🩺👶🏼 Pediatrics Resident PGY-3 & Health Equity Advocate @TheBCRP #LEAD via @BUMedicine, @tuftsuniversity, @FulbrightPrgrm 🇲🇽 | she/her 🇹🇼🇲🇲
Boston, MA
Joined January 2021
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Proud to have co-written this piece with @AmundamsAnatomy & @Djeffreedom on the struggles we face in providing equitable care for all our pediatric patients. Thanks to @BostonGlobe @BostonGlobeMag for allowing us to advocate for our patients thru media
bostonglobe.com/2023/10/12/m…
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🗓️11/21 (tomorrow!!) at 12pm EST
"Healthcare, Not Handcuffs: Advocating for the Human Rights of Justice-Involved Youth" featuring Dr. @AmySobota1
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@KatherineBick @raquel_selcer @TobiOkopie @rohankhaz @BWHBCHMedPeds
Incredibly belated, but so proud to be a part of this team with co-captains @destinygtMD & Jeff Campbell!!
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Leading the best group of residents on an incredibly meaningful deep dive into equity of genetic testing! 🧬
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🗓️10/25 at 12 PM
"Cracking the Code: Advocating for Equitable Access to Genetic Testing in Safety-Net Hospitals" featuring Dr. @alissadgama & Dr. Melisa Ruiz-Gutierrez
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@EstelleAGreen @saizeg1 @ElizabethSoffer @ritaywang_
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Tune in for our first #HealthEquityRounds of the year tomorrow 8/27/24 at 12pm via Zoom!
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Looking forward to an amazing year leading the HER resident team with @rohankhaz @raquel_selcer & twitter-less Elizabeth!!🤩
Excited to be one of the resident leaders for @bcrpHER this year — the longest-running Heath Equity Grand Rounds series in the country, founded in 2016 by Peds and Med-Peds residents at our program ❤️
👀 watch this space and give our new accounts on Instagram & Twitter a follow!
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📢 Save the date for our Health Equity Rounds presentations for the year!! HER is a solutions-oriented, longitudinal, case-based conference series that aims to confront the effects of bias, racism, and intersectional systems of oppression on health.
#HealthEquityRounds #bcrpHER
Another day advocating at the MA statehouse, this time collaborating with pediatric trainees all across the state for RF-DASH! Constantly inspired by the community coalitions who work tirelessly to improve pediatric health 🩺
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🚨For our final #HealthEquityRounds of the year (and my last of residency 😭), we will explore racialized immigration policies and family separation in collaboration with the @BU_Tweets COE in Immigrant Health and Early Childhood Mental Health and @BMC_IRHC. DM for Zoom link!
Amazing work from one of the best health advocates I know, @rohankhaz!! Congrats 🎉
1/ 🚨💡🧵 *NEW from #PAS2024 & now out in @JAMAPediatrics*
Our quasi-experimental analysis shows @The_BMC reduced #ChildProtectiveServices reporting for prenatal substance exposure by 45pp w/o adverse consequences during the birth hospitalization.
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First time at PAS in Toronto! So fun to connect with pediatricians all across the world and spend time with BCRP friends exploring a new city ☺️ #PAS2024 @The_BMC @BostonChildrens – at Boston, MA
Thanks to the @HCFA folks for leading the efforts for legislative change! @TheBCRP pediatrics residents at the MA Statehouse representing @BostonChildrens @The_BMC to advocate for expanded healthcare coverage for all children in MA! – at Boston, MA
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“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking & inhuman.” -MLK Jr.
#CoverAllKids advances health equity by giving tens of thousands of children access to full MassHealth coverage, regardless of immigration status. #mapoli bit.ly/3pVtMvU
Mini-legislative advocacy morning at the MA Statehouse to talk with state representatives about endorsing the Healthy Homes bill (H.1307) to improve funding for children to live in safer homes free from mold, pests, & toxins. Thank you Reps @RobConsalvo @RepArciero for your time! – at Massachusetts, USA
BCRP LEAD juniors take on AAP National Conference in DC 🩺👶 Come see our posters on Sunday in the exhibit hall! @TheBCRP @AAPSOPT – at Washington, DC
Thank you to the mentors who support and inspire us always! @destinygtMD @HEHsuMD @Genevieve_Preer @bvincibmc
Beautiful day to advocate at the MA Statehouse for the Cover All Kids bill (H.1237/S.740) to expand health insurance coverage for all children regardless of their immigration status 👶🩺 @TheBCRP @BostonChildrens @The_BMC – at Boston, MA
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Huge thx @akuchment @GideonGil @felicejfreyer @thekibosch @ByJessBartlett @FStorrs @_ZeinaMohammed @GlobeLizK @seguntheprogram for an informative & motivating AM talking health journalism w/our @TheBCRP #LEAD crew--we have a voice, they said--thx for teaching us how to use it!
Thanks for the SOPT feature! 😊 As #AAPIHeritageMonth comes to a close, I've been reflecting a lot on my 1.5 gen Asian American identity. I'm proud to be Taiwanese-Burmese American, and am endlessly grateful for my family who sacrificed so much for me to be where I am today.
Up next in our #AAPIHeritageMonth SOPT spotlight series is Dr. Rita Wang! Dr. Wang is a first-year resident at @BostonChildrens and @helpkids, and she's passionate about supporting immigrant and refugee families 🤩
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