Laura
@crottyalexander
Researcher trying to suss out the effects of e-cigarette vaping on health. And learning new things about science every day!
My friend and colleague Dr. Venktesh Ramnath published another great piece. tinyurl.com/2s49cxzs Synopsis: Trust in medical doctors has crumbled under the weight of disillusionment and a flood of information from google and viral videos. But easy access to information and a…
Another great piece written by our very own Dr. Venktesh Ramnath - ICU MD extraordinaire. Reminding us to remain calm and resolved, merge with the river, and use our creative energy for good. Another of our ICU MDs, Dr. Biren Kamdar, sent a beautiful essay this morning, detailing…
Got behind on posting sciency stuff (yes, that is totally a word), so to catch up a little: 1. Our high school intern was practicing pipetting with food coloring, and ended up with a Pride Plate! Just in time for Pride month. 2. Our Masters Student Poorvi Saini gave a terrific…
Very cool - a member of congress gave a mini-speech about how awesome my big brother is! He highlighted Shane’s groundbreaking studies in vaccine immunology, and how many lives he has saved through his T cell immunology discoveries. I think he also made an impact by explaining…
Inspiring to see friends present their impactful research. Dr. Sara Gianella Weibel is killing it, sharing 16 years of research on HIV. Things she discovered through experiments in a lab, often using samples donated by patients, have made it to clinical trials. This is a huge…
Called out by Nobel Prize Winner: Scientists are responsible for the current anti-science sentiment. "We have neglected to share the wonders of science with our communities." So watch out, lots of science coming to conversations near / with you! #ScienceRocks @ucsdpccm
On a happier note, we were excited to restart our VA Case Conference! 6 attendings and 3 fellows had a vibrant discussion of some difficult cases..... and munched on pizza. @DeptVetAffairs @ucsdpccm
Congrats big brother on your latest Nature paper! Pretty cool that there are tons of immune cells in the nose and that you and Dr. Sydney Ramirez deep phenotyped them. @profshanecrotty #ImmunologyRocks @ljiresearch @UCSDHealth rdcu.be/dPAyJ nature.com/articles/d4158…
Such an honor to work with all of these amazing people @ucsdpccm
It’s that time of year again! Documenting all the awesome members of the UC San Diego Pulmonary Critical Care Sleep and Physiology division. @ucsdpccm @UCSDHealth #pccm
@zeaborok from @ucsdpccm delivering the keynote at the #ats2024 Women’s Forum. @UCSDHealth @atscommunity
Celebrating Women in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at #ats2024
ATS President Dr. Patricia Rivera celebrating the awesome return on investment the ATS Foundation grants have achieved. #ats2024 @atscommunity
Two of our @ucsdpccm student scholars enjoying #ats2024 student scholars program! And Samvel rocked his SPAR presentation
Melanie Königshoff starting us off at #ATS2024 by highlighting the importance of PhDs in clinical divisions. #APCCSD
Celebrating the amazing, inspiring research and leadership career of Dr. Joan Heller Brown @UCSDPharm Thanks for being so awesome! @UCSDMedSchool
Honoring Lung Leaders: Happy #NationalWomensPhysiciansDay to all the incredible #LungLadies out there! 🫁⚕️#pccm #criticalcare
Super exciting! @Kottend and Dr. Sue Majka secured the Tuscany location for @GRClung2025. Pasta, wine and single cell data here we come.
We are going to Tuscany! Save the date for the 2025 Lung Gordon Conference @GordonConf! #helpisontheway!