Irene Ghobrial Quotes

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Irene Ghobrial is an American-Egyptian physician who is a professor at the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School,where her research investigates early detection, mechanisms of disease progression and early interception of multiple myeloma. She is interested in why certain patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM) develop multiple myeloma.Dr.

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The truth is, women in research and science encounter more hardship compared to their male counterparts.

But never think that you cannot do it because you’re a woman. Don’t hold yourself back.”

The biggest obstacle is balancing work and a personal life, especially with young kids at an early stage of my career

I feel that the more challenges I have, the more I have energy to tackle the problem”

Although women have more opportunities available to them now than in the past, there is still implicit bias, and constant need to fight for equality. Women need support from men and women to break the glass ceiling that still exists.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Irene Ghobrial (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.