dr. christine liu ✨刘天晴
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🧠 postdoc @ UCSF studying psilocybin
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07-02-2013 00:11:48
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Youtube livestream for today's #NeuroRacism Panel:
#BlackInNeuroWeek
youtube.com/watch?v=inYtc5…
Tune in right now via Youtube (we hit the 500 zoom capacity!!) and follow our panelists!
David Hodge Augustin Hodge, Sr.
@PainGuruDC
Tony Black
Jordan Harrod
Oliver Rollins
moderators: De-Shaine Murray, PhD 👑👩🏽🔬Dr. Mother of Astrocytes, PhD🧠🧬
#NeuroRacism #BlackInNeuroWeek
'Race is not a risk factor, racism is a risk factor' - @PainGuruDC on how medical settings should frame the impact of a patient's race on their treatment.
#NeuroRacism #BlackInNeuroWeek
Now David Hodge Augustin Hodge, Sr. is discussing J. Marion Sims' refusal to give Black women anesthesia during painful surgeries despite it being available.
(Only just a few years ago did the scientific enterprise defend his statue in Central Park: theatlantic.com/science/archiv…)
The Tuskegee experiments have marred the trust of Black people in medicine/science and this has hindered participation of Black patients in clinical trials, furthering disparities in health-related research. How can the scientific & medical communites regain trust?
#NeuroRacism
10-20% Medical students believe Black patients have thicker skin and less sensitive nerve endings. Med schools have to teach and re-teach the racialized programming that students have been exposed to.
#NeuroRacism