Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - September/October 2013 - (Page 24)

by Emma Headley in the A Hands-On Introduction by Emma to My Future Headley O ne day in the spring of my senior year, my Anatomy and Physiology teacher announced that Cincinnati Children’s Hospital had internships for graduating high school seniors. In the part-time internship, each student would shadow a doctor for eight weeks, assist them in a research project, or both. I was unsure of what career path I would take, so this seemed a good way to get a broader view of work that goes on in a hospital. When I went online to apply, I realized that admission to the program was extremely competitive: only 16 students would be chosen, one per available field of study, from hundreds of applicants. I did not have high hopes, but I completed the application as best I could and kept it in the back of mind as I waited for a reply. Finally, it came: I was one of the selected few! I was ecstatic. I would work in the lab of Dr. John Bissler, a world-renowned doctor and researcher in the Division of Nephrology. Immersion & Discovery Emma works on a research project in Dr. Bissler’s lab in the Department of Nephrology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Many of the other interns in the program were more interested in clinical work, so they spent more time shadowing their mentors and participated less in research projects. For me it was the opposite; I spent most of my time working in the lab instead of shadowing Dr. Bissler. On orientation day, I met with Dr. Brian Siroky, a post-doctoral researcher in Dr. Bissler’s lab. Dr. Siroky would mentor me and another intern on what turned

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - September/October 2013

Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - September/October 2013
Contents
Bridging the Gap
The War on Cancer
Teen Researchers on the Forefront of Medicine
Ancient Medicine Meets Modern Technology
Innovations in Medicine
Wherever Help Is Needed
Summer in the Lab
Our Second Genome
The Defi nition of Determination

Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - September/October 2013