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Vice Dean Research @UCDavisMed ; GI physiologist; Euro-Brit ex-pat abroad in CA; EiC of @JPhysiol ; tweets not official position of @ucdavis or @ThePhySoc

Sacramento, CA
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
5 years
@amandadeibert My head of department told me that over his dead body would he ever appoint a woman to the faculty. He’s dead, I’m a Distinguished Professor
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
4 years
@FutureDrDukes Please report to your grad Dean. As a former @UofCalifornia grad dean, one of my biggest frustrations and sadnesses was when students suffered injustices in silence and never asked for help.
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
2 years
Clearly a view from their side, but now I’m finally watching #HarryandMeghan I feel that some harm was really done to them
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
3 years
Sorry for all of the subterfuge. It’s official - so delighted to announce that I have joined @UCDavisMed UC Davis School of Medicine names new vice dean for research
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
3 years
Understand this has caused a firestorm in the UK. It is simply a very moving tribute and perfect for Father’s Day. A Father's Day Gift From Meghan To Harry Is Now A Kids' Book
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
5 years
First day ⁦ @NSF ⁩!
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
8 months
@PeterHotez ⁩ is a hero! Thanks for tackling the important topic of attacks on science and scientists, ⁦ @NewsHour
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
3 years
So excited on my first day @UCDavisMed - I’m really looking forward to leveraging the great and unique strengths of the Med school and the @ucdavis main campus to support research advances for all in this diverse community- and I feel so welcomed
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
3 years
So jazzed to be recognized today by ⁦ @AmerGastroAssn ⁩! Would not have expected this in a million years.
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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Growing up poor left me isolated in academia—until I began to share my story . Important story about the “hidden minority” in academia. We need to avoid assuming all have access to the cultural curriculum #firstgen #firstgenfaculty
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
2 years
Still on a high this morning!
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
3 years
@Caroline_Bartma Postdoc life: Less responsibilities than the professors, more independence than the grad students. Quite honestly, it was probably the best time of my life from a scientific standpoint.
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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Speaking in the brain-gut session, Michael Burton from ⁦ @UTDallasNews ⁩ announces before beginning his talk that he learned last night he was promoted to Associate Professor-what a way to kick off! #thisiswhataphysiologistlookslike #APS2023
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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So thrilled to be recognized by ⁦ @ThePhySoc ⁩ tonight
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
6 years
@TheTennisstorm @shannimcg @npseaver When I was a new faculty member, I received invite to reception addressed to Dr. and Mrs. B. I replied that I could not attend, and my mum could not attend either.
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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@ScholarlyGamer @slavetothehat I am working in the US Federal Government and I have just sent out to all my staff.
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
5 years
I was walking across campus today to a meeting, and it suddenly hit me that I have been so incredibly fortunate. I could not have dreamed as a #firstgen kid that I would have the title of Professor at one of the world’s top universities.
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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But what I have totally learned is that the @DailyMailUK is even more awful than I already knew
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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What a tremendous honor to be included here!
@APSPhysiology
American Physiological Society
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The July issue of #TPhysMag is now available, with the cover story featuring many of our female past presidents. Check it out: #WomenInSTEM #APSWomensHealth #WomensHealthResearch @DrKimEBarrett @JS_Pollock @dr_hvcarey
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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I can't believe that today is my very last day as EiC of @JPhysiol . The very best of luck to new EiC, Peter Kohl, as he begins his term tomorrow. Look for my new Twitter handle tomorrow too. Thanks for all the support and friendship for the past six years.
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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This is a brave piece. When a postdoc in my lab committed fraud, I had to face my own culpability | Science | AAAS
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
3 years
Such a challenging weekend. Mourning my mum, Kathleen. She had a good innings but sad she is gone. No option to fly home due to COVID scare. Grateful that Peter seems OK and that I can WFH 2moro.
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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Wow, what a huge honor to have received this award from the ⁦ @APSPhysiology ⁩ ⁦ @APSETG ⁩ ⁦ @expbio ⁩ - so proud (and even my super sisters ⁦ @LynneBarrettLee ⁩ and Sherrill Barrett got a shout out in the intro) #APSatEB
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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This is a great piece for all seeking mentors. Most importantly, the need to manage your mentoring relationships and take charge: One mentor isn’t enough. Here’s how I built a network of mentors
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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It’s our 20th anniversary so we stopped off on the way back from my research celebration to get a cocktail for our own celebration At Obo.
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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All my trainees who have had kids during training have gone on to great opportunities. One just got tenure! It’s our obligation as PI’s to make sure this can work.
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
3 years
Great advice for grad students published in @JPhysiol Thesis write‐up and manuscript preparation: related but distinct tasks
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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Rude paper reviews are pervasive and sometimes harmful, study finds. At @JPhysiol , we routinely remove inappropriate comments from reviews and try not to use repeat offenders.
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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So proud to be one of the ten living female presidents of ⁦ @APSPhysiology #aps2024
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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We should all be grateful to @McLNeuro for achieving this important result #MeTooSTEM
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
3 years
Out of the blue tonight, I got a note from a hugely accomplished emeritus colleague I haven’t seen for ages congratulating me on an award. His words “ @UCSanDiego is where it is because of faculty like you who excelled in research and in service”.
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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@emilybest Because I am a published professional and my entire career's work rests on my own name.
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
3 years
So glad I came back to see my mum. She may not be with us for too much longer but great to have her girls in one place. #familycomesfirst
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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Physiologists truly are the best kind of scientists @ThePhySoc @APSPhysiology
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
5 years
@alexevans91 Tupperware tapas
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
3 years
My heart is full....I will be leaving my role as a Division Director at NSF at the end of the week and am humbled by these wonderful messages. It is always first and foremost about the people.
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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I came here as a post-doc on a J-1 visa, had a brief period with no visa b/c 2y home residence rule before my H1B, then green care and finally citizen three years ago.
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
4 years
We are so excited about this new author benefit! Check it out!
@JPhysiol
Journal of Physiology
4 years
Authors of provisionally accepted manuscripts of @JPhysiol are granted free access to our premium BioRender account! Here is just one example of what can be achieved with BioRender! (Figure courtesy of @trentoncolburn @KStateKines )
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
2 years
I have reached the pinnacle - quoted in an article in the @nytimes Is It Bad to Drink Coffee on an Empty Stomach?
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
1 year
Look who I got to (re)meet on Wednesday night! What a huge honor.
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
4 years
@meghan_daum Sorry, Meghan, but you’re just wrong here. In addition, in many countries, including my native UK, most doctors don’t even earn a doctoral degree. I’m happy to call them Dr. but like many other Ph.D.’s here, to say nothing of Ed.D. etc, we earned this privilege.
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@DrKimEBarrett
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We bought a new house!
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
3 years
Just done sorting through the 36 years of my life @UCSanDiego in order to move my office to @ucdavis @UCDavisMed @ucd_physiology tomorrow. Came across some real gems, including the letters my thesis and postdoc advisors wrote when I was first appointed. So many memories here.
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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Happy Christmas everyone! So blessed to have my wonderful hubby and a wonderful life!
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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@jreneebad So sorry for such a devastating loss. May these wonderful memories of him continue to be a source of strength for you.
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
5 years
OK, so this is really happening. Flying out in the morning to spend my year @NSF . Looks like we'll be landing in a snowstorm. Hope this delicate California flower will survive. Wish me luck!
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
2 years
“When I’m 64” is today! 🎶🎤🎶
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
4 years
A little sad to have been #untitled during Division holiday Zoom tonight. List of year's accomplishments had every MD listed as "Dr" and even nursing staff with their degrees, but I was just plain Kim Barrett. Even after 35 years, only a 2nd class citizen as PhD in a med school
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
2 years
Was super stoked to perform with @GI_Distress tonight; what a great audience at #GTSRC22 Rock on!
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
2 years
Excited to have made it to Copenhagen for #europhysiology2022 !
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
3 years
So sad, so true. #supportsocietyjournals
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Nature does open access
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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Just celebrated my 60th bday with a 5K run!
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I love #Physiology !
@ThePhySoc
The Physiological Society
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"Physiology for me is an important discipline because it's the foundation of medicine. It's in studying #physiology that you begin to appreciate how the body functions as an integrated system." Editor-in-Chief of @JPhysiol , @DrKimEBarrett 🔗
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
4 years
@jmduhnke This is an outrage, and a slap in the face of veterans like my husband who retired from active duty. I hope @SenDuckworth is rapidly successful.
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
8 years
Scary possibility #BrexitVote
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
5 years
Where are all the women deans? There is still a lot of work needed to advance gender equity amongst medical schools and especially their leadership.
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
1 year
I’m here! #APS2023
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
5 years
Tenure and then full professorship Finding and marrying the right person Singing with a rock band Papers, grants and prizes Editor in chief of two journals Learning to love myself. Yes, it gets better.
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
4 years
So happy to be celebrating our anniversary! The best hubby in the world.
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
1 year
When paylines are in single digits, the system simply can’t distinguish the most meritorious work to fund, IMHO
@NIAIDFunding
NIAID Funding
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We posted our first interim NIAID Paylines for fiscal year 2024: -- R01 (non-new Pls) 8 percentile -- R01 (new PIs) 12 percentile
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I have had a wonderful career (so far). But have always classed myself in the middle of the pack (if that). The peril of being a small fish in a big pond. But the last few weeks I have received so many positive affirmations about my contributions.
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@NesrineMalik This is such an affirming message to those of us working in the obscurity of the academic trenches. Thank you!🙌👍😍
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
2 years
Celebrating our 20th anniversary at #grange
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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Depressing but not surprising. Budding scientists inherit career success—or the lack of it—from their mentors | Science | AAAS
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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@merrylindseyphd ⁩, recipient of ⁦ @ThePhySoc ⁩ DeBurgh Lectureship, showing fascinating data that alpha 2 macroglobulin may predict survival in mice and humans #europhysiology2022
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
3 years
Please take a look at my new editorial in @JPhysiol . It has been such an honor to serve the physiological community for the past six years as your EiC
@JPhysiol
Journal of Physiology
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'The end of an era' by @jphysiol_eic 👉
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Thrilled to be in the audience to se ⁦ @gareaulab ⁩ recognized as a ⁦ @ucdavis ⁩ Chancellor’s Fellow for her work on the microbiota-gut-brain axis!
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There is no greater professional satisfaction in life than seeing a former mentee honored. Huge congrats to @DecMcCole on receiving the @GIL_trainee Davenport Lecture at #APS2024
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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Pleased to see new policy from @APSPhysiology that would withhold or revoke honors and awards from those found responsible for unethical conduct, including sexual harassment #MeTooSTEM
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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A great week for @JPhysiol ! Board meeting on Monday, Leadership Team today, and I got to do an #ama with @ThePhySoc members this morning. Plus, while it is a flawed measure in many ways, it is still worth celebrating that the Journal’s impact factor has risen to 5.182.
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
3 years
Out celebrating - news to follow!
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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So pleased to have the opportunity to express what it means to be to have been selected again to serve as EiC of @JPhysiol Everything old is new again - Barrett - The Journal of Physiology - Wiley Online Library
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Merry Christmas to all from our home to yours!
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Power ladies! Female presidents of ⁦ @APSPhysiology ⁩ in the Green Room getting ready to kick off #aps2024
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
5 years
Reviewers, don’t be rude to nonnative English speakers
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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Science is not well served by concentrating resources in the hands of a few. And even less so when those few lack diversity. Scientists with multiple NIH grants are overwhelmingly male and white
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
5 years
3 scientists who learned how cells react to oxygen levels win Nobel Prize in medicine. Should be "medicine or physiology", because this is physiology pure and simple.
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4 years
Editor's Choice in the new @JPhysiol The effect of lifelong endurance exercise on cardiovascular structure and exercise function in women
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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So proud of my hubby for his service, but especially on #VeteransDay - I love you, Peter
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@DrKimEBarrett
Dr. Kim E. Barrett
3 years
@PeyingFong ⁩ is in the house - one of our great Senior Editors for ⁦ @JPhysiol
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
3 years
On #InternationalWomensDay2022 I want to give a shout out to all my wonderful new female colleagues @UCDavisMed @UCDavis This is an exceptional setting for women leaders!
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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I am bowled over by the outpouring of love, hugs and condolences from my Tweeps on the occasion of my mum's passing. No matter what people say about social media, I have truly found a community here.
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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With the man himself! #DDW2023
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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Getting ready to head out to the first in person Editorial Board meeting for @JPhysiol in five years. Excited for a lively discussion of how to propel the journal to new heights following our recent uptick in submissions.
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When your hubby is unavoidably detained and can’t make it back for your b-day, you take yourself out for bubbles🍾🥂. #FourPalms
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Sad to be giving up the sunrises in my DC apartment. It was a great opportunity to serve at the ⁦ @NSF ⁩ but moving my stuff back to Sac today.
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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So much positive energy on here for my husband’s recovery from hip replacement surgery. I love my Twitter community.
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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@thoughtsofaphd I’m a professor and a back-up singer in a rock band made up of scientists @GI_Distress
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Honored today to be speaking at the @ucdavismed @UCDavisSurgery ⁩ Research Day. A little disorienting to have my pic on the front of the program. Looking forward to a great day of presentations from residents, fellow and #ECR
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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So pleased to see my colleague ⁦ @jan_nolta ⁩ recognized @ucdavis for her lifetime contributions to innovations in regenerative medicine ⁦ @UCDavisMed ⁩ ⁦ @UCDavisHealth ⁩ ⁦ @UCDavisStemCell
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I am so blessed that my hubby is recovering so well. Back on track for weekend lunches!
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Yay! Back to work @nsf today after 4+ months out of the building. No more tiny laptop.
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Healthy hubby, happy life!
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Dr. Kim E. Barrett
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It’s really happening! Tight junction meeting in Berlin about to get underway. My first live scientific meeting in more than 2 years.
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