Prof. Vargis was very excited when she started her undergraduate study in Bioengineering. While she made progress in her classes, she felt she had lost her way. Then, she started doing undergraduate research and applying what she was learning in the classroom.

Research was a Life Changer!

Prof. Vargis joins us on our podcast to talk about her background, UG Research in Vargis Lab, Resources for Students, Success Stories, and finally the Skills needed to do research.

In particular, we discuss the following with her:

• Prof. Elizabeth Vargis’ Background
• UG Research at USU
• Student Success Stories
• Skills for Research

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introducing Prof. Elizabeth Vargis, USU [0:36]
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights [2:02]
• Professional Background [5:00]
• Importance of UG Research [9:38]
• USU Support for UG Research [13:57]
• Institutional or Departmental? [17:51]
• Cross Discipline Research [20:12]
• Success Stories [24:43]
• Skills Needed for Research [34:20]
• Why is Research Inspiring? [41:06]
• What’s Next? [45:43]

Our Guest: Elizabeth Vargis is Associate Professor in Biological Engineering at Utah State University. Prof. Vargis graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in BioEngineering from the University of California Berkeley and Masters and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Vanderbilt University.

Memorable Quote: “...the student may not feel comfortable speaking up to me, or, you know, disagreeing with me, but I, you know, I am at the stage where I've been disagreed with so many times. And, you know, my goal is not to be right, my goal is to do good research. And so that, so to me, it's all communication. And that's number one.” Prof. Vargis.

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