Happy Disability Pride Month!

In this episode of Inclu(sci)vity: Breaking Barriers in STEM, Opal talks with Sonya about her experience as an undergraduate researcher with a service dog. We cover her experience bringing her service dog, Athena, into laboratory environments, how her service dog helps with her chronic illness, and what it is like to share this journey on social media.

Please check out Sonya's Instagram @athenaservicepup

Do you have a story to tell? Email Opal at [email protected]

Transcription of this episode is available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-XTfUPsN7-lip8qRXmTF1DCEXYqze1nsSld7xCfwNX0/

[Episode Art Description: A graphic of a Golden Retriever head wearing a red bandana with text "Sonya & Athena". Above the graphic, there is text "inclu(sci)vity". There is a black background.]

In this episode of Inclu(sci)vity: Breaking Barriers in STEM, Opal talks with Thomas Murphy, a PhD candidate at University of Washington, about his experience with ADHD and how he navigates academia as a neurodivergent person. We cover the difficulties Thomas faces in lab, the strategies he uses, and how the scientific community can best support neurodivergent scientists.

Do you have a story to tell? Email Opal at [email protected].

Transcript is available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-WnAGKF8pbKvCQDnNkAx_x4kIJnvtSenXgCYtuJm-64/edit?usp=sharing

[Episode Art Description: An image with a white circular DNA strand on a black background. In the middle of the circular DNA strand says “inclu(sci)vity” in white text.]