Built environments. Sidewalks. Streetlights. Parks and open spaces. City/Urban planning (i.e., layout). Walkability of communities. Neighborhood crime.
Recently at a doc appt and she was explaining the evidence-based guidelines for a test and why I should get it.
Dr: The guideline states…
Me: Actually, the guideline states… It came from evidence showing…
Dr: How do you know that?
Me: I wrote the guideline
#FlexFridays
😉
Normalize PhDs who do not stay in academia.
It’s okay to choose another route. Your work is still important. Your work is still valid. Your work is still novel (I hate that word but you know how it goes 🙄).
If all the MDs up and decide they want to do research, who is going to practice medicine?
I guess all the PhDs. We can learn to diagnose, intubate, and prescribe in a month, right? Like y’all do a month long research rotation and be ready to publish “groundbreaking” research.
@josephelfar
No one is gatekeeping anything. We want to work w/ trained ppl who are genuinely interested in conducting sound research. Not those who are trying to pad their CV, or are jumping into research bc they are tired of seeing patients.
👋🏽 I’m Gabrielle! I’m a PhDc in epidemiology
@UNCpublichealth
. My research examines
#cardiometabolic
disease prevention and barriers to healthy behaviors like physical activity. This is me as a wee-little PhD student presenting my 1st first-authored paper.
#BlackInCardioRollCall
@JeffAnderson__
That interest is great! It should come w/ training in research methods. That takes time, and should not be rushed. It potentially (and has) muddied the scientific literature due to poor methods and design. Addl, changes to clin practice should not be made based on ONE obs study.
Committee: Could you also look at…
Me: Nope.
Committee: Would it be worthwhile to examine…
Me: In someone else’s post-doc.
Committee: Do we need to also…
Me: Hard pass.
#GTFOH
#phdlife
#researchlife
#dissertationlife
@DrSabha
I do! It’s what drives science and research!
It also helps when people respect each other’s disciplines and are willing to learn, instead of telling ppl to run the stats, then come back in a month asking “so what does this all mean?”
Also, analyses doesn’t happen in a month.
#EpiTwitter
! Are you all seeing the
#SharetheMicNowPublicHealth
tweets?! Tomorrow, the voices of some amazing black leaders in
#publichealth
(epidemiologists, biostatisticians, etc.) will be amplified on some of current fave accounts! I can not wait!
This has to be a generational thing but:
1. Please don’t put meetings on my calendar without asking me, and definitely not same day. I don’t know why older generations don’t realize how rude that is.
2. Please don’t randomly call me. Also, rude. Send an email.
Also, just say y’all don’t like
@amandaseales
. The woman is clearly doing her job. And well, might I add (sn: Tiffany has always been my fave character). Y’all caught that right?! Character.
No matter where your career takes you in epidemiology (or any STEM area) - non-profit, academia, industry, gov - your greatest challenge will always be explaining who is in the numerator and who is in the denominator.🤷🏽♀️
#epitwitter
#AcademicTwitter
#AcademicChatter
#researchlife
To my new followers:
Hi! 👋🏽 I’m Gabrielle. My research focuses broadly on obesity, physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and cardio-metabolic diseases in adult and youth populations. You’ll get some
#epitwitter
,
#phdlife
, general life, sports, and musings on popular tv shows.
Another day, and another mtg where I’m explaining that black people are not biologically different from other races. Race is a social construct, and ppl often incorrectly interpret race in research (stats models) as a biological difference when it’s really pointing at disparity.
A special thank you to
@AprilCarsonPhD
for telling me to ask my advisor about an NIH Diversity Supplement the moment she learned I was accepted to
@UNCpublichealth
. Thank you to my advisor for kicking me into gear early as we wrote my grant in 3 weeks securing 3 years of funding!
Today marks the one-year anniversary of my dissertation defense. Today, a panel full of super dope women said, “Congratulations, Dr. Gabrielle Jenkins.” Wow! Time flies. More than ever I am all the more passionate about my research.
I’m grateful for answered prayers. God’s timing is so much better than mine and all things really do work together for the good of them that love God. Blessed to experience this beautiful pregnancy and begin my motherhood journey.
#muva
#maternityleave
✌🏾
Hey MDs…
Stop trying to use your ONE observational study to change clinical practice. That’s not evidence-based medicine. EBM is supported my MANY studies that lead to the same conclusion.
If you want to do research you need to train in it, and give it the respect it deserves.
@AsToldByNisey
@jiggyjayy2
This! I think people forget how Issa used to clown and embarrass Molly a lot the first two seasons. Additionally, Issa used to stay being a broke best friend and mooch off Molly.
1 systematic review with meta-analysis accepted.
1 systematic review with meta-analysis sent for review.
1 secondary analysis manu sent for review.
1 secondary analysis manu in progress.
I been WORKING working!
#phdlife
#researchlife
#grindtime
#AcademicChatter
#academia
I’ve been having weekly meetings with my dissertation chairs, and let me tell you 🙌🏽🙌🏽
I am about to be out of here!
I am extremely grateful they have set aside time for me WEEKLY to discuss this work.
#dissertationlife
#gradlife
#phdlife
My current rant will soon be accompanied by a thread on evidence-based research/medicine and meta-analyses. Bc what do you think happens when we need to summarize all of this “research” to develop and propose new clinical guidelines that eventually impact healthcare and policy?
I just had a baby.
Added the rest of my maternity leave and my deputy director denied it. 🤔🧐
Imma give him the benefit of the doubt this one time… he clicked the wrong button, idk. But if it’s some foolishness, who wants to guess how long before I cuss and I’m outta there?
The gist?!
You (PI and Candidate) write a grant to supplement an existing, eligible, parent award. The grant should (1) propose research that is a part of the ongoing research of the parent award and, (2) discuss research career development of the candidate (2/n)
If you asked early in my PhD career if I’d do genetics research, I likely would have said “Nah, I don’t see it.” Now, a year later, I’ve had the research experience of a lifetime doing the work I’ve always wanted to do: research and public health translation… in genetics!
Power calculations for secondary data analysis are stupid.
Power calculations for secondary data analysis are stupid.
Power calculations for secondary data analysis are stupid.
Power calculations for secondary data analysis are stupid.
Advisor/PI!
If you have a trainee from an underrepresented group, you should:
(1) apply for NIH diversity supplement funding to help fund their education! (2) have an active and eligible grant or cooperative agreement from a participating government funding agency... (3/n)
Two ideas of mine have been stolen in the last 6 months.
I’m not mad about it. It’s actually confirmation that I know exactly what I’m doing and I’m good at what I do.
It’s time to start my own thing.
@SafAriInTheCity
Academia has its benefits. However, teaching students of other areas/industries to utilize their PhD should also be encouraged.
Additionally, I love designing studies, grant writing, and publishing. It should be noted those tasks are not limited to the academic space.
@shansiddiqi
1. Kudos to taking the time to learn research methods.
2. I hope it doesn’t sound like complaining, but moreso pointing out the potential harms to the scientific literature base and patient care due to poor training.
I write A LOT of comments to myself in my code. They aren’t always clean full sentences, just the immediate thought that comes into my head and I fix those sentences later when I do the write up.
I just wrote “regression to the mean like a mug” in my code 😂🤦🏾♀️
#dissertationlife
#AcademicTwitter
if you want to watch something truly inspiring I would recommend
#CollegeBehindBars
on
@Netflix
. These students are amazing and ask such interesting and scholarly questions. It also shows the power of a good education why everyone is deserving of one.
I love methods. I always have. And that was heavily influenced by my mentor, Curtis Meinert. So the super fancy, math intense modeling excites me. But more and more, I am reminded of the extreme importance of descriptive epidemiology.
Candidate!
If you are from an underrepresented group, you should:
(1) ask your advisor/PI to apply for diversity supplement funding to fund your education ASAP! Deadlines are fast! (2) be a Grad/Pre-doctoral or Postdoc (Highschool and Undergrad also eligible)... (5/n)
Benefits!
You (the advisor) get to add another grant award win on your CV (yay!), mentor an awesome, smart, and capable student that is eager to learn, and guide research leading to publication. (9/9)
My first project when I started my FT position in May 2021. Still a year out from defending my dissertation, but my supervisor was confident in my analytic skills and my substantive knowledge in metabolic conditions. So proud to see this manu finally go to press.
#published