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. Peiwei Chen Accessibility Subcommittee California Institute of Technology Research Interest Far from a harmonious place, the genome is a battleground, where every bit of DNA fights for inheritance and…

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. Eshna Jash Multimedia Subcommittee University of Michigan Research Interest Since my first genetics class as an undergraduate, I have been fascinated by how genomes can be so complexly regulated…

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. Chandrika Konwar Policy and Advocacy Subcommittee   University of Delhi   Research Interest   Growing up amidst the strife and struggle of northeast India, I saw that my community faced a lack…

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. Uyen Linh Ho Community and Membership Engagement Subcommittee Center of Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland As a PhD-trained scientist, you have many career options. What interests you 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. Tammy Lee Multimedia Subcommittee University of Toronto Research Interest How is genetic information that is stored in the germline passed on from one generation to the next? The germline…

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. David Daesung Lowe Career Development Subcommittee Harvard Medical School Research Interest I grew up in a low-income, single-parent household, where my mother was an undocumented immigrant. We struggled greatly…

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. Faith Onditi Communication and Outreach Committee Institute of Primate Research Research Interest: I am interested in advancing research in malaria during pregnancy through advocacy and translational research. The development…

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. Caroline Aragón Communication and Outreach Subcommittee University of Minnesota Research Interest: I vividly remember the day when my parents came home, called my siblings and me into the living…

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. Elizabeth DiLoreto Policy and Advocacy Subcommittee Worcester Polytechnic Institute Research Interest: I have always wondered why. “Why do we make certain choices?” “Why does the smell of cookies bring…

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. Jillian Freese Accessibility Subcommittee J. Craig Venter Institute Research Interest My unshakeable desire to be a scientist was cemented when I first began SCUBA diving. Sinking below the waves…

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. Daniel J. Gironda Policy and Advocacy Subcommittee Wake Forest School of Medicine Research Interest: Metastasis, the spread of cancer from a primary tumor to a secondary organ site, is…