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Tooka Zokaie, MPH, MAS

@tookatooth

🦷 Oral Health Equity Advocate | @uicpublichealth DrPH candidate @JohnsHopkinsSPH & @UCDavis_PHSEDU alumna | 🦁Iranian she/her (opinions are my own)

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We had the best lunch learning about dental public health policy with @tookatooth 🦷😁
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When my nephew explains what “incendio” and “stupefy” mean
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In case anyone was wondering why affirmative action is important....
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Jasmine Hughes@Jas_Hughes20 Jun 2023
The fact that there are multiple candidates for what this linear regression is blows my mind 🤯 (Original, of course: xkcd.com/2347/)
This is an edited version of the XKCD "Dependency" cartoon, which shows a number of blocks balanced very precariously on top of a tiny block. The many large blocks have been labelled "All modern medicine" and the tiny block is labelled "A linear regression equation based on ~20 patients published in like 1970."

ALT This is an edited version of the XKCD "Dependency" cartoon, which shows a number of blocks balanced very precariously on top of a tiny block. The many large blocks have been labelled "All modern medicine" and the tiny block is labelled "A linear regression equation based on ~20 patients published in like 1970."

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Love seeing all the great research my dental colleagues are posting at the International Association for Dental Research Convention! International oral health connections are outstanding 👏🏽
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Ask: What's a way to say "must do" without using "required" or "mandated"... Me: "Lady MacBeth'd"
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Juneteenth doesn’t celebrate the end of slavery when its now transformed into the prison-industrial complex with disproportionate mass incarceration of Black people It celebrates a start of change and honors the steadfast justice-work and continued fight for freedom
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Fluoridation Society@AFS_Fluoride20 Jun 2023
A very strong, evidence-based position statement on CWF. Well done! #prevention #publichealth
Prof Sarah Baker (@sarahRbakerDPH) profile pictureProf Sarah Baker@sarahRbakerDPH16 Jun 2023
New position statement on water fluoridation "BASCD strongly supports community water fluoridation as a safe, equitable & effective intervention, which should be implemented on a universal basis to reduce prevalence & severity of tooth decay & reduce oral health inequalities" 👏
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I miss when Instagram was less noisy
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Nobody wants to transform medical care more than the people working within it
Tatiana Prowell, MD (@tmprowell) profile pictureTatiana Prowell, MD@tmprowell15 Jun 2023
When a doctor tries to get an appt for a family member in the hospital where they practice & spends 36 mins on the phone only to hear the next available appt is in 2024…this system is broken. #MedTwitter
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@marklewismd16 Jun 2023
I had a medical student shadow me all day in oncology clinic and, when I asked them at the end what surprised them the most, they paused to reflect & then said “the hope”
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I acknowledged the music of Queen in my article submission and peer reviewers asked for me to remove it for professionalism… what about Fat Bottomed Girls isn’t professional?!
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The Political Determinants of Health and the role of health policy- in a society where discrimination is institutionalized, health equity will not be achieved without policy change.
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Is this an episode of Parks and Rec? nbcchicago.com/news/local/pr…

Pritzker Signs Illinois Law to Ban Book Bans

The first-in-the-nation law is a defense against a nationwide trend demanding that books be removed from library shelves.

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With over 700 activists from @UCDavisHealth at #SacPride this weekend! We marched for equitable healthcare FOR ALL- including support for SB729 ⚕️
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Loc Do@LocDo112 Jun 2023
Very honoured to receive the @BEHSRofIADR Aubrey Sheiham Award for the paper pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3621… @DiepHa20366326 @UQHealth @UQDentistry . Looking forward to @IADR in Bogota.
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Einstein would have gone to the Barbie movie > Oppenheimer
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It’s time for APHA registration! Treat yourself with Georgia 🍑🍑 apha.org/events-and-meetings…
APHA Oral Health (@APHAOralHealth) profile pictureAPHA Oral Health@APHAOralHealth9 Jun 2023
How will you treat yourself? @PublicHealth is coming to Atlanta November 2023 The Oral Health section will be there and collabs with APHA Nutrition and @ih_section instagram.com/reel/CtSSicqpt…
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“Sliced bread was a cool idea but… like… was it really that great?” - @HmeidanWassim
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