Virginia Wotring
TED Speaker | The Science of Behavior Change
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Virginia Wotring is a behavioral scientist and TED speaker who explores how to motivate sustainable behavior change. Her research at the Duke University Common Cents Lab focuses on designing scalable interventions that help people save money, reduce debt, and make healthier financial decisions.
Wotring's TED talks have reached millions, offering science-backed strategies to improve personal finance and wellbeing. Her engaging keynotes give audiences practical frameworks for modifying habits and creating lasting change.
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How I built a first aid kit for astronauts
Picture the size of the average Earthbound clinic. Now imagine the size of an average spacecraft. In this informative talk, pharmacologist Dr. Virginia Wotring explains how she helped figure out how to fit the healthcare apparatus found in the former into the confined area of the latter, all the while anticipating the medical needs unique to human beings floating in space.
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