Acceptance at Harvard Medical School tipped the scale for Puck. Though she was still undecided on a career, she says her professors at the College left a favorable impression.
"I think the faculty at Harvard are absolutely outstanding," she raves. "To be able to be taught by some of the true greats in the field is something people treasure."
Puck chose pediatric infectious diseases as her specialty, but the growth of the AIDS epidemic drove her to genetic research. An associate professorship at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine led to her current post. And Puck says she's happy with where she's been so far.
"I'm absolutely thrilled," she says. "I feel like I've had a lot of variety.
But she is cautious to say that any of those doors were opened solely by her Harvard degree.
"It certainly never hurts," she shrugs. "I think you build opportunities yourself. I don't think the Harvard name gets you anywhere on its own."
Puck says in the medical research field, an Ivy League education carries far less weight than the quality of a researcher's work.
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