PhD
abbreviation or noun
variants
or Ph.D.
plural PhDs or Ph.D.s
: the academic degree, title, or rank of doctor of philosophy
He was awarded a PhD in economics.
Jane Smith, Ph.D.
also
: a person who has earned the academic degree of doctor of philosophy
The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Watson School of Biological Sciences graduated its first PhDs (14 of them) in June 2004 … —
Horace Freeland Judson
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The session panelists include Pravin Chaturvedi, PhD, who is Jaguar's Chief Scientific Officer and Chair of the Napo SAB, as well as Dr. Christos Tzivinikos and Dr. Antonella Diamanti, who are leading experts in the treatment of MVID patients in the UAE and Italy.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2024
The research builds on other studies that have found high PFAS levels in certain seafood species, Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH, director of the Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment at the University of California, San Francisco, told Health.
—Brian Mastroianni, Health, 26 Apr. 2024
No medication works perfectly for everyone, and the new class of weight management and diabetes drugs is no different, said David Lau, MD, PhD, adjunct professor and director of the Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Centre at the University of Calgary.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 24 Apr. 2024
Instead, Fox found a mentor in her high school biology teacher, Elizabeth Wangari, a Kenyan PhD student who was studying entomology at Stanford University.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, Eran Magen, MA, PhD, the founder and CEO of Early Alert and parentingforhumans.com would add another benefit to the list of reasons to let your kids get bored: rest.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 22 Apr. 2024
Jennifer Quinlan, PhD, is a professor and executive director of the Integrated Food Security Research Center at Prairie View A&M University.
—Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 17 Apr. 2024
Twenty-seven-year-old Spurway, also a PhD geneticist, was as lanky as Haldane was robust.
—Rachel Lance, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
One person who has experienced bias is Apryl Williams, PhD, an author and appointed assistant professor in the Department of Communication & Media and the Digital Studies Institute at the University of Michigan.
—Essence, 15 Apr. 2024
Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2024
The research builds on other studies that have found high PFAS levels in certain seafood species, Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH, director of the Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment at the University of California, San Francisco, told Health.
—Brian Mastroianni, Health, 26 Apr. 2024
No medication works perfectly for everyone, and the new class of weight management and diabetes drugs is no different, said David Lau, MD, PhD, adjunct professor and director of the Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Centre at the University of Calgary.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 24 Apr. 2024
Instead, Fox found a mentor in her high school biology teacher, Elizabeth Wangari, a Kenyan PhD student who was studying entomology at Stanford University.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, Eran Magen, MA, PhD, the founder and CEO of Early Alert and parentingforhumans.com would add another benefit to the list of reasons to let your kids get bored: rest.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 22 Apr. 2024
Jennifer Quinlan, PhD, is a professor and executive director of the Integrated Food Security Research Center at Prairie View A&M University.
—Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 17 Apr. 2024
Twenty-seven-year-old Spurway, also a PhD geneticist, was as lanky as Haldane was robust.
—Rachel Lance, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
One person who has experienced bias is Apryl Williams, PhD, an author and appointed assistant professor in the Department of Communication & Media and the Digital Studies Institute at the University of Michigan.
—Essence, 15 Apr. 2024
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