By: Yena Lee
While depression is colloquially conceptualized as a mood disturbance, such as “feeling low and down,” affective symptoms are only one part of depression. Cognitive impairment, for instance, is also a criterion item for the diagnosis of a …
By: Akshayan Vimalanathan
Not every experiment you conduct will be a success; this is a universal truth of scientific research. However, negative results–results that do not confirm an expected outcome or original hypothesis–should be embraced as well. These results urge …
By: Cricia Rinchon
The Institute of Medical Science (IMS) is known for its doctoral research stream, but an up-and-coming program is the Translational Research Program (TRP). The TRP targets students aiming to integrate their domain expertise with projects that emphasize …
By: Chantel Kowalchuk
Cancer is terrifying. We are all aware of the physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion that comes with cancer, either through first- or second-hand interaction with this awful illness. Unfortunately, some of that physical and emotional burden is …
By: Stephanie Beldick
Medical specialties are currently structured to provide patients with specialized care within a focused healthcare arena, leading to the compartmentalization of responsibility between different physicians. Targeting this fragmentation, collaboration amongst specialists is becoming increasingly recognized as the …
By: Natalie Osborne
When a person’s consciousness is severely impaired after brain damage, they are said to have a Disorder of Consciousness (DOC). DOCs challenge our ideas about what constitutes the conscious human experience, and one of its most compelling …
By: Cricia Rinchon and Anna Badner
Science is expensive. Considering the significant cost of laboratory equipment, experiment materials, qualified personnel, and publishing fees, research comes at a high price. Further, the traditional academic funding model is a highly competitive and …
By: Aravin Sukumar
In March 2017, researchers at Temple University, Philadelphia, demonstrated the ability of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology to eliminate latent human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV) provirus in mice.1 HIV infection targets immune cells, in particular CD4+ T-cells, …
By: Ekaterina An and Meital Yerushalmi
The path to becoming a physician is marked with many important milestones: the White Coat Ceremony, reciting the Hippocratic Oath at graduation, and commencing residency training. This process involves an extraordinary amount of hard …
By: Anna Badner
PhD graduates are highly mobile and are often willing to migrate around the world, seeking relevant positions and opportunities with the most talented individuals in their field. While very few professional degrees display this level of international …
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