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Dear medical schools, Sympathy statement? Check. WhiteCoats protest? Check. Anti-racism in your admissions & education? 1. Have you asked the Black communities you "serve" how best to support their children so they can become the health professionals at your medical center? 1/

This ride and these young people are so inspiring! Follow them as they ride across the country this summer to raise funds and awareness for AYA cancer!

I wish I had shared this yesterday during #ShareTheMicNowMed when I had Atul Grover, MD, PhD’s platform, but I’m sure there are a few people out there that may see this and feel motivated to like & retweet after listening. Think on this some, if you haven’t thought of this before...

Recently, an International PhD student submitted an application for a position I have open. Their pitch to me in their cover letter is "I don't have an accent". 💔 Let's just end the assumption that having an accent = lack of skills or intelligence. K. Thnx. Academic Chatter™

If you are a clinician who used telemedicine this year, please consider sharing your experience. This 10 min. survey will inform the design of future technologies to support remote care. Bonus: At the end we show the responses of other clinicians — they are fascinating to read!

Broadband internet access is a social determinant of health! ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.210…

📣Every year we host an Academic Job Search Bootcamp for our postdocs. This year we invite postdocs from other Institutions who are members of historically underrepresented and underserved groups in the biomedical sciences. Apply by August 5 at: tinyurl.com/MSKbootcamp

I really can’t explain how deeply upsetting the #MedBikini inciting article is. I’m probably shouting into an echo chamber, but in case anyone out there is a little 🤷🏻‍♂️, let me explain: 1/n

The numerous expert designers (and technologists!) who are not wealthy and/or educationally privileged white non-disabled cis men have often been ignored, their labor appropriated, and their stories erased from the history of tech and design.

TOMORROW AMP Speaker Sasha Costanza-Chock will be joined by Natsai Audrey Chieza and Céline Semaan for a Making With Life conversation on community-led practices for design, biology, and technology. Register: eventbrite.com/e/ferment-tv-0… #biologicalfutures #communitydesign #designjustice

“I want you to know that in the last days and hours of my life you inspired me,” wrote Representative John Lewis, who penned this essay shortly before his death on July 17. We are publishing it today, on the day of his funeral. nyti.ms/2DnprJ2

We decided in March to take any excuse for a celebration. Happy half birthday kid!

Seconded. My kids are half Indian. I talked to my son and he said “there aren’t many people like me and now one might be Vice President!” And my daughter might grow up never thinking this isn’t just how things are. That one brings tears to my eyes. Thanks @SenKamalaHarris!

And... day 5 of classes, UNC reports COVID19 clusters in two residence halls. (I feel important to note that the university did not test students upon return to campus.) x.com/dailytarheel/s…

Recently there's been lots of interest in alternatives to law enforcement. Many have also expressed concern about recent increases in violent crime. So: what non-law enforcement policies/programs have been shown specifically to reduce *violent crime*? A thread:

Definitely a researcher to watch!