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Life Changes and Transitions
Balancing act: from bench to bassinet and back
There are ways to strike a balance between career aspirations and caregiving responsibilities, and institutions are beginning to recognize the need for policies that encourage diversity and address the “leaky pipeline” problem in academia.
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Mar 4, 2024
If only I had known what grad school would be like…
If I had any idea what I was getting into with graduate school, I would have run in the opposite direction. Thankfully, I was naive and stepped through the door into a much bigger world. Yes, it was tough (more like horrible) and protracted (seemingly endless) but it was worth it.
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Oct 8, 2020
Learning balance the hard way…living it: Tales of a pint-sized researcher
I had moved full circle – from the desire to do research, to clinical practice and on to inquiring, exploring and creating a cohesive idea from other people’s research. I became the person on the other end of the spectrum, moving information out of academia and into the hands of people who wanted to use it. I think I finally found my niche!
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Sep 1, 2020
Who am I when I am not a researcher?
After my last research project, which lasted six and a half years, I started considering science communication as one of my career options. Since research was out of my life, I started exploring opportunities for creative writing, and continue to do so even today.
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Aug 19, 2020
