Three Wesleyan alumnae returned to campus April
10 to talk to Wesleyan Women in Science about medical school, research and
MD/Ph.D options.
Sarabeth Broder-Fingert '02, Tamika Brierley '96, and Keren Griffiths '05
spoke about their own experiences since Wesleyan, and answered questions
from the audience. They also mingled at a dinner with Wesleyan students and
faculty.
"It's very compelling to have alumnae in the sciences come back and share
their success,” says Laura Grabel, the Fisk Professor of Natural Sciences,
professor of biology. “But I think events like this are particularly
compelling for our female students in the sciences because some still
struggle to put their opportunities and aspirations in context. It never
hurts to hear from women who have faced the same situations and challenges
as they began their careers."
Broder-Fingert, a M.D. candidate at New York University School of Medicine,
is spending a year as a Biomedical Research Career Award Fellow at Harvard
Medical School. While earning her joint BA/MA in biology, she did research
with Prof. Wolfe on nuclear elimination in Tetrahymena.
Brierley, a member of the New Britain Pediatric Group, received her MD from
the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and did her residency at
Yale Children's Hospital. While at Wesleyan, she worked with Profs. Appel
and Weir on genetic analysis of Drosophila genes associated with human birth
defects.
Griffiths, currently in the MD/PhD program at the University of Connecticut
School of Medicine, double majored in Chemistry and MB&B. As an
undergraduate, she worked with Prof. Russu, using NMR spectroscopy to study
how divalent metal cations interact with DNA.
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