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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