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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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
Born in Vandergrift, Pa., a small town about 30 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, Roselle attended West Chester University before getting a PhD in Mathematics from Duke.
—Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 15 Apr. 2024
Brewster, who works for Google and is pursuing a PhD in computer science at Florida International University, couldn’t believe it.
—Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
Those lifestyle changes include quitting smoking and managing stress through methods such as yoga and meditation, Petra Zubin Maslov, MD, PhD, a cardiologist at Mount Sinai Morningside, told Health.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 11 Apr. 2024
Murray earned a PhD in religion from the School of Theology at Claremont College in 1964.
—Michaela Zee, Variety, 6 Apr. 2024
As Judy Ho, PhD, ABPP, ABPdN, author of The New Rules of Attachment: How to Heal Your Relationships, Reparent Your Inner Child, and Secure Your Life Vision, points out, limiting kids’ sweets can send the wrong message.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 5 Apr. 2024
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
Born in Vandergrift, Pa., a small town about 30 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, Roselle attended West Chester University before getting a PhD in Mathematics from Duke.
—Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 15 Apr. 2024
Brewster, who works for Google and is pursuing a PhD in computer science at Florida International University, couldn’t believe it.
—Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
Those lifestyle changes include quitting smoking and managing stress through methods such as yoga and meditation, Petra Zubin Maslov, MD, PhD, a cardiologist at Mount Sinai Morningside, told Health.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 11 Apr. 2024
Murray earned a PhD in religion from the School of Theology at Claremont College in 1964.
—Michaela Zee, Variety, 6 Apr. 2024
As Judy Ho, PhD, ABPP, ABPdN, author of The New Rules of Attachment: How to Heal Your Relationships, Reparent Your Inner Child, and Secure Your Life Vision, points out, limiting kids’ sweets can send the wrong message.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 5 Apr. 2024
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