
{"id":2131,"date":"2018-11-06T05:17:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T05:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/my-mentors-changed-the-trajectory-of-my-life\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T11:15:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T05:45:50","slug":"my-mentors-changed-the-trajectory-of-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/my-mentors-changed-the-trajectory-of-my-life","title":{"rendered":"My mentors changed the trajectory of my life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Starting out<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Looking back on my very short career so far in science I have realized that above all, <b>one key to success is mentorship<\/b>. This is especially true as a woman in science, as we truly do stand on the shoulders of the female scientists that came before us and shattered glass ceilings that made our careers a possibility instead of a distant dream. I have been extraordinarily lucky to have fantastic mentorship throughout my studies and lab work which has also translated into my non-professional life. Because of this, I am sharing this story\u00a0to thank all of my mentors over the years, to describe what I believe has been the most helpful to me, and finally to define the ways in which I can take this amazing mentorship forward.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">The first, clearly defined mentor I had was Dr. Erica Bree Rosenblum at U.C. Berkeley. I could not have asked for a more enthusiastic, caring, and skilled mentor. At the time, I was looking for a lab in which I could conduct my senior thesis. I knew I was interested in ecology, but never had any real research experience, except for my own small field projects in biology classes. I scoured the ecology lab websites at Berkeley and was immediately fascinated by her research on rapid evolution of lizards at White Sands National Park.\u00a0I emailed her asking if she had time to meet to discuss her research\u00a0further as I was looking for something to write my thesis on. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Bree quickly responded and we set up a meeting time.\u00a0Perhaps this is also where luck came in for me as a young hoping-to-be scientist. Not everyone you email to chat about their work will have the time to write back.\u00a0But in this case, Bree was a new faculty and I happened to be the first undergraduate to reach out to her. After interviewing over Skype with her graduate students, I was invited to do field research in White Sands and given an NSF (National Science Foundation) REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) grant for my thesis research.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><strong>Bree responding to my e-mail completely changed the trajectory of my life.<\/strong> The main reason was that someone I admire greatly and aspired to be like believed in me, which in turn made me believe in myself. Belief in myself gave me the confidence to explore and express my scientific ideas and theories which is what is truly at the root of being a scientist.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\">Life coach by proxy<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">In the Rosenblum lab, I worked directly for\u00a0Dr. Simone Des Roches, who at the time was the graduate student I worked for. She became a second mentor and now, life-long friend. From Simone I learned that a mentor extends beyond an academic teacher. Simone taught me how to conduct research and also showed me the inner workings and relationships within academia. More importantly, she showed me how to survive the pressures of pursuing a career in science by prioritizing relationships and hobbies along with work. It&#8217;s very easy to idealize the mantra of working hard and sacrificing everything else. But in the long run, this never leads to a happy life even though it might lead to more fulfilling and clear-eyed research. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">My next mentor who embodied a balanced lifestyle was Dr. Hilary Thomas at the University of California, San Francisco in Dr. Jeff Bluestone&#8217;s Lab. She headed a Type 1 Diabetes clinical trial and hired me as a research assistant. Hilary became a clinical principal investigator, managed our research projects, and had a lovely family to boot. \u00a0She showed me how, with the correct prioritization and mastering of workflow efficiency, it is possible for a researcher to have a fulfilled balanced life. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">She helped me through my mistakes by showing me that sometimes taking breaks can actually improve efficiency and quality of work when I got stuck on certain assays (which is something I still struggle with but I am getting better at learning when I need to take a break).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Passion, respect, and belief in your work<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">During my time in Dr. Bluestone&#8217;s lab, I developed several mentor-mentee relationships with other post-docs,\u00a0medical fellows, and specialists; all of whom showed me the value of believing that your work will actually make the world a better place. When you are surrounded by experienced people who believe in their work and have an emotional connection and drive to succeed in order to help others, you learn that a genuine desire to\u00a0help others drives the greatest research and provides the energy required to do thorough and impactful research. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">This aspect of mentorship is the most important and inspiring to me as a young\u00a0 scientist,\u00a0starting out my own independent research. I truly feel that if you believe the findings from your research will help others and this becomes the main driver of your work, then, like my mentors, you will be able to carry on even through the most disenchanting parts of scientific studies.\u00a0Observing the passion and drive of my mentors, I have realized that I share that same enthusiasm and devotion to helping others.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">A thank you<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Each and every one of my mentors has greatly impacted my goals and values both academically and\u00a0scientifically, as well as ethically\u00a0and personally. I believe that the mentor-mentee relationships are one of the most important and precious relationships that any young ambitious person can have.\u00a0I thank all of my mentors for teaching me invaluable lessons and believing in me, and I hope that one day I can pay it forward to other young scientists.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>Jackie Howells (<\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jackiehowells1\"><b>@<\/b>jackiehowells1<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">) is a PhD Student in pathobiology at Brown University. This story was originally published on June 25, 2017, on <\/span><\/span><\/i><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jacquelinehowells.com\/\"><i><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Jackie\u2019s blog<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"> (available <\/span><\/span><\/i><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jacquelinehowells.com\/blog\/2017\/6\/22\/mentorship\"><i><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">here<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">) and has been republished here with permission.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting out Looking back on my very short career so far in science I have realized that above all, one key to success is mentorship. 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