Listen here. What happens when your project fails? Dr. Erica Pratt, researcher at University of Texas MD Cancer Medical Center, talks about the bias against discussing negative results in science and the struggle to succeed as a nontraditional student. If you aren’t what people expect a scientist to look like AND are rather modest, you…
Month: August 2017
S03E29 | Animal Doctors/Human Medicine: Katti Horng on Vet School & HIV Research
Listen here. Katti Horng’s path to studying HIV in the combined DVM/PhD degree at UC Davis began with a Chinese tradition for babies: infants are presented with objects symbolizing different professions to see what their futures will hold. PhDivas Xine and Liz talk to Katti about cow rectums, animal rights vs. animal welfare, and the…
