Nice to Know - Conversations with Everyday Scientists

S2 E4: Life-Saving Operations with Profs Sommer Gentry & Dorry Segev

April 20, 2021 Season 2 Episode 4
Nice to Know - Conversations with Everyday Scientists
S2 E4: Life-Saving Operations with Profs Sommer Gentry & Dorry Segev
Show Notes

Prof Sommer Gentry is a mathematician working in the area of Operations Research, and her husband, Prof Dorry Segev, is a transplant surgeon and epidemiologist. Together, they use their research to improve organ transplant policies in the USA, with the goal of improving the health and equity of healthcare for people requiring organ transplantation.

Sommer (@shelikesmath) is a Professor of Mathematics at the US Naval Academy, and Dorry (@Dorry_Segev) is Professor of Surgery and Associate Vice Chair for Research at John Hopkins Medicine. If you liked this episode, you'll love their YouTube Documentary, 'The Right Match' > check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttMQECKQ3DQ&t=75s

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