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...

(a post written upon re-entering, but published upon beginning intern year) Dear reader (or should I say, dear diary, since I’ve been...

People who know me know that I like to give advice, often unsolicited. I am clearly not too self-conscious about that – everybody holds...

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...

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...

Being an unofficial peer mentor has been one of the most unexpected growth opportunities during my MD-PhD program. Throughout my life, I...

“The whole scientific enterprise must be arranged so that the separate imaginations in different human minds can be pooled…It is in the...

As I write this, it feels like COVID is over. Emphasis on “feels”—because despite vaccinations going well and promises of normal fall...

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...

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...

Hey #BTMBlog, It’s been awhile! Our Executive Production Team has celebrated two dissertation defenses (with another coming up!), entered...

As I began my MD/PhD at Emory University in 2014, I was like every young, enthusiastic medical or graduate student: excited to learn,...

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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