{"id":9225,"date":"2011-10-12T16:37:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T16:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/?p=9225"},"modified":"2011-10-12T16:37:05","modified_gmt":"2011-10-12T16:37:05","slug":"newsletter-2011-fall-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/2011\/10\/12\/newsletter-2011-fall-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring a Career Path"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"chunk\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9226 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/career-pTH.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/career-pTH.png 448w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/career-pTH-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/career-pTH-217x150.png 217w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/career-pTH-80x55.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/>This past summer I participated in the New York Stem Cell Undergraduate research program (NY Stem) at Stony Brook University.\u00a0 As a part of the program each student was assigned a different lab to work in, and I was thrilled when I found out that I would be working in Dr. Emily Chen\u2019s laboratory in the Department of Pharmacology.<br \/>\nDr. Chen\u2019s lab focuses on the different aspects of breast cancer metastasis. The NY Stem program taught me to think like a scientist and understand the ethics and conduct behind research as well as master many different lab techniques.<br \/>\nWorking in the lab really opened my eyes to the different opportunities that are available to us.\u00a0 For myself, deciding a career path is a very difficult decision and before deciding a direct path, I wanted to ensure that I had explored all the options that pharmacy has to offer.<br \/>\nThis summer was an unforgettable experience and I feel that it has really shaped my future, I could not have made it to this point without the help of the staff at the University of Rhode Island.\u00a0 When I decided to explore the field of research and apply to several different summer programs, the professors that I spoke to were very encouraging and supportive.\u00a0 I would like to thank them for their guidance because it opened my eyes to new career opportunities.<br \/>\n<strong>Jaclyn Cusumano PharmD, Class of 2015<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past summer I participated in the New York Stem Cell Undergraduate research program (NY Stem) at Stony Brook University.\u00a0 As a part of the program each student was assigned a different lab to work in, and I was thrilled when I found out that I would be working in Dr. Emily Chen\u2019s laboratory in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":639,"featured_media":9226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-news-student-life"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/639"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}