Dr. Heather Mefford @hcmefford.bsky.social
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Physician, scientist, mom, wife #genetics #epilepsy #pediatrics #raredisease @StJude @StJudeResearch formerly @UWMedicine
Memphis, TN
Joined January 2017
After HS in Iowa, I studied ChemE on a Langsdorf scholarship @WUSTL @WashUengineers. FF>>one of my daughter's randomly assigned Yr1.#WashU roomies (&bestie) is an Iowan & Langsdorf scholar studying ChemE! Loved showing her #Memphis & @stjuderesearch this wkend. #AcademicTwins
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Huge CONGRATS to @cwlaflamme on her F99/K00 from @NIH @NHGRI_Director! Well deserved, and it means I get to keep her around a bit longer - WIN WIN!.
Excited to announce that my F99/K00 fellowship entitled, “A multi-omics approach to understanding pediatric epilepsies,” was officially funded today!. And a huge thank you to @hcmefford for being the greatest mentor ever and always supporting me in these endeavors 🧬🧠 Cheers!
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Thank you @CureEpilepsy and @RaidenScience for partnering to fund our #raredisease #UBA5 #epilepsy program @StJudeResearch! We hope that our work will lead to better understanding and meaningful improvements for #UBA5 patients and families. 🧠🧬.
We're proud to partner with @CureEpilepsy .to co-fund #UBA5 research at @StJudeResearch, led by @hcmefford. This research will enhance our understanding of UBA5, its connection to epilepsy, and the development of therapies to treat it. Together, we’re advancing science and hope.
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Thank you @AmEpilepsySoc #AES2024! I am honored and humbled to be recognized for our gene 🧬 discovery work in #epilepsy 🧠 #RareDisease!.
Congratulations to Dr. Heather C. Mefford, MD, PhD, recipient of the 2024 Basic Science Research Award!
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Another (non-FB) link to contribute: .
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I’m blessed to carry out research at @StJudeResearch and lucky to have a partner who celebrates my work. @cmef is running in Memphis tomorrow and fundraising! If you have year-end giving capacity, plz consider supporting his efforts! .
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It’s @StJude marathon weekend! Always overlaps with @AmEpilepsySoc, so I brought the half marathon to #AES2024 in LA! Just logged 13.1 beachside miles 🏃♀️ in support of this weekend’s runners in Memphis, including my better half @cmef!
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We're looking for a talented scientist 👩🔬👨🔬to join our group @StJudeResearch! Help us develop/characterize #stemcell/#organoid models of #raredisease #epilepsy disorders. 🧠🧬🧠🧬 Details below - join us!.
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Another Editor-in-Chief opportunity - this one @hmg_journal! #genetics 🧬 Details at link below.
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Not leaving yet, but also checking out the action where the skies are blue 🦋.
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Of course, one of the best parts of #ASHG24 is catching up with all my fave 🧬 colleagues, friends, and science family! See y’all soon!
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Great week at #ASHG24 @GeneticsSociety! Proud of Mefford lab representation, inspired by the great science, and already excited for #ASHG25! 🧬 ❄️ 🧬 ❄️
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Love our collaborative clinic @LeBonheurChild @LeBNeuroscience with @ebonkowski @nitchouras @StJude @StJudeResearch to diagnose and care for kids with known/suspected #genetic #epilepsy #RareDiseases! 🧬 🧠 ❤️ Read about it here 👇.
Le Bonheur’s Neuroscience Institute provides the most up-to-date care, resources, research and treatment for children with a suspected or known genetic epilepsy disorder through the Neurogenetics Clinic.
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Learn about Mefford lab science @StJudeResearch during the week:. THURS.1056T Natural hx of SLC6A1 disorder.@sohamsg90 . 2062T Multi-omic seq approaches in unsolved epilepsy.@cwlaflamme . FRIDAY.8092F Rescuing KANSL1 haploinsufficiency.Drew Murphy (undergrad!).
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Reminder for #ASHGtrainee #ASHG24 attendees looking for a postdoc, faculty position, or scientist job in genetics/neurogenetics/raredisease - visit @StJudeResearch booth to learn about opportunities!.
Looking for a #postdoc,#Faculty position or #Genetics #epilepsy #RareDisease #PrecisionMedicine #organoid #Bioinformatics job? Visit @StJudeResearch #ASHG2024 exhibit at Booth 1106 - we are HIRING! . Info about tackling peds neuro dz @StJudeResearch:
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She understood the assignment! Proud of my 19-yo 1st-time voter whose request for absentee was bungled (Tennessee doesn't make it easy!) - so she drove home from college last night to VOTE and is already headed back!! 🇺🇸🤞
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(Trying again) Let's do this #ASHG24 #ASHG2024! Excited to connect with friends and @GeneticsSociety colleagues for a week of fantastic science in Denver!
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Looking for a #postdoc,#Faculty position or #Genetics #epilepsy #RareDisease #PrecisionMedicine #organoid #Bioinformatics job? Visit @StJudeResearch #ASHG2024 exhibit at Booth 1106 - we are HIRING! . Info about tackling peds neuro dz @StJudeResearch:
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Learn about Mefford lab science @StJudeResearch during the week:. THURS.1056T Natural hx of SLC6A1 disorder.@sohamsg90 . 2062T Multi-omic seq approaches in unsolved epilepsy.@cwlaflamme . FRIDAY.8092F Rescuing KANSL1 haploinsufficiency.Drew Murphy (undergrad!).
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