I come from a country with a high crime rate, low income levels, high taxes, and many
I come from a country with a high crime rate, low income levels, high taxes, and many
USC’s purchase of Verdugo Hills Hospital Located in the heart of Los Angeles in Southern California lies the home of the USC Trojans. In the year eighteen eighty the city of Los Angeles opened the doors of its first university to a total of fifty three students. USC began its journey in a city just as underdeveloped as the university itself. Since then they have blossomed into a nationally known institution and have graduated hundreds of thousands of students who have gone on to make a huge impact in not only the United States but all over the world.…
The reason that I'm interested in attending Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design is because of the 3D Animation degree that the college offers. I can contribute to RMCAD's professional community by contributing to the rest of the world, from local to global, by showing that the college helped further my critical thinking and creative skills. I will also help show the world that RMCAD is an excellent college for art and design that challenges and inspires their students. Another way I will contribute, is that when I graduate from RMCAD, I will go in the Animation field and furthering the college's great repetition. I want to pursue a career in the art and design fields for being an artist is part of my core being.…
The University of Florida College of Medicine’s main campus is located in Gainesville, Florida. UFCM was founded in 1956 with the mission to produce competent physicians to provide exceptional health care to the Florida population and to innovate the field of medicine through research. Over five thousand physicians have graduated from UFCM. With twenty-six clinical and basic science departments and nearly a thousand faculty members, UFCM now stands as the largest college at the University of Florida Health Science Center. A second campus is located in Jacksonville, Florida.…
Since I am in the Molecular Microbiology and Immunology major, I decided to interview a professor with a medical background that could give me advices on how to accomplish my goal. Lucky, I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Thomas Kozel, a professor at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. During the interview, Dr. Kozel told engaging stories that I found to be inspiring and worthwhile to look up to. Getting the chance to hear the experiences that help him became who he is today, his role at the university, and the advices that he provided are ideas that I can look up to whenever I feel stress or down to continue learning. To get to know Dr. Kozel personally, I asked him to tell me about his experiences that he will never forget…
Before my current employment I was at a crossroad. I was 23 years old and nearing the end of a bachelor’s degree with no idea what to do next. I was constantly being asked what my plans were “after Wayne State”. I had no idea. I assumed I would find something I enjoyed, and psychology offered many options.…
I also became aware of the desperate need for clinical laboratory scientists, especially in rural communities. I therefore decided to pursue my master’s degree in Clinical Laboratory Science at Augusta University (formerly Georgia Regents University) after my family immigrated to the United…
The Master of Science in the Biomedical program prepares their students for real-world experiences, this involves having contact with people or patients daily, using ethics in all aspects of our professional careers (doctors, dentists, PAs, etc.), being exposed to research, and an overall knowledge of the sciences. This proposed work will help us as professionals to engage with diverse people with different backgrounds such as socioeconomic status, age, ethnicity, and education. The current course work, primarily biomedical seminar courses, provides the opportunity to become more aware of these factors. This proposed work will allow us to engage with undergraduate students with diverse traits such as those previously listed.…
1) Briefly describe your exposure to medicine As the daughter of a pediatrician, the medical field has surrounded me my entire life. However, my familiarity with the details of medicine expanded at age 15 when I began to volunteer at the C.A.R.E. Clinic, which provides medical care for the uninsured. My internship at a medical examiner’s office exposed me to the anatomy and physiology of the human body and the medical causes of death. In college, I explored medicine by volunteering in the emergency department at Children’s Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota in St. Paul and participated in a Global Medical Brigades trip to rural Honduras.…
He spent the summer working with The Health Museum, and coordinated the Summer Youth Volunteer Program. With so many opportunities available, I also look forward to possibly being accepted as a Health Science Scholar in the College of Natural Sciences Honors Program. I’m roused for the chance to begin research through the program, as well as the Freshman Research Initiative I was introduced to on Longhorn Monday. Lastly, I want to be a part of the Black Women in Science and Engineering student group that creates a support network of black women across the Cockrell School of Engineering and the College of Natural Science. The University of Texas plays a huge part in my future in medicine and science, and I can’t wait to start on the journey to success and innovation to improve the health of our population and be involved intimately with my…
Through my seventeen years, I have seen only a handful of doctors that are underrepresented minorities in the field of medicine, which allowed me to believe that Blacks, Hispanics, and other minorities were not welcomed in this field. This view was altered through my revelation that there may not be much diversity in the field of medicine as we speak, but one by one, statistics can be changed. My participation in Howard University’s Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) this summer only solidified my drive to…
My family was a large influence on my going into a medical field. While I am the first person in my family to enter into any kind of science career, they have been incredibly supportive and interested. I was first attracted to nursing when an older friend was talking about her nursing program at Concordia. It was a career so different from what my family has done in the past, which made me even more captivated. After that day, I did research on the field and on schools with nursing programs.…
African American biomedical female researchers who trained or worked at The University of Florida and Mayo Clinic wanted a way to connect about research scholarship through a supportive monthly session. MWRN started with four women two senior investigators, one mid-career investigator, and one junior investigator. Under the direction of founder Joyce Balls-Berry, Ph.D., the founders sought to identify other minority women researchers (community and academic scientists) who desired a peer-to-peer mentoring arrangement to increase CPER. MWRN has grown from the four original scholars to include over 20 women representing multiple racial and ethnic groups from nearly ten diverse disciplines (epidemiology, biostatistics, health disparities, nutrition, biology, health communication, health care policy, patient-centered outcomes research, evaluation, and clinical research). Current members are women include those interested in returning to graduate school, pre-doctoral students, research/administrative faculty members, tenured/consultative faculty members, and community scientists (community members who partner in research).…
Mr. Kenny Rivera graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a Bachelor’s Degree in biological science. During his time there Mr. Rivera developed a strong and enthusiastic commitment to public service by volunteering for various organizations, including John Muir Hospital, and the American Medical Student Association. His dedication to service even took him so far as to travel to Nicaragua and Costa Rica with the “Vida Volunteer Medical Mission Group” where he was able to help provide basic medical care and education to rural and urban populations. Here, as a student at Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, Mr. Rivera brought his passion for helping others and immediately put it to work by volunteering in various underprivileged community clinics. While working in these clinics, Mr. Rivera conducted a clinical research survey to determine the outcomes with strict adherence to prescribed…
It would be an understatement to say that the combination of biology and medicine has merely peaked my interest, considering the profound understanding I have digested from appreciating a diversity of biology textbooks and research publications. Since middle school, I have motivated myself to advance my knowledge of the molecular, cellular, and genetic aspects of biology through both independent study and competitions, as to progress my academic ambitions. Consequently, the amalgam of lectures, firsthand laboratory experiences, and exposure to scientific actualities with the Biomedical Research Academy would be an advantageous and structured extension of my current activities that would aid me with both future research opportunities and extracurricular…
Background: For minority researchers to become competitive for NIH R01 funding the National Institutes of Health (NIH) created several mentoring programs to increase diversity in the research workforce [1]. The evaluation of these mentoring programs is lacking regarding the impact on minority women researchers and their research collaborators. Therefore, to increase community and patient engagement in research (CPER), minority women researchers, community members, and patients need provisions for dynamic engagement (in-person and through research networks) to improve research implementation and dissemination. Proposed Solution: We propose to provide opportunities for minority women researchers, community members, and patients to engage in…