Hi Van, thanks for this amazing field journal. Wow - I absolutely love your retrospective insight into Hamilton's Fed 55 comment after taking the leadership workshop - and I wholeheartedly agree with you. I also really appreciate that you call attention to the planning/analytical side of leadership. I have seen and felt your strong leadership since the start of Laidlaw, and I think I can speak for all of the cohort when I say that I am so grateful for the unique New York opportunities you suggest and coordinate! 

Hi Claire! I loved learning about your experimental process, especially because you are interacting face to face with patients while many others (me included) are working with mice or just tissue samples, which can sometimes feel far removed from the human side of science. I found it incredibly interesting about your point of considering the patient's time, because I actually signed up to participate in one of the on-campus experiments! Your post made me wonder what kind of treatment I would experience as a patient, and also posits some interesting ideas about ethics! 

Hi Phoebe! I completely relate to feeling overwhelmed by the literature review outline, particularly with its heavy technical jargon. That is the challenge I am currently trying to work through, and I agree that we can use the extensive support system Laidlaw offers. I would love to talk more about it with you to see if we can better organize our outlines together! 

I'm sensing a NYC pizza crawl in our future!!