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#WCWinSTEM: Alicia Cheek, Ph.D. – VanguardSTEM Conversations

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By Joan E. Higginbotham
| vanguardstem.com
Where did you go to school? What do you do right now? Currently, I work as an assay development scientist at a biopharmaceutical company. There are many careers in the pharmaceutical industry which ultimately have one central goal: develop safe and effective drugs to treat diseases. Since the projects I work on are proprietary, I’ll use Ibuprofen as an example to talk through what it means to be an assay development scientist.
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Jessica Watkins, the only Black woman in NASA's newest astronaut class - DefenderNetwork.com

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By Yvonne Cagle, Stephanie Wilson, Joan E. Higginbotham
| The Houston Defender Verified
NASA announced its first class of astronaut candidates since 2013 on Wednesday. The twelve candidates from various backgrounds and fields of study met some pretty rigorous requirements and made it to the top of the pool of 18,300 applicants, a record number for NASA. Among them is one black woman: Jessica Watkins. “I’m very excited about the diversity on this team, this amazing group of people. I think that says a lot about NASA and their goals towards creating a diverse workforce,� she said.
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