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Meet Aileen Fernandez, PhD. Cancer researcher, passionate about promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.

On today's episode, meet Aileen Fernandez, PhD. Aileen works in the lab of Dr. David Rimm, and her research focuses on identifying and developing biomarkers to better identify which patients with cancer will respond to different cancer treatments…

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Meet Sarah Goldberg, MD, MPH. Combining clinical and translational lung cancer research with compassionate patient care.

Dr. Sarah Goldberg is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the division of Medical Oncology at the Yale School of Medicine and Yale Cancer Center. She specializes in the treatment of thoracic malignancies. Her research interests include personalized medicine and immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer and identification of biomarkers that predict response to treatment. For her, it's all about the patients.

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Meet Kimberly Richardson, ovarian cancer patient advocate, and Tova Bergsten, MD/PhD Candidate. Connecting cancer patients to researchers.

Kimberly Richardson created a unique program at the University of Illinois - Chicago (UIC) Cancer Center called Survivors Advising Scientists Training Program. Tova Bergsten is a 4th year MD/PhD Candidate at UIC College of Medicine working on ovarian cancer research in the lab of Joanna Burdette. Kimberly's goal is to create true collaborations between those researching ovarian cancer and those who are surviving it. They are intent on keeping the learning bidirectional – where patients can learn from the scientists, but also for scientists to be able to learn from the patients.

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Meet Pamela Gardner. Life science CEO, champion for empowering women in science, and self-described Bad-Ass Butterfly

Pamela Gardner is the Founder and CEO of Biotech Vendor Services, Inc., which helps companies & organizations in life sciences streamline their vendor management through customized on-site and virtual scientific events. She is also on a mission to help others tackle the tough equity issues of female empowerment and systemic racism to break through the barriers that exist within the system.

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Meet Adam Marcus, PhD, cancer researcher focused on the molecular mechanisms that guide lung and breast cancer metastasis.

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Meet Rebecca Heist, MD, MPH. Medical Oncologist, cancer researcher and clinical trial leader.

Committed to helping her patients