J’can makes history - Immaculate alumnus is first black woman to get a PhD in neuroscience at the University of Rochester

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J’can makes history - Immaculate alumnus is first black woman to get a PhD in neuroscience at the University of Rochester

As the first black woman to be awarded a PhD in neuroscience at the University of Rochester (UR), Monique Mendes crossed over into the less than three per cent of black women neuroscience PhDs in the United States. On July 31, Mendes became only...

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