Breaking New Ground Ep 8

Women in Science@LKCMedicine Podcast Breaking New Ground Episode 8: Dr Jingmei Li Listen on SoundCloud

Synopsis: In this episode, we interviewed Dr Jingmei Li, Group Leader of Laboratory of Women’s Health & Genetics at Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Research and Technology.

Dr Li spoke at the Frontiers of Cancer Science 2022 conference where she spoke on breast cancer screening.

 

Highlights of conversation:

 

00:44 Can you tell us more about putting the glam into mammogram screening?

03:02 Do you feel that perhaps the awareness is not enough? 

03:51 Why did you decide to go into science and how far along that journey did you then decide to focus on women’s issues?

05:43 What's your focus right now and can you tell us about some recent breakthroughs?

09:51 Would you prefer more talented colleagues or better funding? 

10:09 What would you tell your younger self when you first started out? 

11:13 Would science benefit from having more women?

11:28 Do you think women's perspectives throw a different light on the field?

12:59 What do you do to reboot?