The POC2 team attend different conferences regarding diversity and try to take as best notes as they can. The āConference notesā series is a summary of these events and are comprised of: any topics that they found interesting, talking points and/or links to resources that were mentioned.
The POC2 team attend different conferences regarding diversity and try to take as best notes as they can. The āConference notesā series is a summary of these events and are comprised of: any topics that they found interesting, talking points and/or links to resources that were mentioned.
Continue reading “šConference Notes #2: Decolonise UCK Conference”
The POC2 team attend different conferences regarding diversity and try to take as best notes as they can. The āConference notesā series is a summary of these events and are comprised of: any topics that they found interesting, talking points and/or links to resources that were mentioned.
Continue reading “šConference Notes #1: QMUL Womenās Cafe, March”
Dr. Jessie Isabelle Price
āIām confident weāll succeed.ā – Dr. Price commenting on her work regarding the avian diseases that affected Pekin Ducks – for which she developed a vaccine as a result of her extremely effective research. [5]
Profile
Name: Dr. Jessie Isabelle Price
Life: 1st January 1930 – 12th November 2015 (85 years)
Born: Montrose, Pennsylvania
Died: Madison, Wisconsin
Degree(s):
BSc Microbiology, 1953, Cornell University
MSc Veterinary Bacteriology, Pathology, and Parasitology, 1958, Cornell University
PhD Microbiology, 1959, Cornell University
Occupation: Veterinary Microbiologist, tenured researcher, Professor of Microbiology
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āScience changed me, and allows me to make contributions to the world and everyone, regardless of their identity should have that rightā. – Dr. Jedidah Isler, Black Holes, Blazars, and Women of Color in Science|Nat Geo Live, [9].
Profile
Name:Ā Dr. Jedidah C. Isler
Born:Ā Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
Degree(s):
BS Physics, Magna Cum Laude,Ā Norfolk State University
MA Physics,Ā Fisk University
MS Physics,Ā Yale University
PhD in Astronomy,Ā Yale University
Occupation:Ā Researcher in Astrophysics, consultant on ethnic diversity in STEM – focusing on black women in physics.
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