Taylor Harrell (she/her)

PGY-1 @washuem | @icahnmountsinai & @spelmancollege Grad | Previous @cdcgov Fellow

Leadership + equity + community building are my jams. My views only.

[Taylor Harrell (she/her) @tm_harrell]

6/6 night shifts completed for the week ✅

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Sixty years ago, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom showed us what's possible when ordinary people come together to push for change. Now it’s up to all of us to protect and build on that progress, and create a better future for generations to come.

[Taylor Harrell (she/her) @tm_harrell]

Phenomenal talk today by @Ashlea_Danielle on the WHY & the HOW of advancing equity within medicine at @WUSTL_EM’s Larry Lewis Symposium.

“As long as I know I’m doing right by people, I choose to speak up. I’ve gotten comfortable with making other people uncomfortable.”

[Taylor Harrell (she/her) @tm_harrell]

Grateful to the @medgradwishlist platform that supports the bridge between med school & residency. An important issue that institutions + residency programs should be talking about, especially for #firstgen students who greatly benefit from sponsorship. https://t.co/HjinxLkPuj

[Chase Anderson, MD, MS (K.C. Ardem) 🦸🏽‍♂️🏳️‍🌈 @ChaseTMAnderson]

Normalize making the path easier for those who follow after you.

[Taylor Harrell (she/her) @tm_harrell]

Couldn't have done any of it without the support and PRESSURE applied by so many, including you! Activism is gorgeous, but it's even more phenomenal when it is collaborative.

[Paloma Orozco Scott @porozcos]

Wanna s/o my school's SNMA @tm_harrell (President) & many others who almost 1yr ago wrote a MASSIVE doc outlining transformational anti-racist changes for @IcahnMountSinai @MountSinaiNYC . 1yr later that letter is DRIVING the changes at my school. Student activism is gorgeous 💕

[Paloma Orozco Scott @porozcos]

Wanna s/o my school's SNMA @tm_harrell (President) & many others who almost 1yr ago wrote a MASSIVE doc outlining transformational anti-racist changes for @IcahnMountSinai @MountSinaiNYC . 1yr later that letter is DRIVING the changes at my school. Student activism is gorgeous 💕

[Terence Hughes, MD (he/him) @TerenceM_Hughes]

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Thank you @CarinaSeah @porozcos @StaciLeisman for showing us how advocacy can change our entire health system in months.

One fewer example of race-based medicine here, effective today!

[Taylor Harrell (she/her) @tm_harrell]

Sharing intellectual capital and lived experiences with other Black women gives me so much fuel in a time of so much uncertainty.

[Taylor Harrell (she/her) @tm_harrell]

After finishing a chat with Black women's health champion, Dr. Fleda Mask Jackson, I'm overwhelmed with gratitude for the giants that have laid the foundation for me to do the work that I am so passionate about. Soaking up all of her gems. Did I mention she's a Spelman alumna? 😍

[Terence Hughes, MD (he/him) @TerenceM_Hughes]

My least favorite email I received so far today was from a colleague (at another medical school) linking to an article co-written with their parent (a professor themselves). When curiosity got the best of me, I found this wasn't the first time they've published together. (1/X)

[Paloma Orozco Scott @porozcos]

Futures in Science and Medicine 101: Underrepresented in Science and Medicine Chat with Current Latinx Medical Students @Northeast_LMSA Share widely & RSVP here for 11/11 5PM EST https://t.co/44V5VHhuvx

[Taylor Harrell (she/her) @tm_harrell]

After missing class today, I received this email from my small group preceptor who is also a [bomb] Black woman in medicine. I feel seen, validated, and cared for. Sometimes it is as simple as pressing send on that email.

[HaamidMD @HaamidtheMD]

🔥 This thread on gun violence. Communities of color need resources that address the many opportunities that were stripped from them. Your perspective is valued and needed in the field of medicine. .. come on and graduate 😊 #innercity #gunviolence #mysoror

[Dr. Sealy-Jefferson @Dr_S_Jefferson]

my video was off for the whole meeting until I posted this. I decided to turn my video on and show them my puffy red eyes & tears and let them feel my broken heart. Anti-Black racism is not abstract/ conceptual. It's real and it's killing ALL OF US.

[Taylor Harrell (she/her) @tm_harrell]

To survive in these communities that have been so under-resourced, overlooked, and belittled is one of the deepest acts of political warfare to exist. Growing up in the *hood* taught me everything I know about life: persistence is a tool of resistance. Keep going, no matter what.

[Taylor Harrell (she/her) @tm_harrell]

Where I'm from, all of my friends (& myself) have either been directly affected by or know someone who was killed by gun violence. It is not a "flaw" fueled by "Black inadequacy." It's driven by a system designed to strip generations of people from opportunity & economic success.

[Taylor Harrell (she/her) @tm_harrell]

Black men who participate in gun crimes were once young Black boys who were repeatedly told "they'd never make it out [of poverty]" unless they became rappers or professional athletes. We can't discuss guns in Black communities without also talking about disparities in education.