Sharon Terry: Science didn't understand my kids' rare disease until I decided to study it
Meet Sharon Terry, a former college chaplain and stay-at-home mom who took the medical research world by storm when her two young children were diagnosed with a rare disease known as pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE). In this knockout talk, Terry explains how she and her husband became citizen scientists, working midnight shifts at the lab to find ...
Shirin Heidari, Dr Shirin Heidari: Why Sex and Gender Matter in Research
Dr Shirin Heidari talks about scientific research has turned a blind eye on gender blind research. She provides some fascinating examples about the harmful implications of this gender bias, shares some insights into medical research, and offers a path to change the paradigm towards unbiased research that can apply to all genders.
Dr. Shirin Shafiei Ebrahimi: Shaping Our Identities
Dr Shirin Shafiei, who is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in English. Dr Shirin's concerns on high quality education is her drive to provide highest standards of literacy. Her deep theoretical knowledge in education besides years of experience have left lasting impressions on her outlook on changing lives through education. Education is a...
Dr Sharan S Patil: The Privilege Of Giving
A distinguished doctor and a true philanthropist, Dr Patil seeks to ignite a spark of altruism and develop a society that strengthens itself selflessly thereby also planting the seeds of satisfaction and the will to oust the transactional outlook towards life that prevails. He recounts a surgery that altered not only the life of the patient but ...
Dr. Shirin Shafiei Ebrahimi: Use Of Technology In Education