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Aug 30, 2020 • 4 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
Hi Everyone! My name is Chiamaka & I’m taking over this week! I’m a 3rd yr #PhDcandidate & #cardiacelectrophysiologist at @UMPharmacology. I got my B.S. in #biochem from @GeorgiaTech & my M.S. from @UMich_MCDB. I’m also a @FulbrightPrgrm ambassador & founder of @fulbrightnoir. Image
For the past few yrs my research focused on how bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics. Our questions boiled down to: how do bacteria evade drugs designed to kill them? Understanding defense mechanisms in bacteria can help us design better drugs to treat bacterial infections.
Now I'm investigating ways to treat heart dysfunction by targeting the #hERG potassium channel. I use #wholecellpatchclamping to record electrical activity of beating heart cells (see pic) in real time which informs us of healthy or abnormal behavior. It’s pretty dope! Image
I switched fields entirely & there's a beautiful non-linear story behind that. I applied to ~30 post bacc (@NIH PREP), M.S., & Ph.D. programs & was denied admission to all of them (including my current program) #StruggleBus. But we finally made it 😅 #weouchea

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May 27, 2022
1/ Gender Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching: ‘Punish[ing] Those Who Fail To Do Their Gender Right’

Our big #qualitative analysis (386,277 unique responses!) published in Higher Education

link.springer.com/article/10.100…
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A cause for concern given the integration of SET data into performance profiles, and management and organisation of teaching practice
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May 26, 2022
1/n Thread

I want to talk a little this afternoon about this win for trans athletes & athletes with sex variations

International Olympic Committee shifts toward human rights

Here from me and Drs Madeleine Pape and Ryan Storr:

theconversation.com/a-win-for-tran…
2/n
On important background, in March 2020 the IOC recognised harassment and abuse as a current human rights challenge, and in particular recognised that LGBTQI+ athletes are at “particular risk of harm and structural discrimination”
3/n
The IOC now recognise female eligibility regulation *as an organisational violence issue* and as systemic discrimination

[I'll do another tweet thread on this later, drawing on my own research on this]

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May 25, 2022
It just occurred to me that I neglected to provide some injury prevention materials here!

It's not all doom and gloom, I can highly recommend the free (!) Perform+ program from Football Australia

footballaustralia.com.au/performance
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That said, I'm so pleased to be able to say that our research has had an impact on this section of the materials

footballaustralia.com.au/performance/ti…
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May 25, 2022
Good morning from #BJSMLive22 everyone

@BJSM_BMJ EiC @DreznerJon and conference Co-Chairs @FionaWilsonf and @osmanhahmed welcoming us in-person and online Conference stage as seen re...
I think will be a day of really important Sport and Exercise Medicine conversations, including on:

- PA promotion
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- Safeguarding
- COVID-19
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#BJSMLive22

bit.ly/3oY6XUB
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We research injury and illness prevention in sport, and have a stellar team 🤩
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May 24, 2022
1/n 🧵

I want to address a narrative that we see around women’s sport and inclusion (particularly from those who seek to exclude trans women & women with sex variations from women’s sport), and how this narrative is part of a bigger pattern that functions to keep women small
2/n
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This is:

a) *not* the reason why women's sport exists as a category,

and b) it is *not* true that no woman will ever win again.

This narrative is profoundly paternalistic and keeps women small.
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May 24, 2022
So I’m at the train station on my way to Brighton 🏖 Sign reading Bath Spa with a green hill and houses and blue Train leaving a station platform
First, I’ll be speaking at #BJSMLive22 tomorrow

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#BJSMLive22

Use my discount code BJSMCOM15 to receive 15% off standard rates

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