Welcome to "The Science Of" Podcast, where students from the Jackie Robinson Family YMCA sit down with top scientists, doctors, and other leaders in the world of science from the globally renowned UCSD and the UCSD Moores Cancer Center in La Jolla, CA.

In this episode, Riley James, Haydee Arancibia-Hardwick, Jeremiah Bosley and Margaux Stack-Babich from the UCSD Moores Cancer Center, sit down to discuss THE SCIENCE OF EMOTIONS AND BEHAVIOR with Dr. Jessica Carrasco, the proud daughter of Mexican migrants, a first-generation college graduate, and a bilingual and bicultural neuropsychologist. She double majored in Psychology and Spanish from the University of New Mexico and completed a postbaccalaureate program at the National Institute of Mental Health before moving to San Diego for graduate school. Dr. Carrasco recently graduated from the SDSU/ UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Neuropsychology and is currently completing a post-doctorate program at the Jennifer Moreno VA. Her work largely aims at understanding brain-behavior mechanisms underlying serious mental illness in marginalized communities.


Enjoy this episode and get your PODucation on!! 

TIME | DISCUSSION
03:24 | About Dr. Jessica Carrasco
05:15 | Rapid Fire Questions 
09:40 | The destiny of his career choice
11:40 | Neuropschology and clinical psychology explained
15:01 | Her work at the VA
18:38 | First generation college graduate
22:15 | Serving marginalized communities
22:30 | Audience questions
33:50 | A future prognosis
34:40 | If I were healthcare emperor for a day...
35:40 | Advice to young students...take risks! 

Enjoy this excellent conversation, the "Rapid Fire" questions, and insights on an issue needing big attention!

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