Let’s get this show on the road . . . again

For  the last couple of years, I have been telling myself that I would start a blog to discuss things related to STEM, higher education, administration, and everything in between. Currently, I maintain a blog that focuses on training for various half- and full-marathons, but I wanted to expand more into my professional life. Little …

Scientific Communications and the General Public

There is a phrase that Albert Einstein used – “You don’t really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.” In my opinion, this quote is imperative to the training of current and future scientists. When I tell people what a do for a living (biomedical research, in case you were wondering), I …

Future of Cancer Research

Anyone who works in the realm of biomedical research at one point or another has been asked this question, “When will we have a cure for cancer?” Sometimes this question can be annoying, because many people believe that cancer will be cured with one silver bullet. However, one cannot be too annoyed with the question, …