A Seat At The Table: A Curious Case of Science + Policy

For The Culture Podcast

English - September 19, 2021 04:00 - 57 minutes - 100 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
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In today’s episode, our guest is Jasmine George, PhD candidate at Morehouse School of Medicine and RISE fellow studying the mechanisms of renal lipid metabolism and lipotoxicity in obese and type 2 diabetic mice. She shares with us how she got the curiosity bug early in life and how it has led to her current passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion around science policy and communication. Listen as Jasmine lends some helpful advice on how we all can affect change and combat misinformation by making science simple and interesting. This is a fun episode! We discuss everything from HBCU marching bands to dungeons and dragons! Tap in, leave a comment, and share!

Resources:

HBCU SPCT: https://scipolnetwork.org/page/college-tour

Spring ‘21 Reflections Blog post: https://scipolnetwork.org/news/416136