Today I sit down with Mateo Jacque, a PhD student studying HPV-associated cancers in the Epidemiology department at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. I ask Mateo why they decided to pursue a PhD,  how they go about researching HPV-associated cancers, and how they stay a little stressed, but not too stressed, for optimal productivity.

Madeline sits down with neuroscience trainee Adama Berndt. They talk about everything from globs of proteins in the brain that contribute to Parkinson's Disease, to molecular biology techniques, to raising a kid in grad school. 

Madeline sits down with medical sociologist Nicholas Smith. She asks him her burning questions like: How do researchers quantify racism? Did he ever consider quitting his PhD? What was his biggest research rabbit hole during his PhD? And more.

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