@HughesMeghan

Value and Access Manager @amgen. PhD in muscle physiology from @yorkuniversity. While I have a connection to Amgen, opinions are my own.

 Toronto,ON
Joined February 2012
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CANWNT
@CANWNT9 Aug 2021
To celebrate the launch of our new dedicated #CANWNT account, we're giving away five #CanadaRED prize packs. Like, RT and follow @CANWNT for your chance to win!
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Honoured to receive this award. Proud to be a @YorkUKINE alumni!
Lisa Philipps@YorkUPresident17 Jun 2019
We’re also proud to recognize Governor General’s Gold Medal winner Meghan Hughes (@HughesMeghan), who is graduating today with her PhD in molecular physiology. Kudos, Dr. Hughes! #YorkUConvo
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Incredibly honoured to receive this award. It was an honour and privilege to work for @ChrisPerryYork who provided (and continues to provide!) mentorship and support that I will forever be grateful for.
Christopher Perry PhD@ChrisPerryMito29 May 2019
Our lab is blessed with wonderful students focused on growth and achievement. Today, we celebrate @HughesMeghan for receiving the top academic award in Canada for her PhD on novel therapies in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The Governor General's Gold Medal. tinyurl.com/y57rnyoz
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Very grateful to have worked for such an awesome mentor over the past 6 years. Can’t thank @ChrisPerryYork enough for everything he has done for me.
Christopher Perry PhD@ChrisPerryMito19 Apr 2019
Yesterday was a very special day. @HughesMeghan is now Dr. Hughes! Huge achievements! The entire lab and all of our collaborators are proud. Big thanks to her original UG advisor @mitokanedria Dan Kane for being part of this day, as well as her co-advisor @thomashawke!
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While this series of photos sums up my PhD with @ChrisPerryYork perfectly, I wouldn’t have had it any other way. #PhinisheD
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The graduate students of the Muscle Health Research Centre have organized a great list of speakers to talk about their paths from grad school to diverse careers outside of academia. Open to all. Career Day, Feb. 22. yfile.news.yorku.ca/2019/02/…
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Replying to @JPhysiol
@JPhysiol is fast - accepted yesterday and online today! Paper conceived by @HughesMeghan as part of her thesis. Impairments in left ventricular mitochondrial bioenergetics precede overt cardiac dysfunction and remodelling in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
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nice work @BonafigliaJ !
Alex Hutchinson@sweatscience14 Sep 2018
Tell people to exercise at, say, 75% of their personal max, and the assumption is that they're all working equally hard. But they're not, and a new study shows that lactate levels after a single workout predict variation in fitness gains after 4 weeks. theglobeandmail.com/life/hea…

Speaking while exercising? Not if you want to get fitter

Studies by researchers at Queen’s University found that blood lactate measurements, level of exercise intensity and even the ability to speak while working out successfully predicted who would gain...

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Meghan Hughes retweeted
MitoAction@MitoAction10 Jul 2018
Doctors injected a billion mitochondria into a baby's damaged heart, and within two days, the baby had a normal heart, strong and beating quickly. “It was amazing,”... nytimes.com/2018/07/10/healt…
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I keep harping on @EliudKipchoge's smile and the studies linking smiling and running economy, so I feel duty-bound to report that watching a half-hour sitcom does NOT cure muscle soreness or increase pain tolerance. It does make you feel good, though.
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Meghan Hughes retweeted
Muscle Health@MHRC_YorkU23 Apr 2018
new paper from the MHRC Altered mitochondrial bioenergetics and ultrastructure in the skeletal muscle of young adults with type 1 diabetes link.springer.com/article/10…
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Are current exercise guidelines sufficient for those with Type 1 #diabetes? New joint study with @YorkUHealth @McMasterU found active young adults with Type 1 diabetes have muscle complications. @ChrisPerryYork explains why news.yorku.ca/2018/04/18/act…
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Muscle health is an important complication to consider in Type 1 Diabetes. Are current exercise guidelines sufficient? Very proud of @CynMonaco @HughesMeghan @ConnectInMotion and all collaborators. Outstanding collaboration with @thomashawke who brought this idea forward. xitter.cf/thomashawke/status/986…
LEMuR@Mac@thomashawke18 Apr 2018
Add poor #muscle quality to the list of #T1D #diabetes complications. Great job ! @CynMonaco and @HughesMeghan. Awesome co-PI on this-@ChrisPerryYork. Got the cover image too! Thanks @ConnectInMotion for subject recruitment help!
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WHAT A RUN!!! @kristaduchene just finished 3rd at the @bostonmarathon
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Who’s going to #oep2018 this year? 🎉🤓 Wondering about the social?🍻 @Dr_Burr and I are excited to have @danistrong22 join us Saturday night 4 outdoor bon🔥, food,🥤🥂, 🎶, 🍁taffy & more...Bring your ⛸🏒, dress for ⛄️❄️🌨🌧! More details @ goo.gl/qY8VL8 Plz RT
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Same. xitter.cf/Raptors/status/9480003…
Toronto Raptors
@Raptors2 Jan 2018
Who's kid is this 😂 xitter.cf/Raptors/status/9480003…
Brain discovery uncovers cause of heart failure symptoms cbc.ca/1.4120683 Great talk Keith! @prof_brunt @ScienceTM @Simpsonlab_UofG
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Thanks to a great supervisor @ChrisPerryYork for his support...even though he can't figure out how to put his name tag on 😭😭 xitter.cf/ChrisPerryYork/status/…
Christopher Perry PhD@ChrisPerryMito17 Mar 2017
Proud of Sofhia Ramos, @HughesMeghan and Patrick Turnbull who all received prestigious PhD awards ($15k-35k). Rising stars, proud mentor.
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58% of elite athletes in Dutch study fail to get 20g protein at breakfast; 36% miss target at lunch too. runnersworld.com/sweat-scien…
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