Walking Scientist. PA Student. Ph.D. Biomedical Science. 🇺🇸Olympian. Haute Volée. The journey continues! Dream. Believe. BECOME!

Joined December 2011
There’s a hunger crisis in our country, and it’s impacting children. This shouldn’t happen to any child or family. Congress needs to pass the American Rescue Plan, which addresses the hunger crisis and gets relief to those Americans who need it.
This is heartbreaking. America is facing an unprecedented hunger crisis. The American Rescue Plan includes measures with bipartisan support to attack this crisis head on. We need action now. patch.com/new-jersey/middlet…
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I really believe now is the time for @WorldAthletics to roll out live in-race biometric data. Give us athlete’s HR, ventilation, sweat rate, cadence, whatever you got! Instead of ‘did you see how fast X ran?’ We can say, ‘holy shit they ran that 10km with a 190 ave HR’
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A 6-year old ballet student asked me today if I'm excited about getting my "Fauci Ouchie" soon, and I will now be referring to the covid-19 vaccine as only that, because it's the cutest thing ever.
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Prioritizing athlete vaccinations would pit our communities against us and our worth as athletes is only as strong as our standing in the community. We lose them we lose our value. Thank you @theXCorg for the platform to write out my thoughts! thexc.org/olympic-athletes-c…
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Thank you thank you thank you to every one who is celebrating at home today with only the people they live with in order to protect our communities and save lives.
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Christmas isn't just a 1 day thing—it's a season that lasts until Epiphany. The feast continues. In a world of rapidly changing trending topics, we move on too fast to the next thing. As Rolheiser has said "Our society knows how to anticipate an event but not how to sustain it."
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The real inspiration of the day is @mardy_hehir serving as a role model for all the other medical-residents-fathers-of-two-while-running-120-mile-weeks.
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Science will always be at the forefront of my administration.
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We have a lot of hard work ahead, but if we do this together with patience and with empathy, I truly believe that the COVID vaccine will be the most important science communication project for building public trust in science in our lifetime. Let’s go!
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Athletes must take their place in vaccine queue, says IAAF boss cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summe…
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Drs. @florian_krammer, Peter Palese, and Adolfo GarcĂ­a-Sastre, discuss their new study which shows the universal #influenza virus vaccine has produced strong and durable results in early-stage clinical trials in humans: mshs.co/9P
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Sadly, we have to announce that all meets scheduled for the month of December at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex are now cancelled. We hope to resume competition in January. In the meantime train hard and wear a mask! #MaskUp – at Staten Island, NY
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Maria Michta retweeted
To all of you in Georgia, today is the last day to register to vote in the upcoming runoff election. Take a few minutes right now to register to vote, and then make sure everybody you know is registered, too. iwillvote.com/GAvotes
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Thank you for sharing @AlexiPappas 👏👏. Athletes should feel no shame in having someone who helps with their mental health. The brain can get injured & break down too.
“After the Olympics, I was diagnosed with severe clinical depression,” says @AlexiPappas, a record-setting runner who raced at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. “It nearly cost me my life.” nyti.ms/3mQgYjv
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Maria Michta retweeted
“What if we athletes approached our mental health the same way we approached our physical health?” – @AlexiPappas Please take a few minutes to watch this today.
“After the Olympics, I was diagnosed with severe clinical depression,” says @AlexiPappas, a record-setting runner who raced at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. “It nearly cost me my life.” nyti.ms/3mQgYjv
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Replying to @lindsaycrouse
Times have changed, women don’t need to sacrifice having families at the expense of their careers, we can do it all. I am grateful to have an incredible support system to lean on🙏🏿😊
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Replying to @MariaMichta
@MariaMichta meet the kids at Seacliff Elementary School. Kids meet the Olympian race walker.
We were #vikingstrong this morning while learning about pacing and a new skill- speed walking! @seacliffschool @PeterGiarrizzo @drzublionis @NSVikingSports
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‼️Attn: Athletes registered for this week’s Virtual Annual Meeting who plan on running for leadership positions‼️Submit your campaign videos NOW (almost all positions up for election)!! DM for submission info! #usatfaac #electionszn #virtualelection
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Maria Michta retweeted
Let’s Friday! Our 20-30% off bundle is back! And comes with a free gift to boot: bit.ly/39mMEcu #flystyle
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