Dr. Ijeoma Opara (@ijeomaoparaphd) 's Twitter Profile
Dr. Ijeoma Opara

@ijeomaoparaphd

Associate Professor @yale | Director of @thesashlab |PhD in FSHD alum @montclairstateu | MSW Alum @NYUSilver | MPH Alum @nymedcollege

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Dr. Tiara C. Willie (@tiaracwillie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🧵 Thread: 5 Lessons I’ve Learned from Almost 5 Years with an NIH K01 Grant that got a 12 Impact Score🎓💡 #AcademicTwitter #PublicHealth

The SASH Lab at Yale (@thesashlab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Congratulations to our lab director Dr. Ijeoma Opara and postdoc and Dr. Jaleah Rutledge, on receiving the ASCEND research grant to conduct research in Alabama on reproductive health among Black girls and women! Link to article here: ysph.yale.edu/news-article/n…

The SASH Lab at Yale (@thesashlab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As an initiative of the Dreamer Girls Project, we implore you to embrace your beauty, intelligence, and strength. Walk in your truth with pride, and remember: confidence isn’t about being perfect, it’s about believing in yourself, even when things feel uncertain!

As an initiative of the Dreamer Girls Project, we implore you to embrace your beauty, intelligence, and strength. Walk in your truth with pride, and remember: confidence isn’t about being perfect, it’s about believing in yourself, even when things feel uncertain!
Emmanuella Asabor, PhD (@emmanuellamdphd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Delighted to share I passed my doctoral defense: officially Emmanuella Asabor, PhD✨ I would not be here, 8 years into this MD-PhD, without the grace of God & the support of my mentors Dr. Ijeoma Opara & loved ones Tony Okolo, MD Next stop, MD 👩🏾‍⚕️🥳 #womeninSTEM #blackdoctors

Delighted to share I passed my doctoral defense: officially Emmanuella Asabor, PhD✨

I would not be here, 8 years into this MD-PhD, without the grace of God &amp; the support of my mentors <a href="/IjeomaOparaPHD/">Dr. Ijeoma Opara</a> &amp; loved ones <a href="/Dr_Warhel/">Tony Okolo, MD</a> 

Next stop, MD 👩🏾‍⚕️🥳 #womeninSTEM #blackdoctors
Jasmin Brooks Stephens, Ph.D. (@drjbstephens) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I am so proud to announce I have been named to the 2025 Forbes Under 30 list in Healthcare! I never could have imagined my dream to empower my community would bring me here. To my husband, family, friends, and community—thank you. This achievement is OURS. #ForbesUnder30

I am so proud to announce I have been named to the 2025 <a href="/ForbesUnder30/">Forbes Under 30</a> list in Healthcare!

I never could have imagined my dream to empower my community would bring me here.  

To my husband, family, friends, and community—thank you. This achievement is OURS.
#ForbesUnder30
Kene Mezue (@drkene) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Yay! MATCHED! I'll be staying Yale Cardiology for Electrophysiology fellowship in my final stage of medical training! Very grateful to my mentors and family for their support 🙏🏾 (1/)

Yay! MATCHED!

I'll be staying <a href="/YaleCardiology/">Yale Cardiology</a> for Electrophysiology fellowship in my final stage of medical training! Very grateful to my mentors and family for their support 🙏🏾 (1/)
Dr. Ijeoma Opara (@ijeomaoparaphd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I am in AWE! Just found out that I received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)! Thank you NIH NIH Common Fund for the nomination and for recognizing my work. I am beyond grateful 🙏🏾 whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-upda…

Yale Program in Addiction Medicine (@yaleadm) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎉 Congrats to Dr. Ijeoma Opara & Ayana “Get out & Vote” Jordan on receipt of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists & Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the US gov't on outstanding scientists & engineers early in their careers. Well deserved! whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-upda…

Dr. Ijeoma Opara (@ijeomaoparaphd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thank you Peter Obi for highlighting us! It’s one thing to be honored by President Donald J. Trump and receive the PECASE but it’s another to receive so much praise from Nigerian dignitaries! 🙏🏾

Dr. Ijeoma Opara (@ijeomaoparaphd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So good to see that prevention science is working! Let’s not go backwards and keep working to support drug use prevention efforts for youth! “Monitoring the Future Survey’ finds continual decline in drug usage in adolescents” michigandaily.com/news/research/…

Emmanuella Asabor, PhD (@emmanuellamdphd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My heart is so full🤎 Thrilled to share I matched at Harvard for dermatology residency! Harvard Medical School Combined Derm Program Grateful to God for His grace, @dr_warhel for his love, my parents for their sacrifice, my brother for his faith, and my village for their support #Match2025 #dermtwitter

My heart is so full🤎

Thrilled to share I matched at Harvard for dermatology residency! <a href="/HMSCombinedDerm/">Harvard Medical School Combined Derm Program</a>

Grateful to God for His grace, @dr_warhel for his love, my parents for their sacrifice, my brother for his faith, and my village for their support

#Match2025 #dermtwitter
Nimisha Srikanth (@srikanthnimisha) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I am proud to announce that I’ll be staying at Yale School of Public Health for my PhD in Public Health! I am honored to be an NIMH T-32 Predoctoral Fellow in the Yale AIDS Prevention Training Program housed in CIRA at Yale Univ. . So excited to continue my work with Dr. Ijeoma Opara and The SASH Lab at Yale!!

I am proud to announce that I’ll be staying at <a href="/YaleSPH/">Yale School of Public Health</a> for my PhD in Public Health! I am honored to be an NIMH T-32 Predoctoral Fellow in the Yale AIDS Prevention Training Program housed in <a href="/CIRAatYale/">CIRA at Yale Univ.</a> . So excited to continue my work with <a href="/IjeomaOparaPHD/">Dr. Ijeoma Opara</a> and <a href="/thesashlab/">The SASH Lab at Yale</a>!!
The SASH Lab at Yale (@thesashlab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Last, but certainly not least, it’s time to honor our incredible leader for the SASH Lab Women’s History Month Roll Call! . Meet Dr. Ijeoma Opara, an Associate Professor at Yale School of Public Health and the visionary Director of The SASH Lab. Dr. Opara’s impact is undeniable!

Last, but certainly not least, it’s time to honor our incredible leader for the SASH Lab Women’s History Month Roll Call! 
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Meet Dr. Ijeoma Opara, an Associate Professor at Yale School of Public Health and the visionary Director of The SASH Lab. Dr. Opara’s impact is undeniable!
Kene Mezue (@drkene) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thrilled to present our research at #ACC25 today! We showed that low tissue Doppler vel is associated with stroke in <65 yr, CHADSVasc 0 pts. Very grateful for my co-authors and mentors for their support!🙏🏾 Yale Cardiology Richa Sharma, MD, MPH Kamil Faridi MD MSc Ehimen Aneni ernest madu James V. Freeman

Thrilled to present our research at #ACC25 today! 

We showed that low tissue Doppler vel is associated with stroke in &lt;65 yr, CHADSVasc 0 pts. Very grateful for my co-authors and mentors for their support!🙏🏾

<a href="/YaleCardiology/">Yale Cardiology</a> 
<a href="/RichaSharmaMD/">Richa Sharma, MD, MPH</a>
<a href="/kfaridiMD/">Kamil Faridi MD MSc</a>
<a href="/ehianeni/">Ehimen Aneni</a>
<a href="/maduec/">ernest madu</a>
<a href="/jfreeMD/">James V. Freeman</a>
Nathaniel Bassey (@nathanielblow) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My Bro/Sis, you see that thing you’ve been waiting on God for and almost thinking it would never happen, eh? very soon, much sooner than you think, It will happen. And you will come back to this particular tweet, to say “IT HAS HAPPENED.” IN JESUS’ NAME. You are blessed !