What unique skills and/or talents do you bring to your job?
When I think about uniqueness in individuals, I think about all the experiences they share and those that they do not. As we add more and more experiences over our lifetime, the intersection...
What inspires or motivates you in your role at HMS/HSDM?
Through my entire career, I have been motivated by the desire to bring new insights into the cause and treatment of cancer. This overarching motivation is fed by my strong curiosity about how cells...
Harpreet Singh serves as the Assistant Director of Student Affairs. In this role, he provides support to make Harvard Medical School a place of belonging for students of all backgrounds. Harpreet holds a Bachelors in Psychology and Economics from Emory...
What inspires or motivates you in your role at HMS/HSDM?
I find inspiration in our students who join us in our research and in the patients who motivate it.
In what ways do you feel you contribute to the Harvard community?
My contributions include the...
What inspires or motivates you in your role at HMS/HSDM?
As a trained dancer, I always use dance as a springboard to everything I do. It has shaped my life and given me the discipline that I bring to my work at HMS, and to everything else that I do. That...
What is the significance of the object you brought with you to the photo shoot?
I brought a photo of my family farm that I grew up at in Central Missouri. The image evokes a feeling of peacefulness of the beautiful countryside. It also shows where I came...
What is the significance of the object you brought with you to the photo shoot?
Photo of my great grandfather - born in 1899 only finished the third grade, but managed to build home, farm and raise my mother as his own. The people motivate me the most; I...
What inspires or motivates you in your role at HMS/HSDM?
Sharing my excitement about our research with the members of my laboratory and enjoying seeing them become independent leaders in the fields.
What are you most proud of about your work at HMS/HSDM?
Es...
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.
What are you most proud...
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?
The passion, creativity and resilience of many of Harvard's students. They are not only incredibly bright, but see the world though a different lens, helping me to learn so much!
In what ways do you...