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Astronaut Christina Koch talks about living in space —and how to live more fully here on Earth

Although the early years of space travel were limited to men, 70 women thus far have flown missions to outer space. One who stands out among them is U.S. astronaut Christina Koch. She holds the record for longest single space flight by a woman, serving 328 days in Earth orbit as a flight engineer aboard […]

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Entrepreneur Tiffany Whitlow aims to improve medical care for people of all ethnicities

Tiffany Whitlow utilized her personal experiences  to co-found a startup company that is filling a crucial gap in health care, Acclinate. Acclinate is improving health equity through inclusive clinical research. Diversity is important in clinical research, because not everyone reacts the same to a given medication—and sometimes the patient’s ethnicity can make a big difference.

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Divya Kaur is an emerging young leader in an important new field: data. 

Women who are leading change today don’t always have high-ranking positions … not yet, anyway. Some are young leaders who bring drive, resourcefulness, and forward-looking approaches to their work in fields that are critical to our future. World Woman Hour honors Divya Kaur as one of these. Divya works at Accenture, a global information technology services

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Women can do anything. Even finding the cure for rare diseases. I see no limitations- Dr. Brenda Cooperstone

Brenda Cooperstone is a trailblazer in medical research. After starting out as a practicing physician, she made a bold career move and joined the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, where she now holds a unique position: heading programs to find treatments for patients who previously had little hope. All of this has stemmed from her lifelong passion

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