The brand new AZA Lab website is live! 🎉

Excited to share the new home for our work at Yale University & Howard University on music, mindfulness & psychedelics for mental health 🧠

Want to join our studies or team? See how you can make an impact: azalab.org

🎉 Congratulations to Kafui Dzirasa, MD PhD, MD, PhD, on earning a Distinguished Professorship from Duke University! Dzirasa is the co-director of the #DukeCTSI Workforce Development Core.

Learn more: today.duke.edu/2024/03/duke-a…

'When it comes to discipline...you have to sacrifice loved ones for a long period of time, if you want to be great. It's unfortunate.... if it's too hot, get out the kitchen' LeBron James Thanks for sharing this Ishmail Abdus-Saboor
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Get your HHMI NEWS Freeman Hrabowski Scholars apps in!!!! The 🐐 is saving a spot for you right next to Chantell Evans

It's take your parent to work day! 😁😁😁

Also... I wish these clowns nothing but failure in life. Especially the second one in line. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

In DC for the ResearchAmerica Awards Celebration and randomly run into my homie! Duke University #GoDuke

Wonderful weekend celebrating the 🐐 Hrabowski with CEO Dzirasa. Friendly reminder to get your HHMI NEWS apps ready folks. He's excited to meet the next round of Hrabowski Scholars 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

Congrats to Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦 KFF Health News, recipient of the 2024 'Meeting The Moment For Public Health Award,' supported by Johnson & Johnson. Dr. Gounder's voice has been influential in combining empathy with facts to dispel misinformation during the pandemic and beyond. #RAAwards

Yup yup y'all 🙌🏾. New collab

Such a fun and elevated discussion exploring opportunities to re-calibrate the NIH to best meet the needs of the American public. #AAAS .

The ATL had so much to say this past week. Sunday -> Friday. 🤯🤯🤯🤯

Ayeeee!! Time to run this back y'all 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

We're thrilled to announce that U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. & Senator Patty Murray will receive the Edwin C. Whitehead Award for their contributions to strengthening our nation’s research capabilities and advancing medical progress. They will be honored at the #RAAwards on March 13.

The world lost Joel D. Oppenheim last week. One of his mentees reached out to me. Here are some of the words she chose to share with the many other mentees who are hurting. All of you are in my thoughts. 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 psychologytoday.com/us/blog/optimi…

FYI....this is not me (for those who have sent your congratulations...🤣🤣🤣🤣). Yes, we kinda look alike, but I'm the one with the gray beard. 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

The discussion b/w Gwenaëlle, PhD, Kafui Dzirasa, MD PhD, and Alvin Hathaway, Sr. was phenomenal! Community engagement-Genetics-Diversity-Mentoring-Disparities-Inclusion, and more. Even if you don’t do genetics research, you should listen to the great work they’re doing with the AANRI!

If personalized medicine is to work for everyone, genomics research must include everyone. Learn more in our free live stream at noon on Feb. 1 featuring Kafui Dzirasa, MD PhD Alvin Hathaway, Sr. and Gwenaëlle, PhD.

#neuroscience #blackhistorymonth #diversityinscience