Haleigh Wagman

Biography

Previous Degree
B.S. Biology

What is your favorite word?
"Sheesh" because I think it is one of the most accurate onomatopoeias.

What is on your bookshelf?
The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success by Kevin Dutton.

What is one thing people would be surprised to know about you?
I am the first woman to join the Texas National Guard as an Infantry Officer.

What degrees do you hold and from what institutions?
B.S Biology from Southern Oregon University

What excites you about joining Texas A&M School of Medicine for your PhD studies?
Coming from a small university I am excited to have the opportunity to use instruments and techniques in the lab that were not offered during my undergrad.

If you could meet any scientist throughout history, who would you want to meet and why?
Gertrude B. Elion. She founded a treatment for leukemia patients in 1950 which is awesome but even in candid pictures of her she was always smiling or laughing. I think she would be a very kind and compassionate person to get to meet.

Tell us something you are passionate about apart from research.
I love to do aerial silks and other forms of circus arts. It is a place I can express myself and really feel free. It’s the closest to flying I can get.