When explaining the importance of my thyroid cancer research to people outside my field, I often reference general cancer statistics to hook the listeners’ attentions and provide context for the more specific information I will soon share. Additionally, starting your discussion from a broad perspective makes it easier for the listener to relate to what…
Author: gavschmidt
Brackenridge Post: My Cohort
I hope to learn of different motivations for research and new ways that people answer research questions in their respective fields. Although my research is specifically in the field of cancer biology, I hope to find that thought-processes and styles of thinking have significant overlap across fields. My cohort this summer will be a window…
Brackenridge Introduction: Gavin Schmidt
Hi everyone! My name is Gavin, and my research this summer involves the characterization of a new oncogenic event in thyroid cancer. Our lab recently performed genetic profiling of over 900 thyroid tumors, where we were looking for driver mutations that are known to occur in thyroid cancer. We found that the majority of the…