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Access the Experts: Christine Cutucache

In this installment, Cutucache answers: “What progress has been made in growing our STEM workforce in Nebraska?”

  • published: 2021/06/03
A screen shot of Christine Cutucache on Access the Experts

Access the Experts is an innovative partnership between the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and News Channel Nebraska (NCN), where viewers submit their questions to be answered by UNO faculty members.

In This Installment of Access the Experts

UNO STEM TRAIL Center Director Christine Cutucache, Ph.D., answers the question: “What progress has been made in growing our STEM workforce in Nebraska?”

About Cutucache

Cutucache is a tumor immunologist turned science educator. During her tenure, she has secured $10.9 million in extramural funding, and has published 34 peer-reviewed articles on her research, and been selected as a Fulbright Scholar (2020). She has delivered over 50 presentations on her work around the world with most including undergraduate research students as co-authors or co-presenters. Her research lab is diverse in studying both tumor immunology (specifically tumor-induced immunosuppression in B- and T-cell leukemias and lymphomas) as well as Discipline-Based Education Research (so called ‘DBER’ or science education). She is interested in student-centered, inquiry-based practices to improve learning outcomes, including critical thinking and metacognition.

Access the Experts

Access the Experts is an innovative partnership between the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and News Channel Nebraska (NCN), where viewers submit their questions to be answered by UNO faculty members.

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