SOCIETY PERSONAL UPDATES

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Isaac Allred, Ph.D. (2016-2020) accepted the position of Professor of Geology at BYU-Idaho and will begin teaching in fall 2023.

Camille Delavaux, Ph.D. (2017-2021) Aeolean islands in Italy for a conference and met her German collaborators she began collaborating with during her Ph.D. for the first time. She then was able to visit KU to harvest a greenhouse experiment she spent three years of her Ph.D. setting up. The project has now been adopted by a Ph.D. student in her old lab.

Ted Harris, Ph.D. (2013-2017) was published with a former undergraduate student in Nature for their work on a global microplastics study. KU Today showcased this research in a recent article, which can be found here.

Andrea Freemyer, Ph.D. (2013-2018) is currently an entrepreneur and owns her own business, Elemental Wellness. She is a breathwork facilitator, nervous system educator and somatic coach, helping people enhance their physical and emotional health and well-being.

Rachel Robson, Ph.D. (2000-2004) presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) in Atlanta Georgia in March 2023 on a COVID vaccination campaign that she helped to implement in 2021. The island of Saba, where Rachel has worked for the past 10 years at Saba University School of Medicine, achieved one of the world’s highest levels of COVID vaccination starting in February 2021. Over 90% of Saba residents over the age of 5 years old are fully-vaccinated, and 70% of those who are vaccinated have received booster shots.

Bailey Spickler, Ph.D. (2016-2020) finished her Ph.D. in the summer of 2023. In September 2023 she will start a full time position with Honeywell FM&T in Kansas City, Missouri.

Emily Stamey, Ph.D. (2002-2006) is still loving her work at UNC Greensboro's Weatherspoon Art Museum. She is excited to have a newly created and endowed position in which she will be overseeing both the exhibitions and academic programs. Her most recent show, Gilded: Contemporary Artists Explore Value and Worth, is currently traveling—on view at the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga this fall, then on to the Hood Museum at Dartmouth this winter. If anyone is looking for a little art break, the catalogue is available online here.

Joe Siegel, Ph.D. (2013-2017) lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his recently expanded family of four since the birth of his second son in January. He was recently promoted to Principal Scientist at Praxis Precision Medicines where he continues to develop drugs to help patients with pediatric epilepsy and essential tremor.