Interview Weekends are here: ARE YOU READY? Tips to get you started….

Posted January 28, 2010 by silvajm
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Mayo Graduate School (MGS) is having our first of two interview weekends this Friday to Sunday. If you have never been to an interview weekend, let me tell you, they are very fun and interactive. Here at Mayo Clinic we do all we can to make sure you get the full Rochester welcoming. This includes doing your interviews with some of the best scientist, getting tours of our many core facilities (including our new Genomics core), listening to poster presentations from the graduate students, have lovely socials, dinners, and lunches with faculty and students, and you also get to see the town (go bowling, rock climbing, visit Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center, visit students homes, and see night life).  I know it will be very nerve wrecking when you begin your interviews and don’t worry we all have gone through them. To help you get prepared for your interviews here are some great tips from MGS students, post-docs, professors, and Deans! 

 ”Be yourself ~you are already one step in the door. Have confidence in where you come from and remember all the hard work you have accomplished to get you where you are today. Also, ask the current students the questions you are afraid to ask faculty…..believe me they will be completely honest with you! And if all else fails simply smile and enjoy your time with the experience.” Jessica Silva-Jess (4th yr MGS Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/Cancer Biology student) 

  

“Be excited about the school, even if it’s not your top choice act like it is because nobody wants to hear their playing second fiddle; also I think they are more likely to give you an offer if they think you’ll take it.  It’s not the most Politically Correct tip, but it’s true.” Alyson Smith (4th yr MGS Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics student) 

 

“Always have some questions prepared to ask them about their work, do your homework. Practice with several different people ahead of time so that you are comfortable thinking on your feet. Don’t be afraid to say “I don’t really know”. People have respect for being honest about your knowledge and areas where you need improvement.” Dr. Rebecca Laborde (Postdoctoral Research Fellow)

 

“Be ready to answer out of the box questions like about troubleshooting, your experience in the lab, and other things non-related to science.” Dr. Martin Fernandez Zapico (Assistant Professor of Biochem/Molecular Biology and Medicine, College of Medicine) 

 

“1. Make sure you convey enthusiasm and sparkle and interest during all your interviews, even if it is the end of the day. (I used to keep chocolate bars in my purse and eat them in the restroom if I felt my energy flagging–especially important in the late afternoon!) Try not to droop or appear exhausted, even if you are.  Also try to appear very interested in the work of *everyone* you talk to, even if you aren’t.  It helps to sit on the edge of your chair at all times–try not to lean back or slump down.2. Another trick—-say “what a great (or interesting) question!” if you’re asked something that is kind of hard to answer.  It gives you time to think up something.3. Pause for 1 second and smile as sincerely as possible before answering questions.  (Don’t overdo it–but remember that smiling is easy to forget to do when you are nervous, but it brings an automatic positive response from whomever you’re talking to.) (Depends on the question of course–don’t smile if the question is about death of course :) 4. And if they ask you “what is your weakest issue/worst trait”–you can’t go wrong by saying “I tend to work too hard/get too absorbed in my work and neglect my social life”. Or, “I tend to ask too many questions because I am so curious” win-win! 5. This sounds dumb, but think of interviews as a “first date” kind of situation.  Dress appropriately and act appropriately–be friendly and polite (this is not the time to display your quirky originality, for example).  Be curious about the other person.  Smile.  Don’t be desperate.  Don’t talk about yourself too much.  Compliment and ask questions about the person’s own research.  Give thoughtful answers if you are asked something, and as honest as you can in your answers without being negative.  Don’t talk bitterly about your past–talk about what you learned, even if a previous research experience wasn’t ideal.  Never run down anyone/anywhere you worked with previously.”  Dr. Karen Hedin (Associate Professor of Immunology, College of Medicine Instructor in Pharmacology, College of Medicine, NIH IMSD and PREP program)    

 

“1. Ask the interviewer about their research if they ask you if you have any questions! 2. Maintain eye contact with the interviewer, face them, maintain a good posture, don’t chew gum!  ;-) 3.Be enthusiastic, energetic, excited about the prospect of matriculating at their institution.  Have an answer for why you are interested in their institution. 4. Always be in the interview mode and don’t drink too much when you go out with the students.  :-)   They are taking notes! 5. Be able to explain your research succinctly.  Explain the goal, hypothesis, and your role in the project.  Have a 2-minute version that includes the big picture. 6. Have answers ready as to why you want to be a scientist, where do you see yourself in 10 years, know what it takes to be successful in whatever career path you are taking (e.g. creative ideas, collaboration, papers, grants….) 7. What are your strengths and weaknesses? 8. Do your homework on the interviewer’s research. 9.Be prepared to go to the white board and draw the pathway you are studying. 10. Determine how students are funded. 11. How many PI’s can take students? 12. Very important:  what are the graduates doing now? Are they where you want to be or are they working at Kwik Trip? 13. How long does it take to get a PhD?   Mayo’s average is 5.2 years in MPET.  In many programs, including Duke’s, only ~60% of the pre-docs have completed their PhD after 7 years!” Dr. Dennis Mays (Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, NIH IMSD and PREP program, Office of Diversity)

And finally from our great Deans!!!!!!

“Be inquisitive and ask a lot of questions about the school, the admissions process, and the science projects of each of the interviewers.” Dr. Jim Maher (Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Mayo Graduate School: Director, NIH IMSD and PREP programs)
 

“Remember that when you are invited to interview, you have been selected from a large and talented pool of applicants; approach the interview as the “winner” that you are–be positive, poised and confident!” Barbara Porter (Assistant Dean for Student and Academic Affairs, Mayo Medical School)

 

Thank you for all these wonderful tips! Also remember that these tips are not only for school interviews, they can be used for any type of interview you are going to. Good luck on all your interviews!

Jess

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Posted January 28, 2010 by silvajm
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Latinos Y Latinas Diversity Interest Group in Mayo Clinic Arizona

Posted January 22, 2010 by silvajm
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  Last month I was surfing on the Mayo Clinic site and a very interesting announcement caught my eye….”Latinos Y Latinas Diversity Interest Group looking for tamale makers on Arizona campus”! Well, being Hispanic and loving tamales, yumyum, I looked up who was hosting this event. It was the Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Arizona Latinos Y Latinas Diversity Interest Group. I found it very enlightening that there was a  ”Mayo Clinic family” that got together and hosted these types of events. I further got into contact with their coordinator Elva Ortiz and interviewed her. Her are her answers to my questions.

1. When and how the group was started? Our DIG is Mayo Clinic Arizona sponsored.  The Latinos Y Latinas DIG has been around for approximately 15 years or so.  I have been the lead for at least 3 ½ years.

 2. What the purpose and goal of the group is? Our purpose is to meet, gather and network with co-workers.  We also try to give back to the community and participate in as many ways as possible and as often as possible.  We do our best to include the entire MCA staff by inviting them to our events as well as inviting them to contribute when we gather items for the needy and homeless. 

3. What activities/meetings you all have or organize and please include the tamale event :) ? Jan, June & Nov – -Habitat for Humanities – This an ongoing volunteer project throughout the year;Transplant House Phoenix Campus- volunteer to make dinner for patients  staying there;Happy hour/dinner every three to four months; Oct-Pajama/book Drive for the Pajama program – pajamas and books are given to the organization to give to children in shelters and orphanages; April-Attend the Caesar Chavez Foundation dinner; April –Attend the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Black and White Ball; May -Cinco de Mayo Salsa Challenge- Third year- held at Mayo clinic Phoenix Campus, MCA staff invited to attend. June-St. Vincent De Paul- clean-up of their warehouse; Sept -Back-to-school drive – Two separate drives –for local two elementary school whose population is primarily minorities, low income housing and extremely poor families; Sept -National Association of Hispanic Nurses- Valle del Sol Chapter-Masquerade Ball; Dec -Tamale Festival (typically around Christmas) – Unfortunately for 2009 we had to cancel because of lack of participation due to economic times.We also gather away from work when we are able.  We meet for dinner, have barbecues, and go to happy hour when we can work it into our busy schedules.  We enjoy one another and besides belonging to our DIG, we have become good friends. 

4. How many members you have? We have approximately 40 members on our distribution mailing list, but approximately 20 regular attendees/participants.  These individuals are Nurses, Medical Assistants, IT Techs, International interpreters, patient financial clerks, secretaries and administrative staff. 

5. Information on how one can join the group. Simply show up to a meeting.  We meet the third Wednesday of the month from 12:00 to 1:00.  Or contact Elva Ortiz for further information. The DIG is not only open to Latinos – everyone is welcome to join.

 6. Maybe a nice quote about the group from a member or from you. We represent Mayo in many ways and are proud to do so.  We have a great time together and work well as a team, both on campus and off.

 7. Any other exciting information you have on the group. The active members keep this DIG going strong and have fun in everything we do.  I appreciate every single one of them. Our 2010 Kick-Off meeting was held 1/20/10.  We have several events scheduled this year – Mayo-based as well as socially.  We are planning to participate in the Dragon Boat Races in March along with the Asian DIG, participate in Habitat for Humanities in the Spring, our annual Salsa Challenge on Cinco de Mayo, and are in the process of planning a costume party for Halloween.

Thank you Elva for taking the time and effort to answer my questions!

There are also Diversity groups at Mayo Clinic Rochester and Jacksonville locations which also are very participatory and have many activities if a person is intersted in joining.

Jess

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Happy Holidays from Mayo Clinic Diversity Bloggers

Posted December 17, 2009 by silvajm
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On behalf of the Mayo Clinic Diversity in Education Bloggers we would like to wish everyone Happy Holidays! 

Keep Warm :) , Jess

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MGS Stands Strong with the NSF’s Amazing Trends in Research Doctorate Recipients for 2008

Posted December 7, 2009 by silvajm
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The National Science Foundation recently released the new trends in research doctorate recipients for 2008. From what I notice in the trends it looks like women are learning to bake the cake and eat it too! Included in this trend is the increase of minorites from 2007 earning doctorate degrees: 6,981 total (23% of the U.S. citizens and permanent residents who earned doctorates in 2008) with Asians earning the most (2,543) followed by African Americans (2,030), Hispanics (1,765), persons of multiple race (520), American Indians (123), and Native Hawaiians (96).

Here are some of the main findings:

  • The 48,802 research doctorates awarded in 2008 is the highest number in the history of U.S. higher education, but growth rates have slowed in recent years .
  • Life sciences accounted for 11,088 research doctorates awarded in 2008, the largest number by broad field.
  • Women received 46% of all research doctorates awarded in 2008, the 13th consecutive year in which women received more than 40% of doctorates awarded.
  • A total of 6,981 U.S. citizens and permanent residents who are members of racial/ethnic minority groups were awarded research doctorates in 2008—23% of the U.S. citizens and permanent residents who earned research doctorates and reported race/ethnicity.
  • Of graduates with known citizenship status, 67% were U.S. citizens or permanent residents and 33% were non-U.S. citizen temporary visa holders.
  • China (including Hong Kong) was the country of origin for the largest number of non-U.S. graduates in 2008, with 4,526.
  • The median total time span from baccalaureate to doctorate among graduates was 9.4 years; median duration between starting and completing graduate school was 7.7 years.

    • These findings are very interesting and point out how far many of us have come, me included.

    So what do we learn from this and where does Mayo Graduate School stand. I would like to thank Dr. Mays (IMSD program manager) for giving me this information.

    From this table showing years 2004-2009, you can see that Mayo Graduate School is very competitive and only accepts a few number of students per year. The percentage of incoming URS (Under Represented Students) seems to have decreased in 2007 dramatically however increased once again to around 25% from 2004.  Whereas the percentage  of incoming women students has been pretty steady average of 56% in last 6 years, however increased about 10% from 2004 to 2009. I would like to note that the numbers from the NSF are showing graduates whereas I am showing you information from incoming students (graduate info is a little harder to get) however from 1996-2000, 80% of incoming students graduated from the program, so this table is a nice representation.

    In summary, Mayo Graduate School is doing a great job at recruiting and graduating URS as well as women Ph.D candidates. Way to Go MGS!!!

    Just to add some more information for those interested students who wish to apply to MGS or who are looking into Ph.D programs….Mayo has several other advantages: 3 locations (Arizona, Minnesota, and Florida), receive yearly stipend, IMSD program  , and finally great students who work together as a team!

    Adios! Jess

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    Freedom Fund Banquet of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) “Bold Dreams, Big Victories”

    Posted November 25, 2009 by silvajm
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    The theme for Freedom Fund Banquet of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on October 31st  held in Rochester, MN was Bold Dreams, Big Victories. I had gotten the opportunity and the honor to be one of the attendees that day. I had attended the event with several students from the Mayo Graduate School as well as currently enrolled and former students in the Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) in which I am enrolled. Our Program Director Dennis Mays, Ph.D. was present, as well as Director Eddie L. Green, MD., who was to speak later on in the evening. Beside the Mayo Graduate School, Mayo Clinic was represented by several other doctors and administrators.

    I have never been to such a serious multi-racial event before even when I was active in several student organizations back in college. It was an event that included people of all racial and ethnic backgrounds, as an African immigrant, I didn’t feel out of place. There were several eloquent speakers at the banquet with different speeches. The mission of NAACP focused on equality, fairness, education, understanding and appreciation of differences. I could comment on all of them equally. However, who I want to mention are the speakers with whom I felt I was being influenced and moved. 

    One of the speeches that drove the message vividly was given by Dr. Eddie Green. He made a note of how important education is for everyone. Then, he proceeded to describe the Seven Cs, their definitions and how important they are to succeed in life. The Seven Cs are: courage, challenge, compassion, community, culture, commitment, and character. Dr. Green provided the Webster’s definition of each of those words and some of the people that showed those characteristics in our history. For courage, he mentioned our Country, the US built on principles, Pastor King, Rosa Parks, and the Mayo brothers who in 1912 declared that they will treat all patients equally regardless of their race or background at the Mayo Clinic. For challenge, one of his examples was improvements to the system. For compassion, he defined the word, and quoted Dr. Mayo on the reward of treating patients is the satisfaction received when they were well. The next word was community, defined as interactions of people in the same location benefiting from each other. Next, culture defined as the human knowledge passed down through generations.  He went on to saying that we needed to develop culture sensitivity. The next C was commitment, committing to a goal is necessary for success.  The final C was character, where it is the qualities that make an individual. He closed his speech by saying, in other words, that to commit to challenge the problems in the community on a daily basis, not once in a while, is what’s needed to progress into a better community. Dr. Green’s eloquent speech was informational as well as meaningful. 

     

    The following person on the podium after Dr. Green was Dr. Mathew McCullough, who was introducing the key note speaker, Mr. Carl B. Mack, the Executive Director of National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).  Dr. McCullough said he wasn’t going to introduce Mr. Mack telling of his accomplishments, of which he mentioned a few, but he will introduce the man. Mr. Mack, who cares about the education of the younger generations, was a big influence in his life. Mr. Mack had helped him to believe more in himself. That he was able to achieve anything if he put his mind to it. Dr. McCullough consequently had great respect for Mr. Mack as his mentor and role model. As a result of that relationship, Dr. McCullough was introducing Mr. Mack to us at the banquet.

     

    The introduction had a profound effect on Mr. Mack. He spoke of a person that had major influence on him when he was younger by challenging him to do more. How he was influenced by this person to seek education and knowledge. He, as a result of that influence, became a successful person. He had to struggle to overcome the misguided education he received in his elementary, middle, and high school years when he got to college, but he did overcome. Because of what that person had such an effect on Mr. Mack, he had goal to influence someone as much as he had been by his role model. He was sure he achieved that with Dr. McCullough. He was proud and exhilarated, as the audience was able to witness, to see the success of one of his students rival his success.

    Then Mr. Mack spoke about the theme for the banquet, Bold Dreams, Big Victories. That is what we need to achieve victories, is to be bold. Mr. Mack went on to speak about how he had to fight through a system that did not teach young people about their history. A misguided system that didn’t teach about the first black man to graduate college in the US; also it didn’t teach about pioneering black men in anything. The system did not inspire the youngsters. “…. Real education inspires people to live…” said Mr. Mack.

    He went on to introduce the society where he is the Executive Director. The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is a student organization. They are one of the largest student organizations in the country. They have financial resources of upwards of $9 million. They are involved in many different youth educational programs in the NSBE’s Pre-college Initiative Program. One of those programs Mr. Mack has been involved in creating is Summer Engineering Experience for Kids (SEEK). There children got to learn about engineering in hands on atmosphere. They learned about physical and mechanical laws via observing them in practice. One of his favorite instances in the program was when a 4th grader was explaining her experiment in absolute scientific description. When he asked her what she meant by hypothesis, she defined the word for him perfectly.

    Mr. Mack mentioned the situation that Rochester was having with the superintendent. He said that the superintendent is working to improve the education in Rochester. Unless we are there with him in the office working with him, then he falls short, we should not be criticizing his work. He used the catch phrase “if y’ain’t in the game, y’can’t complain” to drive that message home by having all present repeat it with him a few times.

    Mr. Mack’s speech was inspirational in many ways. It showed that there are people, black students, who are interested in and working on helping younger black students succeed and go beyond what they ever thought they could achieve before. He was very vivid in his descriptions. His speech showed his passion for the advancement of people of all races; by giving the underprivileged enough help, they are able to compete within the mainstream scientific world. Mr. Mack mesmerized the audience with his passion, humor, eloquence, character, and with his drive towards a country with understanding, tolerance, and no discrimination.

    Written by Abe Abdalla

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    Mayo Clinic BMB Symposium 2008 “Protein Folding and Disease”

    Posted November 4, 2009 by silvajm
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    protein_foldingBMB Ehlers Symposium 2009   

     Every year the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) Department at Mayo Graduate School holds a student ran symposium. The symposium allows the graduate students to choose a topic of discussion and invite speakers from around the world to present their work. MGS students profit from the symposium by being able to meet speakers and may also have lunch and dinner with them. This year’s symposium entitled “Protein Folding and Disease” was held on October 26, 2009. Eric Mahlum and Rachael Vaubel organized the activities.     

    Speakers included: Byron Caughey, Ph.D. (NIH/NIAID Rocky Mountain Laboratories), Bill Eaton, M.D., Ph.D. (NIH/NIDDK), Ulrich Hartl, M.D., Ph.D. (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried Germany), Randy Kaufman, Ph.D. (University of Michigan), Rick Morimoto, M.D. (Northwestern University), Bill Skach, M.D. (Oregon Health Sciences University)

    Eric Mahlum comments: ”This year’s BMB symposium on protein folding and disease was a blast! The speakers we invited were very interested to learn about the graduate program here at Mayo Clinic, in addition to their curiosities about the strange location for such a world-class facility. They were very interested in “the world we live in” here at Mayo Clinic as graduate students and right away realized the many benefits students have in such a “rural environment” with people from around the world as faculty, employees and students.  Although I do not consider protein folding to be my main thesis project, I can certainly realize that protein folding dynamics can play an important role in my CSF1 signaling research in Glioma formation. I also was able to pick up from the airport and go to dinner with the speakers after the symposium. At dinner I was talking to Dr. Byron Caughey, who does prion research at the NIH. We eventually came to talking about how a BBB-carrier peptide that I helped develop (patent pending) may allow him to deliver his PrP proteins (past the blood-brain narrier and into the brain, not through drilling a hole in the skull and injecting, but through simple IV injection. I believe we will be collaborating. The Symposium was a great success overall as evidenced by a decent attendance and overflowing questions during the Q&A sections.”

     Jess

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    What’s in Your DNA?

    Posted September 28, 2009 by silvajm
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    Why are we diverse…hmmm…Would you get your genome sequenced?

    Posted September 21, 2009 by silvajm
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    nextgen jessAs we all know, we are capable of anything! We are currently going through one of the most exciting times in Science right now where the technology we are using seems to be out of this world. We are learning new things everyday about ourselves mentally, physically,… genetically? What am I talking about…..well well, have you ever thought….what exactly am I made of and why am I different from everyone else? Let’s begin from the beggining, you are made of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) that is stored as a code made up of four chemical bases: adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C), and thymine (T).   Now, lets talk about GENES. A gene is the basic physical and functional unit of heredity. Genes that are made up of DNA, act as instructions to make molecules called proteins. Now lets talk about your GENOME. A genome is an organism’s complete set of DNA, this  includes all of its genes. The genome contains all of the information needed to build and maintain that organism. Human DNA consists of about 3 billion bases, and more than 99 percent of those bases are the same in all people.

    Where am I going with this. In April of 2003, the Human Genome Project (HGP) was completed. To make a long story short there were to two projects an international public-sector (collected blood from female and sperm from male donors) and Celera Genomics private-sector project (few different genomes was mixed and processed for sequencing. Craig Venter, the lead scientitst has since acknowledged that his DNA was among those sequenced. Soooo its HIS sequence! My opinion and others…). Anyhow, since then many genomes have been sequenced from bacteria to mouse. Currently, there have been 5 genomes sequenced, including Ventor, Watson, Xinhua-Han (Chinese genome), Yaruba (African Genome), and some Korean dude (as my mentor names him).

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    Currently, one can pay for your genome to get sequenced by companies like 23andme,  deCOde Genetics, and Navigenetics for about $1,000-$3,000 or so. There have been criticism about these types of at home personal DNA testing. Several brave souls have gotten their genome sequenced by two of these methods and have found some similarities and more differences. Dr. George Church, a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School is running a Personal Genome Project. Its mission is to “encourage the development of personal genomics technology and practices that: are effective, informative, and responsible,yield identifiable and improvable benefits at manageable levels of rik , and roadly available for the good of the general public.” Their goal is to enroll 100,000 informed participants from the general public, focusing on technology, science, ELSI (ethical, legal, and social issues), health care, personal knowledge, and products. Currently, they have already sequenced the first 10 participants called the PGP-10.

    This means YOU, yes, YOU, can get your personal genome sequenced!!!My question here is would YOU be interested? If you either had to pay for it or get it for free? Many people I asked have replied saying, o no way! Why…fears of getting your genetic information displayed publically, insurance companies finding out your at risk of diseases, your job finding out your at risk of diseases, your family finding out your at risk of diseases, or you finding out your at risk of diseases.

    As a student of Genetics and this growing field of NextGen sequenceing and personalized medicine….Yee Haa, I totally would! I actually already submitted my name to the PGP as a participant. I am curious however as to how they are going use my information. Can you beleive how much info they are going to obtain!

    My main point………..What questions would you ask?

    Maybe some of these pertaining to diversity…………….why are we different, is it in our genes?, what genes may dictate race/ethnicity?, if we are of a certain race/ethnicity do we have genes that put us at a higher/lower risk for diseases?, does our race even matter?

    OR Maybe these……..why am I short?, why can’t I run a marathon?, why don’t I like reading?, or why don’t I like onions?     

    OR positive ones……why am I great at science?, why can I dance my tail off in rythm all night and not be tired?, why can I ask silly questions and be really loud and not be embarressed?  ;)

    All I do know is that we all are different in our own way. We can all accomplish our goals and conquer our dreams. Here at Mayo Clinic there are people from all over the world who work here, learn here, and live here. We are at the leading edge of science and we certainly are pushing forward. Currently, Mayo contains several NextGen Sequencers (i.e. Illumina) and are anxiously awaiting a SOLID system. As a graduate student you get to see these accomplishments in action and sometimes be a part of it. Me…I’d rather be apart of it!!                                                   Jess

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    Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Medical Students Honoring Dr. Eddie L. Greene

    Posted September 14, 2009 by silvajm
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    dr. greene Every year, the Organization of Student Representatives seeks nominations for 2009 Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award, presented by the Association of American Medical Colleges with the support of the Arnold P.Gold Foundation.  This award is received from all medical schools across the country. Leslie King-Shultz along with Kamran Ahmed and Elizabeth Scoville, the other two OSR reps from Mayo organized this years efforts for nominations. The process included students sending emails to solicit nominations from members of all medical school classes.  Dr. Eddie L. Greene was chosen as the professor who contained many qualities which fit the award, these included positive mentoring skills, involvement in community service, compassion, sensitivity, collaboration with students, colleagues, and patients, and modeling the ethics of the profession. Dr. Greene’s name was submitted so many times by students who have worked with him that he was the obvious choice for this year’s nomination. 

    Here are some kind words from students about Dr. Greene:

    “He is able to engage students in such a way that they want to learn more from him, and he makes sure that everyone involved understands the material being covered. He is without a doubt one of the best instructors I have had not only in medical school, but throughout my life. He is an absolute superstar in teaching capacities.” Medical Student

    “…he gave a lot of his personal time to his students, and was always willing to help. During my Ph.D. training, I ran into him a lot. He was always willing to stop and talk about my project and science in general. You can tell he loves what he does.” Former Student

    Although, Dr. Greene was not selected as the finalist this year, all students feel he was certainly deserving of the award.mayo brothers

      On behalf of Mayo Clinic students and Diversity Bloggers Team, “Congratulations!!!” Jess

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