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Takeaways from today's episode: - It is okay to be vulnerable and share your struggles.
- Always set boundaries with each other.
- Don’t restrict yourself, you can find mentors for different things.
- Be brave and direct and ask someone to be a mentor, the worst they can say is no.
- Be sure to pay it forward
Resources Mentoring health researchers globally by Cole et al. Global Health Mentoring Toolkits by Hansoti et al. Guest information Dr. Amel Ghouila is a bioinformatician coordinating a Data science for public health program in LMICs. She previously worked for the bioinformatics capacity building network H3ABionet. Amel is the Vice President for ASBCB and the founder of a non-profit dedicated to teaching young girls coding and entrepreneurship skills. Contact Amel @ AmelGhouila Dr. Palwende BOUA is a Researcher in human genetics and nutrition at the Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro (CRUN), IRSS-DRCO, Burkina Faso. He has been working on multi-disciplinary research projects using GWAS data in population genetics studies in nutrition-related disorders and cardiometabolic diseases in African populations. Contact Palwende @romyboua Acknowledgements Editing by Mariana Vaz, https://www.marianacpvaz.com/ Research: Emmanuela Oppong Producers: Emmanuela Oppong (Producer), Alice Matimba (Senior Producer), Christine Boinett (Creator and Executive producer) and Isabela Malta (Producer). Host: Alice Matimba Media and Marketing: Catherine Holmes Music: https://freesound.org/s/477388/ Sponsors Wellcome Genome Campus Advanced Courses and Scientific Conferences Wellcome Sanger Institute Social Entrepreneurship to Spur Health |