Hundreds of boxes of protective gear and equipment are now available to health care workers in New Delhi thanks to the quick, coordinated response of Duke Health faculty and staff.

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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.

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’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.

Before grad school, I spent several years in biomedical research as a laboratory technician, project manager, and clinical trials coordinator. I came to graduate school because I wanted to develop as an independent thinker.

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.

Broadly, I am interested in understanding how genetic and environmental variation shape phenotypic variation across different timescales.

A potential new vaccine developed by members of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute has proven effective in protecting monkeys and mice from a variety of coronavirus infections -- including SARS-CoV-2

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.