My #DisabledinSTEM story: a 🧵 I’ve always been really scared to label my mental illness as a disability. Not because it’s not incredibly debilitating, but because I never wanted to take away space from someone who needed so much more accessibility than I did to be successful

🚀 Just out! Our systematic review dives into how social media is transforming #Pathology and #LabMed. From hashtag-powered learning communities to global collaborations, it’s clear: digital engagement is shaping the future of our field. Explore the findings! #PathTwitter #MedEd

Honored to be representing the biobankers and research pathologists on such a global scale! Can’t wait to meet everyone at the conference next month. 😊

All of this is to say that if you enjoy the work I do here, if you’ve learned anything from my account or feel like I’ve done something to help change the field, I’d love your vote to get into the top 5! Thank you for all the support always. It means everything! ❤️

Most importantly, it means I am fulfilling my mission to bring visibility to brain donation. Ensuring our donors’ legacies live on is the greatest thing I’ll ever do in my career, and each day we help do that at the INRL through our research and outreach.

It makes me a better scientist, advocate, & human being. This award solidifies that I am meant to be doing this work. It means that my fellow pathology colleagues see the value that research brings to patient care & how biorepositories are a key resource to the community.

I also love being a role model and breaking down stereotypes about pathologists. Seeing the face of students when they hold a human brain for the first time or receiving a message from a follower about pursuing a career in the field fundamentally changes me for the better.

But I’m so proud of what I’ve done to spotlight the field of pathology. I love making neuropathology education exciting! I love empowering families with knowledge about end-of-life care & I love showing people how great of an impact one decision can make on the future of research

Top that off with being young and fresh out of school... it’s safe to say I feel like an imposter a lot! So when the opportunity to apply to 40 under forty came around, I almost didn’t do it.

I often feel like an outsider in pathology because I don’t work directly in the clinical space. I’m not a medically trained pathologist, I’m not a traditional laboratory professional. I don’t have any formal histology training.

I am blown away, ecstatic, overjoyed... FULL of emotion to announce I was selected as one of ASCP’s 40 under forty recipients for 2024! 🤩 TLDR: I love this field so much & being honored by ASCP for my work in brain banking is the validation this early career researcher needed.

Everyone should know what a pathologist does because they impact every. single. person at some point in life.

I spent this past weekend at the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neuropathologists as part of the Presidential Symposium. This was my first time in the Lake Tahoe area and it was fantastic! Thank you, Dr Folkerth, for inviting me to speak on #DEI. #AANP100

My trauma didn’t make me stronger, it shattered me to pieces. *I* made me stronger by piecing myself back together as best as I could and choosing to learn more kindness, understanding, and empathy instead of more bitterness and anger.

If you’re interested in a mid-volume core lab that allows you to use a wide variety of histology skills, have opportunities to do outreach and education, and want mentorship from me, then this may be the job for you!

I’m thrilled to announce that I have taken on the role of Technical Director of the Histology Research Laboratory (HRL) at the University of Iowa! Even more exciting, we are hiring for a lead histotechnician who will work closely with me as we restructure and grow the lab.

Insights into #ForensicPathology by @Pathologists Subspecialty Series. #PathX #PathTwitter

#PathTwitter, has anyone taken the @ASCP_Chicago QBRS? I’d love to chat about your experience as I prep for mine. 😊

I’m on the cover of @reinventedmag !! 👩🏻‍🔬✨🪩 Grab a copy here! https://t.co/8lxIOri6Pd Tysm RM for not only the feature but the ability to share my #STEM story 🤍 @AlchemistAsia #ReducingScienceStigma 💕🧪

Happy National Science Appreciation Day 🔬🥼 To celebrate, we'd like to highlight a recent article which explores the importance of putting women in leadership roles in #pathology and #STEM 👇🏼 https://t.co/PmUnG1TbuI #ScienceAppreciationDay #ScienceAppreciationDay2024

Everyone is commenting on my tweet saying “why would you want to do unpaid labor??”. THIS. I was one of those students who had to publish to graduate. Everyone I know is. When it takes 6 months to get reviews & you can’t graduate without a pub, you’re being unfairly punished.