My Childhood Home: My First True Laboratory
For nine years, I went to summer camp in the Poconos, far away from highways and large cities in a small town near Scranton, Pennsylvania.… Read More »My Childhood Home: My First True Laboratory
Insilico Medicine: A Hopkins Startup Using AI to Enhance Biomedical Research
Remember that time you Googled something and it showed up on your Facebook newsfeed the next day? These oftentimes unnerving, targeted advertising strategies are driven… Read More »Insilico Medicine: A Hopkins Startup Using AI to Enhance Biomedical Research
On How and Why Science Is Political
Should science be political? Trick question — science is inherently political because the vast majority of science is funded through the federal government. So, if… Read More »On How and Why Science Is Political
LGBTQ+ Health Disparities: Compassionate Care Is Admitting Ignorance
On Tuesday, May 1, I attended the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine-hosted seminar titled The Role of Health Care Professionals in Reducing LGBTQ Health Disparities,… Read More »LGBTQ+ Health Disparities: Compassionate Care Is Admitting Ignorance
Three-Minute Thesis: A Case Study in the Economics of Communication
Photo courtesy of hub.jhu.edu Economics is defined, in practice, as the act of efficiently allocating scarce resources so as to best suit the wants and needs… Read More »Three-Minute Thesis: A Case Study in the Economics of Communication
Titan Titin: When Mutations in the Largest Known Protein Affect the Heart
“We know from our clinical experience in the practice of medicine that in diagnosis, prognosis and treatment, the individual and his background of heredity are… Read More »Titan Titin: When Mutations in the Largest Known Protein Affect the Heart
Top Five Strategies to Generate Great Ideas and Build a Successful Startup
“Now that would be an amazing app for patients!” she exclaimed to her colleague. “Agreed. We could have our own little startup on the side,”… Read More »Top Five Strategies to Generate Great Ideas and Build a Successful Startup
Modern Papers for Modern Science
In the past 400 years, science has revolutionized the planet several times over. Modern medicine has eradicated diseases that once decimated populations, while physicists manipulate… Read More »Modern Papers for Modern Science
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
Who Let the Dogs Out?
I occasionally find myself walking through the dark underbelly of the Johns Hopkins medical campus along “designated laboratory transport” routes. These concrete tunnels allow researchers… Read More »Who Let the Dogs Out?