Andrea Lucia Alfonso (@andrealucia_a) 's Twitter Profile
Andrea Lucia Alfonso

@andrealucia_a

M2 MD/PhD Student @UWMSTP👩🏻‍⚕️👩🏻‍🔬 former Post-Bac Fellow @NIH @NIBIBgov, @Cornell ‘20🐻 @ccm_edu ‘18 Colombian 🇨🇴 immigrant

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Best post-doc mentor I could have ever asked for. She is going to make an AMAZING PI so if you’re looking for a post-bac position, she’s hiring! 🥳✨

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Bittersweet day yesterday. Congrats to Kaitlyn Sadtler, PhD for being the amazing scientist you are and thank you for believing in me this past year. Not goodbye but rather a see you soon❤️

Bittersweet day yesterday. Congrats to <a href="/KSadtler/">Kaitlyn Sadtler, PhD</a> for being the amazing scientist you are and thank you for believing in me this past year. Not goodbye but rather a see you soon❤️
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during my md phd interviews, a notable MDPhD told me “u cannot be a physician, a scientist, and a mother.” though i told him to stuff it and did not get into that school anyway, i cannot say that i have not though about it at least weekly ever since

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23 years later and… 1 GED 4 AS degrees 3 BS degrees 2 Masters 1 PhD (loading) 1 MD (loading) Today 23 years ago, we arrived to the United States with 2 suitcases and a dream for a safer life. Today, we have proved that we belong in this country and that nothing can stop us.

23 years later and…

1 GED
4 AS degrees
3 BS degrees 
2 Masters 
1 PhD (loading)
1 MD (loading)

Today 23 years ago, we arrived to the United States with 2 suitcases and a dream for a safer life. Today, we have proved that we belong in this country and that nothing can stop us.
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So great seeing Dean Golden and Dr. Kenney at the AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting. Thank you UW School of Medicine and Public Health for believing in and supporting our goal of becoming future physician scientists!

So great seeing Dean Golden and Dr. Kenney at the AAP/ASCI/<a href="/A_P_S_A/">APSA</a> Joint Meeting. Thank you <a href="/uwsmph/">UW School of Medicine and Public Health</a> for believing in and supporting our goal of becoming future physician scientists!
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Only 2.4% of physicians today are Latinas. Even less the number of Latina physician-scientists. Today we celebrate the hope for a more diverse future of medicine. 💉👩🏻‍⚕️🇨🇴 #nationallatinophysicianday #nationallatinaphysicianday #NLPD

Only 2.4% of physicians today are Latinas.
Even less the number of Latina physician-scientists.
Today we celebrate the hope for a more diverse future of medicine. 💉👩🏻‍⚕️🇨🇴
#nationallatinophysicianday #nationallatinaphysicianday
#NLPD
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From hip and knee replacements to stents, medical implants and devices can be life-changing. These surgically implanted materials can also cause complications because of how they influence the immune system. #NIH_IRP researchers discovered that under the right conditions, you can

From hip and knee replacements to stents, medical implants and devices can be life-changing. These surgically implanted materials can also cause complications because of how they influence the immune system. #NIH_IRP researchers discovered that under the right conditions, you can