12 Tips for Thriving in Your PhD
Every phase of my PhD came with its own unique set of challenges and uncertainties, from finding my footing in the lab to deciding on...
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Michael Sayegh
- Jul 5
- 4 min
Re-entry
(a post written upon re-entering, but published upon beginning intern year) Dear reader (or should I say, dear diary, since I’ve been...
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Michael Sayegh
- Feb 21
- 7 min
What I wish I knew at the start of MD/PhD
People who know me know that I like to give advice, often unsolicited. I am clearly not too self-conscious about that – everybody holds...
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Raven Peterson
- Dec 21, 2021
- 7 min
Considering Careers Outside Academia
In my final year as a graduate student a pandemic struck, and it helped me recognize something that I had been trying not to acknowledge...
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Raven Peterson
- Sep 14, 2021
- 7 min
A Letter to My Younger Self
Now that my time as a graduate student has come to an end and I’m beginning to look ahead to what comes next, I’ve found myself with time...
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Hannah R Turbeville
- Aug 4, 2021
- 4 min
Practice Makes Improvement: Becoming a Mentor at Any Stage
Being an unofficial peer mentor has been one of the most unexpected growth opportunities during my MD-PhD program. Throughout my life, I...
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Briana Christophers
- Jun 21, 2021
- 3 min
Becoming A Scientist
“The whole scientific enterprise must be arranged so that the separate imaginations in different human minds can be pooled…It is in the...
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Michael Sayegh
- Jun 1, 2021
- 5 min
Lab Lockdown LEGOs
As I write this, it feels like COVID is over. Emphasis on “feels”—because despite vaccinations going well and promises of normal fall...
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Hannah R Turbeville
- May 17, 2021
- 5 min
Mentorship: A Cautionary Tale from a (Formerly Ignorant) Mentee
In college, my idea of a mentor was the school-assigned faculty advisor I visited once or twice a year to help shape my schedule. This...
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Emma D'Agostino
- May 3, 2021
- 3 min
Careers in Medical Writing
Hello, BTM Blog! I’m excited to be joining the team as a regular contributor. I’m a recent graduate of Emory’s PhD program and I now work...
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Carey Jansen
- Apr 30, 2021
- 3 min
Welcoming our new #BTMBlog Contributors!
Hey #BTMBlog, It’s been awhile! Our Executive Production Team has celebrated two dissertation defenses (with another coming up!), entered...
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behindthemicroscope
- Nov 2, 2020
- 4 min
On Mentorship
As I began my MD/PhD at Emory University in 2014, I was like every young, enthusiastic medical or graduate student: excited to learn,...
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Carey Jansen
- Sep 14, 2020
- 4 min
A Scientist Is a Writer Is a Teacher
So often we ask children what they want to ‘be’ when they grow up. Discrete choices are presented. A teacher or a banker? A firefighter...
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behindthemicroscope
- Jul 10, 2020
- 2 min
Happy Birthday, Behind the Microscope! Welcome to the #BTMBlog
In the coming weeks, we’ll begin publishing on our blog, and we hope you’ll read along. Welcome to the Blog!
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