Congratulations to Yonathan Janka, graduate of our HEART summer program, on receiving a cancer biology poster presentation award @ABRCMS for his research performed in Dr. Humsa Venkatesh’s lab @BrighamWomens@harvardmed. WAY TO GO!
A truly inspiring 2023 @ABRCMS meeting in Phoenix. Love to spread enthusiasm about the physician-scientist career and the @HarvardMITmdphd program with our amazing students representing history of science, neuroscience, engineering, and immunology. Got to see some saguaros too!
❗IT’S ANNOUNCEMENT DAY❗
We're proud to announce the 2023 #PDSoros Fellows!
From nearly 2,000 applicants, these 30 graduate school students are immigrants or children of immigrants who will each receive up to $90,000 in funding. Meet the Fellows here ➡️ https://t.co/9EONlt8bl1
Interested in pursuing an MD-PhD degree? The Harvard/MIT MD-PhD program has launched a new summer program for undergrads from underrepresented or disadvantaged backgrounds - see link for more info: https://t.co/7xl9jHebVz #mdphd#doubledoc#physicianscientist
Meg Margetts, @eanam38 & I conducted ethnography with people experiencing homelessness and their service providers during Covid.
Our findings @MedHums_BMJ@bmj_latest: women and people who use drugs were most in danger of further exclusion.
Open Access: https://t.co/7lc03KvR1J
IT'S OUT - PLEASE READ MY BOOK on homelessness in Paris, on how people make lives and homes despite the structural inequality and marginalisation they suffer from: https://t.co/BF1xrx8HAL
(50% discount code: LENH3671)
“Heal the Hood,” organized by Freedom Community Clinic, brings holistic remedies to the Bay Area’s BIPOC communities. The event was held Saturday in Oakland where attendees were offered free food, hygiene kits, and hair care. https://t.co/Vg6GghntxX
🎥: @CaronCreighton
Addiction is not just about biochemistry – it’s also about time, and its hamster-wheel rhythm can suggest other treatments https://t.co/OOHSEkiR8b by @eanam38 and @JFLenhard
Based on recent research we conducted mostly among people experiencing homelessness, describing addiction in terms of TIME and CYCLICALITY has helped us to understand how certain interventions and treatments work better.
Read @eanam38 and my article out today to learn more.
Inspired by her immigrant mother’s struggles with the health care system, UCSF medical student @bernielim created Freedom Community Clinic, which serves Oakland and the Bay Area’s BIPOC community through a blend of Western medicine and holistic healthcare.
🎥: @CaronCreighton
"There are simply no words that need to be spoken between practitioner and patient - no illness, no diagnosis named, no specific type of patienthood promoted."
@eanam38 writes about the use of ear acupuncture to treat substance addiction. Read more here:
https://t.co/oZOJLhOWL3