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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD

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PGY-0.5 Radiation Oncology @UNMC ☢️ Interested in #ClinicalTrials 🧪 #Ethics 📚 #Bones 🦴 #DEI 🙌🏼 New Mexico Native DoubleDoc Alum @UNMC_mdphd

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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
2 months
When I say thrilled, I mean it 🥹 Making my way through all the thank-yous this weekend- what a privilege to serve the patients of Nebraska @unmc ☢️
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
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THRILLED is the understatement of the year! So happy-proud-ecstatic to be representing @unmc for 5 more years in the Department of Radiation Oncology!!! #1 TOP CHOICE! ☢️👏🏼⭐️🎉🥰 #MatchRadOnc
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
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Here I am, once again, asking all cancer centers to consider art and meditation in their architectural design - because WHAT A START to my day to walk through the Chihuly Sanctuary
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
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Who run the WORLD! GIRLS! (I don’t know a single woman here, but I am hyped for them nevertheless!!)
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IT'S A MATCH!! 🎉 UT Southwestern is so excited to welcome the Class of 2029!!! These superstars will be joining our urology family this summer!!!!
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
2 years
I can't remember if the right phrase is #PhDone or #PhinisheD
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
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THRILLED is the understatement of the year! So happy-proud-ecstatic to be representing @unmc for 5 more years in the Department of Radiation Oncology!!! #1 TOP CHOICE! ☢️👏🏼⭐️🎉🥰 #MatchRadOnc
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
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Hello #MedTwitter & #Match2024 I’m Laura Flores. I’m a current MD-PhD in Nebraska, and a hopeful future #RadOnc ☢️ My passions include: 🦴 Bones (my PhD = exercise for osteoporosis prevention) 👩🏽‍⚕️ Health disparities research 🌯 Bean & cheese burritos Excited to meet you all
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
4 months
Interviewer: If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? Me: I would put gyms in airports. 🤦🏾‍♀️
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
5 years
For the past 2 years, my med school friends and I have been hard at work on a financial literacy curriculum. This year, we collected data on how little financial ed medical students get & submitted an abstract on the topic. In 2 weeks, we get a chance to meet the @WCInvestor !
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
5 years
Had a major science breakthrough at the gym —> running back to lab to look at my data again. The MD/PhD route was DEFINITELY the correct choice. 👩🏻‍⚕️👩🏻‍🔬
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
My biggest accomplishment in grad school this far- winning free coffee for a year
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
On Indigenous Peoples' Day, we celebrate Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, the first Indigenous woman to earn a medical degree. Visit the gallery in Wigton Hall to learn more about her legacy Read more about this incredible woman here:
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
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It’s a good thing I matched, because the 14-day return window for my pin passed like 4 months ago
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
I got to spend some time on inpatient internal medicine last week & my PhD research came in handy for a real life patient! What an unbelievable feeling. The #MDPhD track is long, but I think this is what it feels like to be a physician-scientist 🥳💪🏽
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
10 Tips to a Better Manuscript from @JulieSilverMD at the new 1-Day-Promotion and Publishing course @harvardmed 📜📰 Printing these out now! ‼️ Love that it starts with #TeamDiversity #SheLeadsHealthcare #GiveHerAReasonToStay
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
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OUT NOW in @JAMANetworkOpen 🙌🏾 💉We investigated a decade of U.S. based registered vaccine clinical trials. ❓ Are racial/ethnic minority & female & older adults underrepresented among trial participants? 📊 230 trials, 219,555 participants
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
2 years
Survived surgery, passed the shelf after 4 years away from medical school to complete my PhD 🎉- now headed to rural Nebraska for my family medicine clerkship!
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
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Overnight shift —> first interview Running on excitement, adrenaline, and 100 Grand Bars (the superior halloween candy)! 👻
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
2 months
Medical students chatting with their MDPhD friends 🥲
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Dr. Sabrina Green, PhD
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Postdocs chatting with their PhD friends
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
Off Twitter for a few weeks to marry my best friend! We were married outdoors at the Omaha Zoo, our favorite place to spend time (note the elephants 🐘) I am cherishing our time together before he starts residency and I wrap up my PhD and head back to medical school 🥰
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
I had zero publications until my third year of my MD-PhD program 🤷🏻‍♀️ I spent my undergrad focused on philosophy, which ultimately prepared me very well to succeed where I am now. Undergrads, do what you like, and weave it into a story about where you want to go next.
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Maya Jay
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If any undergrad out there doesn't have a publication, don't be discouraged fro applying to graduate school! It is not a reflection of your ability as a scientist! This trend in review comments needs to stop. n/n
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
6 years
“Not everyone is a great teacher, but everyone has something to teach you.” Excellent advice during our annual MD-PhD retreat this weekend!
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
4 years
What do you do when all of your classmates are taking their residency headshot and you still have 4 years left of training? Take a new headshot at the MDPhD retreat! Thanks @MarandaThomps for your phenomenal photo taking skills #DoubleDocs
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
4 months
Best part of in-person interviews (besides trading Omaha -14* blizzard for Houston 70* sunshine)? Meeting amazing co-applicants who will undoubtedly lead the field one day 🥹☢️
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
2 years
T-Minus 1 week until the return to medical school! Any advice for the PhD —> MD transition? 👩🏻‍🔬👩🏻‍⚕️ I am a bit anxious about 1) making new friends 2) letting go of research responsibilities 3) how to fit everything in my white coat pockets??? @A_P_S_A @jacepeabody #DoubleDocs
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
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“Yes, doctor? I’m suddenly experiencing double vision.” - @HannahRTurb #MDPhD #DoubleDocs
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Hannah Turbeville, MD, PhD
3 years
Yes, doctor? I’m suddenly experiencing double vision #DoubleDocs #Graduation2021
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
6 years
Twitter is a new tool in my toolbox! Thanks for the inspiration to use social media as a platform to help other minority women feel empowered in medicine! @JulieSilverMD and @RUBraveEnough #sheleads2017 #goals
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
DEI work is a core leadership competency 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #SheLeadsHealthcare #GiveHerAReasonToStay @JulieSilverMD @DrHowardLiu
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
5 years
It was wonderful to be part of the #BeEthical movement at #SheLeadsHealthcare this weekend! I am thrilled to have a mentoring community in Omaha that works to cultivate equality and leadership in themselves and in students like myself! 👩🏽‍💻👩🏽‍🔬 Boston was a blast with you all! ❤️
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
Got my vaccine today. An unfortunate reminder that Hispanic Americans were 2.7 times more likely to die from COVID-19 in 2020. We need to protect our vulnerable communities + empower them with resources to protect themselves 💉👩🏽‍🔬💪🏽👩🏾‍⚕️ #IAmUNMC
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
Ready to speak at @JulieSilverMD 's new course all about fast-tracking academic publishing and promotion! 📚 Today I will be talking about science communication & data visualization! 📊📈 This is my 4th Women's Leadership Course, and 1st as a presenter 🔥 See throwback below
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
7 months
It finally happened. What I thought was an ERAS Halloween legend. Interview invite at 8:56am, all slots filled when I logged in at 9:02am. Incredible speed! Spooooookyyyy 👻👻👻👻👻👻
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
5 years
Super excited to announce I was selected for the @ASBMR Young Investigator Award for Ph.D. Training, and will get to travel to Bologna, ITALY 🇮🇹 for the ECTS Academy! @AcademyEcts @ECTS_soc #BonesAreCool #ReadyForPasta
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
4 years
Got a poor (not fundable) score on my grant 🤷🏽‍♀️ Shared the news with the #SheLeads group tonight 👩🏽‍🔬👩🏼‍💼 Responses from mentors & peers ranged from “you are earning your research stripes” to “I will send you my funded app” Thanks to my support system! @JulieSilverMD @jacepeabody
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
4 years
Being in Boston for #SheLeadsHealthcare2019 is the highlight of my year. I love learning from inspiring women in medicine from across the 🌎 Globe! Key takeaway:Elevating women in research is crucial to the betterment of science #NeedHerScience
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
Honored to be the recipient of a 2021 ASBMR Young Investigator Award! Thanks @ASBMR ! Stoked to present pilot data on risedronate for lean mass preservation in October! 🦴💪🏽
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
Look out @UNMCanesthesia My partner Jeremy matched his TOP choice and I couldn’t be more thrilled 🥂🎉🔥
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
5 years
Took a page from the playbook of @JulieSilverMD @DrQuinnCapers4 and @DrJustinMott tonight! Met with 3 wonderful young women who want to be MD-PhDs! I hope to see them @ UNMC in the future for summer research or interviews! It’s great to work with #WomenInSTEM #mentorship 👩🏽‍🔬👩🏻‍💻
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
2 years
Our manuscript, "Assessment of the Inclusion of Racial/Ethnic Minority, Female, and Older Individuals in Vaccine Clinical Trials" was recently noted as a "Highly Cited Paper" on Web of Science 🏆 A 🧵 on the findings as we continue to move forward in vaccine clinical trials
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
My mentee has written one of the most beautiful personal statements I have ever read, weaving her culture together with her life experiences, to create a passionate yet humble argument for her desire to pursue medicine I am a proud mentor & blown away by today's applicants 🥰🥲
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
5 years
I want @ASBMR to know how meaningful this scholarship is. This award: 1. Helped me attend #ASBMR19 2. Demonstrated our societies’ commitment to diversity & inclusion 3. Reminded me I am supported in doing research I love! #MDPhD #Bone #BariatricSurgery
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
4 years
Join the #HerTimeIsNow campaign this month to celebrate women and fight for gender equity! 👩🏻‍🔬 #CiteHer 👩🏾‍💼 #PayHer 👩🏼‍⚕️ #BeEthical
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@JulieSilverMD
Julie Silver, MD
4 years
She has been very busy: 🏥fighting #Coronavirus 🩺saving lives 💊relieving pain 🔬conducting research 📑publishing papers 🥼teaching trainees 🎤giving lectures Let's recognize her! #WomenInMedicine 👩🏾‍⚕️👩🏼‍🔬👩🏻‍⚕️👩🏿‍🔬 #HerTimeIsNow #NeedHerScience #BeEthical #HeForShe #WIMMonth
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
5 months
Something I didn’t consider when I was applying to MDPhD programs? The presence of an ice rink on campus. Sure, P/F curriculum is nice, and availability of mentors is super important- but hear me out, free ice skating and hot chocolate during finals week ☕️⛸️❄️ @unmc
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
Would not recommend getting an MD-PhD for the “money” 😂
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Briana Christophers, PhD
3 years
You *could* do an MD-PhD just to get med school paid for if ur OK w 🔹 7-10 yrs on a grad student stipend 🔹going thru the trials of a PhD for yrs 🔹postponing attending salary 🔹taking add'l courses 🔹have ur peers as ur attendings But why, if it's not ur passion?🤷🏽‍♀️ #DoubleDocs
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
5 years
I applied for this program because of their emphasis on teaching and outreach. @JulieSilverMD @LaurieBaedke @SashaShillcutt and @DrHowardLiu have been instrumental in inspiring me to #Mentor others and work diligently in the community! I can't wait to learn from @CienciaPR 👏🏾
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UNMC MD-PhD Scholars Program
5 years
MD-PhD Scholar, Laura Flores, has been accepted into the Yale Ciencia Academy for Career Development! This is a very competitive program that only accepts 40 graduate students per year and provides mentoring for career advancement, leadership skills, etc. Congratulations, Laura!
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
Calling PDs! @MarandaThomps & myself are putting together a talk for MDPhD students on ERAS & applying for residency MDPhD students miss out on critical advising for residency applications because people sometimes ~don't know what to do with us~ We would like your input!
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
2 years
New headshot 📸
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
Top 10 Tips for Women Leaders from @JulieSilverMD this morning! Excellent to see familiar names in the chat & to see @TiffanyLovePhD moderating this opening session. 1) Realize the world was not built for women- see an example below, even the TOOLS we use are not made for us
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
6 years
Took a phone call with a young woman who wants to pursue an MD-PhD, yesterday. She thought I was doing her a favor by answering her questions, but actually she was doing me a favor by allowing me to listen. Her excitement and passion for this program was so energizing for me
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
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Our MD-PhD graduation dinner didn't quite capture the 8 years of joy (and a sprinkle of suffering here and there) but it did come close! @UNMCCOM @UNMC_mdphd
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
2 months
Pro tip for M3s: Interviewers will ask about your passion for bean and cheese burritos more frequently than they will ask about your PhD.
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Peter Hendzlik
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Hobbies are back for #match2025 !
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
8 months
Gearing up to present our work on Prehabilitation in Radiation Therapy at #ASTRO2023 💪🏾🍏💊 Buckle up for a thread ( @NicholasZaorsky style, with a nod to his work in this area too!) Our work is a scoping review describing #Prehab in RT, with the one and only @JulieSilverMD
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
6 years
#WallsDoTalk I am so grateful to have my voice heard and validated. I was nervous to share, but the support I have received is unreal 👩🏽‍🔬👩🏽‍⚕️ #IamUNMC
@unmc
University of Nebraska Medical Center
6 years
UNMC medical student Laura Flores is a finalist in the Walls Do Talk Challenge, empowering medical students to share their vision for the optimal anti-bias educational experience. Vote for her profound entry here:
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
4 years
This year, I want my priorities to shift back to humanities, so I registered for an English class: "Writing About Sickness and Health." Attached is the reading list. In an 8 year program like #MDPhD , it's important to nurture our passions & reassess our direction every so often.
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
1 year
Such a nice feature from the @UNMC_AA @UNMC_GSA & @unmc_success 🥲 I don't know about "A Rising Star" - I prefer to think of myself as a rookie on an all-star team! ⭐️🌟
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
8 months
Application signed, sealed, delivered ✍🏼 ✉️ 📦 (And paid for, which is the biggest accomplishment) Looking forward to meeting my future #radonc colleagues this fall 🥲⭐️
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
9 months
Hello #MedTwitter & #Match2024 I’m Laura Flores. I’m a current MD-PhD in Nebraska, and a hopeful future #RadOnc ☢️ My passions include: 🦴 Bones (my PhD = exercise for osteoporosis prevention) 👩🏽‍⚕️ Health disparities research 🌯 Bean & cheese burritos Excited to meet you all
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
5 years
BIG updates about grad school this week: 🎉 @unmc fellowships were announced, @MarandaThomps & myself were both awarded one! 🦴 I was selected for an @ASBMR Young Investigator Diversity Award for the national meeting! 👏🏽 I registered for a NEW science communication class!
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
2 months
@jbcarmody I am adding this moment to my CV and no one can stop me.
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
2 years
In honor of #NationalLatinaPhysicianDay tomorrow👩🏽‍⚕️👩🏿‍⚕️👩🏾‍⚕️👩🏻‍⚕️ Beginning of medical school -------> now Let's see your journey through medicine! Breaking barriers and succeeding @MVGutierrezMD @BriChristophers @NarjustFlorezMD @KPtheMD @LatinasInMed @ElenaRiosMD @NHMAmd #NLPD
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@LatinasInMed
#LatinasInMedicine
2 years
Join us in celebration tomorrow! #nationallatinaphysicianday #NLPD
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
An excellent find at the San Diego art market during #ASBMR2021 (Unintentional) Osteoporosis earrings! Only a bone researcher would see these and think of pathology- but I do love them!
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
2 years
Another great way to procrastinate writing. Enter your thesis title into this AI artwork platform.
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@bioethicsbarbie
Jaime Valentine
2 years
“Clinical Research Recruitment in Religious Spaces”
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
5 years
Update, our abstract was accepted! 🙌🏽 We can’t wait to share how effective our 4-part, financial education seminars have been at our home institution! @WCInvestor let us know if you are looking for more student op-eds! We have a lot of opinions on #finance in grad education!
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
5 years
For the past 2 years, my med school friends and I have been hard at work on a financial literacy curriculum. This year, we collected data on how little financial ed medical students get & submitted an abstract on the topic. In 2 weeks, we get a chance to meet the @WCInvestor !
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
4 months
For current M3 #RadOnc hopefuls, now is a good time to start thinking about aways! Below is a list of great PAID (💰) aways for URM applicants: Kicking it off with the scholarship that helped me afford an away (Thanks @UMichMedSchool !) @Inside_TheMatch
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
6 years
What an HONOR to be given the opportunity to present Grand Rounds today. I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of interaction after the talk. It was a beautiful experience to present to a group who values #MinoritiesInMedicine and I gained so much from the audience <3
@unmcpsychiatry
UNMC Department of Psychiatry
6 years
Laura Flores begins her grand rounds discussion on “The Color of Medicine.” Flores will discuss the challenges specific to under-represented populations in medical school. @DrHowardLiu @unmc
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
4 years
No #SheLeadsHealthcare annual conference in person this year but I am excited to be participating virtually! #HerTimeIsNow I am thrilled to be mentored by @JulieSilverMD who focuses on data-driven strategic initiatives to promote & support diversity in the healthcare workforce
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
Hi NIH, I, a female from an underrepresented ethnic group in medicine and research, resubmitted my F30 today. Time to 💫 enhance diversity and inclusion!
@NIH
NIH
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News: NIH to fund cohort recruitment and development program to enhance diversity and inclusion among biomedical faculty
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
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Got my intern schedule and (with a sufficient amount of current optimism) I think it might be the best schedule I’ve ever seen. T-minus 10 days to graduation!
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
7 months
Cheers to new friends - happy #ASTRO23 to the class of 2029 (yikes) 🎉
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
Okay I am doing it. I am going to work on my dissertation discussion instead of cleaning, cooking, checking emails, twitter scrolling, online shopping, and other tasks that are blatant ways to avoid writing. Wish me luck. Thank you for your time.
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
4 years
Submitted an NIH F30 with the help of an AMAZING team! It was a HUGE undertaking and I learned so much in the process. Can’t wait to celebrate together in the future! Thank you for your support @DrHowardLiu @DrJustinMott @doleynik3 @kp_meyer and especially @Laura_Bilek 🎉🎉
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
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PGY-0 = this weird limbo time where M4s panic about the urge to prepare and the urge to relax and then end up doing neither and feeling worse than before 🤷🏽‍♀️
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Logan Ryals
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The post-match M4 urge to change the Twitter bio to PGY-0 😬 #MedTwitter
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
5 months
These comments hit extremely hard as a reproductive-aged woman about to start residency after an 8-year MD/PhD program... 🫠 Thank you for your continued work in this area @arghavan_salles @DrHowardLiu @SashaShillcutt @PriRArmijoMD
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
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🧠Interviewing for residency has helped me reflect on + articulate my goals ❤️It has forced me to be thoughtful about what I want in training and how to ask for it 🙌🏾The best part is the programs that show their support & enthusiasm in return #RadOnc really is the best field
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
5 years
What is your mission statement? Crashed a faculty event to hear from a role model in gender and racial equity @arghavan_salles So glad to be here to learn and grow 🌱
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
Big post on the eve of #WomenInMedicine month and the kickoff of the #GiveHerAReasonToStay campaign - ‼️ I had some serious struggles in grad school 🩺 Each struggle presented an opportunity to step away from medicine ♥️ Without my support system, I might have
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
2 months
I know everyone is excited for match day (me too) but let me tell you all even better news- I signed up to judge an upcoming science fair and it’s at THE ZOO!
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
Just a sampling of skills my PhD taught me that med school did not: 1) How to *appropriately* get informed consent 2) How to read a research paper 3) How to interpret data 4) Barriers to clinical trial access 5) Science communication 6) How to be a human
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Vicky Avanzato
3 years
Things NOT to say to an MD/PhD student: “well your PhD doesn’t really matter because you’ll just go practice medicine anyway” My PhD does indeed matter just as much as anybody else’s with or without med school thank you very much 🦇🦠💊🩺🧬🧫👩🏽‍🔬👩🏻‍⚕️ #doubledocs
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
7 months
First but definitely not my LASTro! (get it? LASTro? ASTRO?) Had an amazing time at #ASTRO23 , met so many fabulous people, connected with medical students from all over the country, presented a poster, & ate so many fish tacos. Excellent all around! @ASTRO_org @ARRO_org
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
4 months
Headshots -> Last residency interviews 🎉 Stay tuned for a list of highlights from residency interviews (from meeting other applicants to fangirling over famous radonc editorial writers!) #Match2024
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
4 months
A reminder for those who need #MatchDay gifts for their M4s or themselves (especially those going into #RadOnc 😎😉) @KeldonLin @jlivschitzMCW @MarcusAFlorez ☢️
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
A good time to serve as a example: I had ZERO publications when I applied for my MD-PhD program. I had ZERO publications until my third year of my MD-PhD program. Publications are a dumb gatekeeper. Thanks.
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Dr. Casey Fiesler
3 years
I just did a livestream answering questions about PhD applications and am really concerned about the number of people who think that having published papers is an absolute prerequisite for admission to a PhD program.
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
5 years
I had such an incredible experience at the ECTS PhD training course in Bologna, Italy 🇮🇹 I learned so much about: 👩🏽‍🔬 Basic bone biology 👩🏻‍⚕️ Clinical trial methods 👥 Rare disease models 🇮🇹 And Italian and European culture! Thank you @ASBMR for the scholarship! @AcademyEcts
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
5 years
If you would have told college Laura she would be pursuing an MD-PhD dual degree and wandering around Harvard before spending a few days with major players in women’s equality in healthcare, she would have never believed it @JulieSilverMD & @LaurieBaedke definitely made an impact
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
4 years
PEOPLE. I got my F30 summary statement today (Thanks to @MarandaThomps for preparing me for what this might feel like) The comments were appropriate & kind & I believe will help me really strengthen the re-submission. In a sea of suggestions, this kind comment stuck out to me 😊
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
8 months
It’s time to highlight some ladies in radiation #WeWhoCurie ☢️ Our next M4 is @JKMatsui In addition to her work studying CNS and peds (check her TWO posters at #ASTRO23 👇🏽) she has an organic chemistry PhD 🔥 and about a half a million publications
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
Got my very own @JulieSilverMD mug in the mail for the holidays 🥰🥰 Grateful today and every day for the mentorship and teamwork you have provided me. This is such important and impactful work and I am glad we are doing it together! 💪🏽
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@DrHowardLiu
Howard Liu, MD MBA
3 years
The best part of my week was receiving a #HeForShe mug from @JulieSilverMD ! It was an honor to partner on a paper on how #WomenInMedicine are documenting the gender pay gap In 2021, we must close the pay and promotion gap for women and BIPOC faculty!
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
My med classmates are interviewing for residency now. The saddest things I’ve heard (repeatedly) are “they didn’t know who I was” and “I don’t think they read my application” Years of accomplishments boiled down to an app no one read @jbcarmody & @Maya_Michigan please fix this
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John E. Harris, MD, PhD
3 years
@ilanarosman @DrGrant276 @Maya_Michigan And I would spend a lot more time reading an application if there was real interest in my program. A LOT more time. Imagine if we could avoid reading 550 applications from EVERYBODY in the country, and just focus on 100 for whom we are a good fit (geographically, size, etc)
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
6 months
My contribution to query rejection erasure poetry brought to you by #Match2024 Remember, not every place is the right fit, and that’s okay!! It’s also healthy to laugh with your friends and turn your rejections into nice compliments 😂
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@hadl
Hadley Leggett
6 months
My contribution to the brave new genre of query rejection erasure poetry. I got this rejection (along with about 100 others) in 2021 and now my book is coming out in 2024... never give up, friends! ✨
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
2 years
7 years ago, today, I presented my first ever poster at the @UNMC_mdphd SURP poster day --> Fast forward to today, a full PhD immersed in my pediatrics rotation just living the dream. Wild!
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
5 years
Big takeaways for PhD students: 💃🏽Pursue hobbies unrelated to your field or work 🗣Talk about something other than your research ✍🏼Every week take some "me time" 💡Try therapy Perfect timing for our second #YCA chat on #wellness tomorrow @CienciaPR @moefeliu @amy_nusbaum
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Amanda Coletti
5 years
Don’t forget to take time to live your life and grow in ways outside of grad school! Hang out with friends, make time for your hobbies 👩🏻‍🍳💃🏻📖 @krwedemeyer #gradschool #phdchat #phdlife
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 months
Those of you who saw Oppenheimer and thought “wow, New Mexico is an incredible place,” yes it is.
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
6 years
Wow! Being referenced personally in JAMA as an “artist” might be the coolest thing that’s ever happened to me! Not only is this article an incredible highlight of the work @JulieSilverMD does constantly to strive for diversity, but this is also a super cool moment to experience!
@JulieSilverMD
Julie Silver, MD
6 years
A thoughtful @JAMA perspective by @wellberc & @ranitmd ➡️included our #WallsDoTalk challenge @HarvardMed . They highlighted @LauraFlowersE & Navya Talluri and said: Actionable interventions (eg salary equity) matter most, but decking the halls is a start.
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
Love love love the "Two pies" exercise. I am trying to learn how to allocate time earlier in my career, so I can have better balance when things get a lot more challenging later. Things I haven't put in my pie, but really want to: creative writing, bioethics, return to spin!
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
5 years
Excited for two #plenary posters tonight! Come by 706 & 707 to learn about exercise and bone! @ASBMR @Laura_Bilek @UNMC_mdphd
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
On our way to #ASBMR2021 Glad to be #FullyVaxxed and #Masked with other bone experts in San Diego 🌴 Check out our E-Poster and come see me for a full run down of our project! Risedronate for lean mass preservation following sleeve gastrectomy 💪🏽👩🏾‍⚕️
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
4 years
I love studying at UNMC ❤️
@UNMC_mdphd
UNMC MD-PhD Scholars Program
4 years
A big congratulations to Laura Flores (G2 scholar) and Brandon Lew (G3 scholar) for being recognized as Graduate Students of Distinction at today's Annual Graduate Faculty Meeting. Andrew Cannon (G4 scholar) and 13 other talented graduate students currently hold this honor.
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
Re: Diversity and inclusion on the interview trail “So show me your residents. Show me your program leadership and division chiefs and department chairs and deans. If all I see is a bunch of old white dudes, your commitment to diversity is either newfound or insincere.”
@jbcarmody
Bryan Carmody
3 years
Time for a new feature - the inaugural Sheriff of Sodium Mailbag. Real questions from real readers, covering interview caps, how to evaluate a program virtually, and Step 1 pass/fail potpourri.
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
2 years
What a week for scholarship!! Received my copy of “Workforce and Diversity in Psychiatry” edited by the one and only @DrHowardLiu It never gets old seeing my name next to my mentors @JulieSilverMD @SAStrongMD Should “professionalism” include DEI? A resounding YES from us ✅
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
1 year
No one more impressive, compassionate, and involved than these two MD-PhD Scholars Honored to be inducted into the @GoldFdtn with you two today 💕💌🩺
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
1 month
College of Medicine briefs Not to overshadow the eclipse (see what I did there?) but I’m very proud to finally put my philosophy degree to use! (see, it was a good idea mom and dad)
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Laura E Flores, MD, PhD
3 years
Every day I email our statistician with a dumb question and every day he responds with kindness, and that is the support I need in grad school.
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