For this WiSE Wednesday, we will be talking about a recipient of the Bernice Grafstein Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Mentoring, Dr. Elaine Del Bel. Currently a Professor at the University of São Paolo, Dr. Elaine Del Bel was nominated and selected for this award due to her outstanding record for mentorship of women...
Introduction & Background: Dr. Cigall Kadoch is an Associate Professor of Pediatric Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, an affiliated faculty member of the Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology department at Harvard Medical School, as well as an Institute Member and Epigenomics Program Co-Director at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. In addition to her...
Introduction Dr. Henrietta C. Leiner is best known for her studies on the cerebellum in humans- establishing its role high-level mental capabilities (such as language processing). Prior to Professor Leiner’s work, the scientific thinking only recognized the cerebellum’s contribution to motor functions. Early Life and Contribution to Mathematics and Early Computer Science Leiner was...
This week’s WiSE Wednesday we’re featuring a CSHL frequent flyer, Dr. Geeta Narlikar. Dr. Narlikar is a professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics and the Lewis and Ruth Cozen Chair at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She earned her Ph.D. in Chemistry at Stanford University in the laboratory of Dr. Daniel Herschlag and...
Dr. Kristy Richards (1968-2019) was a trailblazing lymphoma researcher and exceptional oncologist, who approached cancer research from an interesting angle — dogs. Her field was comparative oncology, where she sought to bridge the gap between canine and human research. Richards’ research focused on lymphoma, which is a common cancer type in humans and the...
