2.03 Decolonise RnD (and everything else) w/ Desnor Chigumba

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So, You Got A Scholarship?

Tedoex Media House

25 episodes

1 week ago

So, You Got A Scholarship is a podcast that has candid conversations about academia by centering marginalised voices, perspectives, and experiences inside and outside the classroom. The show asks important questions that seek to transform educational institutions and looks these through the personal stories of various guests. It is a conversation that needs to happen and SYGS is contributing to it with some of today’s greatest minds. This podcast is bound to get you thinking.

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2.03 Decolonise RnD (and everything else) w/ Desnor Chigumba

So, You Got A Scholarship?

54 minutes

6 years ago

2.03 Decolonise RnD (and everything else) w/ Desnor Chigumba

This is an interview with Desnor Chigumba, a Zimbabwean PhD Student in Chemical Biology at the University of Michigan. Desnor is a major voice in science communication (SciComm) with a particular focus on drug discovery, public health, chemical biology, and women in STEM. She offers information and tips on applying for a PhD in the United States (USA); the hurdles that some international students face during the application process and how to overcome them; the effects of lack representation in STEM education on the industry, and why we should decolonise RnD.
Mentioned in this episode:

Bottle of Lies (Buy on Amazon)
Open Source Drug Discovery (Website)

Desnor Chigumba
Twitter:@DesnorC
Instagram: @desnornicole
Blog coming soon:http://www.desnornicole.com/

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