Joya Chandra, Ph.D.

Biomed Researcher

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Why Research
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Overcoming Obstacles
Staying Motivated
Did It Anyway
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How to Become A: Medical Scientist , Biomedical Engineer

Bio

Watch this award-winning scientist, Joya Chandra, Ph.D., associate professor in the Division of Pediatrics, MD Anderson and at The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston (GSBS) tell us about her academic journey from New Orleans, Louisana to Stockholm, Sweden and her experiences being on the forefront of cancer research. Her many awards for important contributions to science include: the Leukemia SPORE Career Development Award (2004-2007), an MD Anderson Cancer Center Institutional Research Grant (2003-2005), the Children's Oncology Group Young Investigator Award (2003-2004) and National Institutes of Health National Research Service Award Individual (F32) Training Grants (2000-2001, 2001-2003).