Join us Friday 4/26 12P-1P for the inaugural Barbara T. Murphy Division of #Nephrology (Hybrid) Lecture:

'Advancing Equity in #KidneyTransplant by Closing the Gaps in Research, Policy, & Community Engagement' Tanjala Purnell, PhD, MPH, FASN

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Mount Sinai Department of Medicine

Tune in to a discussion on advancing #kidneyhealthequity and increasing access to transplants. Learn how the NKF and National MOTTEP are addressing disparities and promoting community partnerships for a brighter future in kidney care.

🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/3vICJey

Former Golden St Coach and NBA legend Mark Jackson with a word on Raven Johnson. South Carolina Women's Basketball

Love you!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

NOTHING. BEATS. LOVE 🫶

I’m sooo happy for dawnstaley!! As a black woman, I admire what you’ve done! You always checked on me & always loved me like your own! ❤️

This is happiness. This is LOVE. THIS IS GOD. THIS IS THE GAMECOCKS 💗 happy tears

Residential Racial and Ethnic Segregation and Post–Kidney Transplant Dementia, Allograft Loss, and Mortality

buff.ly/49bV8i3 (FREE)

@MayaCutaia Aarti Mathur MD Tanjala Purnell, PhD, MPH, FASN Roland J. Thorpe, Jr Deidra Crews, MD, ScM, FASN, MACP Sarah Szanton Dorry Segev Hopkins Nephrology NYU Nephrology

“This is an unthinkable tragedy,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott says of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.

He vowed that agencies will do “everything we can” to rescue individuals and address the incident and its aftermath. cbsnews.com/news/francis-s…

Are you URM in STEMM with research (clinical/basic/translational) that aligns with the mission of NIDDK? Then join us in on the NIH campus in Bethesda for a fantastic #NMRI_2024 Workshop! Abstract deadline is March 22 - registration (abstract not required) March 29th.

I am deeply saddened by the passing of Dorie Ladner, a true beacon of resilience and courage in the civil rights movement.

Her legacy of fighting for justice and equality will continue to inspire generations to come. #RestInPower wapo.st/48TbOKL

Our next #EpiIDEAS seminar is this Friday! A stellar panel will discuss participant and community perspective in building advisory boards for research studies, large-scale date and AI initiatives.

Today Mississippi’s state house finally passed some semblance of a Medicaid expansion bill. This after years of refusal to do so to the detriment of the citizens, the hospitals, and the healthcare workers. Republican resistance was the sole factor in it not happening in the past

It is time to constitutionalize voting rights. It's been 59 years since the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and we are still having to address voter suppression and deliberate attacks on voting rights. #LetsGetItDone #VotingRights

Join the National Kidney Foundation for a live webinar and panel discussion, featuring Brancati Center Education Director Dr. Tanjala Purnell , on February 28th at 1:00pm. To register, please click here: kidney.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

I’m praying for people who are discouraged, who’ve lost hope, who are drained and weary.

I pray that your hearts are rejuvenated and that your heads are lifted.

And that we rise collectively to change the conditions that contribute to and cause despair.

State lawmakers recently filed legislation to replace Mississippi’s 2 statues of white supremacists in the U.S. Capitol in Washington with Hiram Revels, the first Black person to serve in Congress and civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer.
mississippitoday.org/.../confederat…

“Sometimes it seems like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I’ll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I’m not backing off.” - Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) Activist and humanitarian.

The State of Mississippi has shortchanged Alcorn State University approximately $257.8 million in agricultural funds from the federal government over the last 30 years

Mississippi State University appears to have received the lion’s share of the funds

mississippifreepress.org/39807/opinion-…