Acknowledge is power
It’s a common enough thing, the dissertation defense. The seats are packed with students and faculty members, many of whom you haven’t seen in months. The air is crackling with excitement and...
Category: Graduate Studies
Finding balance through racing
OHSU StudentSpeak is pleased to present this guest post from Cymon Kersch, an M.D./Ph.D. student in the OHSU School of Medicine and recent qualifier for the 2017 triathlon world...
Fertile ground for deep roots
Why am I here? I came to OHSU, those many moons ago, because I wanted to be a scientist. I was taught since childhood that "knowledge is the wings wherewith we fly to heaven," and Science was my...
Not all information is created equal
As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been a graduate student for four years, now starting my fifth. And as a result, I’ve reached a kind of informal, gray-haired milestone where I want to...
When human health affects environmental health
OHSU StudentSpeak is pleased to present this guest post by M.S. student Brittany Cummings, a 2016–17 Robert E. Malouf Fellow funded by Oregon Sea Grant. She is pursuing a master’s in...
What does my day-to-day job in a hospital teach me?
As I turned the last page of my text book "Your brain at work" by David Rock, I settled into my litany of thoughts of how my daily work at a hospital impacts my decisions. The book discusses how we...
Little joys
"One can have, it turns out, an affection for the war years." - Steve Martin Listicles are often berated as lazy, short, psuedo-pop articles not worth the time it takes to spell check listicle....
Predicting the future of science and the Ph.D.
As a child, whenever somebody asked me about my future, what I planned on doing when I grew up, I already knew the answer: I was going to be a physician. I enjoyed medicine, I liked helping people,...
The Best is Yet to Come, Part II: Reflections on Graduate School
StudentSpeak is pleased to share this guest post from Kelly Chacón, who graduates June 5 with her doctorate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. For Part I of Kelly’s post, click...
The Best is Yet to Come: Reflections on Graduate School
StudentSpeak is pleased to share this guest post from Kelly Chacón, who graduates June 5 with her doctorate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Sometimes I like to tell people that graduate...