Fostering connection through ideas
"You have to allow yourself the space that you need, and you have to allow yourself to be confused, and anxious, and uncertain. And I know that’s really difficult for a lot of scientific minds."
For the fourth installment of the Trans Physician & Trans Scientist Project, I spoke with Lana Hiscock about her transition, the role of religion in her journey, and the need to reach out to and educate rural communities about transgender topics. Jamie Moffa: Let’s start with name and pronouns? Lana Hiscock: Lana Hiscock, and she/her.... Continue Reading →
"Your visibility is valuable to others - both for patients, and for those who wish to pursue medicine. Role models are needed."
"I think it’s because there’s always this question, when you’re a minority, you have to put extra effort into things, so that, instead of people focusing on you being a minority, they’ll focus on your achievements."
"There are doctors like you. You may not see them, but we're out there."
Who: Transgender and gender non-conforming physicians, scientists, and other health care professionals. What: Interviews, written responses, and commentary about self-discovery and coming out, navigating medicine and science as a transgender person, the importance of gender diversity in medicine, and how their roles as physicians and scientists intersect with their position in the broader transgender community. When: Roughly... Continue Reading →
The Ideatorium 
Recent Comments