”I like being a big fish in a small pond”, an epidemiologist in an unconventional field

Update: 2022-02-02

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Dr Rebecca Spicer, Impact Research, LLC, PhD, MPH, is an epidemiologist working among engineers to make cars safer. A change of path in her career that is allowing her to see her "work make a difference". In this conversation with Dr Rod McClure, she advises career-seekers to "look beyond what's normal".
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”I like being a big fish in a small pond”, an epidemiologist in an unconventional field

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”I like being a big fish in a small pond”, an epidemiologist in an unconventional field