Trip Date: September 27th
On my first trip to meet my mentor I got lost no fewer than three times. At first the GPS was conspiring against me and Mr. C (who was driving me), then we couldn't find the building, and finally the signs were telling us conflicting information as to what floor my mentors office was on. Despite all this we made it with 3 minutes to spare. I finally met my mentor, Dr. S, and we got down to business about what my research with him would entail. Dr. S asked me, "What do you know about the pancreas?" I quickly recounted what I knew from endless hours of watching Grey's Anatomy, "It produces insulin in order to regulate blood sugar levels, especially after we eat." He then briefly explained what pancreatitis was. "Do you know what triglycerides are?" he asked. "Yes, if I recall correctly those are fat molecules." He then briefly explained hypertriglyceridemia. We went back and forth like that for awhile, Dr. S. asking me questions that I'd be much more capable of answering if I were in med school and me responding as best I could. Then he mentioned the word statistics and my heart froze, I've never taken statistics but I've also never been a quitter. So I smiled and said, "I'm excited to learn," which was, and still is, true. After the mini interview so he could get a grasp of my knowledge we went over some logistics and finally talked about the timeline for my project which I'll go into more detail about in my next post!
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Jon Calos
11/11/2016 12:01:18 pm
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. That was an eventful one!
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