The Cohort Sistas Podcast
The Cohort Sistas Podcast is an empowering and enlightening podcast that holds space for Black women and nonbinary doctoral degree holders to share their stories, experiences, and expertise. Each episode features an engaging interview on a wide range of topics, including academic trajectory, application process, mentorship, funding, career development, mental health, and social issues. Hosted by Cohort Sistas Founder and Executive Director Dr. Ijeoma Kola, The Cohort Sistas Podcast is known for its authentic and relatable approach, providing listeners with valuable insights, practical advice, and a sense of community. Whether you're looking for inspiration, encouragement, or simply a thought-provoking conversation, this podcast is a must-listen for aspiring doctors seeking to connect, learn, and thrive.
Cohort Sistas provides digital resources, mentorship, and community to improve equity in doctoral education. While our programs and platform are open to all doctoral students, applicants, and degree holders, we prioritize and center the needs and perspectives of Black women and nonbinary scholars.
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Dr. Kilan Ashad-Bishop on Crafting a Career Identity that Aligns With Your Personal Values
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Everyone wants to wake up in the morning with a strong sense of purpose, but carving out a career path that matches both your skillset and your area of interest can be incredibly challenging. Today’s guest, Dr. Kilan Ashad-Bishop, is a biomedical scientist who received her Ph.D. in cancer biology from the University of Miami. In this episode, we speak about the power of growing up with female family figures with doctoral degrees, and Dr. Bishop gives us an in-depth overview of her doctoral and post-doctoral research and the work she does at two non-profit organizations: STEMNoire and First Star Academies. We touch on the importance of family support, the power of purpose in creating intentionality, and why cancer research was well-suited to Dr. Bishop’s areas of interest, as well as how she came to realize this. We discuss the role of the academic institution you choose in developing your sense of self, Dr. Bishop reveals the details of her funding structure, and we explore the difference between being committed to understanding who you are working with and simply fulfilling your commitment to training underrepresented populations. Dr. Bishop gives us the details of her research into structural barriers to optimal health among communities of color and her work that uses science as a tool for social change in marginalized communities. Finally, she leaves women pursuing postgraduate studies with some beautiful advice: embrace all that you are, even when the institution seems to be requiring something different of you. We hope you join us for a glimpse into Dr. Bishop’s inspiring mind today!
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