"Actually, science is pretty democratic," she says.
Grant applications go through a peer-review process, she adds, and are approved on their merits rather than a researcher's alma mater. And Harvard networking, she says, isn't a powerful tool in the medical research field.
"I haven't gotten where I am through any kind of college network. The opportunities I had came more from a little later in my career than from when I was at college," she says.
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Though the Harvard name or network may not have greased the wheels for Puck, she says her college education led her to a job she loves--even if she didn't take the straightest path to get there.
"It's a great place to be," she says.