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LaShyra Nolen, MD, MPP
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Ty’s daughter. Keen observer. Healer. PGY-1 @BrighamMedRes | @HarvardMed MD/MPP '24|Founder @wegotusproject | #Forbes30Under30 |#NMQF40Under40|she/her| my views
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    LaShyra Nolen, MD, MPP
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    May 24, 2024
    And we did it, mommy. Dr. LaShyra Nolen, MD, MPP Cum Laude Harvard Medical School Harvard Kennedy School #DrNolen #FromComptontotheWorld
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    LaShyra Nolen, MD, MPP
    @LashNolen
    Apr 15, 2019
    My mom raised me as a single mother in Compton, California. She worked hard every single day, so I followed suit and by the grace of God I can say I’ll be attending Harvard Medical School on scholarship. This is for the culture. #Medtwitter #BlackGirlMagic #Harvard #WOC #LMU
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    LaShyra Nolen, MD, MPP
    @LashNolen
    Jul 1, 2019
    Y’all I was all excited to get my med school ID and I played myself and wore a white turtleneck for a photo against a white backdrop. WHERE IS MY NECK?!😭😂
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    LaShyra Nolen, MD, MPP
    @LashNolen
    Feb 16, 2020
    I’m always amazed by how medical textbooks will drop a: “Black people are more likely to develop...” “African-Americans have the highest rates of...” With no mention whatsoever of the systemic factors that contribute to the disparate outcomes we observe.
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    LaShyra Nolen, MD, MPP
    @LashNolen
    Apr 15, 2019
    My mom raised me as a single mother in Compton, California. She worked hard every single day, so I followed suit and by the grace of God I can say I’ll be attending Harvard Medical School on scholarship. This is for the culture. #Medtwitter #BlackGirlMagic #Harvard #WOC #LMU
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    LaShyra Nolen, MD, MPP
    @LashNolen
    Jul 9, 2020
    Teachers are now expected to be: •🦠public health officers •📚classroom suppliers •🤗counselors •👩🏾‍🏫educators •👩🏾‍💼mentors •🦸🏾‍♀️superheroes All while being underpaid, overworked, and exposed to 20+ families on the daily? We MUST advocate for their support and protection.
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    LaShyra Nolen, MD, MPP
    @LashNolen
    Oct 8, 2019
    Today we learned about Lyme disease and it’s classic symptom: a bullseye rash (erythema migrans) formed around the area of a tick bite. A classmate of mine asked, “How is this diagnosed for those with darker skin?” Our professor struggled to give him a clear answer. 1/5
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    LaShyra Nolen, MD, MPP
    @LashNolen
    Feb 16, 2020
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    It’s dangerous, and feeds into the narrative that Black people are inherently “broken” and forgoes an opportunity to put the onus on true culprit of these inequities: racism. Let’s stop dropping numbers with no explanation in 2020. It’s unjust. Our communities deserve better.
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    LaShyra Nolen, MD, MPP
    @LashNolen
    Jun 24, 2020
    As a first-gen medical student what I’m about to share means so much to me: This week I published my first, first-author publication in @NEJM about the need for increased representation of Black people and minority populations in #MedEd learning material. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
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    LaShyra Nolen, MD, MPP
    @LashNolen
    Oct 8, 2019
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    I’m learning more and more that medicine is taught in a way that is often times exclusionary and the treatment and manifestation of disease in those with melinated skin is treated as an afterthought, a “special case” of illness that students must do extra work to understand. 3/5
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    LaShyra Nolen, MD, MPP
    @LashNolen
    Oct 8, 2019
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    2. How does this later detection contritubute to the disparities we see in healthcare and what can we do in #medEd to reduce these disparities and ensure students have the tools necessary to treat and diagnosis patients of all skin types equitably? 5/5 #MedTwitter
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    LaShyra Nolen, MD, MPP
    @LashNolen
    Apr 16, 2021
    For me, it's the level of casualness with which white colleagues will ask Black folks to meet deadlines, produce papers, smile, and wave, while we've been fighting to hold back tears and anger every single day this week because our communities are actively being brutalized.
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    LaShyra Nolen, MD, MPP
    @LashNolen
    Feb 25, 2020
    Growing up I never imagined being celebrated for Black History Month...yet here we are in @TeenVogue. My accomplishments are a reflection of my mother, community and all those who have poured love into me over the years. Thank you for believing in me.
    Meet the First Black Woman Class President of Harvard Medical School
    From teenvogue.com
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    LaShyra Nolen, MD, MPP
    @LashNolen
    Aug 12, 2019
    So proud to share this moment with you all. To all the little brown girls out there “you can’t be what you can’t see but I hope you see me now and that you see yourself in me.”✊🏾 #MedTwitter #WhiteCoatCeremony #BlackGirlWhiteCoat #BlackExcellence #HarvardMed
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    LaShyra Nolen, MD, MPP
    @LashNolen
    Oct 8, 2019
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    This left me with the following thoughts: 1. If stage 1 Lyme disease is taught to be recognized as a rash on white skin, how are we supposed to diagnose Lyme disease in our darker skinned patients? Does this mean Lyme disease will progress to later stages in these patients? 4/5