced out of training at rates much higher than their white colleagues. It's a crisis that has largely remained invisible because no one is tracking the numbers and few are willing to speak about it. My new report: https://t.co/hjN0eITv9l