Women in Science and Medicine Podcast · Women in Science and Medicine

WVU alum and Research!America’s Dr. Savannah Sims

·42 min

Dr. Savannah Sims discusses her path from childhood love of learning through a PhD in immunology to her current role in science policy and advocacy at Research America. She explains how the gap between laboratory discovery and patient care drives her work in federal advocacy, using examples like mRNA vaccine development and the Ice Bucket Challenge to illustrate how prioritization accelerates medical progress.

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A West Virginia career story that turns research advocacy into a case for public-facing science.

Dr. Savannah Sims' path from Fairmont to WVU and into research advocacy gives the episode a clear center: making science more public. The conversation links first-generation college pride, West Virginia identity, COVID-era transparency, mRNA, and the case for scientists to speak…

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