Building A Shark Science Community For Women ...

Nearly every person will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime. That means either a delayed diagnosis, a wrong diagnosis – or no diagnosis at all. That’s according to a report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine from 2015 on diagno ...  Show more

BMI is a quick, cheap way for doctors to estimate body fat and screen for conditions like heart disease and diabetes. But medicine has long known that BMI is problematic and unnuanced. By using it, groups of people have fallen through the cracks and conditions have been caught la ...  Show more

From a young age, Rachel Graham was interested in all kinds of marginalized animals, from snakes to bats. But when she went on a dive trip and experienced a real-life sharknado, it became clear that her future would be inextricably tied to sharks. This marked the beginning of her ...  Show more

Dr. Samantha Yammine is joined by Dr. Tiara Moore who is a marine ecologist and the founder of Black in Marine Science to talk about her research as well as her advocacy work to ensure equitable systems are in place for Black scientists within the scientific community. Sam digs i ...  Show more

Send us Fan MailJasmin Graham is a project coordinator with Marine Science Laboratory Alliance Center of Excellence (MarSci-LACE) at Mote Marine Laboratory working to create equality in the marine sciences, and researching the critically endangered smalltooth sawfish. Join us as ...  Show more

Women who brave the waters of shark science often face outrageous sexism, but they have made great waves in the field. In this classic, we dive into the stories of some famous women and organizations doing great work in the field, the issues they face, and we give a brief review ...  Show more