
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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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…


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


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


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/)




🎉 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…


Amazing work! Well deserved honor! Mighty proud of you boo! Keep soaring! Dr. Ijeoma Opara ysph.yale.edu/news-article/i…



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


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!!



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



She’s a grad! Thank you for a wonderful 2 years Yale School of Public Health ! Here’s to a few more years and another degree!! #mph #mphgrad #graduation2025 #yale2025

