A white woman just told me she loves that I have the confidence to wear my natural hair. I told her, I love the fact that she’s confident enough to wear hers too. She got the point. Very quickly.

Writing secondary essays for med admissions is hard. Now on CycleTrack.org, an essay order tool that uses historic data to help applicants match the pace of the admissions cycle at the programs they apply to! #MedEd #MedTwitter #Premed More dets: reddit.com/r/premed/comme…

❇️ Surgical residents & fellows who identify as Underrepresented in Medicine: we want to hear from you 🗣 📍We’re conducting a research study about factors contributing to your success & challenges faced 🔗Click link 4 more info redcap.link/URMsuccess

📌 Improvement efforts in recruitment of #LatinasInMedicine has not helped increase the % of Latina physicians in the U.S 🤔Why is this the case? Come 🔍 our findings! 🔗10.1186/s12909-023-04982-y

Check out 2023 National Latino Physician Day Event on October 1st at Stanford youtu.be/yZiNT1CRyJY?si… Every med school and hospital should have a institutionally supported live event! 6% is not enough for our Latino patient population #medtwitter #nationallatinophysicianday

✅ Clerkship rotation #1 Now it's time for Emergency Medicine, so #MedTwitter what should I be ready for??? #DoubleDocs #LatinasInMedicine

On our return to #EmMonday, we’re highlighting the Drosophila larval NMJ from Briana Christophers, PhD, Mary Baylies, et al. The images show defects in post-synaptic actin organisation and the synaptic cleft. 📖Development: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/15…

Muscle cofilin alters neuromuscular junction postsynaptic development to strengthen functional neurotransmission Read this Research Article by Briana Christophers, PhD, Mary Baylies and colleagues Tri-I MD-PhD Weill Cornell GSMS Weill Cornell Medicine Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/15…

Friday we posted our paper’s findings on experiences faced by #LatinasInMedicine. Many faced instances of discrimination and micro aggressions. Provided our large community we wanted to open a conversation on the topic.

And national scholarships are open!! Don’t miss out on moneys!!!

Trying to improve my gift-giving game. Lab member is leaving us soon to start med school! 🙌 How do we feel about the golden pipette?

National Latino Physician Day! Join us for NLPD 2024 - Our Biggest Year Ever! 6% is not enough. Did you know that only 6% of physicians are Latino or Latina in the United States, despite the country being made up of 19% Latino? California has an even higher Latino population

● 6% is not enough ● ¡Necesitamos más! ● ¡Juntos podemos! Did you know that only 6% of physicians are Latino/a? In the United States the population is 19% Latino/an and in California the number is 39%.

Hello everyone happy Monday! Keeping up our discussion theme, we want to open up on the prompt of depression, anxiety and burnout. Our study found that #LatinasInMedicine experience these feelings at high rates.

Prepping for interviews? Check out our updated Applicant FAQ from the Virtual Content Committee! It comes complete with all the info you'll need for a successful dual-degree application cycle. Link here: tinyurl.com/APSAApplicantG…

With July coming to a close we are nearing the end of Mental Health Month. Given the themes discussed we wanted to take the time to provide fun mental health tips and some reminders. Do what is right for you! And remember you are all amazing, every advancement is progress!

when someone asks how long I’ll be in training for md phd program + residency #mdphd #doubledocs #MedTwitter

A month after our #DivSum24 with our partners @BWFund, we miss our #doubledocs participants from all stages of training! Keep an eye out for works summarizing future initiatives in #JEDI, and thanks to the APSA and @BWFundteam members that made this event possible!

Checking 123🎤🎤🎤 Anyone interested in being interviewed by #LatinasInMedicine? We are bringing back mini interviews aimed at spotlighting a member of our community, what their interests in medicine are, and their path. Anyone can join and be interviewed over instagram and X. Dm us!

🚨 ACR 128: California Latino and Latina Physician Day! 🚨 We’re excited to announce that this measure has unanimously passed, designating October 1, 2024, as the first-ever California Latino and Latina Physician Day! A huge thank you to Assemblymember Dr. Joaquin Arambula for