{"593732":{"#nid":"593732","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ph.D. Student Hillary Alberta Pursues Unique Public Policy Path","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech changed the mind of current Public Policy Ph.D student Hillary Alberta\u0026nbsp;\u0026mdash; at least, when it came to her career path.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;When I first came to Tech, I was working toward\u0026nbsp;entering medical school,\u0026rdquo; said Alberta, who earned both a bachelor\u0026rsquo;s in Biology in 2010 and a master\u0026rsquo;s in Public Policy in 2012 from Tech. \u0026ldquo;But, through my studies, I found out about the challenges that arise form the interactions among\u0026nbsp;science, technology, and policy, such as those around informed consent in clinical research. I decided to shift my focus to research in bioethics.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis change resulted from the classes she took in Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;A lot of clinical research studies offer incentives to participants but are not transparent about the risks involved, particularly in advertising the studies,\u0026rdquo; Alberta said. \u0026ldquo;My doctoral research focuses on risk disclosure and how government policy has to be shaped to ensure participants have the oversight and information they need when participating in any clinical study.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the biggest changes that Alberta has enjoyed about becoming a graduate student at Tech is how much more face time she has with professors. This is something Alberta thinks all graduate students should take advantage of.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;To get the most out of your graduate studies, the connections you cultivate with your peers and advisors are imperative,\u0026rdquo; she said. \u0026ldquo;You have to be your best advocate, and you have to be able to develop the research tools you need to succeed, which requires strong relationships with your advisors.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Hillary Alberta has taken a special path towards her passions as a Ph.D. student"}],"uid":"34516","created_gmt":"2017-07-25 18:55:10","changed_gmt":"2017-07-25 18:55:10","author":"SLawrence42","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"587138":{"id":"587138","type":"image","title":"Hillary Alberta, Ph.D. student, Public Policy","body":null,"created":"1486571627","gmt_created":"2017-02-08 16:33:47","changed":"1486571627","gmt_changed":"2017-02-08 16:33:47","alt":"","file":{"fid":"223764","name":"Hillary\u0027s Bio Image Edited.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Hillary%27s%20Bio%20Image%20Edited.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Hillary%27s%20Bio%20Image%20Edited.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":204986,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Hillary%27s%20Bio%20Image%20Edited.jpg?itok=a_oH8wOD"}}},"media_ids":["587138"],"groups":[{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}