Aug 24, 2022Grad School: How am I FundedNote: I have a PhD in biomedical science, therefore I write about grad school from that point of view and experience. Congrats, you got into grad school and it states that you are “fully funded”. …Grad School4 min readGrad School4 min read
Feb 19, 2022An Inside Joke and I’m on the OutsideNo Country for Old Gnomes, a fantasy novel by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne, was on the “recommend” shelf of my local library. The title is hilarious and the book cover has a picture of a gnome riding a griffin, what more could a fantasy reader ask for? …Book Review2 min readBook Review2 min read
Feb 17, 2022Five Things to Ask on Grad School VisitsSoon, grad student applicants will receive an invitation to visit campuses across the US. Here is a list of 5 things to ask current grad students, please ask for honest answers, even if it means your dream school expectations are dashed. You are committing at least 4 years to the…Grad School2 min readGrad School2 min read
Feb 16, 2022Challenge Accepted Medium, Challenge Accepted.Way back when, I started a Medium account, I was out of work and I thought I would start writing. Not sure why, because I didn’t really like writing very much and was never planning to be a professional writer. …Writing Challenge1 min readWriting Challenge1 min read
Mar 16, 2021One Way to Limit COVID-19 VariantsSo, a method used by virologists to change the characteristics of a virus is to infect an animal, then isolate the virus from animal 0 and use it to infect animal 1, take virus from animal 1 and use it to infect animal 2, this continues for many rounds. The…3 min read3 min read
Jan 15, 2021Insurrection During a PandemicThere is a value, an unknown, a number that is often estimated during a pandemic, R0. It is defined as “the average number of secondary infections caused by a single infections individual introduced into a completely susceptible population.” (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2020.04.012). For COVID-19 the R0 is estimated to be about 4. Recently…Covid 192 min readCovid 192 min read
May 6, 2016A word from a college “gapper”.The “gap year”, is that a thing, really? Never heard of it and I have been surrounded by the academic world for over 20 years. Maybe I’m coming from a different perspective. I am the first in my family to graduate from college, the first to earn a PhD. And…Higher Education2 min readHigher Education2 min read
Oct 11, 2015How to Write a DissertationI hear people all over the internet talking about leaving high paying jobs or leaving behind their successful start-up because the work was so boring, so non-challenging, so not their passion. …Academia4 min readAcademia4 min read
Aug 18, 2015Signs from the UniverseSome background first. I am a PhD scientist and have been out of work for almost two years. People often think that with a PhD I should never be out of work and make a good living, well unfortunately many PhDs are underemployed, unemployed, have left the lab or left…Entrepreneurship4 min readEntrepreneurship4 min read
Aug 5, 2015Good News on the Ebola Vaccine FrontRecently Lancet reported very promising results for a vaccine against the Ebola virus (Lancet, July 31, 2015, published online). Since the Ebola pandemic of 2014, clinical trials for an Ebola vaccine have been fast tracked and the Lancet article is a result of an international effort to find a safe…Vaccines3 min readVaccines3 min read
