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The Broad Institute connects approximately 4,000 scientists and other professionals. #WhyIScience invites members of the Broad community to share what motivates them to support the institute’s mission – to accelerate the pace at which the world conquers disease.

Meet some of our amazing researchers and staff in these #WhyIScience profiles:

Marianie Simeon
talks about her passion for coding, STEM education, and advocacy for the Black community at Broad
Alex K. Shalek and Jose Ordovas-Montanes
talk about their single-cell genomics study on COVID-19 disease in children
Eno-Abasi Augustine-Akpan
talks about her career in software engineering and her passion for mentoring young girls of color in science.
Aida Badiane and Katie Siddle
talk about their work on malaria and other fever-causing pathogens
Zhanyan Fu
talks about the importance of animal models in her work investigating the roots of autism and other psychiatric disorders.
Josep Mercader
talks about the benefits and challenges of a career analyzing large and diverse datasets
Julian Avila-Pacheco
talks about his staff scientist career path and how he has tackled imposter syndrome as a minority scientist
Katie Geiger-Schuller
connects molecular insights with disease physiology to improve human health
Ruchi Munshi
helps design software to solve biomedical research problems
Tommaso Biancalani
uses artificial intelligence to build 3D models of organs
Iris Fung
brings teams together to hunt for cancer cells’ weak spots
Donald Raymond
solves the structures of proteins and supports the development of better therapeutics
Andrew Cherniack
mines tumor data for clues
Sumaiya Iqbal
uses computer science to bridge genetics and therapeutics
Rocky Stroud II
helps lead the largest psychiatric genetics study in Africa
Derek Klarin
combats cardiovascular disease on multiple fronts
Samantha Baxter
helps bridge the gap between genomic researchers and the patient experience
Pradeep Natarajan
uncovers the genetic secrets of heart disease
Jenny Rood
helps scientists tell their stories
Jose Soto
writes code that gives scientific research a boost
Hayden Metsky
helps keep viruses under surveillance
Alison Taylor
puts genetic alterations on the map
Alisha Caliman
cuts across disciplines as a computational chemist
Christina Cuomo
leads genomic research on the fungal kingdom
Anne Carpenter
shows that, in biomedicine, a picture can be worth a million data points
Annie Apffel
transitions from student-athlete to career scientist
Utthara Nayar
targets cancer drug resistance
Adrianne Gladden-Young
hopes to make a difference in the fight against infectious disease
Yang Luo
uses math to explore the interplay between DNA, the immune system, and disease
Jane Wilkinson
shapes genomic research with collaborative approach
Anna Greka
studies a neglected kidney disease
Alicia Martin
seeks diversity to better understand human genetics
Lola Fagbami
researches drug resistance in malaria
Elinor Karlsson
draws disease insights from dog descent

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