This week we had our first Women & Diversity Speaker Dr. Renã Robinson who is the Dr. Dorothy Phillips Chancellors Chair at Vanderbilt University. We also hosted Dr. Phillips to have a luncheon highlighting Women and Diversity for career chemists speaking on topics like intentionality, overcoming barriers, work-life balance, and activities to promote diversity. We want to thank our amazing women panelists and the audience of graduate students, postdocs, and faculty from UC chemistry.
Dr. Robinson’s research talk highlighted the racial disparity in Alzheimer’s disease and the use of ‘omics for understanding the proteins prevalent in patient samples. We really enjoyed the research talk and our visitors esteemed company.
Left: Dinner at Aladdin's with CCDC Board Members Alex Brooke (Social Media), Blaise Ostertag (Social Chair), Fiona Wasson (President, Past-Women's Chair), Der Vang (Cultural Affairs), Anntonette Perry (Past-President), and Brandi James (Past Mentor Chair), professors Dr. Anna Gudmundsdottir, Dr. Briana Simms, Dr. Ryan White (taking the photo), and Dr. Tanea Reed (EKU Chemistry Chair), and of course our esteemed speaker Dr. Renã Robinson.
Right: Dr. Renã Robinson shows the importance of going to the community your science is serving so that they understand the significance and breaking down generational barriers of mistrust. Her bioanalytical research focuses on understanding the disproportionate occurrence of Alzheimer's disease in racial minorities, especially African-Americans.
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