With lung cancer. I couldnt think of any topic more important to producing the best research, to provide the best data needed to build new treatments for our patients. I worked on age dementia. That experience helped me appreciate the art of generating and analyzing my own data and fostered my love of science. I would say this is the best year in my life. That turned out to be true even in hindsight. [laughter] also fostered my belief in opportunities for doing good through science and medicines. Left the lab back then, and then finished medical school, and then did all my clinical training, and then became a medical oncologist, well, i quickly became frustrated. Taking care of patients with cancer is an immense privilege, a wonderful thing to do, and i love the practice of medicine, but i also hated that it felt like a recurring nightmare of giving Cancer Patients the same treatments over and over again and watching it fail. It might remind some of you of that robot that vacuums the f
To be the advocate for science that the governor described. I started my career as an academic Biomedical Researcher as well as a doctor who treated patients with blood cancers for many years. Given my background, i cant think of anything more critical any topic more important than producing the best research to provide the best data that is needed to develop new treatments for our patients. My formative experience in this regard occurred when i took a year between my second and third years of medical school to participate in the hhmi Research Scholars program at nih, where i studied aids dementia. That experience helped me appreciate the art of generating and analyzing research data, my own data, and it really fostered my love of science. Within a few weeks of starting the job, people would ask how i enjoyed working in the lab, and is the best job of my life. That has turned out to be true, even in hindsight. [laughter] it also fostered my belief in the opportunities for doing good th
Dr. Sharpless thank you governor castle. Its great to be here. I want to thank Research America for convening this Important Forum to highlight key issues we face in medical science today, but also for its longstanding leadership in recognizing the need for Quality Research to improve medicine and health. I have been familiar with you for a while now and i find you to be the advocate for science that the governor described. I started my career as an academic Biomedical Researcher as well as a doctor who treated patients with blood cancers for many years. Given my background, i cant think of anything more critical any topic more important than producing the best research to provide the best data that is needed to develop new treatments or our patients. My formative experience in this regard occurred when i took a year between my second and third years of medical school to participate in the hhmi Research Scholars program at nih, where i studied aids dementia. That experience helped me a
The education i was on the board of the Charter School became fascinated by what was going on partly because i think education is so important i think it is our best hope for addressing and equity inside it society and breaking that society a multi generational poverty. There was a mystery that i wanted to solve essentially which was what happen when kids got to high School Everything seemed to fall apart scores seem to be improving at the elementary level and i would go into classrooms and the kids either looked engaged but when you went into High School Classrooms it was a different picture and the scores were not improving. Nobody seems to understand why although there has been a lot of attention on the high school problem. When i stumbled upon really, i cant say i solve this mystery myself but i stumbled upon the fact that the real problems in the problems of the parents in high school. Its different than the Elementary School. Once i realized that and i realize that despite all of
Combined science double award. Well bejoining some students as they find out what they got in their exams. Is carbon offsetting plane journeys worth it . Eltonjohn said he did it after arranging for prince harry and Meghan Markle to fly on his private jet. Well speak to a scientist who says its a complete joke. And a row breaks out as president trumps former press Secretary Sean Spicer is given a place on the us equivalent of strictly, dancing with the stars. The presenter says the show should be free of politics. Is he right . Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until am this morning. Have you named and shamed an ex in an Online Chat Group . If so why . And did you consider privacy or legal concerns before you did it . Also well bring you the latest on the ryanair pilot strike which is affecting flights today. Let us know if youre heading off on holiday and facing a delay. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about. Use the hashtag victorialive. If youre emailing and