Dimensions Sciences Summit and Networking Event

Join Dimensions Sciences Scholars, Award Ceremony, Career Development Activities and Networking. 

 ▪ Bridges Scholar 1 min Pitch     ▪ WIB-sponsored Panel Discussion     ▪ Award Ceremony to Bridges Scholars   

Thevirtual event counts with interpretation English- Portuguese. We welcome anyone interested in Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) to participate. We believe that now - more than ever - is the time to support scientists transforming the world through their discoveries and scientific research.

Attendees will vote on The Best Pitch by 2022 Bridges Scholars to win a cash prize of $500 dollars. Scholars will pitch their ideas  and research projects. Following attendees will listen to a career  development panel sponsored by our partner Women-in-Bio (WIB)- Capital Region Chapter hosting four PhD-holding female scientists from historically underrepresented groups. The event will close with announcement of the pitch competition winner.

The Bridges program provides scholarships and mentoring for scientists from  underrepresented backgrounds who are performing research with practical  applications in the life sciences and health sciences and are currently  working without monetary compensation in Brazil, the US, or  internationally. The inaugural program in 2020 supported seven Brazilian  scientists working in COVID-19 research. Since then, the program is  called “Bridges” because it aims to connect scientists to opportunities  and give back to diverse scientists through life-changing experiences.  We are happy to report that most of Bridges Scholars alumni received one  or more subsequent scholarships or were hired as scientists in academic  or industry settings.

Danilo  Jobim MS, Eliana Monteiro PhD, Vicente Thiago MS, Gibran da Silva MS,  Joelma de Oliveira MS, Helina Santos PhD, Sheila da Silva PhD, Gabriel  Santos PhD, and Amanda Santos MS. They are scientists from  Brazil with a master's degree or higher. Their research has global  impact in areas such climate change, materials, genomics, and infectious  diseases.

Gisela Andrea Hernandez (PhD @Women In Bio Panel Discussion)
Gisela Andrea Camacho Hernandez, Ph.D. received her B.S. in Biopharmaceutical Chemistry (2011), and her M.S. from the Autonomous University of Baja California (Mexico, 2013). In a joint program between the Autonomous University of Baja California (Mexico) and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) she received her Ph.D.  (2018). Her dissertation research was directed to the synthesis,  pharmacological characterization, and crystallographic studies of a  novel non-canonical α-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist. In  November 2019, she became a post-doctoral visiting fellow at the  Medicinal Chemistry Section of the Molecular Targets and Medications  Discovery Branch at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, where her  primary research is focused on design, synthesis, and pharmacological  characterization of novel fluorescent ligands targeting the monoamine  transporters and cleavable probes for fluorescent labeling of the  µ-opioid receptor.

Maria Carranza (PhD @Women In Bio Panel)
Maria Carranza, Ph.D. is a program officer specializing in training and career development in the Division of Extramural Activities at the National Institute on Aging. Dr. Carranza serves as the primary point of contact for policies, goals, and processes related to NIA’s individual and institutional training and career development funding opportunities.  She manages a variety of programs including Diversity, Re-Entry and  Re-integration, and Continuity and Retention Supplements. After 12 years  as a university professor, she joined the National Science Foundation  where she worked with NSF INCLUDES, a comprehensive, national initiative  to broaden participation in STEM fields at scale. Dr. Carranza earned a  B.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Universidad del Valle de  Guatemala, a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Baylor University, and  conducted postdoctoral studies at the California Pacific Medical Center  Research Institute.

Sarah F. Phillips (PhD @Women In Bio Panel)
Sarah F. Phillips, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery at Georgetown University. She is a Black and Asian-American neurolinguist who investigates the neural bases for how we acquire and process languages from a bilingual perspective.  Despite being early in her career, her research has already received  global attention, including being interviewed for NPR's ShortWave  podcast and featured in Scientific American.

Shakeria (Shay) Cohen (PhD @Women In Bio Panel)
Shakeria (Shay) Cohen, Ph.D., is a Health Science Officer in the Office of Research & Development, Biomedical Laboratory Research & Development. She assists in managing the military exposure, pulmonology,  and preclinical mental health and behavioral sciences portfolios. Dr.  Cohen obtained a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of South Carolina located in Columbia, SC. She completed her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences at Morehouse School of Medicine, located in Atlanta, GA, where she investigated biomarkers for the early detection of serous ovarian tumors. She completed her post-doctoral fellowship and Masters’s degree in clinical research from the Cardiovascular Research Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine. Her research project sought to identify factors that contribute to disproportionate rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) within a subpopulation of African Americans/Blacks promoting risk or resilience of CVD.

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