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The Digital Jamaica PodcastDr. Camir Ricketts : How Early Exposure, Parental & Community Support Paved The Way To SuccessJust this past Wednesday Dr. Camir Ricketts graduated from the Weill Cornell School of Medicine with a PhD in Computational Biology. It was a bittersweet occasion, on the one hand after almost 26 years of continuous formal education he is finally done, having successfully attained his goal. But, on the other hand neither his parents, teachers nor friends was there in person to see him walk across the stage. In fact there wasn't even a stage.
Despite the gloomy circumstances the outpouring of love for him, excitement for his accomplishment and support for his future was still palpable...2021-05-2351 min
Millennial HealthHave you heard of Precision Medicine?There is a field of medicine called Precision Medicine. It is an approach to patient care that allows doctors to select treatments that are most likely to help patients based on a genetic understanding of their disease. It may also be called personalized medicine. Though this isn’t entirely mainstream just yet, many facets are.Dr. Camir Ricketts is an ardent advocate for science and innovation and an even greater advocate for the development of all of the Caribbean. He earned his PhD in Computational Biology and Medicine from Weill Cornell Medicine in 2020 and is now a Bi...2021-05-1729 min
Carry On Friends: The Caribbean American ExperienceThe Journey of a Change MakerSend us a textIn this episode I chat and laugh with Camir Ricketts about his journey from Jamaica, Atlanta to New York and all the work he is doing now.Camir is a PhD candidate in Computational Biology and Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York where studies cancer genomics. He is also the founder of the MindsOf Initiative which launched their ‘Minds Of Jamaica’ mentorship platform in 2019. Minds Of Jamaica provides access to career mentorship for Jamaicans across the island. Camir is also recipient of the Prime Minister Jamaica’s Youth...2020-06-2351 min