Rana Dajani
Rana Dajani is a professor of molecular cell biology at the Hashemite University, in Jordan, and is currently a visiting professor at the Jepson School of Leadership at the University of Richmond and a fellow of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, at Harvard University. She is also president of the Jordan Chapter of the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World, and president of Society for the Advancement of Science and Technology in the Arab World.
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Empowering Voices: Reflections on Research Ethos from Jordan and the U.S.
An anthropologist and a biologist share examples of empowering voices to address structural barriers in scientific research.
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How to Start World-Class Science in Your Home Country
Rana Dajani studied in the West now leads top-calibre research from her lab in Jordan. She shares from her own…
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Doing Better Science by Including Local Researchers and Communities
Rana Dajani offers insights and examples of how including local researchers helped scientists improve their studies, do better science, and…
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For Scientists, Failure Is a Motivating Force
A panel of Arab scientists recently discussed why failure should be embraced, not feared, as a necessary step on the…
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Why the World Urgently Needs Interdisciplinary Research and Policy Making
Covid-19 is the perfect example of a complex, global problem that requires scientists and policy makers to build bridges through…
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Making Interdisciplinary Research Actually Happen
Scientists must work together across disciplinary silos to create a better future for the world, the authors say.
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How Policy Makers and Universities Can Help Arab Scientists
Advances by Arab scientists, such as a faster new coronavirus test developed in Jordan, could benefit their home countries and…
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