Prof. Despina Sanoudou
Pre-Masterclass Materials
Hi, the deadline for the Final Assessment is today, March 13th, 11:59pm EDT. Check Week 5: Assignment 3 and submit in time. Best of luck and enjoy!
Pre-Masterclass Materials
February 25th at 8:30am EST
Title: Navigating Unfamiliar Territories: A Young Woman's Journey Through STEM
Speaker: Professor Despina Sanoudou
Affiliation: University of Athens
Speaker Bio: Despina Sanoudou is tenured Full Professor in Pharmaco-genomics and Cardiovascular Biology at the Medical School of the National and Kapo-distrian University of Athens. She is the head of the Clinical Genomics and Pharmacogenomics Unit at the 4 th Department of Internal Medicine, and collaborating Faculty at the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens. She studied Molecular Biology, obtained her PhD at the University of Cambridge, worked as a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Children’s Hospital of Boston, and got certified in Clinical Molecular Diagnostics (American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics).
Each masterclass has some readings and discussion questions for you to work on before the masterclass. There are pre-masterclass readings or videos, as well as pre-masterclass discussion questions.
After you complete your Preclass Materials, sign on to Discord 1 hour before your masterclass start time. You will submit your responses to the pre-masterclass questions in the associated #prof-chat channel in Discord. Then, visit a Discord Meeting Room to discuss the Pre-Masterclass Discussion Questions with your peers. This ensures you are prepared for the masterclass.
No pre-masterclass readings.
No pre-masterclass questions.
After completing the pre-masterclass discussion with your peers in Discord, go to the "Events" channel for the Zoom link to your Masterclass. The Zoom link will also be sent via email 1 hour before the session begins.
Reminders of Good Behavior Expectations During the Session:
Make sure your name is presented in the Aspire format: "FirstName LastName | Country"
Raise your hand if you would like to be called on
Please keep your communication on topic and related to the session
Be respectful and kind to the faculty, our staff, and your fellow participants.
Towards the end of the masterclass session, the Aspire team will share out a link to an attendance form. It is your responsibility to make sure you submit at least one attendance form. We will not personally remind you -- it is on you to get the link and indicate that you have attended the session.
The form will be live for 3 hours after the masterclass ends. After that, it can no longer be submitted.
If you miss the window to submit the attendance form, or if you missed the link, you have to attend an additional masterclass. In order to complete the program, you must submit at least one attendance form.