Friday evening, May 28, I took the train up to the UES (Upper East Side for us cognescenti) to take Beth out to dinner to celebrate her first NIH "K" Grant. This grant awards money for her salary to Cornell Med so that she can continue her research. It also ensures that she will continue for at least two more years at Cornell on an entry-level attending status. She's worked very hard and hopes that this is the first of many grants that will help her move along the academic research track.
She also had a beautiful haircut that afternoon so I paused to take a photo of the layered back of her hair. She is standing against a background of the construction site for Cornell's new research building which will support the emerging field of translational research that Beth is involved in. This research "translates" clinical problems with bench research aiming for faster medical breakthroughs (If I'm stating this correctly). The caption for this photo is Beth's thought "Hmmm I wonder where my new lab and corner office will be be when they move me into this building?"
Maybe she's thinking, "Hmm, I wonder if they'll start awarding Nobels for translational medical research?"
ReplyDeleteWhat a great photo. and, congratulations to Bethie.
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