Congrats to all those within the kidney community who were named among TIME's top 100 most influential people in global health!

A special shoutout to the co-chairs, Neil R. Powe and Cynthia Delgado, of the National Kidney Foundation / ASN Task Force on Reassessing the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing…

It’s time for our next PDS 📢📢

We bring you “Maximizing Well-being and Productivity: The Dual Power of Sleep” on May 22nd, 2024.

Sign up: eventbrite.com/e/maximizing-w…

Dementia disproportionately impacts older minoritized adults with kidney failure. This study found residing in or receiving care at dialysis facilities in high-segregation neighborhoods was linked to higher risk of dementia diagnosis bit.ly/JASN0359

Deidra Crews, MD, ScM, FASN, MACP

Can palliative care be given with curative treatment?

The earlier palliative care is brought up, the better the outcomes will be.
buff.ly/3vMu8b3

#PalliativeCare #PalliativeCare Services #ChronicIllness

Even when you’ve never done it before, you’re not an imposter.

What led me to start coaching others twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Differences in the epidemiology, management and outcomes of kidney disease in men and women go.nature.com/47jgYPr

All of us UW Medicine and in medicine more broadly should be talking about our loss of trainees and understanding the causes and fixing the systems that are pushing people out. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

This is so timely after the 2024 KDIGO CKD guidelines highlighted the role of pharmacist and medication safety for kidney care.

Brilliant innovation - peer support program for Black/African American dementia family caregivers - former caregivers serve as mentors to current caregivers.

Read about PI Karen Moss here generations.asaging.org/why-pair-2-car…

+ listen to GeriPal - A Geriatrics & Palliative Care Podcast pod: geripal.org/black-african-…

Our postdoc ad, for the UT Austin location, is up! For our (Vonetta Dotson Alexandra L. Clark Vince Calhoun @vcalhoun.bsky.social) NIA multi-year, multisite grant exploring the neurocognitive mechanisms of depression, memory impairment, and decline in racially and ethnically diverse adults. Apply/forward!

Setting goals and timelines isn’t always helpful

They don’t help when you use them as proof that you’re not cut out for this.

See my LinkedIn post for more gems

“Reducing unnecessary or inappropriate interventions and aligning the care we provide with patient priorities are at the core of my research agenda.”
-- #DrNancySchoenborn Johns Hopkins Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology

Read her #USDeNpeople interview:
deprescribingresearch.org/nancy-li-schoe…

#Deprescribing #OlderAdults

This probably isn’t everything that could cause trouble but a start at helping people with kidney disease be cautious about supplements

Selected herbal remedies & dietary supplements with evidence of potential nephrotoxicity, grouped by the continent 🌱☘️🍃🍄

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KDIGO #Nephrology

Coaching clients in their first R01 submission twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

🙏🏽 NINDS Diversity for including this Boricua in your 'Success Stories'! Proud of what we've accomplished and looking forward to more exciting science to follow 🇵🇷🧠🧬

Now if I could get Benito to support 🇵🇷 science while he's in Philly??🙄😬

Enjoyed sharing American Society of Nephrology's work 2 support researchers & advance inclusive excellence in medicine/biomed research today at the NIDDK Network of Minority Health Research Investigators annual meeting! Had 2 snag a photo w/ ASN NMRI Travel award recipients!

How was your day?

Me: Fine. ☹️ But I didn’t get everything done that I wanted to.

Have you ever gotten everything done that you wanted to?

Me: Never

Don’t let your list of things to do define your worth. What you got done was enough. Tomorrow is another day.

The academic grind is avoidable