Dr. Kayla J. Rayford

Scientist turned IP Professional. @MeharrySOGS PhD. @bowiestate Alumna. she/her. Tweets my own.

[Dr. Kayla J. Rayford @kaylainthelab]

Just had such a fulfilling convo with a mentor. Thankful for Black women who are always willing to reach back and mentor those behind them 🫶🏾

[Dr. Kayla J. Rayford @kaylainthelab]

Congrats, Dr. Simmons!

[3D bioprinting cancer lab @Cornell @DrSimmonsJr]

You are looking at the 2024 Harold D. West, Ph.D. Distinguished Biomedical Scientist Awardee @MeharryMedical. Coming back home for the 149th MMC convocation, y'all!!!

[Dr. Kayla J. Rayford @kaylainthelab]

@DrHazmatic 😂

[Elisa Granato @Prokaryota]

new PI's first faculty meeting

[Dr. Kayla J. Rayford @kaylainthelab]

Congratulations to my fellow #HCASC alum!

[Indonesia Jordan, PhD @isleofindonesia]

Newest addition to the 4% of Black Ph.D. recipients in neuroscience-related fields.

Allow me reintroduce myself my name is
Dr. Indonesia Alohn Jordan, Ph.D.

#PhinisheD

[Dr. Kayla J. Rayford @kaylainthelab]

@thesilvalab @All_NaturalT @DukeU Congrats to my colleague and friend, @All_NaturalT! 🥳🤩

[Silva Lab at Duke - @thesilvalab.bsky.social @thesilvalab]

We are super excited to welcome our newest lab member Dr. Tonie Farris (@All_NaturalT), who will be investigating molecular mechanisms and behaviors of ubiquitin-mediated diseases! Welcome to @DukeU !

[Myron Evans, PhD @myron_evansPhD]

The @EvansBrainLab hits the map with our first preprint! Can’t thank my co-authors enough for all of their help!

Now let’s get it published and the real celebration starts.. big shoutout to @kate_amato, @pbtrfseattle, @UnravelCancer, and @NCICancerBio for the funding.

[Antentor Othrell Hinton, Jr PhD (A.J. Hinton) @phdgprotein86]

When a Mentee becomes a Mentor! Congrats to my other postdoc, @HKbeasley on your co-senior with me (@AtHinton) mentoring is so important, and I am so proud of you. You took all three summer students last year under your wing and look what happened! It feels my heart with glee! @BlackinCancer @BlackInPhysio @BlackInCardio @blackinxnetwork @natblackpostdoc
Thank you to her funding @TheEndoSociety #FLARE @UNCF @EEJustLSSociety @BWFUND @amays_bwfund

Congrats to the co-first @bryanna_ys, Mason, & Ashton! Thank you @WileyGlobal Press @JCellularPhys!

Link: https://t.co/K18OqS0Hfd

Congrats @HKbeasley on such a high impact review in @CircRes as a co-author with Dr. Kirabo. I cannot wait for your first author with @annetkiraboc1 and @phdgprotein86 to be finished on salt sensitive hypertension. Congrats to @jmafolabi on your first author, @sepiso_masenga and thank you @annetkiraboc1 for your amazing mentorship!
Link: https://t.co/RayuBVW5p5

Thank you to my funding @cziscience @czi @BWFUND @UNCF @EEJustLSSociety

[Dr. Kayla J. Rayford @kaylainthelab]

@JSArceneaux91 Sooooo proud of you 😭🥹🥹

[dr. dilly dally @kaylaavibes]

And just like that…😭👩🏾‍🔬

[Dr. Kayla J. Rayford @kaylainthelab]

🥳🥳🥳 the future of parasitology is so bright 🤩

[Dr. Kayla J. Rayford @kaylainthelab]

Congrats, Evan!

[Sydney Jamison @_SydneyJamison]

What an honor!
😊 Thank you! @APSPhysiology @WEHsectionAPS @annetkiraboc1

[Dr. Kayla J. Rayford @kaylainthelab]

My fav scientist turned future law maker? 👀

[Dr. Kayla J. Rayford @kaylainthelab]

@KYT_ThatsME Congrats Dr. Taylor! 🥹🤎 excited to see your continued contribution to science 🧪⚗️👩🏾‍🔬

[Annet Kirabo D.V.M., M.Sc., Ph.D., F.A.H.A. @annetkiraboc1]

Today is National #WearRedDay - raising awareness that #CVD is a woman's No. 1 health threat!

What to do if you forgot to wear red:

1. Get all the ribbons from ⁦@AHAScience⁩ conferences
2. Put them around you neck
3. Find a red background
5. Take a selfie
6. Post👇🏿

[Prof. SP8 @IR_SP8]

Or…you can mill it. 🙌🏽 Speight Research Group at William & Mary chemistry research fair.

[3D bioprinting cancer lab @Cornell @DrSimmonsJr]

I wanted to share some of what my amazing students have been doing. 'Unsaturated fatty acid alters the immune response in non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma through regulation of HMGB1 trafficking' https://t.co/71Szp3xGHn

[Dr. Kayla J. Rayford @kaylainthelab]

Congratulations to my friend Dr. Ireti for defending her PhD yesterday! So so proud of you, and I’m excited for your next steps! @Lab_STEMinista #MeharryMade