Meet...Claudia
Name:
Claudia Lucia Rocha.
Year and school: Fourth year College of Graduate Studies, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
City you were born: Bogota, Colombia.
Favorite dish: Ajiaco: it's a chicken stew served traditionally on Sundays.
Fond childhood memory: Holiday celebrations at home over the nine days before Christmas.
Biggest challenge: Getting done with my Ph.D.
Most rewarding thing about what you do: It is very satisfying to be able to solve a problem. I am working now in trying to understand the mechanisms of infection caused by the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Favorite reading: I just finished reading Harry Potter (#5) and now I am reading a really interesting book about prominent Latin American women.
Most interesting job you ever had: Working with Professor Patarroyo, the director of the Colombian Instituto de Immunologia. He developed the first synthetic vaccine against malaria. I participated in the clinical and field studies. The prototype resulted in a 40 percent reduction of incidence of malaria in Colombia.
Words of advice: My
dad taught me to respect others and work hard.
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