Sciencing from Home
Sciencing from Home
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Episode 18: Marissa on investigating pre-term birth during a pandemic
16 minutes Posted Mar 2, 2021 at 3:00 pm.
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Episode 18: Marissa is a member of Dr. Barbara McFarlin's laboratory where they study the microstructure of the cervix early in pregnancy in search of a methods to detect pre-term birth that provides enough time for improved interventions. Their research was not only shut down due to COVID-19's risk to lab members, but their research is clinically-based, meaning they needed access to patients. Marissa contributed to a published paper with Dr. McFarlin. Marissa's goals include attending naturopathic medical school, writing a book, and communicating her work to a wide audience. 

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