✨ Vernie Leigh (she/her)

Genetic counsellor. Here for things that make me go '!!!' & learning to take up space. 🏳️‍🌈 #GeneChat. #HealthEquity. #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs. #Healthcrits.

[Lydia Jennings, Ph.D. @1NativeSoilNerd]

"Indigenous-led research also requires addressing the well-documented institutional barriers that limit full participation and visibility of Indigenous worldviews. Certain embedded protocols may be at odds with Indigenous ethics, values, and processes."
https://t.co/47lWpoGkIC

[✨ Vernie Leigh (she/her) @verleigh_]

So privileged to be playing a role in doing the hard and necessary work of pushing the genetic health equity agenda in 🇨🇦 with the Bombard Lab!: https://t.co/Hywl0NXMET

[✨ Vernie Leigh (she/her) @verleigh_]

@Matt_Tschirgi Great q- in my program & placements I was taught "where in the world is your family from before immigrating to X"; which deals with geographical ancestry & isn't all that helpful clinically (w/ obvious exceptions). Pts reply to that q in diff ways too, sometimes w/ ethnicity.

[✨ Vernie Leigh (she/her) @verleigh_]

Today is #StomachCancer Awareness Day! Here's a pic of my pup enjoying the #PowerofPeriwinkle CN tower during our walk. So incredibly lucky to collaborate and work with @mygutfeelingca on multiple research projects at the @YvonneBombard lab💜✨

[✨ Vernie Leigh (she/her) @verleigh_]

@cinemagenes The yearly diagnosis 😂

[✨ Vernie Leigh (she/her) @verleigh_]

Fb memories brought back this gem. Brb, calling my friends to tell them how grateful I am: "Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people."

[✨ Vernie Leigh (she/her) @verleigh_]

@mixing808 I've virtually attended ELSIcon (https://t.co/ufqkMKt1bb) and thought the presentations were great!

[✨ Vernie Leigh (she/her) @verleigh_]

@Charlene_Preys Yes absolutely! I’ll connect over DM :)

[✨ Vernie Leigh (she/her) @verleigh_]

Come talk about equitable research practices with me at PB2391 ✨ #ASHG2023

[✨ Vernie Leigh (she/her) @verleigh_]

@LesbianLynchie Ugh, I absolutely feel you. 😵‍💫

[✨ Vernie Leigh (she/her) @verleigh_]

Received my official transcript and am graduating with distinction 🥳 closing a chapter with @cardiffuni; grateful for a remote GC program; and cautiously optimistic about what the future brings. ✨

[Ben Phillips @benphillips76]

“Thanks everyone for comments on the draft, here it is revised with all your edits.”

[interACT @interACT_adv]

First it was sex traits, genitals, then gonads, then chromosomes, then the SRY gene. For decades, the medical industry has tried to chase down & determine the "true sex" of #intersex people—to be assigned a sex & mutilated to fit it. Stop the hunt for "true sex." Let us exist.

[✨ Vernie Leigh (she/her) @verleigh_]

Sending good luck and calm vibes to friends writing the ABGC/ CAGC board exam today! ✨❤️ #GeneChat

[✨ Vernie Leigh (she/her) @verleigh_]

Pride month this year holds an extra special place in my heart. To the difficult work it's taken to get here, and the radical acceptance that is still a work in progress- there's a lot to celebrate. #PrideMonth 🏳️‍🌈 #Pride #Pride2023

[✨ Vernie Leigh (she/her) @verleigh_]

@MegaRedd @nkrberman Thank you!

[✨ Vernie Leigh (she/her) @verleigh_]

#GeneChat are there folks who have introduced GC to diff hospital units (eg. MFM, neuro) & particularly w/i primary care that wouldn't mind chatting with me? 😊

[George Mack @george__mack]

What is ignored by the media -- but will be studied by historians?

8 more examples:

[Dr. Krystal Tsosie, PhD, MPH @kstsosie]

Envisioning Indigenous people shouting on a global conference call to biomedical researchers: 🧬

Happy DNA Day!