Rhode Island Women’s Health Collective

Rhode Island Women’s Health Collective

Abstract In this interview, Roberta Aaronson, Wanda Brown, Elizabeth Edgerly, Johnette Rodriguez, Hilary Salk (Brown University class of 1963), Barbara Schermack, Carol Shelton, and Amy Tabor, discuss their experiences as members of the Rhode Island Women’s Health...
Teena Shetty, Class of 1995 (MD’00)

Teena Shetty, Class of 1995 (MD’00)

Abstract In this interview, Dr. Teena Shetty, Brown University undergraduate class of 1995, MD 2000, discusses her experiences as a neurologist in New York City during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Shetty begins by explaining why she chose to participate in the oral...
Morayo Akande, class of 2016

Morayo Akande, class of 2016

Abstract Morayo Akande grew up in Illinois with her three siblings. Her father is a Nigerian immigrant, and her mother is American. During her first year of high school, Akande moved with her father to Indiana where he was attending law school. During her high school...
Delores A. Bennett, class of 1997

Delores A. Bennett, class of 1997

Abstract In this interview conducted as a result of the 2018 all-class Black Alumni Reunion, Delores A. Bennett, Brown University class of 1997, discusses her path to becoming Vice President of Cloud Sales at Oracle. To begin, Bennett reflects on her educational...
Tejal Ashwin Desai, class of 1994

Tejal Ashwin Desai, class of 1994

Abstract In this interview, Tejal Ashwin Desai, class of 1994, discusses her educational and professional path to becoming professor and chair of the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences at University of California – San Francisco. She begins by...