Episode 73: Dr Melissa Upton – Education, Opportunity, Empathy, and Inclusion
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Melissa Upton
What we discuss with Dr Upton:
- How her parents instilled in her the importance of access to education
- How she was inspired to become a doctor, and how she chose pathology
- Her experience in Tokyo as a research fellow
- How she became involved with ASCP and her term as president
- Some of her initiatives with ASCP in the area of diversity
- Her involvement in the editorial Reversing Historical Trends
- The importance of wellness, and what this means to her
- Her opinion on if pathology is making progress in diversity and inclusion
Links for this episode:
Dr Upton on Twitter
Reversing Historical Trends: The Crisis, the Challenge, and the Opportunity
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