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Medical student I University of Calgary I Class of 2022 🌱 Passionate about women's health, perinatal care, healthcare equity, and social justice. She/Her

Calgary
Joined April 2009
Our friends and colleagues at the Canadian Health Coalition (@HealthCoalition) have drafted a "pharmacare mythbuster" document. Visit their website to download and share it. #cdnhealth #cdnpoli #pharmacare2019 #elxn43 coalitionsante.ca/pharmacare…
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More women leading healthcare is one of the pieces of this puzzle!
How ingrained bias is harming female healthcare - ​ rcnt.eu/z5t06 via @raconteur
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Updating my profile from "nursing student" to "medical student" still feels surreal. So grateful! 🥰 #rntomd
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VERY excited to announce @JHHospice will be accepting our first residents on Tuesday May 1st! A great moment for #HospicePalliativeCare & the service of vulnerably-housed & #homeless in #Toronto. RSVP and come to the open house Mon April 30th. @StElizabethSEHC @NaheedD @TCLHIN
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Iceland is the best place in the world for a working woman econ.st/2Jr7IhJ
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We still have a long road ahead, but we shouldn't take what we already achieved in #harmreduction for granted! -- Strategies for Reducing Opioid-Overdose Deaths — Lessons from Canada | NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
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Review Article: The Key Role of Epigenetics in Human Disease Prevention and Mitigation. Image: The Cellular Nature of Epigenetic Information. nej.md/2q1k2y3
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Burnout is extensive in health care, but leaders, frontline physicians, and nurses are joining forces to get to the roots of the crisis: ow.ly/QYzD30jySI8 #physicianburnout #burnout
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Very cool work coming from @SickKidsNews and @UofT from the lab of Janet Rossant. Efficient generation of targeted large insertions in mouse embryos using 2C-HR-CRISPR biorxiv.org/content/early/20…
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I’m offering emotional and psychological counselling, free of charge, to fellow Torontonians affected by the #TorontoAttack. I live in the vicinity of the attack, DM me if you wanna talk ✅ #Toronto – at Toronto, Ontario
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Should ER physicians tell police if their patients have been driving while impaired? cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/shou…… cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/shou… via @TheCurrentCBC #alcohol #cannabis #DUI #bioethics
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Experiencing grief or loss? The Good Grief walking program offers a gentle, accessible, guided walk through nature, to observe, to chat, to enjoy fresh air and the natural world in Fish Creek Provincial Park. ow.ly/4EPF30jsDE3
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#Pharmacare Now: Prescription Medicine Coverage for All Canadians. Here is a link to the full #HESA report ourcommons.ca/content/Commit… via @billcaseyns
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#Givingbirth is the most common reason for hospitalization in Canada. CIHI’s latest #childbirth data is available now! #maternalhealth #womenshealth #CSectionAwareness ow.ly/Melj30jyEL9
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Join us for a screening + Q&A of The Stairs, a film on the lives of clients & staff at Street Health, on Nov 13 @ 6:30pm (Room IMA 307)