The Future of Biomedical Education: Part Three
Soon, there will be an exciting and different twist on the traditional Ph.D. training environment: XDBio — the Cross-Disciplinary Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences.
Natalie Joe
Natalie Joe is a Ph.D. candidate in cellular and molecular medicine. She shares, “I’ve sat in a plane with a stranger strapped to my back and my feet dangling 12,500 feet about the Florida coast. But, fear struck me when he said, ‘When you’re ready...,’ and then I leaned forward. We plummeted toward the coastline at 200 mph until he opened the parachute.”
The Future of Biomedical Education: A Conversation with Dr. Ziegelstein
For the second part in my series on the future of biomedical education, I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Ziegelstein and discuss… Read More »The Future of Biomedical Education: A Conversation with Dr. Ziegelstein
The Future of Biomedical Education: Part 1
As graduate students, we spend our days in the lab and are constantly working to balance setting up experiments, tackling our coursework, and attending relevant… Read More »The Future of Biomedical Education: Part 1
Honoring the Past Year of Johns Hopkins Trainee Accomplishments
Being a Ph.D. student is like tandem skydiving for the first time: You are asked to enter the freefall into the scientific world below, with… Read More »Honoring the Past Year of Johns Hopkins Trainee Accomplishments
Advice for Fellowship Applications – Part Three
Read parts one and two of this series. You’ve found the fellowships you want to apply for and have begun the writing process for your… Read More »Advice for Fellowship Applications – Part Three
Advice for Fellowship Applications – Part Two
Missed part one? Catch up here. Take a deep breath; it is time to start working on fellowship applications. After applying for and receiving the… Read More »Advice for Fellowship Applications – Part Two
Advice for Fellowship Applications – Part One
For graduate students, the first years of the Ph.D. are packed with an array of hurdles, and it is easy to end up feeling overwhelmed.… Read More »Advice for Fellowship Applications – Part One
Advancing Glioblastoma Research: A Tale of Two Superheroes
Glioblastoma research is similar to superhero film plots. How, you may ask? If each superhero represents a different treatment drug, then we as researchers want… Read More »Advancing Glioblastoma Research: A Tale of Two Superheroes
When Cancer Hits Home: A Researcher’s Call to Action
My fifth grade world — a typical one concerned with classes, friends, recess, lunch menus and dreading middle school — forever changed one day, when… Read More »When Cancer Hits Home: A Researcher’s Call to Action