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Oct 7, 20211 min read

Do you really have Triplets?!

How else could I have experienced my FIRST Instagram LIVE than to discuss what it's like to have #triplets with Midwife Sally?! Click...

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Dr. Anto-Ocrah awarded $1mil NINDS K01 Award!

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Oct 7, 20210 min read

Dr. Anto-Ocrah awarded $1mil NINDS K01 Award!

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May 1, 20204 min read

The epidemi-mom-blog-ist

May 1, 2020 by John Ernst Available at https://www.585mag.com/the-epidemi-mom-blog-ist/ Book "Triplets make Four" Available on Amazon...

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Martina Appears on Netflix's Nailed It! Holiday!

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Dec 7, 20181 min read

Martina Appears on Netflix's Nailed It! Holiday!

Friday, December 7, 2018 Nailed It! is an American Netflix original series which premiered on March 9, 2018. The series is a bake-off...

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Dr. Anto-Ocrah awarded Larry E. Davis Excellence in the Academy Award

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Nov 141 min read

Dr. Anto-Ocrah awarded Larry E. Davis Excellence in the Academy Award

On November 7th 2024, Dr. Anto-Ocrah received the Larry E. Davis Black Excellence in the Academy Award in recognition of her dedication...

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Nov 141 min read

Mentee Leon Ruiter-Lopez in the press!!

Leon's first authored publication in Neurotrauma Reports was picked up and featured by UPMC press . In this groundbreaking work, Leon...

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Dr. Hemika Vempalli joins the lab as our first Post Doctoral Associate!

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Jun 171 min read

Dr. Hemika Vempalli joins the lab as our first Post Doctoral Associate!

In 2023, I decided to change my research to focus on positive psychology and protective factors. Rather than asking "What deficits does...

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Dr. Anto-Ocrah joins LoveYourBrain Yoga's Advisory Team

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Apr 251 min read

Dr. Anto-Ocrah joins LoveYourBrain Yoga's Advisory Team

In 2024, Dr. Anto-Ocrah joined the Advisory Team of LoveYourBrain (LYB) Yoga which includes leaders with both lived and learned...

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Feb 141 min read

Starting 2024 off with a BANG!

Neuroscience major Leon Ruiter Lopez (Pitt class of 2024) represented the #AntoOcrahLab at the American Physician Scientists Association...

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END OF YEAR LAB RECAP! What a year 2023 has been for our trans-Atlantic, multinational team!

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Dec 27, 20230 min read

END OF YEAR LAB RECAP! What a year 2023 has been for our trans-Atlantic, multinational team!

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Apr 28, 20231 min read

Off they go!

It's that time of the year, when the birds leave the flock! Mentees Lindsey DeSplinter and Claire Couturier are graduating! Lindsey has...

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Welcoming the Lab's First Maternal Child Health Fellow

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Jan 26, 20231 min read

Welcoming the Lab's First Maternal Child Health Fellow

Beyond pleased to share that MPH student Ramatu Abdul Hamid Alhassan is the FIRST #maternalchildhealth fellow in the Anto-Ocrah lab,...

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The Washington Post (and other news outlets) pick up our COVID and Women's health work!

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Nov 7, 20221 min read

The Washington Post (and other news outlets) pick up our COVID and Women's health work!

It is wonderful to see our work on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women's reproductive health published in Obstetrics and...

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2022 Summer highlight: Keynote Speaker at USC-GRIT lab

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Oct 28, 20221 min read

2022 Summer highlight: Keynote Speaker at USC-GRIT lab

It was such an honor to speak to women's health in the global context at the Commitment, Courage and Resilience in Global Health...

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Pink Concussion gave me my first break...on this YouTube video, we circle back

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Oct 28, 20220 min read

Pink Concussion gave me my first break...on this YouTube video, we circle back

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Oct 28, 20221 min read

Mentees Killing it!

Two of our medical students killed it this year! Brooke Jones presented her summer project titled "Assessing Women's Lived Experience and...

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How can we use mobile phones to connect pregnant women in Ghana with midwives?

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Dec 2, 20211 min read

How can we use mobile phones to connect pregnant women in Ghana with midwives?

Dr. Anto-Ocrah speaks at the 4th Annual Africa Interdisciplinary Health Conference on this innovation!

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JAMA Invited Review from Dr. Anto-Ocrah: Women More Prone to Concussion's Long-Term Harms

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Apr 8, 20211 min read

JAMA Invited Review from Dr. Anto-Ocrah: Women More Prone to Concussion's Long-Term Harms

April 8, 2021 By Amy Norton After a concussion, women may be at heightened risk of lasting physical and mental symptoms, a new study...

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Pearls of wisdom on journal selection by Dr. Anto-Ocrah

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Feb 22, 20212 min read

Pearls of wisdom on journal selection by Dr. Anto-Ocrah

February 22, 2021 Available at https://www.rethe.org/blog/how-do-i-select-a-journal Selecting where to publish your work is a very...

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Dr. Anto-Ocrah comments on health disparities during Covid-19 pandemic

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Apr 10, 20202 min read

Dr. Anto-Ocrah comments on health disparities during Covid-19 pandemic

Friday, April 10, 2020 By Sujata Gupta COVID-19 was called the great equalizer. Nobody was immune; anybody could succumb. But the virus’...

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