E12: The World as a Lab: Stories from an MD/PhD Student w/ Tracy Okine

In this episode of Digest This, we speak with Tracy Okine, an MD/PhD student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai whose research journey has spanned the globe. From conducting research at the NIH to serving as a Fulbright scholar abroad, she shares how working across diverse scientific and cultural landscapes has shaped her approach to medicine and discovery. We discuss what it means to be a global physician-scientist, the power of international collaboration, and how experiences outside the U.S. can inform better care and more impactful science at home.