"As we celebrate #AAPIHeritageMonth, the key word is 'belonging' for our patients, faculty, staff and students."

- Chancellor and Provost @jeffreypgold welcomes keynote @knguyenpoetry at @unmc @NebraskaMed for Asian American Heritage Month. "Poetry and medicine are rarely mentioned in the same sentence, which is why I am so excited to join the two today. It is the art of taking what is unknowable and making it known."

- @knguyenpoetry, Vietnamese American award-winning poet and keynote for #AAPIHeritageMonth

Thrilled to kick off our inaugural #UNMCPsychiatryGR & PM&R joint grand rounds on Stroke Recovery & Rehab: Patient & Physician Perspective.

Appreciate attorney & stroke survivor, John Kindschuh, for his inspiring story! And PM&R chair, Dr Sam Bierner, for stroke best practices! “My life changed overnight when I had a stroke at age 35. I was throwing up and went to the hospital - they thought I had vertigo. Then they noticed speech changes and I had a craniotomy and spent 2 weeks in the ICU.”

- John Kindschuh young stroke survivor at #UNMCPsychGR

Assistant Vice Chancellor for Inclusion @SAStrongMD opens the @unmc @NebraskaMed session to #InvestinHer as we celebrate #WomeninMedicine Month! "It's a call to action to recruit, retain, promote & resource women in healthcare to succeed. And support re-entry for women as well." "It has never been more important to dialogue on #WomeninMedicine. As I chair the @theNAMedicine section on wellness, women physicians are critical. Whether it is childcare, promotion, pay, etc. there are countless ways to do better."

- Chancellor & Provost @jeffreypgold

Thrilled to kick off our #AAPIHeritageMonth program with keynote speaker @chancellor_li from @UNOmaha to discuss the importance of community!

We are all from different families, cultures and backgrounds. The strength of an academic health center is in its diversity!

https://twitter.com/DrHowardLiu/status/1526156385507061760

"This is a time of tragedy with recent hate crimes. This is also a time of opportunity. The more we can bring our communities together the better we can eliminate disparities. We are so lucky to have @chancellor_li's leadership!"

- Chancellor @jeffreypgold at #AAPIHeritageMonth

Thrilled to have @jack_turban discuss his cutting edge work on transgender youth at @unmcpsychiatry!

"Unfortunately, transgender youth experience a high rate of bullying and a high rate of psychiatric morbidity, especially anxiety & depression. This includes suicidal thoughts."

https://twitter.com/DrDanielGih/status/1509214519691657220

"If you use the wrong pronouns, you might remind a transgender or gender diverse youth of a past invalidation from a parent, a bully, etc. If you use the wrong pronouns, just apologize. You are trying to be on their team."

- @jack_turban at #UNMCPsychGR

"How do we show up as allies in the workplace? We are not going to mansplain for the next hour. We asked a lot of women on what their experience is when a male really shows up as an ally. Partnership is key."

- David Smith & Brad Johnson at @unmc Breakthrough Thinking Summit "Women are not receiving the same level of support - including sponsorship."

- David Smith, @unmc Breakthrough Thinking Summit

As the pandemic impacts women in healthcare, we held a #GiveHerAReasonToStay panel at @unmc @NebraskaMed.

Chancellor @jeffreypgold, "I would love to become the most inclusive organization for women. We need to redouble our efforts to listen, respond and then act."

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Dr. @AllisonGrennan, "The pandemic has worsened the cognitive load for women. Now, we have to worry about whether we can go to work and keep our children safe."

Her tip: Leaders, look at meeting times vs. caregiving duties: "If the meeting is 6 am, I can't be there."

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"65% of reports of anti-Asian hate are against women.

Allyship is something for us to practice.

Report incidents to #StopAAPIHate and work on your allyship."

- @InclusiveComm Virtual Table talk with Krystal Vuong Wegner, Lorraine Chang, Sharon Ishii-Jordan, @mariaecorpuz "We need to have a seat at the table so our voices are heard. "

- Lorraine Chang at @InclusiveComm Table Talk on the need for Asian American Pacific Islander voices to be included in elected office, leadership, diversity initiatives, etc.

#AAPIHM #StopAAPIHate

Excited to kick off #AsianPacificAmericanHeritageMonth at @unmc @NebraskaMed with incredible panelists and thought leaders.

As we have learned in the last year, we all have much to learn about inclusion and it is helpful to approach with a sense of humility.

#StopAAPIHate "The #AAPI community is critical to building our future.

All voices need to be heard in our community and our med center."

- Chancellor @jeffreypgold on #AAPIHeritageMonth

“As I have been walking the halls of our campus, I have met Indian students and colleagues who are in tears.

They ask, ‘How can I help my family?’

We must support our colleagues emotionally and logistically.”

- Dr. Vimla Band on the #IndiaCovidCrisis with @unmc @NebraskaMed “When we are in a crisis, we often care for others and we forget to take care of ourselves.

Please reach out to student health or employee assistance programs if you are hurting.”

- @DrSteveWengel & @davidcates4 on self care during the #IndiaCovidCrisis

“In order to address the suffering within the ‘soul of America,’ we have to address mental health as part of health care, not separate from it."

- @PJK4brainhealth on the need to address #mentalhealth in COVID response.

A thread on the 6 priorities (1 of 7). h/t @JudgeWren

https://twitter.com/JudgeWren/status/1338476641257984006

Priority 1: Change the national conversation about mental health and suicide.

As a psychiatrist, I know that a common response to mental health crises is silence.

When we speak up, we affirm people we know, love and respect who are living with invisible pain.

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Excited to publicly open the Adult Psychiatric Emergency Services at @NebraskaMed @unmc with mental health champions!

As our peer support specialist, Havalynn Russell stated, "it takes courage to admit you're not ok."

Take our virtual tour below: "A calm space makes such a difference.

This can be one of the worst days of a person's life.

We designed this space to help people feel supported in their crisis."

- Jen Sparrock, PES Manager and social worker @NebraskaMed @unmc

America, we need to hope together.

This period has been one of the most consequential in the history of the United States, that threatens to either tear apart the very fabric of the nation we know today or unite us more than ever.

#ShareTheMicNowMed (1 of 13) Watching George Floyd pinned down for almost 9 min under the weight of Derek Chauvin & other officers, as he begged for his life was one of the toughest things I have ever had to watch in my life, not just as a person of color, but as a human being.

#ShareTheMicNowMed (2 of 13)

President Jeffrey Geller on the @APAPsychiatric history of failure to speak out about racism and segregation in treatment facilities in the past:

"we were silent then and remained silent for over 100 years. That is our shame."

Time for a true moment of reflection. (1 of 5)

https://twitter.com/DrAyanaJordan/status/1272682006892154888

"Medicine & @APAPsychiatric must be comfortable being uncomfortable ...

When this town hall is over, I'm still Black. I'm exhausted, I'm not a token, I'm doing this because I want to represent for future generations & those that came before.

- Dr. Danielle Hairston

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"My Ikigai is diversity and equity work. Ikigai is the Japanese concept that is the intersection of 4 questions:"

1. What you are good at

2. What you love

3. What the world needs

4. What you can be paid for

@KateGerull at #UNMCPsychGR on diversity and equity in medicine. "There are 4 kinds of words used in evaluations.

Men were more likely than women to be described using standout words (i.e. exceptional, best, outstanding).

The specific word 'leader" was used for men > women about 3:1."

- @KateGerull on gender bias and #MedEd