27 min
Carving Your Career Path UW School of Medicine Faculty Thrivecast
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Dr. Nora Disis (Medicine; Associate Dean for Translational Science; Director of the Institute of Translational Health Sciences and the UW Medicine Cancer Vaccine Institute) has carved her own path in becoming a woman with many leadership roles at UW Medicine. She tells the story of how she overcame adversities and followed her passions to make a huge impact in the field of cancer immunology and translational medicine. If you face resistance, Dr. Disis advises: stay true to your mission, reach out for additional opinions from experts in your field, and follow the data until you can secure additional funding and build your team. She provides strategy for evaluating risk in building your funding sources and encourages, above all, going for the gusto.
Read the episode transcript here.
Music by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com/)
Dr. Nora Disis (Medicine; Associate Dean for Translational Science; Director of the Institute of Translational Health Sciences and the UW Medicine Cancer Vaccine Institute) has carved her own path in becoming a woman with many leadership roles at UW Medicine. She tells the story of how she overcame adversities and followed her passions to make a huge impact in the field of cancer immunology and translational medicine. If you face resistance, Dr. Disis advises: stay true to your mission, reach out for additional opinions from experts in your field, and follow the data until you can secure additional funding and build your team. She provides strategy for evaluating risk in building your funding sources and encourages, above all, going for the gusto.
Read the episode transcript here.
Music by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com/)
27 min