Maddie Field Unlike a lot of my fellow committee members, I don't come from a science background. When I graduated a few years ago with an English major and a hodge-podge of film and media internships, I was at a loss. I had invested a lot of experience in media production but no longer [...]
Raeka Aiyar, PhD I started off as a genetics researcher, driven by figuring out the basis of human health and disease. I did my PhD work in Germany, and as the only native English speaker I was frequently asked by my labmates to proofread their science documents – manuscripts for publication, grant applications, presentations. [...]
Tamanna Gulati Hadiyah Nicole-Green is an African-American physicist working on a revolutionary new cancer treatment that uses laser-activated nanoparticles to target affected cells. The groundbreaking technology saw a 100% likelihood of tumor shrinkage when tested on mice and earned Green a $1.1 million grant to further develop her patent-pending treatment in 2016. She likens [...]
Bethanie Statler Greetings! My name is Bethanie Statler and I am a PhD candidate in molecular biology at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). The department of biological sciences at UIC includes a variety of fields including neuroscience, cellular & developmental biology, and ecology & evolution. The research we conduct can range from [...]
Ana Beiriger and Halley Aelion For this month’s career spotlight, we chatted with Dr. Celeste Mallama, who is currently an epidemiology fellow at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Scientists working in the field of epidemiology want to understand how diseases are distributed within defined populations, what causes them and affects the rates at [...]
