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PODCAST | How a Scientist Serves as an Elected Official During COVID-19

Brynn Hollingsworth
The Maryland flag.

Julie Palakovich Carr is a scientist who now serves as a state legislator in the Maryland House of Delegates. We spoke to her this past June, and she discussed her transition from academic research to policymaking, her work related to COVID-19, and how the global pandemic changed her work. She also provided some advice for any scientist considering running for office or looking for other ways of getting involved in policy and government.

Participants 

Host: Brynn Hollingsworth, Ph.D., 2019-20 Executive Branch Fellow, National Institutes of Health (Instagram: @flyingsciencefish)
Guest: Julie Palakovich Carr (Twitter: @palakovichcarr)

Producers 

Producer: Brynn Hollingsworth, Ph.D., 2019-20 Executive Branch Fellow, National Institutes of Health (Instagram: @flyingsciencefish)

Executive Producer: Phil Ko, Ph.D., 2019-20 Executive Branch Fellow, National Science Foundation
Image: Maryland State Flag, Michael Wheeler / Public domain

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Brynn Hollingsworth

Hollingsworth, Brynn: Fellowship 2019-2020 Hollingsworth, Brynn: Fellowship 2020-2021

I am a well-rounded biomedical scientist with experience in clinical and pre-clinical research. I received my Ph.D. in biomedical science from The Ohio State University in 2017. My dissertation work was identification of risk factors of radioactive iodine-131 induced salivary gland damage in thyroid cancer patients and optimization of mouse SPECT/CT imaging analysis. Prior to graduate school, I worked to develop subunit vaccine against Mycobacterium tuberculosis at the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the FDA. Following graduate school, I supported protocol development, database building and cleaning, and analysis of infectious disease and substance use disorder clinical trials at a contract research organization. Outside of science, I am a competitive synchronized swimmer, practice aerial yoga, travel, play with my dog and cat, and eat my husband’s amazing cooking.