NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tamara Baynham, a senior research scientist for the Guidant Corporation, will speak to encourage engineering majors Oct. 13 during her presentation “Survive and Thrive in Engineering School: It Takes a Village.” The talk will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center as part of the Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series sponsored by the center.
Originally from Charlotte, Tenn., Baynham earned a dual degree in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt in 1993. She went on to earn her master’s degree and Ph.D. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with an emphasis in cardiac electrophysiology.
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