In order of acquisition. Outspoken Guyanese/Jamaican Girl. American. Woman. Scientist. Wife. BRCA2. Mother. Physician. Dermatologist. Principal Investigator.
Somatic mutations accumulate in ānormalā non-cancerous tissues (blood, skin, liver). But why are mutant clones selected? Do they merely proliferate more, selfishly? Or can clones adapt to disease? Could they protect tissues? We shed light on this: authors.elsevier.com/a/1gua9⦠1/10
In a 1966 Gallup poll, #MLK was rated āunfavorableā by 2/3 of Americans. Today, we revere his legacy while the injustices he fought persistāespecially healthcare injustice. I propose solutions in my forthcoming book #TheBodiesKeepComing#MLKWeekend#MLKDay#BookRecommendations
We want to give a HUUUGE congratulations to Dr.@BeingBethK Smith for successfully defending her thesis this past #Halloween! It was a full house, so you know her impact on campus was great! Gooo Bethany!! #TAAASatUTSW
A generous donation from the Perot family will allow for expansion of the Medical Scientist Training Program at UTSW! We are ecstatic to share this news, as the endowment will further develop of the program, and its' students scope of research.
Read more: bit.ly/3sYyozb
In the last yr Iāve heard from several jr faculty offered #DEI positions. They are intrigued but skeptical. My advice: āif they are serious about #DEI there will be a budget & FTE release.ā This ad bluntly states āNo FTE will be provided.ā Cāmon #AMCs, we can & must do better. š¤¦š¾āāļø
The Mavs hosted a GEM all-girls summer camp this week. Beth Guilliams RN, our dermatology clinic manager, spoke to the girls about skin health, and she took a photo with Mavs player Maxi Kleber!
Early life host-microbe interactions in skin. @LauraDwyer80 @ScharschmidtLab discuss attributes of #infant#skin as well as endogenous & exogenous factors that shape its relationship to early life cutaneous #microbiome, w/a focus on clinical implications cell.com/cell-host-microbe/fā¦
Excited to share my labās new paper. Leah's thesis work is finally together! Why does a hug feel good or caressing touch facilitate sexual receptivity?
Identification of touch neurons underlying dopaminergic pleasurable touch and sexual receptivity biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/ā¦
One major barrier to advancing neonatal drug development is assessing severity of adverse events in already sick, hospitalized neonates. The @CPathInstitute INC has worked to develop & validate a neonate specific adverse event severity scale. Paper link:
rdcu.be/cxJP0
Reminder: diversity town hall is tonight! In addition to medical students, we welcome any dermatology faculty who want to help answer questions in our lives chat. There will plenty of high yield info presented :)
Nothing like a mid-day pep talk from my derm bestie @THTryon to get me through the day. Grateful for all the relationships this derm journey has allowed me to cultivateš„°
Vanessa Sperandio, PhD, an expert in the cellular interactions that take place between mammals and microbes, has been named the new Department Chair of Medical Microbiology & Immunology!
mmi.wisc.edu/vanessa-sperandā¦
Thrilled to be appointed faculty in @HarvardChanSPH's Immunology & Infectious Diseases Dept. The last year has been a "whirlwind", but through it all... I tapped into my purpose at the intersection of science *and* public health. And, at Harvard... I will "take it up a knotch".
We are so excited to be welcoming @KizzyPhD to @HarvardChanSPH as assistant professor in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, following more than six years as a research fellow at the @NIAIDNews Vaccine Research Center. hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-ā¦
My wife @DrCynthiaTG and @KizzyPhD joined me at a vaccine clinic sponsored by our church on May 8, 2021 that provided scheduled and walk-in options to the local community for being vaccinated with the Moderna-1273.