Life Changes and Transitions

There are ways to strike a balance between career aspirations and caregiving responsibilities, and institutions are beginning to recognize the need for policies that encourage diversity and…

If I had any idea what I was getting into with graduate school, I would have run in the opposite direction. Thankfully, I was naive and stepped through the door into a much bigger world. Yes, it…

I had moved full circle - from the desire to do research, to clinical practice and on to inquiring, exploring and creating a cohesive idea from other people’s research. I became the person on the…

After my last research project, which lasted six and a half years, I started considering science communication as one of my career options. Since research was out of my…

I check in with students via email, host Zoom office hours, and talk on the phone with them, but the organic nature of those connections feels strained and frantic now. This isn’t tending to a…

I felt motivated to work on the project and could see the significant impact it could have on millions of osteoarthritis patients. I found this field quite interesting and really enjoyed the…

My wait to get into a PhD program was around four years long – not surprisingly, though, my personal life couldn’t wait. 

We were expecting to observe fascinating never-before visualized evidence for protein folding, but a tragedy in my personal life changed everything.

My professional and research journeys that have spanned over 23 years have been atypical. How so? I went from being an engineer to a professor…

The students of the program found out that due to some administrative restrictions, they would not be able to travel to Greece…all students, except one – me! I was somehow lucky enough to not…