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Rovika (Rovingaile Kriska) Ponce (she/her/siya)

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First-gen immigrant 🇵🇭 and MS4 @BUMedicine 🩺 | Cancer research 🔍 (ORCID: 0000-0001-6122-4153) | @ucla alumna 🐻 | cooking 🍳 (blog below)

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Rovika (Rovingaile Kriska) Ponce (she/her/siya)
1 year
✨Highlights #1 of #ASCO24:.- Grateful to @ConquerCancerFd for the MSR award supporting my rotation w/ Dr. Okimoto at @UCSF where I learned more about bench to bedside/clinical trials & wrote a review!.- Presented my @BUMedicine work w/ Dr. Ko & Dr. Weinberg @ the Abstract Forum!
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RT @hammy_oh: I am excited to present our new study out in @NatureMedicine where we discover a novel synaptic protein biomarker to predict….
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Rovika (Rovingaile Kriska) Ponce (she/her/siya)
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Excited to share our review that examine key influencers of medical mistrust, its impact on cancer care utilization, and interventions! Thankful for the guidance of amazing @BUMedicine leaders, @NaomiKoMD @doc_kgb @karinapverma @BrimhallKim
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Rovika (Rovingaile Kriska) Ponce (she/her/siya)
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His match day on our four year anniversary. ❤️ His work ethic is inspiring, and I am so grateful to have witnessed his growth these past four years! #internalmedicine #Match2025 #MatchDay2025
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RT @Kevin_Reyes650: Excited to share that I will be staying at UCSF for internal medicine residency! I am so grateful for my loved ones who….
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RT @jpurabryant: A dream come true! I matched at @ColumbiaMed for Internal Medicine in the presence of my family and closest friends! I pra….
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Rovika (Rovingaile Kriska) Ponce (she/her/siya)
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RT @jpurabryant: 🙏🏽Wow! Thank you so much for everyone who prayed over me and supported my journey. ✅I am officially employed - can’t wai….
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Rovika (Rovingaile Kriska) Ponce (she/her/siya)
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Very grateful for the opportunity to be a 2025 @APOSHQ Health Equity Scholar & relationships built at this conference! Such meaningful, inspiring work done by this community FOR the community. Excited for the year to come w/ my mentor @KellyIrwin_MD & cohort includ @AriennePatano
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Rovika (Rovingaile Kriska) Ponce (she/her/siya)
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✨Highlight #2 of #ASCO24.- 👏Kevin & @BryanHLau presenting at the Annual Meeting & Abstract Forum!.- Meeting fellow med students 🇵🇭🌎 .- Learning from great faculty via @ConquerCancerFd Diversity in Onc Meet&Greet, UCSF Global Cancer dinner like @AnaVManana & @s_brond! Thankful!
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RT @AnaVManana: Love sharing last night with our wonderful group of trainees & mentees, international collaborators, and @UCSFCancer facul….
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Rovika (Rovingaile Kriska) Ponce (she/her/siya)
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RT @jpurabryant: 🤓 My Day 2 #ASCO24 highlights:. - 🔬Presented at the Med Student & Resident Abstract Forum. - 🤩Diversity in Oncology meet a….
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Rovika (Rovingaile Kriska) Ponce (she/her/siya)
1 year
My MSR project was published today! Thank you @ConquerCancerFd for the opportunity & to my mentor Dr. Ross Okimoto’s support. Excited to build on prior work at @UCSF: molecular & clinical overview of CIC-rearranged tumors w/ rationale for future therapies
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Rovika (Rovingaile Kriska) Ponce (she/her/siya)
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RT @ConquerCancerFd: Congratulations to this year's class of Conquer Cancer Grant and Award recipients! We can't wait to celebrate with you….
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Rovika (Rovingaile Kriska) Ponce (she/her/siya)
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RT @Kevin_Reyes650: Check out our paper on salvage treatment post BCMA CAR-T Relapse for patients with multiple myeloma! Grateful for the U….
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Rovika (Rovingaile Kriska) Ponce (she/her/siya)
2 years
RT @hammy_oh: I am thrilled to present our new study out in @Nature where we measure aging at organ-level resolution in living people with….
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Rovika (Rovingaile Kriska) Ponce (she/her/siya)
3 years
RT @wysscoray: excited to share an in-depth review of aging clocks or-more appropriate-methods to estimate biological age .
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Rovika (Rovingaile Kriska) Ponce (she/her/siya)
3 years
RT @JCI_insight: WEE1 kinase is a therapeutic vulnerability in CIC-DUX4 undifferentiated sarcoma: @UCSFMedicine .#O….
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Rovika (Rovingaile Kriska) Ponce (she/her/siya)
3 years
RT @nickthomasmed: 🚨New in @JCI_insight🚨:.Our Okimoto lab group has identified WEE1 as a potential therapeutic target in a rare form of sar….
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Rovika (Rovingaile Kriska) Ponce (she/her/siya)
3 years
Excited to share our findings from the Okimoto lab at UCSF and my first co-first author pub w/ @nickthomasmed! We identified Wee1 inhibition as a therapeutic target in CIC-DUX4 sarcomas which has poor clinical outcomes and current ineffective therapies.
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Rovika (Rovingaile Kriska) Ponce (she/her/siya)
4 years
WEE1 kinase is a therapeutic vulnerability in CIC-DUX4 undifferentiated sarcoma. . Super grateful to have had the opportunity to work on this project alongside @nickthomasmed in Dr. Okimoto's lab!.
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