I believe the SACNAS conference is a great opportunity to improve my research foundation. After taking many science courses including research class in environmental microbiology, I became very interested in conducting research. I am currently active in microbiology, researching the presence of antibiotic resistant Staphylococci such as MRSA in school cafeterias. I continue my research from the Spring 2016 semester under the mentorship of professor Davida Smyth who inspired me. I am focusing more on the bacterial enterotoxins and their effect on the human body. I have already made significant gains in expertise through the microbiology lab. Science continues to improve our lives and increases our chances of survival.
After I complete my undergraduate study, I would like to continue my education by joining MD/PhD program, and get the necessary training leading to the career as Medical Scientist. Being a doctor specialized in infectious diseases can give me in-depth knowledge and experience as well as understanding how the human body works, and the relationships between the diseases. In addition, I would like to be active doing research on infectious diseases, and antibiotic resistant bacteria. Recently Clostrodium difficile and Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae became imminent threat to our
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Although I have the US citizenship, my origins are from Eastern Europe, and I acknowledge how my diversity helped me go through many academic challenges. Science needs people from different backgrounds to understand different perspectives, and combine them in one, clear solution. In addition, I am a mother of two, and have a full-time job; however, none of those challenges ever stopped me to do what I am trying to accomplish. I believe there is no obstacle anyone cannot conquer. There is only passion, commitment, and desire to to do what we love the
In the documentary, Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria, reporter David Hoffman investigates this new untreatable infection along two individuals and a bacterial virus within a hospital. The first individual Hoffman investigates is Addie Rerecich of Arizona, she was treated for a staph infection with antibiotics, but other complications arise. Addie had a lung transplant, she was given several different antibiotics, but her body became pan-bacteria, non-resistance to the bacteria. Addie’s life was on the edge, she had to be on life support, and finally she received new lungs. The transplant helped Addie but it would take years before could go back to normal before the infection. The second individual is David Ricci; he had his leg amputated in India after a train accident. The antibiotic treatment he received became toxic to his body increasing problems. While in India, he underwent surgery almost every day because of infections he was developing. Back in Seattle, doctors found the NDM-1 resistance gene in his body; NDM-1 gene is resistance to almost all antib...
Both my interviewee and I identify as working class, biracial, and first-generation women. Subsequently, seeing our families struggle through dire financial situations, motivated us to get an education. We understand how difficult it must have been for our them to venture to a new land and face language barriers that prevented them from working in a well-paying career. My interviewee and I understand that we hold systemic privilege by being citizens of the United States and fluent English speakers, a feature our families did not have. Thus, we both believe that pursuing higher education will provide us with stability and the best future for ourselves and our
In today’s world, diversity is the highest point and people of many different backgrounds, races, gender, or religion. This diversity can provide better performance in real world situations. In the article, “Diversity in STEM: What It Is and Why It Matters,” Kenneth Gibbs, Jr., an author who has a Ph.D. in immunology and trains the next generation of scientists, discusses why he believes diversity is important in the real world and how a lack of it may result in some issues. Gibbs, Jr. proposes how diversity influences and benefits the STEM fields and other fields by providing testimonial evidence. The author argues that diversity will enrich the STEM field and provide it with a great deal of problem solving. Gibbs, Jr. discusses the meaning
I want to learn more about the medical field. I am very fascinated in the science aspects. You need to be attentive; sensitive to people’s needs and have a drive to address their needs in an utmost concerned manner. It is one of those jobs that require long working hours and often one must overlook one’s needs and cater to patients. I am a sensitive and very hard-working individual.
When I was born, my family had just migrated to California from Mexico. In a new country, my father worked in landscaping earning less than $4 dollars an hour, while my mother relied on public transportation to take her newborn child to and from doctor visits. In the land of opportunity, my family struggled to put a roof over our heads. But never discouraged, my parents sought to achieve their goals and worked tirelessly to raise my younger brother and I. From a young age, I was taught the importance of education; this became a major catalyst in my life. My desire to excel academically was not for self-gain, but my way of contributing to my family’s goals and aspirations.
With a supportive family and a community, I have set my goal in earning my M.D-PhD degree. As a Hispanic working hard to become a clinical scientist, I would increase the diversity to the cohort of students pursuing PhDs in science and engineering. My physician father and my nurse mother left their professional careers and emigrated from Peru so that my sister and I could get the better education and increased opportunities available in America. My parents wanted their children to succeed in whatever they wished to pursue. Setting foot on American soil, my dad traded stethoscopes for tools, and patient visits for manual labor. He worked in a book factory every day from sunrise to sundown lifting boxes, packaging books, and moving heavy containers. I never heard him complain about his long hours of work. Through his decisions, determination, and sacrifices, I have become a more matured man. His hard work has taught me that I must be persistent and not give up simply because the work seems unbearable. If he could forfeit his career for the prosperity of his family, then I, too, can certainly overcome struggles and barriers for my prospective career. Additionally, as a Hispanic male, I would represent the low percentage of the Hispanic males attaining a PhD or even attending a higher education
I am an Egyptian- American. I was born in America and have lived here for the majority of my life. I have three siblings and have been living out on a farm for about 13 years now. My dream is to become a doctor especially a pediatrician. A lot of family stories influenced my decision to pursue a career as a physician. When I started college, I knew what I wanted and I knew how to reach my goals. I started to volunteer at the Hunt Regional Medical Center in Greenville, Texas my freshman year of college. I worked in the Operating Room almost daily. I have done volunteer work in many places including Egypt. I love to travel outside of the United States and hope that I will be able to do so as a practicing physician. My favorite hobby is fashion
I gave myself a score of 4, proficient, for the professional attribute of respect. I am considerate of others, I value diversity, and I demonstrate inclusive attitudes and behaviors. During my classes, I am respectful to my professors by paying attention to the material and what they are saying. I do not talk with others nor put my attention on my phone or computer. When it is time for group work in my classes, I am inclusive of everyone and I fully listen to what they say. I understand that other people may think and process information differently than I do therefore I show respect by listening to them and trying to understand content from their points of view. I have no problem being in a group of people with content areas (i.e. math, science, history, art, etc.) that are different than my content area of ECE. I respect their views and their content areas because I want them to respect my
I’m a hardworking citizen who is currently a college student with Immigrant Parents. The amount of disadvantages for a family are indeed absolutely immense. Some of these disadvantages involve low income, college struggles, and health sacrifices. Motivations is certainly a key factor of my drive and has played a huge factor in my life.
Molecular and Microbiology. Many people hear the major and shudder; thoughts of sleepless nights, studying for courses unintelligible by the ‘average’ person, mad scientists hunched over test tubes and doctors doing open heart surgery. Research science and medicine, that’s what my major is geared towards, and I’m pursuing the medicine side of it all. Maybe I’ll be that open heart surgeon that comes to mind, or maybe just a family practitioner, either way, I want more than anything to be a doctor, a great doctor, and while my M&M degree is the first step in making that happen, I’d have to say that being a Lead Scholar is the second. Many people may not see the medical profession as one that requires being a leader to others, as you make your own decisions and people feel that you work on your own. You consult patients, help them with their problems, you work on each one on your own. If there is any involvement with any other health professional, people think it’s more like a team, with little to no individual leadership. They’re wrong, and right. Being a doctor is being a part of a team, and being a part of a team¬ does take personal leadership.
Microbiology is a complex subject that spans out into a variety of areas. I am a person who is entering the health care field, and it is inparitive that I know the subject of microbiology and how if effects the world in which we live.
To excel in the field of Biology is not merely my dream, but my passion. I have started on this path of never-ending discovery and I want to master this science. It would not be unjustifying to state that the world is a better place today because of the advances in biological sciences. It truly promises to be an ever-advancing profession on this planet where better cures are required for freshly determined diseases on a day-to-day basis. Gene Technology and Biotechnology are a boon to this world. Putting microorganisms to use in the formation of insu...
My passionate about preventive medicine continues throughout my medical school, I volunteered at the ministry of health polio eradication campaigns, where we went door to door across the rural areas of my city sought to vaccinate every child aged five or under. Later in 2005 after finishing medical school, I had to make a huge career decision, to finalize my list for the Assuit university residency match. I did my search and asked advice of my seniors. Furthermore, because of the community and preventive medicine had long
...ing that I would not be prepared to work with and advancing towards common goals of national education. I believe that the challenges of this profession, give it character and that the benefits far outweigh the hardships that potentially could be faced.
To gain exposure and get acquainted with the US medical system, I completed two months of clinical rotation in Mt. Sinai Hospital, NY working in the department of Cardiology and Infectious Diseases. Working closely with the fellows, helped me understand the rationale of choosing certain treatment protocols over other. I started referring to scientific articles for each case and in no time I realized my interest in research and to pursue this, I did two months of research elective at Johns Hopkins University in the Centre for Clinical Global Health Education working with Dr. Amita Gupta and her team on (a) residual respiratory impairment following Pulmonary Tuberculosis; and (b) prevalence of antimicrobial resistance. Being interested in research, during my fourth year, I did research on contraceptive knowledge in females of reproductive age group and prevalence of malnutrition in primary school children and I presented a poster of these findings at Medical Student’s International Conference 2013 and publication appeared in New Indian Journal of Surgery. Currently, I am working as an observer in Johns Hopkins Hospital in Infectious Diseases