Many female academics are told not to apply for promotions, fellowships, grants, because they aren’t ready or won’t get the position. We need to be encouraging women to go for it. Don’t believe everything people tell you about you. Believe in yourself 1st. #AcademicChatter

COVID testing should still be free.

SDSU Alum Named 2024 Inductee in Susan M. Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame timesofsandiego.com/health/2024/07… via Times of San Diego. Disability Mentoring Coalition #InclusiveMentoring #DisabilityMentoring #DisabilityInclusion #Disability Andy Imparato Antonio Vieira Santos Neil Milliken Eduardo Meza-Etienne, MSc, MIM, CPACC, ADS Vivian G. Cheung, MD

A program for young musicians aims to change perceptions of disability wapo.st/3ScItFG

Directed evolution is key for unlocking new protein function But is difficult and time consuming So how can we accelerate protein design by 10-100x? With AI! Now introducing EVOLVEpro, an LLM-based model for evolving proteins rapidly and efficiently biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Directed evolution won a Nobel prize by unlocking new protein functions How can we augment evolution to engineer proteins 10-100 times better? By using large language models! Here we present EVOLVEpro, an LLM for accelerated protein evolution biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 1/

#roads #pedestrians #bicyclists #safety #RoadDeaths Words matter #comms #MediaCoverage #spokesperson #PublicSafety Philadelphia Public Health Shilpa Shenvi Vivian G. Cheung, MD PA Department of Transportation Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia

There's truly no good reason not to require masking in hospitals

الحمدلله 🥹 فازت مشاركتي في مسابقة Science in Shorts التابعة لمجلة nature! المسابقة تتحدى العلماء لشرح بحثهم في دقيقة واحدة بلغة سهلة، وهذا من أمتع التحديات بالنسبة لي (لذا سجلت #بودكاست_صوديوم وبدأت حسابي في #تيكتوك) (الفيديو بجودة عالية: youtu.be/3_GWVfZt6J0?si…)

Hey #CripTheVote, I am interested in learning more about county/local ballot initiatives that directly impact disabled people that will be on the ballot in November near you. If you have any leads, appreciate any DMs/emails to [email protected]

“2024 marks the 75th Anniversary of the Rare Book Department. To celebrate this anniversary, the Rare Book Department will offer extended evening hours until 8:00 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month throughout the year”

"The trails are enabling new users of all ages to have a less strenuous way to explore the outdoors..." #disabled #wheelchairs #BIAPA Kudos for paths that let everyone get out to enjoy nature (including parents with kids in strollers) Vivian G. Cheung, MD Disability Media Wire Brain Injury Assoc.

Companies instituted mandatory return-to-office measures to boost productivity and deepen employee commitment. Turns out those moves had the *opposite* effect. Remote workers are more productive and less likely to quit. Autonomy wins. Again. Link: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

Please RT for patient education. American Academy of Neurology MS Assoc. of America NMSS-NJ Metro National MS Society Hamza Coban SRNA

How inaccessible society is

Congratulations to Anastasia Somoza. Let's get to work.

My book is just published in Spanish mujeresconciencia.com/2024/08/24/rom… #STEM #Research #ResearchScience #Researchers #WomeninSTEM #WomeninScience #ScienceTwitter #MedTwitter #nature

A school library is more than a room with books NJ Assn School Libns Steve *It's TAY-tro* Tetreault #education #BackToSchool2024

I’m proud to support #WorkingDogs via Penn Vet Working Dog Center Thanks to Amtrak for recognizing the contributions of working dogs across the USA #PublicSafety #PublicTransportation

Short answer: No, this is not acceptable for our disabled learners #education #disabilities Vivian G. Cheung, MD Disability Media Wire