Advice from a Senior Resident to a New Intern
This month, I became a senior resident in internal medicine. With that title comes the opportunity to help train new interns at our hospital. And… Read More »Advice from a Senior Resident to a New Intern
A Day in the Life
Carolina Montano: From Political Asylum to Johns Hopkins M.D./Ph.D.
I remember the day I first met Carolina Montano, a fellow student in the Johns Hopkins M.D./Ph.D. program. It was toward the beginning of my… Read More »Carolina Montano: From Political Asylum to Johns Hopkins M.D./Ph.D.
Neuroscience Graduate Student Driven by How the Brain ‘Sees’
Talking with Chanel Matney, a neuroscience graduate student in the Brown Lab, can send your mind racing in many different directions as she discusses her… Read More »Neuroscience Graduate Student Driven by How the Brain ‘Sees’
E-Cigarettes’ Liquid Nicotine Poses a Poisoning Risk to Children
I have spent a lot of time as a pediatrician in the emergency department and a brief period of time rotating through the local poison… Read More »E-Cigarettes’ Liquid Nicotine Poses a Poisoning Risk to Children
What I Learned: Thoughts from a Graduating Ph.D. Student
“Every blossom exhibits an exquisite disorder of ragged petals finer than lace. But one needs a lens to judge of their beauty: it lies hidden… Read More »What I Learned: Thoughts from a Graduating Ph.D. Student
Pharmacology Student Initiative: Building a Better Graduate Community
The academic motto of “publish or perish” can create an isolationist graduate school environment. It can be easy to convince ourselves that our impact is… Read More »Pharmacology Student Initiative: Building a Better Graduate Community
Advocacy Through Occupational Therapy
“The physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor,” said Rudolf Virchow, a German physician-anthropologist, in 1848. It was this framework for public health that… Read More »Advocacy Through Occupational Therapy
Locally Combating the Childhood Obesity Epidemic
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents over the last 30… Read More »Locally Combating the Childhood Obesity Epidemic
Project Bridge: Simplifying Science for the Community
How many times have you tried to explain your research to a friend, only to get a blank stare back? Such was the case with… Read More »Project Bridge: Simplifying Science for the Community
The Elephant in the Clinic Room: Health Literacy
As our appointment came to an end, I took a few minutes to give final instructions to my patient. Though she had many medical issues,… Read More »The Elephant in the Clinic Room: Health Literacy