Dr. Heather Mefford @hcmefford.bsky.social
@hcmefford
Physician, scientist, mom, wife #genetics #epilepsy #pediatrics #raredisease @StJude @StJudeResearch formerly @UWMedicine
After HS in Iowa, I studied ChemE on a Langsdorf scholarship @WUSTL @WashUengineers. FF>>one of my daughter's randomly assigned Yr1 #WashU roomies (&bestie) is an Iowan & Langsdorf scholar studying ChemE! Loved showing her #Memphis & @stjuderesearch this wkend. #AcademicTwins
Huge CONGRATS to @cwlaflamme on her F99/K00 from @NIH @NHGRI_Director! Well deserved, and it means I get to keep her around a bit longer - WIN WIN!
Excited to announce that my F99/K00 fellowship entitled, “A multi-omics approach to understanding pediatric epilepsies,” was officially funded today! And a huge thank you to @hcmefford for being the greatest mentor ever and always supporting me in these endeavors 🧬🧠 Cheers!
Thank you @CureEpilepsy and @RaidenScience for partnering to fund our #raredisease #UBA5 #epilepsy program @StJudeResearch! We hope that our work will lead to better understanding and meaningful improvements for #UBA5 patients and families. 🧠🧬
We're proud to partner with @CureEpilepsy to co-fund #UBA5 research at @StJudeResearch, led by @hcmefford This research will enhance our understanding of UBA5, its connection to epilepsy, and the development of therapies to treat it. Together, we’re advancing science and hope.
Thank you @AmEpilepsySoc #AES2024! I am honored and humbled to be recognized for our gene 🧬 discovery work in #epilepsy 🧠 #RareDisease!
Congratulations to Dr. Heather C. Mefford, MD, PhD, recipient of the 2024 Basic Science Research Award!
We're looking for a talented scientist 👩🔬👨🔬to join our group @StJudeResearch! Help us develop/characterize #stemcell/#organoid models of #raredisease #epilepsy disorders. 🧠🧬🧠🧬 Details below - join us! talent.stjude.org/careers/jobs/J…
Another Editor-in-Chief opportunity - this one @hmg_journal! #genetics 🧬 Details at link below. academic.oup.com/hmg/pages/call…
Not leaving yet, but also checking out the action where the skies are blue 🦋
Love our collaborative clinic @LeBonheurChild @LeBNeuroscience with @ebonkowski @nitchouras @StJude @StJudeResearch to diagnose and care for kids with known/suspected #genetic #epilepsy #RareDiseases! 🧬 🧠 ❤️ Read about it here 👇
Le Bonheur’s Neuroscience Institute provides the most up-to-date care, resources, research and treatment for children with a suspected or known genetic epilepsy disorder through the Neurogenetics Clinic. ow.ly/mhu850TYgTt
Two Mefford lab posters this afternoon 👇👇👇 🧬 🧠 🧬 🧠 #ASHG24 #ASHG2024 @cwlaflamme @sohamsg90
Learn about Mefford lab science @StJudeResearch during the week: THURS 1056T Natural hx of SLC6A1 disorder @sohamsg90 2062T Multi-omic seq approaches in unsolved epilepsy @cwlaflamme FRIDAY 8092F Rescuing KANSL1 haploinsufficiency Drew Murphy (undergrad!)
Reminder for #ASHGtrainee #ASHG24 attendees looking for a postdoc, faculty position, or scientist job in genetics/neurogenetics/raredisease - visit @StJudeResearch booth to learn about opportunities!
Looking for a #postdoc,#Faculty position or #Genetics #epilepsy #RareDisease #PrecisionMedicine #organoid #Bioinformatics job? Visit @StJudeResearch #ASHG2024 exhibit at Booth 1106 - we are HIRING! Info about tackling peds neuro dz @StJudeResearch: stjude.org/research/initi…
She understood the assignment! Proud of my 19-yo 1st-time voter whose request for absentee was bungled (Tennessee doesn't make it easy!) - so she drove home from college last night to VOTE and is already headed back!! 🇺🇸🤞
