Carolyn
H olland, MD
When Holland, a UF emergency medicine
physician, applied to medical school,
she identified as an openly gay woman.
However, she says, there was no
education about medical issues facing
the LGBTQ community when she was a
medical student.
While it’s better, there is still a
lack of understanding among
medical professionals about the
LGBTQ community. The best
part of my job in emergency
medicine is that, no matter
who walks in, I treat all
my patients with respect
and dignity. And I teach my
residents to do the same.
Mavis
Agbandje-
McKenna, PhD
Agbandje-McKenna was 11 years old when
she left Nigeria and moved to England. She
is a professor and director of the Center
for Structural Biology and engineered a
gene therapy vector that treats Duchenne
muscular dystrophy in children.
I was mentored by mostly
white men, but when I went
to conferences, I would seek
out the one African-American
research scientist there to
speak with or just to sit next to
and listen to. I needed to know
I also could become a faculty
member one day. You need to
be able to see yourself in the
role you want.
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