The Future Conceived

To learn all about Dr. Pate's mentoring philosophy and her SSR meeting memories, listen to this interview conducted by Dr. Warren B. Nothnick, who was a graduate student with Dr. Pate and who nominated her for the 2021 Trainee Mentor Award.

In this episode of "The Future Conceived", we Interviewed Dr Diana Monsivais, the 2023 SSR Bahr Jr Scientist Travel Awardee. She is an assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine. Click to listen what's her experience with SSR and the exciting topics she is working on!

Follow along as we learn about Dr. Fuller Bazer’s career journey, from his upbringing in Louisiana, his Ph.D. training at North Carolina State University in the 1960’s following his military active duty in South Korea, to his early career at University of Florida before settling in at Texas A&M University in 1992. Dr. Bazer is a distinguished professor in Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University. His research in reproductive biology focuses on uterine biology and pregnancy in livestock species.

Dr. Bazer became a member of SSR in 1969, in the early years of SSR. Hear about what SSR means to Dr. Bazer, and how being a scientist in reproductive biology / animal sciences has evolved from the time SSR was created, to now. 

From cleaning dishes in a lab, to engineering, to medical school, to senior principal investigator of the "Reproductive Medicine Group" at NIEHS, listen to the amazing scientific journey of Dr. Carmen Williams, the recipient of the 2023 SSR Trainee Mentoring Award. 
This podcast also features Dr. Miranda Bernhardt, who, before becoming the Director of the Animal Production Core and Assistant Research Professor at the Center for Reproductive Biology at Washington State University, was a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Williams’s lab from 2011 to 2017. 
Mentors are themself first and foremost mentees that keep on learning throughout their career, from others, including their trainees, and from their own experience along the way.

Today's interview is with Dr Benjamin Tsang, the 2022 SSR Distinguished Leadership and Service Awardee. Dr. Tsang is a Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Cellular & Molecular Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Tune in to learn all about Dr. Tsang's career, his research on ovarian cancer, and his long term commitment and service to our SSR society.