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Private Detective Strategies Translate to Success in Health Care & Academia Apr 21, 2024

SO MUCH FUN connecting dots and translating skills across seemingly unrelated fields, and it has sparked big results for those in medicine and research. Fun fact: I’m a licensed private detective at Vantius, a boutique investigations firm founded by my husband, Sergio, 20 years ago....

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TEDx: Crack the Case of Human Connection Apr 19, 2024

Gather some clues on how to crack the case of human connection to help you live your happiest life!

Ride along in my lives as a private detective at our family firm, Vantius, as an award-winning storyteller working with renowned physicians and researchers, and teaching science communication at...

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“This is life-changing.” New Sci Comm Concentration at UChicago Master’s Program Apr 19, 2024

When a neurosurgeon resident says your sci comm courses are the best thing she could have done for herself out of all her years of education, it brings some happy tears to your eyes.

There’s a magic in bringing sci comm skills to more and more people - and I’m honored to be...

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Using AAMC & CDC Award to Create Special Training for Residents & Fellows Dec 30, 2023

“A patient asked me if I read this book that says doctors lie...how do I respond to something like that?” - Real question from a real participant in our science communication training for University of Chicago residents and fellows on addressing misinformation.

Come behind the scenes,...

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Kicking It in Kansas City: Keynote + Workshop on Sci Comm & Building Community Trust Dec 28, 2023

We laughed. We cried. We cheered everyone on through interactive exercises and more!

This group at the Frontiers CTSA Program fueled by the National Institutes of Health is AMAZING. They had a vision for their first post-pandemic in-person event with several surrounding health systems, partner...

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Coaching to Connect: Teaching Northwestern, UChicago, & UIC Physician Scientists How to Give Dynamic Talks to a Lay Audience Dec 28, 2023

When physician researchers start telling their lab teams to create social media videos, you know the importance of science communications has been absorbed!

It was a blast coaching faculty from Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, Loyola University Chicago, and University of...

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