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Opportunities for Physician-Scientists in Biotech: an Interview with Dr. Robin Lorenz

Lamario Williams, GS-4 Dr. Robin Lorenz, MD, PhD, MS is the Executive Director of Research Management and Research Pathology at Genentech. She previously worked at UAB as MSTP Director and is a board certified Clinical Pathologist. Her research has focused on gastrointestinal immune responses to both pathogenic (H. pylori) and commensal microbiota and the impact… Read More Opportunities for Physician-Scientists in Biotech: an Interview with Dr. Robin Lorenz

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From the Vault: A Conversation with Dr. Victor Sung

Jenny Hsin & Lamario Williams (Editor’s Note: This article was published in the 2021 MSTP Newsletter as part of the May issue celebrating APAHM). May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM)! This year, in the aftermath of the Atlanta Spa Shootings and the astonishing increase in anti-Asian hate crimes related to the COVID-19 pandemic,… Read More From the Vault: A Conversation with Dr. Victor Sung

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The pandemic, the female academic, and the scientific reward system

By Shreya Kashyap, GS-3 The year of 2020 has left its indelible mark on research.  I am immensely grateful for the distribution of multiple COVID-19 vaccines, thanks largely to a remarkable, global collaboration that started just three months after the virus was discovered.  As of August 2020, just six months after the virus was discovered, there were… Read More The pandemic, the female academic, and the scientific reward system

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Unique Pre-Clinical Opportunities: Spirit of Luke / A Promise to Help

By Lamario Williams, GS-2 As a first-year medical student busy with the Fundamentals of Medicine block in the Fall of 2017, I wanted to find a clinical volunteering opportunity.  This was important to me because it helped me envision the “light” at the end of the proverbial tunnel.  We had been learning how to take a patient’s… Read More Unique Pre-Clinical Opportunities: Spirit of Luke / A Promise to Help

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Stressed

by Lamario Williams, GS-2 “Sick and tired of being sick and tired…” Fannie Lou Hamer famously echoed these words in 1964, but this colloquialism is a common way of expressing the impact of stress in African American Vernacular English. Prolonged stress can negatively impact health outcomes, but this topic is not widely discussed in the… Read More Stressed

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Diversity & Inclusion: More Than Just Checking a Box

Diversity and Inclusion. These “buzzwords” are often met with dismissal by some medical school applicants, but these principles should be embraced by anyone who wants to dedicate their lives to the service of others. We must promote diversity and work to eliminate the biases that perpetuate worse healthcare and outcomes for marginalized populations. We must… Read More Diversity & Inclusion: More Than Just Checking a Box

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