Celebrating Women in STEM: Dr. Fan Chung

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  Celebrating Women in STEM: Dr. Susana López Charretón

  By Madalyn Weston on March 14, 2019

  Worldwide, rotavirus is the leading cause of diarrhea in children under the age of 5 and was responsible for an estimated 215,000 deaths in this...

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  Celebrating Women in STEM: Dr. Naomi Ceder

  By Madalyn Weston on March 7, 2019

  The STEM fields are changing, with more and more researchers turning to programming to solve the world’s problems. There are many programming languages to choose...

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  Celebrating Women in STEM: Dr. Tahani Amer

  By Madalyn Weston on February 27, 2019

  NASA is working hard to change the STEM fields for women, with a third of NASA’s employees and nearly half of its latest astronaut class...

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  Celebrating Women in STEM: Dr. Talithia Williams

  By Madalyn Weston on February 20, 2019

  The movie “Hidden Figures” brought to light the stories of three incredible black women in STEM. Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson worked in...

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  Celebrating Women in STEM: Dr. Flossie Wong-Staal

  By Madalyn Weston on February 15, 2019

  When it comes to medical research, few scientists can compete with the legacy of Dr. Flossie Wong-Staal. Her groundbreaking work on the human immunodeficiency virus...

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