What inspires or motivates you in your role at HMS/HSDM?
I love figuring out how our brains work, how we see.
In what ways do you feel you contribute to the Harvard community?
I am a visual physiologist, so I try to figure out how we see by recording from...
What inspires or motivates you in your role at HMS/HSDM?
Many things inspire and motivate me in my work. I love solving difficult problems with highly intelligent creative people. I am inspired by my colleagues and trainees, each bringing a unique set of...
What inspires or motivates you in your role at HMS/HSDM?
It is the community here that continues to inspire me. I am constantly surrounded by extremely motivated and hardworking peers and mentors who work tirelessly to make the world a better place. I feel...
In what ways do you feel you contribute to the Harvard community?
Community building is something that happens slowly. So, all of our everyday activities -- some of which might appear mundane and inconsequential the moment they occur - will have an effect...
What inspires or motivates you in your role at HMS/HSDM?
I'm motivated by the people I work with. Practically everyone I meet here seems to want the best outcome in their work and they commit the effort to achieve this. Just about everyone I come in...
What inspires or motivates you in your role at HMS/HSDM?
It's not uncommon to feel disconnected from the research, science and medicine when you work on he administrative side of HMS. However, inspiratior s easily found in listening to the findings...
My work is focused on understanding the cellular mechanisms of sound propagation in the inner ear. Motivated by how little we know and by how much we learn through rigorous experimentation, I trust that our findings will prove essential for curing human...
What are you most proud of about your work at HMS/HSDM?
Being named the 2012 recipient of the Dolores J Brown Staff Award. The candidates for the award had to meet the following criteria:
What inspires or motivates you in your role at HMS/HSDM?
It inspires and motivates me to know that each and every day I work side by side with a great group of people who are respectful and hard working.
In what ways do you feel you contribute to the...
What is the significance of the object you brought with you to the photo shoot?
This is a handwritten thank-you note from a laboratory research assistant in my department before he departed for graduate school. It's easy to tell if some aspects of the...