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A nutritionist in Kenya shares advice for prospective students

Rose Okoyo Opiyo says women need help balancing family demands if Africa is to narrow its PhD gender gap.
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  1. Christopher Bendana

    1. Christopher Bendana is a freelance science journalist based in Kampala.

Rose Okoyo Opiyo is a Kenyan nutritionist at the University of Nairobi and was a panellist at a webinar held last month entitled ‘Pursuing a PhD in Africa: Bridging the gender gap’. The webinar was organized by the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA), a group of research universities and institutes that aims to strengthen research at African universities by sponsoring PhD candidates, postdoctoral fellows and faculty development across seven African nations. More than half of the 228 PhD candidates that CARTA is currently sponsoring are women. Opiyo was part of the first cohort, from 2011 to 2015.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00289-y

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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