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"Good health is fundamental to living a fruitful life, and although I don't contribute to people's health as a doctor, a nurse or a clinical personnel, I contribute with technology-based solutions."

"The overwhelming majority of people who contracted COVID-19 have journeyed through their illness in self-isolation. These people have been suffering and recovering in silence. What we learn from them can help society at large understand the different facets of COVID-19."

"I chose academia because I learned that through research I could push the boundaries more in academia than I could in industry. In academia I am free to ask any questions that I think are important or potentially beneficial."

"One of the hurdles that I have and continue to encounter is being a minority in various circles in my field, this includes being a young Black woman in male-dominated spaces. This made it particularly difficult for me to find role models."

"I am still learning ways that my presence will impact the institution. However, one thing that I have noticed is that I am an important resource for women and people of color in engineering and computer science."

"The most exciting part of what I do is that it has a direct impact on people. I get to mentor students and contribute to shaping their future paths. I also get to develop and contribute to technology that can improve people's health. These are the things that motivate me."

"All mountains are surmountable simply by taking one step at a time."

"“It’s hard to learn about something that you have no data on.”"

"Crowdsourcing is a powerful way to build datasets that can support research."

"Finally, ask for help. I learned early in my academic journey not to be afraid to ask for help. It doesn't matter how you learn whether it be a concept or skill, what matters is that you learn even if it takes many tries."

"Third, persist. All mountains are surmountable simply by taking one step at a time. I believe the main thing that has paid off in my journey is persistence."

"Second, understand that failure is part of the journey. We often hear about people's successes but not so much about their failures. Many prominent people have had their own share of failures, which were necessary to their success."

"Many important lessons stand out to me. First, do not underestimate yourself. I have done and am doing more things than I ever thought I was capable of."

"Role models are critical for anyone, including Black women in STEM in academia."

"Be thoughtful, appreciate everyone’s contributions, and organize your life so that you can pursue science. Science is more than a full-time job, and so is raising a family and being part of a community. Get help with the house, logistics, and anything else you can. Try to spend your time doing what matters most to you."

"And finally, have fun. My motto all along has been “work hard, play hard,” although now for me playing hard means spending evenings with my kids. Scientists have the greatest career in the world. We get to decipher humankind’s greatest mysteries, and pursue our own unique, creative visions. There are few things in life more rewarding than that. It’s an absolute privilege to be able to spend your work life innovating and pursuing questions no one has ever known the answer to. Remember that."

"Ignore mean-spirited people, if all attempts to establish harmony fail. Also ignore people who evaluate you not by your research contributions but by their stereotyped impression of you, whether that be because of your gender, background, or something else. You can’t control what other people think. Science (like other careers) can sometimes bring out people’s less prosocial instincts. When it does, I just focus on my science, and on the mentors, friends, and family members who love and support me. Even if you’re not the most popular person, if your science is true, then I believe what my mother-in-law says: The cream rises to the top."

"Share everything you can, and don’t be paranoid. If you’re racing to the finish line with other scientists, it’s better for you to support each other and get there together than to hold each other back. Excitement in fields is built by people doing things together, replicating and building off each other."

"Don’t compare yourself to others, and don’t worry too much about what other people think. There is always the temptation to compare your level of success with others’, but that is a trap. You’ll find happiness when you set your own internal standard for what you want to do, and do what you find internally rewarding."

"Have integrity and only publish what you’re convinced is really true and will stand the test of time. You can only build a career off real findings."

"Trust your intuitions and do the right thing. If it doesn’t feel right, you’re not doing the right thing. And you must believe in what you are doing. If you don’t, you should do something else."

"The academy never stood apart from American slavery—in fact, it stood beside church and state as the third pillar of a civilization built on bondage."

"Even if we are happy that they have a house, that they have access to basic sanitation and basic care, it is row upon row of people who are suffering, and you can feel it."

"All life is very precious, but the beginning is magic"."

""You are a human being and you just come out of water, discover the world and you scream."

"For the majority of births on Earth, I think, it's a joy, this new life. It's a mission that each human has — protecting life, giving life, continuing life."

"This call to action need not be answered alone; let us work together as a global team to change the status quo and demand health equity for all"

"Equity in health is not a luxury. It is a human right."

"If we want to build strong nations, we must start by protecting the health of our children."

"Data saves lives, because with evidence we can design better policies and hold ourselves accountable."

"Health systems must put people first, not institutions or politics."

"The strength of women continues to inspire me."

"Come back home and help transform the whole of Africa into a land that has a promised future for you and the generation to come."

"Be the best at what you do, that’s first. And second, focus on the most vulnerable, and never try to save the people without them participating."

"Before putting physiology and biochemistry in the heads of our students, we need to put global health principles in their hearts."

"We don’t know what tomorrow brings, but we need to apply that."

"We have a different style of leadership, more inclusive, more empathetic, more caring for little children and this makes the difference."

"When I was a little mouse, I tried to make as much noise as a lion. When I became stronger, I made less noise because the objective was to change. And sometimes to change, you better study and try to do it without screaming too much."

"Gender inequity is the norm in the majority of professions even in global health."

"I have learned that if we focus on women’s education, we improve positively ,just as the well-being of the community will change."

"My dream at the end of every day is to close my eyes, knowing that the access to prevention, care and treatment has improved for Rwandan children and people of the world."

"We believe that everyone, including the most vulnerable, deserves quality healthcare. Healthcare is a right and not a commodity."

"The more our students are spread across the world to serve vulnerable populations, the more we will be able to change the world."

"Equity is in the heart," she says. "Meaning you always make sure to include everybody, leave nobody out."

"I challenge global leaders to build upon these lessons learned from the HIV/AIDS response and apply it pos­itively to the challenge of MNS disorders."

"We, as global leaders, have a moral obligation to advocate for comprehensive, effective services backed by human-rights-oriented legal frameworks to protect those living with MNS disorders as part of this quest toward mean­ingful universal health coverage."

"The melancholic errs by turning against his own ego all the critical energies that ought to be directed outward against the powers of the status quo. ... Encouraged to draw all of his aggressions inward, away from the true source of discontent, the compliant melancholic sets up a superegoic agency harboring the ego’s own former rage against the object. ... Introjection becomes a form of deflected critique. Meanwhile, the berated and debased ego, busy with its own internal insufficiencies and thoroughly discouraged from political activism, is not only fully censured but also is fashioned into a willing, productive—if ultimately impotent—participant in society. ... The ideal subject under capitalism is melancholic."

"The melancholic errs by turning against his own ego all the critical energies that ought to be directed outward against the powers of the status quo. ... Encouraged to draw all of his aggressions inward, away from the true source of discontent, the compliant melancholic sets up a superegoic agency harboring the ego’s own former rage against the object. ... Introjection becomes a form of deflected critique. Meanwhile, the berated and debased ego, busy with its own internal insufficiencies and thoroughly discouraged from political activism, is not only fully censured but also is fashioned into a willing, productive—if ultimately impotent—participant in society. ... The ideal subject under capitalism is melancholic."

"Maybe so, but something is going on with the primes."

"You can ask the question about these ancient topics, such as s and ... and ask, are these good problems... I'd like to give a small amount of evidence... that they are... [S]tudying them helped us develop all of elementary number theory and from elementary number theory we developed the rest of number theory, and also you can argue that from elementary number theory came algebra.."