In our first episode of 2024, Dr. Beth Bennett talks about pursuing her PhD and a career performing scientific research, all while raising children with her husband. They discuss why women should consider studying the sciences and the opportunities with careers in medicine. Through her research, Beth has traveled to many countries and worked in labs with people from all over the world. They also discuss Christian mistrust in scientific institutions and how to interact with it.
Beth Bennett, PhD is the Assistant Professor of Biology at Sattler College. She received a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Maryland Baltimore, where she researched mRNA stability and the biophysics of RNA-protein interactions. She has since worked as a post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Phil Cole, first at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland, and then at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. There, her research interests have been in epigenetic pharmacology primarily involving acetyltransferase enzymes.
Beth tries to show love to those around her wherever she finds herself. In graduate school she was deeply involved in a student-led initiative to feed the homeless in Baltimore City. As a post-doc she was involved in international scholar fellowships both in Baltimore and Boston. In 2017, Beth married David Bennett III. They lived in Brighton, MA for the first nearly four years of marriage before moving to Wrightsville, PA to care for family responsibilities. Together they parent three young and vivacious children.