Rachel Mills, PhD, MS, CGC
@doublehelixTAT
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I love genetics and I have the tattoo to prove it. certified genetic counselor, PhD researcher, assistant professor, soapbox stander. she/her/y’all
UNCG / Durham, NC
Joined October 2013
We are excited to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science by spotlighting just a few of the amazing people at @UNCG involved in that field, every day! #Science
https://t.co/ou7OAEcpoW
hhs.uncg.edu
Feb. 11, 2025, is the 10th anniversary of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The School of Health and Human Sciences has women accomplishing incredible things every day . Here’s...
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the kiddo has somehow mixed up the eagles fight song and sweet caroline. so after each touchdown he sings “Fly Eagles Fly! BAH BAH BAAAHHHHHH!”
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Current status: Screaming.
Did the Trump administration just take PubMed offline? That sound you hear is thousand of biomedical scientists screaming at their computers a week before the grant deadline.
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Okay I’m rolling out. Come visit me in the sky.
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Absolutely heartbroken for my fellow North Carolinians navigating this terrible mess.
We're getting our first look at the devastation in Western NC, what officials are now calling "Buncombe County's own Hurricane Katrina." County Emergency Management held a press conference this afternoon, calling the damage "biblical." Here's what we learned:
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Traveling to Quebec City for CAGC on vibes alone. Will my phone work when I get to Canada? 🤷🏻♀️ Will my credit card work? 🤷🏻♀️ Did I pack appropriately for weather that is drastically different from NC? 🤷🏻♀️ Stress and burnout have beaten the type-A tendencies right out of me…
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September is #SickleCellAwareness month! 🩸🧫 Tune into our conversation with patient advocate, Victoria Gray, to learn more about her journey with #CRISPR treatment & more! https://t.co/nAnc9PVL8k
dnapodcast.com
Victoria Gray is the FIRST person to be cured with a genetic condition using CRISPR, in this podcast interview she shares about her sickle cell pain crises and medical racism experiences prior to...
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A different Supreme Court could have saved Marcellus Williams. All 3 Democratic judges dissented. All 6 majority Republicans approved his execution. Presidents appoint them. Please stop acting like this election doesn't matter. Please stop acting like voting doesn't matter.
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Abortion bans, criminalizing pregnancy, and family policing are all entangled forms of reproductive injustice. A longstanding assault, especially on Black women, intensified by Dobbs. #ReproductiveJustice
A new report out today from @PregnancyJust finds that, in the first year after Dobbs, 210 pregnant people faced criminal charges related to pregnancy, birth, or pregnancy loss. This is the largest single-year number ever, and almost certainly still an undercount.
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Spent the better part of this year working with these folks on this session on Personal & Professional Identities! So grateful to the folks who stuck around for a Saturday morning session & made some great insights! @doublehelixTAT @I_MacFarlane Missing @twitherington! #NSGC24
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If @GeneticCouns doesn’t wrap #NSGC24 with Earth, Wind & Fire, I might have to rush the stage and take over the mic to start a singalong.
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The amount of overlap between my dissertation research on professional identity formation at NSGC AC and the abstract “Navigating belonging and identity at the NSGC AC: Insights from a longitudinal study of BIPOC GC students” is blowing my mind.
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Have you thought about genetic counseling but weren't sure if you wanted to major in it? @UNCG offers it as a minor! Find out more about @UNCGGC. #geneticcounseling #science
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As a history nerd (I minored in history in UG!) I am loving how @SophiaCeulemans is kicking off #NSGC24 with a history lesson about New Orleans
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And #NSGC24 Tip 3) If you’re walking through the convention center to get to our space, walk the whole way on the first floor! there’s construction that has shut down a middle section of the center and there’s and easy cut through/bypass on the first floor, but not the 2nd!
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