Community Voices

We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Sarah PetroskyMultimedia SubcommitteeUniversity of Pittsburgh Research Interest I am interested in understanding adaptation that has been happening recently in populations by dissecting the ways that genes underlying an adaptation…

We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Mireia Coll-Tané Community and Membership Engagement Subcommittee Radboud University Medical Center Research Interest My research interests lie in trying to understand the causes of sleep problems in children with…

We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Lishu He Community and Membership Engagement Subcommittee Medical College of Wisconsin Research Interest: I grew up in a nuclear household of medical workers, so I developed an interest in…

We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Alyssa Paparella Accessibility Subcommittee Baylor College of Medicine Research Interest Growing up, I did not know that being a scientist was possible as a career. But when I walked…

We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Angela Jones Communication & Outreach Duke University Research Interest: I am interested in how genetic differences between humans affect our response to diseases. My research specifically looks at the…

We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Junnan Fang Career Development Subcommittee Emory University Research Interest: Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. According to the GLOBOCAN report, in 2020 there were 19…

We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Joseph Uche Ogbede Community and Membership Engagement Harvard University/Boston Children’s Hospital Research Interest I am most interested in understanding molecular events and therefore discovering new treatment options for different…

We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Walid Mawass Community and Membership Engagement Subcommittee University of Arizona Research Interest: I am generally interested in evolutionary genetics. Specifically, my research centers on genetic variation and how it…

We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Thomas Atenya Career Development Subcommittee Kenya Institute of Primate Research Research Interests: I grew up in Kenya, a developing country in sub-Saharan Africa. There, health evolution is still taking…

We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Sarah Renee Phillips Multimedia Subcommittee Yale University Research Interests: I am interested in the ecology and evolution of primate immunity and infectious disease. My interest lies specifically among great…

We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Ankit Sood Career Development Subcommittee University of Minnesota Research Interest: Picture this: a friend recommends a new restaurant that has opened in your neighborhood. Based on their suggestion, you…