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Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers
Mollie Woodworth: Neuroscientist
Season 2010
Episode 37
Mollie Woodworth is working toward her Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Harvard University. She studies the cerebral cortex of mice to learn about ways to treat humans with brain injuries and diseases. In her spare time, Mollie coaches the MIT cheerleading squad and does quite a lot of cheering herself.
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