Kettering

I want to become a physician-scientist because I want to work at the interface between basic science research, which has the power to elucidate new knowledge, and clinical medicine, which has the ability to translate scientific discoveries to a deliverable form that can directly help the patients in need. For three years, I studied the role of tumor microenvironment on breast cancer metastasis in Dr. Semenza’s laboratory at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. As I studied the…

National Foundation for American Policy looked at 1,500 profiles of researchers at the top seven research centers. 62 percent of researchers a t University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center are immigrants 56 percent of researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 44 percent of Fox Chase Cancer Center, 35 percent of Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, 33 percent of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 32 UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, and 30 percent…

When I walk into a hospital and see patients being treated, it reminds me of why I have such a strong passion for medicine. This is because I do not want others to experience the excruciating loss that I first felt and continue to feel after the death of my sister. I lost my sister when I was four, while I was still living in Bangladesh, to a weak and failing heart. At the time, all the top medical doctors in Dhaka failed to have the proper equipment and training to perform an open-heart surgery…

entirely based on the direction of the wind, which was unpredictable. They were also utilized in the civil war in the US. 1914-1918- The First World War saw the rapid evolution of aircrafts. The unmanned concept was employed in the making of the Kettering Bug, which was biplane that could fly on a pre-defined course with the help of an onboard altimeter and gyroscope (Ehrhard, 2010). 1939-1949- This period saw the Second World War being fought. The V-1 flying bomb was developed, a German…

Have you ever wondered how automobile businesses make so much money or how they have been so successful for such a long time? Alfred P. Sloan and Lee Iacocca were a part of this impact on the automobile industry for two of the biggest companies in the world. Alfred P. Sloan was born in 1875 and became a part of the Hyatt Rolling Bearing Company where he became the president and general manager in 1899. After 17 years, the company merged with the United Motors Corporation that soon became General…

“More than 123,000 people are waiting for organ transplants. Some won’t receive a transplant in time, some suffer through years of pain and medical care before finally receiving the transplant they need, and others are rejected the opportunity of a transplant because they don’t meet the criteria. The average waiting time for a heart transplant is 4 years, a kidney transplant 5 years, and a liver transplant 11 years,” (Life Donor Program). Although theologians, politicians, preachers, and the…

OD Initiatives Well known in the engineering and automobile industry for his creations of ignition systems, electric starters, and car lighting, Charles F. Kettering – former Head of Research at General Motors famously stated, “A problem well-stated is a problem half-solved” (Barker & Harding, 1992). On the surface, engineering and Organization Development (OD) may appear to have nothing in common; after all engineering’s primary focus is on the design of components to develop and deliver…

Age is an important factor in determining the response of brain tumors to chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery. Patients over sixty years old have a lower response rate and shorter duration of response than younger patients. Tumor cells from younger patients were sensitive to BCNU, but cells from older patients barely responded to the BCNU. Only a few studies evaluate age as a parameter of response. Older patients may have to take medicine due to chronic illnesses, and this means that there…

My intimate relationship with cancer has directly shaped my academic, professional, and personal aspirations. When I was six years old, I lost my 63-year-old grandmother to breast cancer, despite her relentless 10-year fight against the disease. At age 11, my grandfather, who had already overcome testicular cancer earlier in life, passed away from non-small cell lung cancer that riddled his body after only three weeks. Then, when I was 15, I lost my 41-year-old aunt to colon cancer. Not only do…

It was a nice day on December 18, 2012. I just finished lunch and had to go to gym class. I was walking into gym to go change into my gym clothes. It always smelled like dirty socks, so running around in the gym for 45 minutes was the worst part of my day. This day was gonna be the worst day in gym class ever. After I got done changing into my gym clothes and was walking out of the girls locker room that smelled of different kinds of fruity perfume. There were buckets all laid out around the gym…