Mommy, Can Boys Also Be Doctors?: A Message to Young Scientists and Other Humans

Mother, Scientist, Immigrant, Scholar, Wife, Trailblazer, Mentor.

Acclaimed biochemist Dr. Marlene Belfort has something to say to the next generation.

The child of immigrant parents who escaped Hitler's regime, she recounts growing up in South Africa during apartheid, losing her father to suicide, and trying to make sense of an insensible world.

To young scientists, Dr. Belfort concedes to "muddling through" during her career, learning to be at ease with uncertainty and embracing ambiguity.

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