New Job, New Science!

I am more than happy to announce that I will begin work at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the department of infectious disease after the Mississippi competition. My lab will be investigating how patients with diabetes respond to infection such as sepsis and MRSA (methicillin-resistant Streptococcus aureus) skin infection. Although I am sad to leave my former research behind me, I am excited to have graduated and hopeful that I will continue to further our understanding of disease.

-A. Judge

Women in STEM

It's graduation day! As excited as I am to be graduating with my chemistry degree, it's disappointing to know that women only earn 39% of physical science degrees when they earn 57.3% of all bachelor's degrees. The numbers in other STEM disciplines are even lower with women earning 43.1% of mathematics degrees, 19.3% of engineering degrees, and 17.9% of computer science degrees (NSF, 2016).

For this reason, on my graduation day, I look forward to inspiring other women to follow in my footsteps and dare to surpass all expectations. For more statistics on women in STEM, visit the National Girls Collaborative Project website: https://ngcproject.org/statistics

-A. Judge