Can you share a bit about your early life and what sparked your interest in research, medicine and orthopaedics/bioengineering? What were some pivotal moments or influences during your education that shaped your research interests? During my senior year of high...
This summer, the BMRC welcomed our first cohort of Summer Student Research Program participants. Over the past 9 weeks, students were exposed to both hands-on laboratory research and in-classroom learning, guided by our expert mentors in the BMRC labs. Classroom...
Can you share a bit about your early life and what sparked your interest in research, medicine and orthopaedics/bioengineering? I really have my parents to thank for gently (and sometimes not so gently) guiding me to where I am today. Growing up, we were always...
Can you share a bit about your early life and what sparked your interest in research, medicine and orthopaedics? I’m a native Pittsburgher through and through. I was born in West Penn Hospital, grew up in Monroeville and went to Shady Side Academy. My...
Can you share a bit about your early life and what sparked your interest in research, medicine and orthopaedics? I was born in Pittsburgh and grew up in Plum until about 3rd grade when my family moved to Erie. I have always been interested in science and started...
Tell us a little about your early life and what sparked your interest in research. I grew up in a small Midwestern farming town surrounded by animals and plants. From the time I was a small boy, I enjoyed using all my senses to explore all of the biology that...
Can you share a bit about your early life and what sparked your interest in research, medicine and orthopaedics/bioengineering? I was born and raised in Nepal. I have been interested in science since my early childhood. The unlimited potential that science offers has...
Can you share a bit about your early life and what sparked your interest in research, medicine and orthopaedics/bioengineering? I was born and raised in Pittsburgh’s North Hills, attending St. Teresa Elementary School and North Hills High School. I was diagnosed with...
Can you share a bit about your early life and what sparked your interest in research, medicine and orthopaedics/bioengineering? When I was in high school, my parents (both civil engineers) told me about the recently established field of biomedical engineering or...
Can you share a bit about your early life and what sparked your interest in research, medicine and orthopaedics/bioengineering? When I was a Ph.D. student looking for a lab to do my thesis, I was fascinated by the tissue engineering-related work in Dr. Jianwu Dai’s...