The look on Congresswoman @RepRobinKelly’s race when you are meeting about legislation that will affect dialysis care for Black patients and she realizes you are a @NMQF 40 under 40 awardee (a program she started) 🙏🏾#goodtrouble #fightingthegoodfight #inequitykills
My favorite Professor @D_R_Williams1 of @HarvardChanSPH always brings the 🔥illustration of the harms of #racism. #inequitykills #NKFClinicals
Tired of the false narratives that were perpetuated about race and #eGFR equations, we wrote this @NatRevNeph review to tell the REAL history. Check it out to learn how racism (not race) is the root of racial inequities in nephrology. #inequitykills https://go.nature.com/3096oxO
As of last week, @PennMedicine is now reporting the NEW race-free CKD-EPI 2021 equation! How many other institutions have made this change? If not, are there any barriers to implementation? #inequitykills
We hope that this new #eGFR equation (accurate and developed without race) will push the scientific community to adopt other approaches that minimize racial bias, and promote health equity and patient-centeredness. #inequitykills #timeforaction
Watching this fantastic live #Juneteenth conversation @Penn
@erikahjames: Can Black people be racist?
@DrIbram: Yes. A Black INDIVIDUAL can be racist if they are fighting to uphold racist/white supremacist structures
And yes he named names. I'm sure we all can... #inequitykills
Last academic talk of the year was TODAY! I have a whole new appreciation for academic advocacy after giving 30 talks/panels this year. Change IS coming (watch 😉). This art from my 2016 trip to Cuba featuring @BarackObama inspires me EVERYDAY🙏🏾 #Yeswecan #Yeswedid #Inequitykills
Last night, @CameronNutt @michellemorse Dr. Mallika Mendu, and I spoke about the role of organizing, science, policy and advocacy in the fight to stop the use of #race in #eGFR equations @BrighamMedRes Health Equity Forum. TY for the invite @ValStoneMD! #inequitykills #BWHfamily
After speaking about #race and #eGFR on @TheDoctors show, I've had a significant number of Black patients self-refer to my clinic after seeing that episode. They "know I'll fight for" them. #TheyreRight #IllNeverStop #Inequitykills
Happy #WorldKidneyDay! I don't have socks but I rock my beautiful @AJKDonline #kidney scarf😍 and share my #850challenge progress. Hopefully we ALL can take a stand to eliminate individual and structural #racism that contributes to racial inequities in nephrology. #inequitykills
I am proud of @ASNKidney and @nkf and grateful for the many stakeholders that have taken a firm stance to advance health equity. #Inequitykills #Onwards
Current vaccine distribution data for @PennsylvaniaGov by race and ethnicity. This is extremely concerning. Distribution -> Whites - 91%, Black - 3%, Asian < 1%, Other - 5%. #inequitykills
KFF - State COVID-19 Dashboard Race Ethnicity...
Let's continue to disseminate widely. #inequitykills. @DorothyERoberts @michellemorse @CamaraJones @DrAlethaMaybank @PeterPReese1 @tsaiduck77 @SKostelanetz @NNkinsi @rohankhaz @dereckwpaul @DrRayMD @UREssien @uche_blackstock @RheaBoydMD @LashNolen @DrDeidraCrews @EbonyJHilton_MD
That feeling when your @BrighamMedRes co-intern and good friend @zadoksacks introduces you before giving #Health #Equity Grand Rounds! 🙌🏾🙌🏾Thank you for having me Ventura County Medical Center! #race #eGFR #inequitykills
Read our manuscript to show how the US compares to other countries as well as our proposed solutions to end #racial #inequities in #preemptive #transplant. We need to do better. Period #inequitykills 4/4
Fascinating work from @tessa_novick @DrDeidraCrews and others. 34% of people with newly diagnosed kidney failure live in areas where 1/5 households are below the federal poverty level. #Inequitykills #KidneyWk
Grateful to work on this with brilliant colleagues and fellow health equity warriors 🙌🏾 #inequitykills @michellemorse @CameronNutt @PeterPReese1 Cc: @DorothyERoberts @NNkinsi @SKostelanetz @tsaiduck7
"In addition, by dichotomizing
race to Black versus non-Black instead of precisely
determining genetic ancestry, these formulas
evoke the racist '1-drop rule,' which categorized as
Black anyone with even a single, distant Black ancestor" #inequitykills...
I can't wait for this tomorrow! #inequitykills @michellemorse @UREssien @DrDeidraCrews @DMGrayMD @drfolamay @uche_blackstock @thenephrologist @DorothyERoberts waysandmeans.house.gov/legislation/hearings/dis...
#NonCOVID19post. No one questions the statistical precision of the original #eGFR #Cr equations. However we STILL don't have "precise" methods for judging phenotypic #race. We need new biomarkers that don't use #race. #Period #Inequitykills @PeterPReese1 http://bit.ly/2x34r7g
.Important #disparity work lead by superstar @PennCardiology fellow @eberly_lauren who showed racial inequities between Black, Latinx, and White patients treated for #heartfailure. Hat tip to senior authors/friends @michellemorse @EldrinL!! #inequitykills ...
There has been A LOT of discussions around #race and #eGFR equations recently. I'm honored to have written about the implications of using #race to define #kidney function with @PeterPReese1 in this month's @JAMA_current issue! #healthequity #inequitykills http://bit.ly/2MHj1cm
Super proud of my dear friend/colleague @michellemorse who has become a global leader in social justice and health equity and who delivered an AMAZING talk at the @NationalMedAssn meeting today! @P4Haiti @SocMedGlobal #inequitykills
