Achieng
@achiengtago
MD. PGY2 @McMasterIntMed |WOC| passionate about #EDI #healthequity #advocacy #GlobalHealth | #art #theater #travel | lover of all things literary
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20-12-2015 02:19:31
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Important discussion at #CFMSGM2020 about how underrepresented groups in medicine can gain a seat at the #MedEd table through collaboration between Black Medical Students' Association of Canada and Canadian Medical Students showing that we can move #ForwardTogetherCFMS
Earth Day is a great reminder that as we battle one health crisis, we shouldn’t forget about the other major threat to public health. Terry Duguid how are you ensuring that sustainable initiatives remain a priority? #naturenurtures CFMS HEART 🌎
Four years ago today I was accepted into the U of M Rady Faculty. Getting in was an uphill journey, partly due to my inability to see myself there. Four years later, medical school classes still do not adequately reflect the patient population they serve. Let’s change that. #EDI
cc: everyone who ever told me I was too radical. 🍵 Also, for those who think anti-black racism is only an American thing, read The Skin We’re In by Rizzy Gillespie. #BlackinMedicine #BlackWomeninMedicine
Happy #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay! Today is a day to amplify Indigenous voices, celebrate Indigenous art, uphold Indigenous cultures & ways of knowing and recognize Indigenous rights & governance. Festive Bird by Pitseolak Ashoona via #WOMENSART.
Our paper on declining HIV prevalence in female sex workers in Nairobi pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33165030/ Achieng U of M Rady Faculty UofM Med Micro & ID SWOP-Kenya University of Nairobi
Can’t wait to work with Mercedes Lupo in reducing sedative hypnotics in the elderly. Congrats also to Rishi Sharma @tinazhou2020 for you grant!
I’m so excited to be part of a team that is utilizing research to advocate for better race based data collection...Congrats also to our incredible and supportive research supervisor Madeleine Verhovsek, MD FRCPC
Our very own @timosh99 Ping McMaster University Department of Medicine McMaster IM Residency Program McMaster Emerg Med Dr. Tim O’Shea makes sure Hamilton’s homeless have access to health care /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…