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Colleen Nguyen, MPH (she/her)
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community. research. golf, birds, f1. storyteller.
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Holiday wreath making with @cmcnguyen.bsky.social ! 🎄

#crafts #DIY #diycrafts
Two sisters posing for a selfie with the two holiday wreaths they've made in a parking lot A green holiday wreath made of Douglas fir branches and an assortment of other trinkets, including gold dusted pine cones, gold glitter snowflakes, and a velvet red ribbon
December 9, 2024 at 3:21 AM
Reposted by Colleen Nguyen, MPH (she/her)
namratasengupta.bsky.social
The NIH is hosting a community virtual townhall Wednesday December 4th 1-3 pm ET for input on the NIH Minority Health and Health Disparities Strategic Plan 2026-2030. Register here: nimhd.nih.gov/about/strate...
Planning Process
RFI, virtual townhalls: NIH seeks input from many communities for 2026-2030 MH and HD Disparities Strategic Plan.
nimhd.nih.gov
December 4, 2024 at 12:24 AM
cmcnguyen.bsky.social
Yesterday's red-bellied woodpecker. #birding
December 3, 2024 at 7:21 PM
cmcnguyen.bsky.social
This semi-recent piece by @bostonglobe.com lives rent free in my mind, because navigating this system is infuriating and I am currently paying the ultimate cost - my child's future. I don't want to fight the government, but what other realistic options are there?

www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/12/m...
‘I want to scream, but I can’t.’ The hidden world of special education settlements in Mass. - The Boston Globe
Hundreds of Massachusetts parents of students with special needs have been forced to sign nondisclosure agreements to secure the free and appropriate education their children are legally entitled to.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 24, 2024 at 1:53 PM
cmcnguyen.bsky.social
Our local Great Blue Heron. #birding #ornithology #birds #massachusetts
A great blue heron sits on the side of a pond.
November 19, 2024 at 3:33 PM
cmcnguyen.bsky.social
Can you spot the bird? This bird of prey buzzed right by me as I was walking with my son to tee off at the next hole on the golf course. It then perched on this tree...after I hit my ball into the sand bunker right beneath it. #birding #birdsofprey #redtailedhawk
Picture of a red-tailed hawk perched on a tree. It is centered in the middle of the picture.
November 18, 2024 at 12:12 AM
Reposted by Colleen Nguyen, MPH (she/her)
tmprowell.bsky.social
Believe your eyes! Look at these beautiful figures of a ~70 year period in the US. Watch cases of measles, mumps, rubella, polio, pertussis, smallpox, hepatitis plummet with safe & effective immunizations! 🏆

#VaccinesWork #GetVaccinated #MedEd
#MedTwitter #MedSky

graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines
The number of infected people, measured over 70-some years and across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, generally declined after vaccines were introduced.
graphics.wsj.com
November 16, 2024 at 3:01 PM