[Nfb-science] Congratulations to Melissa

[Mariya Vasileva]

Hi, I just wanted to let you know that you are not the only blind person to have received a Ph.D. In a STEM field.

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> On May 10, 2018, at 13:30, Louis Maher via Nfb-science <nfb-science at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> From: melissa resnick <melissa_resnick at hotmail.com<mailto:melissa_resnick at hotmail.com>>
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2018 10:34 AM
> To: Louis Maher <ljmaher03 at outlook.com<mailto:ljmaher03 at outlook.com>>
> Subject: Re: N F B e-mail communications
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> Louis,
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> Just F Y I, if the Houston chapter is interested to know, one of the main reasons I have been unable to attend chapter meetings in person, was due to the demands of my academic studies.
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> I am happy to report that yesterday, I graduated from the University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston, School of Biomedical Informatics, with a P h D in Biomedical Informatics.
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> To the best of everyone's knowledge, I am the first blind individual in the country, if not the world, to earn a doctorate in this STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) subject area.
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> So, apologies for missing all of those meetings; and once again, thank you for all of your assistance,
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> Melissa
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