Young Scientist Spotlight 7: Dr. Debora Kamin Mukaz

Science doesn't happen in a vacuum, and racism both in science and society contributes to disparities in the health outcomes of Black Americans. In this episode of The Spotlight, we talked to Dr. Debora Kamin Mukaz about her work studying how social factors and biology converge to affect risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Hear about her journey into epidemiology, and what doing this research means to her.

For more on the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, visit here and here. You can read about HeLa cells here, or pick up a copy of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.

Music used in this episode is Borough by Blue Dot Sessions.

You can find a PDF transcript of this episode here.

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