We are here in anticipation of the #IDWeek2022 plenary session! Excited to learn about what is hot in ID and see new and old friends this week

The [insert any non English language here]-speaking family deserves to know your assessment and plan of their sick child just as much as the English speaking family next door. High volumes is not an excuse! Use. An. Interpreter. Every. Time.

We are so excited to welcome our incoming BCM ID Fellowship Fellows! We can't wait for you to join us in the dynamic and exciting field of ID! ⚡️ Prathit Kulkarni, MD

The Diploma of Tropical Medicine BCM_TropMed bringing together new friends--ID fellows and global women's health fellows bonding over trop med and global health! @TSepulvedaMD @JillWeather Eva Clark

Attending conferences as a deaf person comes with a whole slew of accessibility & inclusion issues. While most people feel excitement, I feel anxiety. As I prepare to present at the AAAS Annual Meeting with several colleagues on STEM sign language, here are my thoughts over the years:

🚨Clinical trial alert🚨 We are screening participants from endemic regions for Chagas disease. Those that qualify will be enrolled in a clinical trial using a new therapy that is much less toxic than the current treatment. Please contact for more details. BCM_TropMed

Live parasites at the BCM_TropMed vaccine center! Ascaris suum (large roundworm of pigs) is a parasitic nematode that can infect and cause ascariasis in pigs. Human can also get infected, by ingesting food contaminated with infective eggs from this parasite. @JillWeather

This was a major full circle moment, as I was exposed to this amazing field as an undergraduate by Dr Bruce Christensen at UW–Madison 🪱❤️

Today we’re graduating our 10th class (10 years) of our Baylor National School of Tropical Medicine ⁦BCM_TropMed⁩ ⁦Texas Children’s Global Health⁩ Summer Tropical Medicine Institute in conjunction with ⁦Baylor University⁩ Univ and their undergraduate health and science majors

I learned about qPCR basics today thanks to Yifan--excited to apply all my new knowledge! @JillWeather BCM_TropMed

Thanks so much to Texas DSHS for allowing us to present these important diseases today! Awareness is key in beginning to combat this problem

I didn't get testing accoms until my USMLE exams but I have experienced these exact hurdles--it is exhausting

It was so fun to walk people between the posters for the full clinical and epidemiological experience!

As I sit down today for my weekly review of filarial infections I am excited to break out my new Christmas present--a mug heavily inspired by Dr. Glaucomflecken Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!

When your mentors love worms, this is how you show appreciation! @JillWeather and Eva Clark have been incredible role models and working with them is a literal dream come true

#Cysticercosis is an infection caused by the pork #tapeworm, common in #LatinAmerica. Sarah Gunter Megan Duffey, MD et al found evidence that it's also present in #Texas. #NeglectedTropicalDisease BCMHouston BCM_TropMed Maria Elena Bottazzi Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) mdpi.com/2076-0817/13/1…