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Jan 2025
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The PhD student who dropped out to fight...

Gertrude Nonterah, Ph.D.
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The PhD student who dropped out to fight for cystic fibrosis patients: Paul Naphtali chose to quit his PhD program a few years ago to fight for cystic fibrosis patients. That path led him to start a medical writing business and in this episode, he walks us through how he did it.

Paul Naphtali's business: GenoWrite.com

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