I was looking for a career in allied health that was interesting, challenging, and that would allow me to become skilled both intellectually and technically.

I am interested in studying changes in the shapes of nucleic acids and proteins, and how that is related to their function and ultimately to cellular activity and disease. My ultimate career goal is to be a Principal Investigator in an R1 research institute performing research.

I worked with PAs in my pre-grad school life and was amazed by their dedication to their patients. I saw the difference they made in patients’ lives and I felt a calling to do the same.

With many of my family members working in the medical field I always held a goal of pursuing it myself but wasn't sure what would be the best option for me. When I first found out that Duke was starting a program for cardiac ultrasound I was unfamiliar with the roles and responsibilities it held in healthcare.

I became interested in social determinants of health during my medical sociology classes, learning that access to resources like transportation, water, shelter, green space, and good food is extremely important to one’s well-being.

After working for a top oil servicing multinational, I decided to use my earnings to pursue a career in medical physics. My plan is to work with other scientists in the field to research and implement accessible and affordable cancer treatment techniques that would be advantageous to low- to middle-income countries (LMICs) like Nigeria. 

I wanted to pursue a Master of Biostatistics because I wanted to go into a field that combined my interest in improving health outcomes with my quantitative background as a mathematics major. I also was drawn to this degree due to the ability to collaborate with so many others in biomedical and health-related research in order to solve problems relating to the health and quality of life of individuals and overall populations.

I was working as a hospital pharmacist in Singapore. Our constant struggle, together with other healthcare professionals, with countless unanswered clinical questions in many different medical fields often results in frustration in clinical practice and patient care. My first-hand experience with that struggle inspired and motivated me to contribute to research in the biomedical field.

I decided to pursue a Master of Biomedical Sciences (MBS) degree to further prepare me for the rigors of a graduate-level curriculum and therefore improve my candidacy for medical school admission.

I’ve learned so much from my patients and their different life experiences. An important piece to what we do as PTs is having that opportunity to connect with so many people on a personal level, which is fun.