
Tom Tam
@drtomtam
Environmental Toxicology Ph.D. | Staff Toxicologist @CaliforniaDTSC | Deaf & Hard-of-hearing STEM
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https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lok_Ming_Tam 13-08-2020 17:44:38
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The biggest barrier for hard-of-hearing/deaf people to succeed in science stems from stereotypes, misconceptions, and unconscious biases coming from the dominant hearing world. What to do? Find out more in our latest article by Tom Tam ecrlife.org/the-invisible-… Humanity & Inclusion U.S.

It's my pleasure working with Nele Haelterman for sharing the challenges of deaf scientists have in this blog article! Fighting the stereotype against deaf builds on understanding.ecrLife #EquityChat #Equity4Life Humanity & Inclusion U.S. Humanity & Inclusion UK #DiversityMatters x.com/ecr_life/statu…

It's my pleasure working with ecrLife and Nele Haelterman and this will explain why being a person with hearing loss/deafness can be particularly challenging in some cultures and societies.


How can we make scientific spaces more deaf accessible? Our Editorial (go.nature.com/3Q0JSOZ) collates resources & articles by The Mind Hears Ana Caicedo Michele Cooke Megan Majocha, PhD Ahmed Khalifa 🔉🦻🏾 (Moved to Bluesky) Tom Tam & others! #AcademicTwitter

My first ever publication is my NatRevMaterials piece about the #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship Program nature.com/articles/s4157… and it truly feels like a huge accomplishment to be recognized for all of my work towards inclusion in STEM!


New @NIEHS TaRGET II publication from #DoGoodSPi lab provides preliminary evidence that imprinted genes may be viable candidates in the search for epigenetic biomarkers of toxicant exposure in target tissues! Kai Wang Dr. Laurie Svoboda Dr. Marisa Bartolomei Justin Colacino @SartorM1

A writing proposal three years ago finally becomes a reality today! I recently published a paper about cytometry and biogerontology -- Deciphering the aging process through single‐cell cytometric technologies at Cytometry Part A. #URMC #deafscientist #CART onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cy…