"I found that few aspects of healthcare actually were in my best interest,” Wojcicki said. I would like to just stay healthy and to never use healthcare, but I found that almost no aspects of what I was investing in were focused on ‘How do I stay out of the system"

"In my centre – the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), for example – we try to ensure that women going for vaginal delivery who have sickle cell disease have an epidural in labour so that they can deliver as pain-free as possible and smoothly."

"Generally, in all pregnancies, we’re always very mindful of the foetus, but we must remember that the mother is also very important, and for the foetus to be well, the mother also has to be well."

"You cannot afford to register at a primary health facility if you are a sickle cell warrior, as it is a high-risk pregnancy condition. A tertiary centre would be ideal. They can, however, register for prenatal treatment at a general hospital in the absence of an accessible tertiary centre, which can then refer them to one, if necessary."

"That women apply themselves very seriously to whatever they commit to and work extra hard to be taken seriously and to further the goal of their organisation. It also means that when women take on a career, they often excel in their work."

"Women can stay relevant by trusting. By nature, a lot of us like to try to do everything ourselves and believe that if we don’t do the work, it will not be done well. Unfortunately, that also leads to burnout and reduced prodcutivity. My motto is that whatever can, should be delegated, to free yourself for the most important stuff."

"Also, being the youngest and being female, you know, it wasn’t really easy. I kept getting comments like 'you have to do a lot of the heavy lifting and the extra work' and so on. Those challenges were quite frustrating, but as time went on, I got my head down and just started doing my work."

"My interest in Obstetrics and Gynaecology developed from a combination of how well I was trained in the subject in medical school, as well as my affinity and empathy for female patients. I remember that I felt a lot of sympathy for pregnant women, especially those who couldn’t afford care."

"I am very proud of the team of over 80 co-Investigators, statisticians, data managers, coordinating doctors, research nurses, research assistants, administrative staff, finance officers, legal advisers, consultants and supervisors that were involved in this project."

"As a clinician, I show that I mean business by being attentive to women, empathising with their needs, concerns and complaints, and ensuring that they leave my consulting room with a feeling of being heard and understood."

"And I know we’ll talk more about that one going forward, but really coming from a place where the ODNI wasn’t – didn’t exist, to a place now, 17 years in, where our place in the community in terms of being able to help with that integration and help standardize some of the things that are happening with the community, whether on the personnel side"

"What’s changed is the amount of integration that we’ve seen, that we’ve been able to continue to push on agencies to work together and really to leverage the – not only the strength of each agency, but also the authorities of each agency, to be able to do more for our customers, to be able to provide that intelligence insight. I’ve seen that grow over the years."

"We did a couple things. One, we tried to frame what disinformation is, because I think there’s still a lack of awareness of the fact that there’s a lot of information out there that is not true and that is basically also trying to shape the way people think about various things based on what the information is"

"So we recognized 20 years since 9/11 back in September. Now we’re talking about 17 years of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in just a few days."

"We lost a lot of that capacity with these cuts. And then they're telling me, you know, we also need to have a conversation about insurance and what it means to protect the homes and protect property with good, like, hardier equipment and plants and removing brush from around people's homes."

"where we can, that we are understanding where we should and should not build, or where we are at risk. I mean, that's that's the biggest thing where we're at risk. And, how how can we mitigate as much risk as possible."

"If you think about what caused the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to be created, think back to 9/11 and the fact that there was information out there in the community that wasn’t being integrated properly. That was the impetus for the creation."

"You know, during the August break, I spent time with firefighters, both in central Oregon and in roundtables and at our National Night Out.And the message was consistent."

"The pulling of resources from wildfire fighting activities was unacceptable. And even firefighters that voted for Trump were very concerned that the the land resources that they had. Weren't weren't there in the numbers that they needed them to be in."

"So our office has been engaged regularly on the front lines in, you know, all of the coordinating meetings and keeping abreast of what's happening, informing the public, telling people where resources can be found."

"But also, I've been talking with insurance companies. I've been talking with my colleagues about what it takes for us to make sure we have the resources that we need."

"So I've been telling the firefighters, tell me exactly what you need. Some have said, oh, I need backhoes. I need hard equipment. They've also told me that we need to make sure that we're doing forest management."

"A challenge is that more than half the students that enter college wanting to major in STEM don't end up getting that STEM degree."

"Another outreach program that I am involved in is aimed at 1st and 2nd year college students. This project is driven by the fact that we really need more diverse students to become leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)."

"When I was in high school, I was able to go to a college campus to take undergraduate math classes, which was a great experience. To pass this on to the next generation, each year for the last ~20 years, I've run an intensive 2-week math and biology course for high school students."

"There's a high attrition rate and the biggest drop off happens to be students of color and students from underserved backgrounds. When I was researching and finding out all these facts, it really made me want to figure out ways to support students and address this retention in STEM problem."

"I think that medical oncology could really use a mathematical modeling toolbox that can leverage clinical measurements to optimize treatments for individual patients. Mathematical modeling can also help us make predictions to improve clinical care."

"For example, you might first want to predict which drug or combination of drugs will work best on particular patients, and then it becomes important to know the right dose and schedule for administering that drug. Mathematical modeling can help answer these types of questions."

"First of all, do you love it? Are you sure? Because if you don’t, [it can be] hard and discouraging. [But] it’s not hard to keep doing things you love."

"There was not a set of books, I couldn’t join a program, or take a class in any of this stuff so we built our own tools. We came up with our own systems for identifying vulnerability and building resiliency and it grew into an industry."

"My research involves the understanding and development of functional biomaterials for tissue regeneration. We focus on the development of synthetic and natural biomaterials that can promote the function of stem cells and other cell types for the repair of orthopaedic injuries, specifically bone and cartilage, as well as spinal cord injuries."

"As a professor, I have the pleasure of mentoring students and postdoctoral trainees in this line of research and in their professional development. My laboratory continues to conduct both discovery science and translational research where trainees and professional staff are encouraged to participate in all aspects of the research. The most challenging aspects of this work continues to be obtaining research funding."

"I am both African American and a woman. I always knew that I was one of the few in my field, whether as an undergraduate majoring in mechanical engineering or later in life as faculty. However, I never felt as if I was at a disadvantage. I was fortunate to have and surround myself with supportive colleagues and mentors over the years."

"I have seen a lot of organizations where security is set up to be the ‘no machine."

"It is really easy to say no, it’s very easy to reduce risk if the answer is always no, but it’s not very helpful to the business."

"Women have to continue to pursue leadership roles in their organizations such that opportunities, such as hiring and promotion, and initiatives to engage and support women can be made a priority."

"It’s important to talk to others, both women and men, who are working in the field so they can learn more about the field and jobs/opportunities that may be available depending upon the level of training."

"One female scientist who has inspired me is Shirley Ann Jackson, PhD. She’s currently the President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY, USA) and an accomplished theoretical physicist. She has broken many glass ceilings in her career and continues to be a trailblazer for African-American women and women in general."

"We already know a lot about human history from archaeology and anthropology, but recently genetics has provided a wonderful boost to the field."

"we could actually look and say: ‘We see a Neanderthal version of the gene and we can measure its effect on phenotype in many people—how often they get sunburned, what color their hair is, and what color their eyes are."

"African scientists have to be resilient - it’s a tough career anywhere, but especially in Africa where we face many additional challenges. But it’s essential that we African scientists use our skills and determination to do good research that is relevant to our communities."

"I believe that curiosity, integrity and generosity are the key attributes for good scientists. You need to be addicted to asking and answering questions! In doing this, we get to discover new things, either small details or big leaps in knowledge, on a daily basis - which is incredibly wonderful."

"No, I don’t miss being in the lab. For me, the exciting part of science is working out what the question is, and how to answer it. I am very privileged - I get to ask questions, and have a wonderful team who generates data to answer them."

"Once again Haddon got shut up. The family used it for weekends, shooting parties, summer follies, picnics..."

"As they’ve worked their way through the house, the discoveries have been extraordinary: … ‘even old nails and gunshots and bullets. And I think there have been a few skulls,’ adds Gabrielle."

"When I first arrived here, I felt as if [Haddon Hall] were asleep. In a deep, deep sleep."

"At those times the model came under strain, John Lewis got closer to the customer. In the 1950s and 60s as the supermarkets arrived on the scene, John Lewis set out to identify human needs and fulfil them. For instance, we did a daily food delivery service to caravans and holiday homes."

"It has something very special about it and so I am very mindful during my time that I stay true to the principles of this brand and what it stands for - in other words, a better way of doing business. This is precisely why I wanted this job"

"We do regular customer insight and we are seeing slightly more uncertainty in the way people are thinking about their personal finances."