Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, MACP, FAMWA
@trohrkir.bsky.social
Physician, president emeritus American Medical Women’s Association, 1st VP Medical Association of Georgia. Clinician Educator Medical School All comments are my own
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#BOTD 1911
Betty Huntley-Wright: British actress and vocalist. Daughter of the comic actor Huntley Wright, had a long career on stage, chiefly in comedy and pantomime, and in film, radio and television. Later she also ran an antiques business in London. Alfred Hitchcock's Waltzes from Vienna (1934)
Betty Huntley-Wright: British actress and vocalist. Daughter of the comic actor Huntley Wright, had a long career on stage, chiefly in comedy and pantomime, and in film, radio and television. Later she also ran an antiques business in London. Alfred Hitchcock's Waltzes from Vienna (1934)
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
#BOTD 1911
Betty Huntley-Wright: British actress and vocalist. Daughter of the comic actor Huntley Wright, had a long career on stage, chiefly in comedy and pantomime, and in film, radio and television. Later she also ran an antiques business in London. Alfred Hitchcock's Waltzes from Vienna (1934)
Betty Huntley-Wright: British actress and vocalist. Daughter of the comic actor Huntley Wright, had a long career on stage, chiefly in comedy and pantomime, and in film, radio and television. Later she also ran an antiques business in London. Alfred Hitchcock's Waltzes from Vienna (1934)
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In an article published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine, 12 former FDA commissioners sharply criticized anticipated changes to vaccine policy that were detailed in a leaked memo from an agency official.
Former F.D.A. Commissioners Sound Alarm on Plan to Change Vaccine Policy
Twelve former commissioners, in a New England Journal of Medicine article, said they were “deeply concerned” by a leaked memo from the Trump administration’s chief scientific officer.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
In an article published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine, 12 former FDA commissioners sharply criticized anticipated changes to vaccine policy that were detailed in a leaked memo from an agency official.
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First woman CEO in the United States?
Anna Bissell. Born #OTD in 1846.
She took over the Bissell company in 1889. She secured patents, boosted marketing & grew exports to Europe & Latin America and, by ~1899, had created the largest organization of its kind in the world. #WomenInBusiness
Anna Bissell. Born #OTD in 1846.
She took over the Bissell company in 1889. She secured patents, boosted marketing & grew exports to Europe & Latin America and, by ~1899, had created the largest organization of its kind in the world. #WomenInBusiness
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
First woman CEO in the United States?
Anna Bissell. Born #OTD in 1846.
She took over the Bissell company in 1889. She secured patents, boosted marketing & grew exports to Europe & Latin America and, by ~1899, had created the largest organization of its kind in the world. #WomenInBusiness
Anna Bissell. Born #OTD in 1846.
She took over the Bissell company in 1889. She secured patents, boosted marketing & grew exports to Europe & Latin America and, by ~1899, had created the largest organization of its kind in the world. #WomenInBusiness
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Thanks @robcaliff.bsky.social and 11 other prior FDA Commissioners for weighing in on vaccines, evidence, appropriate policy in today's @nejm.org www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/f...
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December 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Thanks @robcaliff.bsky.social and 11 other prior FDA Commissioners for weighing in on vaccines, evidence, appropriate policy in today's @nejm.org www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/f...
A dozen former FDA commissioners condemn plan to tighten vaccine approvals - The Washington Post
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
A dozen former FDA commissioners condemn plan to tighten vaccine approvals - The Washington Post
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Biochemist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn was born #OTD in 1948.
She shared the 2009 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the enzyme telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. This has 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 implications for the fields of #aging and #cancer research. #WomenInSTEM
She shared the 2009 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the enzyme telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. This has 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 implications for the fields of #aging and #cancer research. #WomenInSTEM
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Biochemist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn was born #OTD in 1948.
She shared the 2009 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the enzyme telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. This has 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 implications for the fields of #aging and #cancer research. #WomenInSTEM
She shared the 2009 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the enzyme telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. This has 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 implications for the fields of #aging and #cancer research. #WomenInSTEM
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Dr. Mary Edwards Walker was born 193 years ago today: Nov. 26, 1832.
She was a doctor, Civil War surgeon, and women's dress reform advocate, but is best known as America's only female Medal of Honor recipient. Here's a great 2019 We're History article about her from author R.E. Fulton.
She was a doctor, Civil War surgeon, and women's dress reform advocate, but is best known as America's only female Medal of Honor recipient. Here's a great 2019 We're History article about her from author R.E. Fulton.
Dr. Mary E. Walker: “Clothes Make the (Wo)man”
“It is a shame that people who lead reforms in this world are not appreciated until after they are dead…”
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November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker was born 193 years ago today: Nov. 26, 1832.
She was a doctor, Civil War surgeon, and women's dress reform advocate, but is best known as America's only female Medal of Honor recipient. Here's a great 2019 We're History article about her from author R.E. Fulton.
She was a doctor, Civil War surgeon, and women's dress reform advocate, but is best known as America's only female Medal of Honor recipient. Here's a great 2019 We're History article about her from author R.E. Fulton.
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I have just learned that when they found out CDC's search tool was down, The Immunization Action Coalition put together a page with various search tools for vaccines, with different categories - could be useful to people:
www.vaccineinformation.org/vaccine-basi...
www.vaccineinformation.org/vaccine-basi...
Where To Get Vaccinated | Vaccine Information
Our curated list of links to help you locate vaccine centers by state, plus other tools to help you locate a vaccine resource near you.
www.vaccineinformation.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I have just learned that when they found out CDC's search tool was down, The Immunization Action Coalition put together a page with various search tools for vaccines, with different categories - could be useful to people:
www.vaccineinformation.org/vaccine-basi...
www.vaccineinformation.org/vaccine-basi...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Maria Skłodowska (Marie Curie) was born in Warsaw, Poland, in November 1867.
She was:
👏 the first person to win two Nobel Prizes (Physics in 1903, Chemistry in 1911).
👏 the first woman laureate.
Prizes were awarded in Stockholm on 10 Dec each year.
@nobelprize.org
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She was:
👏 the first person to win two Nobel Prizes (Physics in 1903, Chemistry in 1911).
👏 the first woman laureate.
Prizes were awarded in Stockholm on 10 Dec each year.
@nobelprize.org
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911 was awarded to Marie Curie, née Skłodowska "in recognition of her services to the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by th...
www.nobelprize.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Maria Skłodowska (Marie Curie) was born in Warsaw, Poland, in November 1867.
She was:
👏 the first person to win two Nobel Prizes (Physics in 1903, Chemistry in 1911).
👏 the first woman laureate.
Prizes were awarded in Stockholm on 10 Dec each year.
@nobelprize.org
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
She was:
👏 the first person to win two Nobel Prizes (Physics in 1903, Chemistry in 1911).
👏 the first woman laureate.
Prizes were awarded in Stockholm on 10 Dec each year.
@nobelprize.org
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
The Power of Prevention: Vaccines in a Changing World. Great stats, good science.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Power of Prevention: Vaccines in a Changing World. Great stats, good science.
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The Reproductive Health Coalition, AMWA, and Doctors for America are reshaping how we talk about access to abortion care—grounding every discussion in empathy, evidence, and shared values.
Register: vist.ly/4d3v6
#DoctorsForAmerica #AMWA #ReproductiveHealthCoalition @amwa_students
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#DoctorsForAmerica #AMWA #ReproductiveHealthCoalition @amwa_students
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The Reproductive Health Coalition, AMWA, and Doctors for America are reshaping how we talk about access to abortion care—grounding every discussion in empathy, evidence, and shared values.
Register: vist.ly/4d3v6
#DoctorsForAmerica #AMWA #ReproductiveHealthCoalition @amwa_students
Register: vist.ly/4d3v6
#DoctorsForAmerica #AMWA #ReproductiveHealthCoalition @amwa_students
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Tune in to your local PBS station for a powerful new episode of Breakthrough: Women in Science & Medicine. Learn about the groundbreaking research led by Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, an obesity medicine physician, scientist, educator, and policy maker.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Tune in to your local PBS station for a powerful new episode of Breakthrough: Women in Science & Medicine. Learn about the groundbreaking research led by Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, an obesity medicine physician, scientist, educator, and policy maker.
vist.ly/4ehmc
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Some dont recall what the schedule was when they got their shots back in the 60s! Why do some think they only got 2 or 3 shots? vaxopedia.org/2019/07/09/v...
Have You Seen These Older Vaccine Schedules?
Why do anti-vaccine folks say that kids only got two vaccines or 5 doses of vaccines back in the 1960s?
vaxopedia.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Some dont recall what the schedule was when they got their shots back in the 60s! Why do some think they only got 2 or 3 shots? vaxopedia.org/2019/07/09/v...
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Powerful.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Powerful.
I Am a Drug Historian. Trump Is Wrong About Fentanyl in Almost Every Way. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
Opinion | I Am a Drug Historian. Trump Is Wrong About Fentanyl in Almost Every Way.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I Am a Drug Historian. Trump Is Wrong About Fentanyl in Almost Every Way. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
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“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
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#ScienceSunday
#Vaccines
Here is another example where scientists have generated systemic immunity against human papilloma virus using nasal delivery of a cationic nanogel containing the HPV16 E7 protein as an antigen. In addition, an anti-tumor effect was seen. Game-changing!
Vaccines save lives.
#Vaccines
Here is another example where scientists have generated systemic immunity against human papilloma virus using nasal delivery of a cationic nanogel containing the HPV16 E7 protein as an antigen. In addition, an anti-tumor effect was seen. Game-changing!
Vaccines save lives.
Cationic nanogel–based nasal therapeutic HPV vaccine prevents the development of cervical cancer
Cationic nanogel–based nasal therapeutic vaccine induces cancer-specific immune responses and inhibits cancer development in cervical tissue.
www.science.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
#ScienceSunday
#Vaccines
Here is another example where scientists have generated systemic immunity against human papilloma virus using nasal delivery of a cationic nanogel containing the HPV16 E7 protein as an antigen. In addition, an anti-tumor effect was seen. Game-changing!
Vaccines save lives.
#Vaccines
Here is another example where scientists have generated systemic immunity against human papilloma virus using nasal delivery of a cationic nanogel containing the HPV16 E7 protein as an antigen. In addition, an anti-tumor effect was seen. Game-changing!
Vaccines save lives.
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Garrett Stanley and I are leading the recruitment of a senior faculty position in BME at Georgia Tech and Emory, focused on Neural Engineering. Come talk to us, we're looking for a leader in research and training, in areas with neurotranslation potential.
More details here:
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More details here:
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November 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Garrett Stanley and I are leading the recruitment of a senior faculty position in BME at Georgia Tech and Emory, focused on Neural Engineering. Come talk to us, we're looking for a leader in research and training, in areas with neurotranslation potential.
More details here:
lnkd.in/eusCqCSR
More details here:
lnkd.in/eusCqCSR
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We are on record. We will fight to protect early voting and vote-by-mail. Last Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case on vote-by-mail that lays the groundwork for attacking early voting. We will push back on threats to free, fair, & accessible elections. For all. www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
We are on record. We will fight to protect early voting and vote-by-mail. Last Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case on vote-by-mail that lays the groundwork for attacking early voting. We will push back on threats to free, fair, & accessible elections. For all. www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
Wow! Research on menopause and women in leadership. Appreciate those who speak openly on this topic. Many Thanks!
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New Research on How Women in Leadership Navigated Menopause
Women who aspire to senior leadership roles face a number of systemic, gendered barriers. But a new study found that dealing with the symptoms of menopause doesn’t have to be one of them. Researchers ...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Wow! Research on menopause and women in leadership. Appreciate those who speak openly on this topic. Many Thanks!
hbr.org/2025/11/new-...
@amwadoctors.bsky.social
@acog.org
@womeninmedicine.bsky.social
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hbr.org/2025/11/new-...
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Iowa doesn’t have enough OB-GYNs. Is the state's abortion ban part of the problem? - NPR
November 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Iowa doesn’t have enough OB-GYNs. Is the state's abortion ban part of the problem? - NPR
How women physicians can shape the future of health care AI www.ama-assn.org/practice-man...
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How women physicians can shape the future of health care AI
A doctor who started her career in computer engineering now leads Sutter Health’s AI efforts. She says every woman in medicine can play a part.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
How women physicians can shape the future of health care AI www.ama-assn.org/practice-man...
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Multiple sex scandals are rocking the MAGA faith community www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Multiple sex scandals are rocking the MAGA faith community
Allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct have cast a pall over the conservative evangelical movement, particularly in the past month.
www.msnbc.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Multiple sex scandals are rocking the MAGA faith community www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Egg Freezing Benefits Are a Key Job Consideration for Female Docs www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...
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Egg Freezing Benefits Are a Key Job Consideration for Female Docs
Researcher says fertility coverage is no longer a 'nice-to-have' but rather a necessity
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October 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Egg Freezing Benefits Are a Key Job Consideration for Female Docs www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...
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