A huge congratulations to @amara_pj, the newest doctor in the AkbarianLab fam! #mdphd #doubledocs SinaiMSTP

Huge landmark! 👏👏👏 Very happy that Hi-C-based scaffolding played a part in this remarkable achievement

Stimulating discussion tonight ACOG District 6 on how to address "double discrimination" in gynecologic surgery. Hopeful for continued advocacy in #obgyn to cross-pollinate training across surgical specialties for our patients' benefits and our own! journals-lww-com.eresources.mssm.edu/greenjournal/A…

Since the link in my previous tweet doesn’t work (oops!), here’s a summary of the article from one of the authors herself. Definitely worth a read! #obgyntwitter #paygap

50% of US women of reproductive age forgo needed care due to costs; 50% have at least one medical bill problem; >50/100000 maternal deaths per live births for US Black women. And we wonder why patients are "distrustful", "unreliable"? We MUST do better. commonwealthfund.org/publications/i…

The number of times I hear “wow, you must be crazy for wanting to do that” when I say I want to do OBGyn from others in medicine is getting old. It is frustrating how often the only medical field dedicated solely to women’s health is stereotyped+talked down on. #obgyntwitter

The challenges of #OB research...here is a reviewer comment on a grant reviewed by non-OBGYN on a study proposing an intervention in labor. "I have concerns about the mental state of the patients who will be approached...I worry about the optics." 1/

Repetitive DNA in disease science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

In Alabama, the penalty for getting an abortion after you are raped is more severe than the penalty for raping someone. How fucked up is that?

Join us on May 26 at 12pm for "My Career in Gender Affirming Surgery: the Long and Winding Road" featuring Dr. Marci Bowers Marci bowers Register today: tinyurl.com/Bowers2022 Institute for Health Equity Research

An excellent, accessible overview on the far-reaching consequences of reversing Roe vs. Wade: nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

My first piece for The New Yorker: What the likely fall of Roe v. Wade will mean for the next generation of obstetricians. The big question of the piece: Should there be space for pro-life medical students and residents in OBGYN? newyorker.com/news/annals-of…

We are so scared as a society about talking and educating openly about what really happens to women’s bodies after delivery and it is absolutely because we are afraid that with more information more women would forego motherhood. That is a concept people just can’t cope with.

Today I signed a bill into law that will make period products free in Hawai'i's public schools. It's simple. No child should be forced to miss class because they can't afford period products and need to stay home. Thanks to all who helped make this bill a reality for our kids.

Fear is powerful and politics continues to find manipulative uses for it. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Today's ruling is a political act of reproductive coercion. Plain and simple. #AbortionIsHealthcare

Researchers Marija Kundakovic @MjordanRowley Devin Rocks Fordham University UNMC Dept of Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy show 3D chromatin structure in the mouse brain differs between males and females, undergoing dynamic remodeling during female ovarian cycle. #3Dgenome #EstrousCycle #FemaleBrain go.nature.com/3P4GaAL

Appreciation to The New York Times New York Times Opinion ACOG ACOG Ohio SMFM nytimes.com/2022/07/05/opi…

IVG = IVF 2.0. Incredible! npr.org/sections/healt…

Matneral healthcare should not stop at the time of discharge. Hoping these tech tools can help bridge this wide gap.