What are you most proud of about your work at HMS/HSDM?
I have had a wonderful opportunity to have a job that includes both caring for patients and teaching at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. I have loved teaching and advising...
What inspires or motivates you in your role at HMS/HSDM?
As a Lead AV Technical Specialist, I am inspired every day by witnessing students, faculty, and staff as they learn, grow, and challenge themselves. Assisting faculty and students by resolving...
What inspires or motivates you in your role at HMS/HSDM?
Simply put, I love microscopes and I love teaching. I feel very fortunate to have found a role where I can indulge in my passions every day, in an intellectually-stimulating and exciting research...
What inspires or motivates you in your role at HMS/HSDM?
In two words, fantastic colleagues. It is a privilege to work with our faculty and to contribute what I can to their success. It's just as much of a privilege to work as a team with intelligent, hard...
What inspires or motivates you in your role at HMS/HSDM?
There is no greater inspiration for our research than the children and families we care for who are fighting cancer each and every day. When we develop new chemical probes and prototype therapeutics...
What inspires or motivates you in your role at HMS/HSDM?
Growing up, I always looked up to my mom as the pinnacle of the American Dream. She immigrated to the U.S. as a child during the Vietnam War, knowing no English and with no supports besides her...
What inspires or motivates you in your role at HMS/HSDM?
My grandfather David E Van Vactor, founding chairman of the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Tennessee and a composer and conductor of symphonic music inspired me.
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What is the significance of the object you brought with you to the photo shoot?
This painting is called "Aurora through Trees" and I have held onto it since creating it during a Zoom painting event in college. During the COVID-19 pandemic, as my classmates...
What inspires or motivates you in your role at HMS/HSDM?
I have always loved the academic and teaching environment. My career in medicine, most specifically Radiation Oncology, has provided me with so many opportunities to teach and inspire younger...
What is the significance of the object you brought with you to the photo shoot?
My work is strongly driven by my students - learning from them, being inspired by them, and wanting to redesign educational structures and learning experiences to more...