Weekly Lunch and Learns events were held with investigators in maternal and child health fields, where speakers shared their own career journey and a talk on their research interests. The Lunch & Learn events provided DRIVE students an opportunity to learn and discuss initiatives and challenges in the field with a wide variety of experts, and discover the diversity of career pathways in academic medicine and biomedical research.
2024 Lunch and Learn Faculty Career Talks:
- Ananta Addala, MD
- Todd Coleman, PhD
- Laramie Duncan, PhD
- Baraka Floyd, MD
- Natalia Gomez-Ospina, MD, Ph
- Rogelio Hernandez-Lopez, PhD
- Dr Fernando Mendoza, MD, MPH
- Anisha Patel, MD, MSPH, MSHS
- Christopher Russell, MD, MSc
- Lee Sanders, MD, MPH
- Tulio Valdez, MD
2024 Lunch and Learn Conversation with:
2024 Lunch and Learn Career Panels:
- Q&A with DRIVe Student Alumni
- Monserrat Hernandez Escobar, Undergraduate student
- Camryn Franke, Life Science Research Professional
- Nina Nguyen, Undergraduate student
- MD-PhD and Postbaccalaureate Programs
- Leandra Jackrazi, MD PhD Student
- Abby Thurm, MD PhD Student
- Estephannie Alvarez, REACH Post-Baccalaureate Research Scholar
- Chimere Ezeiruaku, REACH Post-Baccalaureate Research Scholar
- Early Career Research - Graduate Students and Postdocs:
- Brittany Bush PhD, Postdoctoral scholar
- Celeste Diaz, Graduate student
- Elysse Grossi-Soyster, Graduate student
- Jessica Liu PhD, Postdoctoral scholar
- Allison Morningstar, Graduate student
- Javier Omar, Graduate student
- Praveesh Valissery, Postdoctoral scholar