Machelle Pardue, PhD - The Path to the VA

Dr. Machelle Pardue is a Research Career Scientist at the Atlanta VA Medical Center and a Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Zoology from the University of Wyoming, her PhD  in Vision Science and Biology from the University of Waterloo, and her post-doctoral training at Loyola School of Medicine and Hines VA Hospital. She then came to the Atlanta VA Medical Center and joined faculty at Emory and later Georgia Tech. In this episode, Dr. Pardue shares with us her experience in training and at the VA, and how she runs her lab to help her students reach their full potential. Credits: Our thanks to Dr. Pardue for being on the podcast. Host: Bejan Saeedi Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke Executive Producer and Social Media Coordinator – Carey Jansen Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh Associate Producer – Josh Owens Faculty Advisor – Dr. Brian Robinson Twitter: @behindthescope_ Instagram: @behindthemicroscopepod Facebook: @behindthemicroscope1 Website: behindthemicroscope.com