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The entire time I've been home I've really struggled to find things to fill my days. Finally now, as time is running short with me leaving in a week, I suddenly find lyself with so many things to do. I'm finally starting to get organized with the packing. I've got activities lined up to keep myself busy. It's kind of nice to be at least a little bit in demand. I think I'm getting quite ready to go back to school. I'm psyched for friends from Haifa to come see me. I'm excited for roadtrips to New York and DC. I'm thrilled to see Jay and Ward performing up north. This will be a great year. I'm finishing up my degree. I'm going to get a job in one of the aforementioned roadtrip destination cities. Second semester I think I want to take beginning Spanish and an English class in addition to Senior Seminar and Epidemiology/Biostatistics which I have to take. I'm also excited to have my own sorta place. At the beginning of junior year I didn't out that much into the ziv because I knew I would be leaving at the end of the semester. This feels like I'm heading towards a new chapter. Exciting.
Last summer I had an internship wherein I was basically doing stem cell research. During the span of my internship, there was discussion of the decline of the surgeon scientist and how this is a problem. The guy I worked for (a family friend) is a cardiothoracic surgeon in addition to heading a lab. That's not to say that he spends any time whatsoever in the lab, but he directs the reaearch, and writes most of the grant applications and journal articles. The idea is that surgeons are better qualified to do translational research because they really know the medical/anatomical realities. So a year ago there was talk. And now, there's finally the beginnings of a paper. I have the discussion more or less written out. We still need to work with the numbers and figure out what exactly supports our points. The idea is to publish this in a surgical journal first and then maybe spin it into a possible editorial for one of the major scientific journals. The most exciting part is that my name goes on this. Between the connections my boss has and finishing my undergraduate career with a publication under my belt, I'm kind of a big deal. This could help me get a job and admission to grad school.
Last summer I had an internship wherein I was basically doing stem cell research. During the span of my internship, there was discussion of the decline of the surgeon scientist and how this is a problem. The guy I worked for (a family friend) is a cardiothoracic surgeon in addition to heading a lab. That's not to say that he spends any time whatsoever in the lab, but he directs the reaearch, and writes most of the grant applications and journal articles. The idea is that surgeons are better qualified to do translational research because they really know the medical/anatomical realities. So a year ago there was talk. And now, there's finally the beginnings of a paper. I have the discussion more or less written out. We still need to work with the numbers and figure out what exactly supports our points. The idea is to publish this in a surgical journal first and then maybe spin it into a possible editorial for one of the major scientific journals. The most exciting part is that my name goes on this. Between the connections my boss has and finishing my undergraduate career with a publication under my belt, I'm kind of a big deal. This could help me get a job and admission to grad school.