Congratulations on your fellowship. Good luck with your health insurance / retirement / etc. now that you’re classified as a fellow and not an employee ✨

This is actually so cool 🤩

Don’t you just love it when there’s data and evidence to back up the “well duh” claims we mostly accept as truth, but there’s always those naysayers and deniers for inexplicable reasons 🫠

It’s the best time of the year 🥰

Getting accommodations is often arduous, taking months and multiple doctors visits to get the verbiage just right. Meanwhile your first term may be swirling down the drain because of the delays. What's more "fair" and "rigorous" about denying access/accommodations? Ugh, gross.

University of Washington biochemist David Baker has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work designing new proteins that can neutralize viruses, target cancer cells, and more. Read more from @uwmedicine: go.uw.edu/2024NobelPrize #NobelPrize #GoHuskies

Really cool funding opportunity to study the human virome!

Assistive devices are for everyone who needs them 💜

What’s it like to have joints with proper ligament tension that aren’t a constant threat to your pain levels and safety from their looseness? Hmmm? A reality I’ll apparently never know 😩🤡🤣🤪

Happy Halloween 💜

It’s easy to feel jaded in the scientific environment, but sometimes you come across something that’s just so cool. Brings a smile to my face. Reminds me why I love this field.

Every person should be able to live free from violence and discrimination. On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember those who have been lost to anti-trans violence. We will continue to stand against bigotry and hate.

The English PhD discourse is basically a Rorschach test. You see how few people understand what goes into a doctorate. You see how few people think about the humanities as a key to being human. It's really sad to see people reduce all education to its market value. I don't want

How many times have y’all refreshed live.house.gov in the past ~36 hours?! 🤪

In all the chaos around us, I take comfort in the Maryland Zoo naming their penguin chicks after cheese. Gouda is probably my favorite 😍

Register for #RDDatFDANIH, Feb 27-28, 2025 to learn about the global impact of #RareDiseases and how NCATS & U.S. FDA are addressing these challenges. RSVP for this hybrid event here: go.nih.gov/CaSKChZ #FDA #NIH #RareDiseases

I have the utmost respect for Drs. Tabak and Lauer & I feel lucky to have been on the NIH beat when their leadership was evident. It’s a great loss for the community, and wishing all of my colleagues who are actively funded by NIH and in science policy the best during this time.

Celebrate disabled joy through art! Join us at the Disability Pride Art Lab on Sat, Feb 22 at 2 PM (MLK Library). Create, connect, and submit your masterpiece for a Fall 2025 exhibit! Presented with Georgetown's Disability Cultural Center. Register here: bit.ly/4gjrkTW

Did you know that, while individual #RareDiseases impact small numbers of people, there are so many types that, overall, having a #RareDisease isn't a rare experience? Rare is everywhere! 🌍 NORD is making #RareDiseaseDay visible—get more facts and help spread awareness using

My face every time I’m cold called.