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I became a nurse
about four years ago

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before deciding to go back
and become a PhD student.

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My goal, through my
research, is to help unravel

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some of the
complexities of diseases

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during pregnancy, so whether
that be gestational diabetes

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or preeclampsia.

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I really hope to use data
science and analytics to better

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understand some of
the complexities that

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happen in our bodies.

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So I came here, as a
new graduate nurse,

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and was really just blown
away by the amount of people

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I felt who were
doing quality work

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and really cared
about the material

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that they were working with.

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And I think staying here
really just enforced that.

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The opportunity to
go to multiple places

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on grounds, to learn and explore
from new faculty I thought

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was exceptional.

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I think the pursuit of a PhD
requires innate discovery

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and exploration.

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And for me, I've always
been interested in answering

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the questions.

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And I felt as a
clinical nurse, I

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was doing a lot of
the go-to items,

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how to help somebody
in the moment.

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But I feel like the
process of getting a PhD

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and honing in on a
research question

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allows me to help answer
questions on a higher

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level that will hopefully impact
larger and larger populations.

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As an aspiring PhD
student and an applicant,

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it's really
important to consider

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the university and the
environment for research.

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And UVA, I think,
is particularly

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relevant across
many disciplines.

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The great thing about UVA
is that not only can you

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source faculty and
research projects

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in the School of Nursing but
also places across grounds.

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So we have students
go to the law school.

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Myself, I spent a lot of time in
the Data Science Institute, as

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well as multiple disciplines.

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And that's really what should
drive your decision-making

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in choosing UVA.

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