Quynh P. Nguyen, MD, PhD (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈

"..a mentor is someone who has more imagination about you than you have about yourself." In other words, a mentor is someone who sees your true potential and helps you find a way to get there, even when you think you can't do it. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Allison Janney with the most diplomatic read of all time.

how do you talk to your dad when you know he actively voted to take your rights away?

“I've witnessed something that I feel is extremely bad, not just for the United States, but for all of us in the world.” Scientists around the world expressed disappointment and alarm as Republican Donald Trump has secured a second term go.nature.com/3UEdHa2

"only when it's dark enough can you see the stars. america, let us fill the sky with the light of a brilliant billion of stars." EXACTLY KAMALA🥺

It’s a hard day to get out of bed for. Then I remembered I’m a proud immigrant serving immigrant communities! I need my patients to know that no matter who threatens to rip away their rights, I have their back. In my line of work, there is no show downs, only showing up. 🩵

California just voted to keep slavery so relax

If I unfriend you for voting for Trump, it’s personal. Take it personally.

My viewpoint from the field of pediatrics in the wake of the election results. As pediatricians, politics & policy touch everything we do. I see the impact firsthand every day: - The teen with immunodeficiency who listens to politicians demonize vaccines—even though these protections could mean everything to his health and safety - The young adult who has been raped and needs access to *the full range* of reproductive services - The teenager battling depression and thoughts of suicide, but who’s on Medicaid—insurance that many private doctors can’t afford to accept because of inadequate reimbursements - The young person struggling with their gender identity, while lawmakers publicly vilify them, threatening their safety and well-being These are real people, and they’re the faces behind every choice our politicians make. So, what do we do when politicians make our worker harder? **We work together. We do important, hard work in our daily lives.** For me, this means caring for each patient and family in front of me, putting one foot in front of the other, and fighting for science, evidence, and what’s good and right in this world.

Removing slavery was on the ballot in California. It literally had no opposition campaign at all, and it still lost.

“This is not a time to throw up our hands. This is a time to roll up our sleeves.” —Vice President Kamala Harris

Nobody hates immigrants more than an immigrant that just got their legal status.

So I'm supposed to go to work and do my job tomorrow as if half the country didn't just vote to give me less rights than men?????

Tough day to be a physician in America. Tough day to be a scientist in America. Tough day to be a woman in America.

Today, we must pick ourselves up and keep working for change. No matter how heartbroken and soul-crushed we are. Because that’s what strength is—moving forward in the face of adversity. Moving forward when it doesn’t seem possible.

Not looking great friends

Breaking: ✅ The Associated Press called Proposition 35 after results showed it jumped to a sizable lead. Doctors who serve California’s poorest residents will get paid more, in some cases, for the first time in two decades. cal.news/3CpcPzG

I hate this

Jon Stewart on election night: "We're all going to have to wake up tomorrow morning and work like hell to move the world to the place that we prefer it to be." #DailyShow