Goldwater Scholar Highlights

Here, we speak with Kayla Wolf. Kayla double majored in Chemistry and Human Biology from Michigan State University. She is now a PhD candidate in bioengineering at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco, working in Prof. Sanjay Kumars laboratory. Kayla also runs a podcast show called "Double Shelix," which you can find more about on this link: http://doubleshelix.com

We discuss tissue models for studying biophysical properties of brain cells, advice for undergraduates and graduate school, work life balance in graduate school, and much more.

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Here, we speak with Mohammed Karim, M.D. Mohammed studied chemistry and sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University. He then earned his medical degree at Harvard Medical School and completed his residency at Harvard’s Combined Orthopedic Residency Program, where he served a year as chief resident. He is currently serving as a clinical fellow in spinal surgery at the Vancouver General Hospital and University of British Columbia.

We discuss mathematical optimization and drug development, software development in industry, balancing industry interests for graduate students, and much more.

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Here, we speak with Andrew Matteson, Ph.D. Andrew graduated with his PhD in computational biology in 2013 from New York University. He is now a principal scientist at Applied BioMath working to develop mechanistic models through mathematical optimization for drug development.

We discuss mathematical optimization and drug development, software development in industry, balancing industry interests for graduate students, and much more.

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Here, we speak with Melissa Jay. Melissa is a biostatistics PhD student at the University of Iowa. She is studying survival analysis and statistical methods for epidemiology and understanding cancer incidence and mortality in the United States.

We discuss statistical methods, teaching undergraduates R Studio and programming, advice for undergraduates and graduate students, and much more.

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Here, we speak with Elizabeth Luoma, PhD. Elizabeth received her PhD in cell biology at Yale University, and she is now the Assistant Director of the Women’s Health Research at Yale.

We discuss STEM Education, gender biases in research, advice for undergraduates and graduate students, and much more.

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A show for current and past Goldwater Scholars as well as interested undergraduate applicants. We interview a diverse group of Goldwater Scholars on their science and career experiences.

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