Catrina sims robinson

Outside of lab, I spend my time watching Netflix and listen to the Crime Junkie podcast. I have been a part of the Robinson team since January. I was interested in the Robinson Lab because of its research in the recovery process post-stroke. Outside of the lab, I like to be involved in the photography club on the College of Charleston campus. I am an undergraduate student at the College of Charleston Honors College pursuing a majoring in Public Health with a minor in Chemistry, on the pre-med track.

I have been a part of the lab since January of and don't plan on leaving any time soon! Later in life, hopefully, sooner rather than later, I want to be a doctor of medicine.

But I don't want to be a doctor who is unconscious of the elaborate, interconnecting, web of people with varying professions and disciplines who all come together to do great things for humanity.

I want to be a doctor who really knows what medicine entails one who saw what it's like to be central in the core goal of extending one's life in Dr. Robinson's medical research lab, on the first responder side as an EMT, the administration aspect of a hospital by being a public health major, and to give back to the community that allows me to be involved with all of these activities at the Jewish Student Union at the College of Charleston.

I graduated from the Honors College at the College of Charleston in Throughout my time here, I have been learning how to perform different molecular biology techniques as well as learning how to write manuscripts. Though post-stroke can be difficult to treat, intranasal insulin offers a potential treatment, which is exciting!

Outside of lab, I love volunteering and working as an EMT! I am an undergraduate at Duke University, class of , majoring in Neuroscience on a Pre-Medical track. I joined the Robinson lab roughly two years ago. I was interested in the Robinson laboratory not only because Dr. Pathologic cargo associated with AD have been found in a number of studies, and NDEVs have been shown to induce pathogenesis in vivo and in vitro.

Thus, the NDEV has the potential to become a useful biomarker, a pathologic potentiator, and a therapeutic opportunity. While the field of NDEV research in AD is still in its infancy, we review the current literature supporting these three claims. My tutor, despite my ignorance of biochemistry, thought I asked insightful questions and suggested I meet with her advisor to discuss the possibility of working in the laboratory.

As a result, I began to volunteer in a neurophysiology laboratory. I was fascinated by this project because my grandmother, who was a diabetic, had also been diagnosed with dementia. I never thought of research as a career, though after talking to my advisor, I understood that being a medical doctor was not the only way I could make an impact in the fields of science and healthcare.

I realized that I truly had a passion for research and that this was the path I should follow. One of the challenges I still had to overcome as I sought my Ph. As an African American woman, I felt that I consistently needed to have the answer while portraying confidence and strength. Criticism initially felt like an affront and exposed my weaknesses. After obtaining my Ph. While I was successful at obtaining training grant awards, my grant applications for individual fellowship awards were not successful.

I transitioned into a junior faculty position at the University of Michigan and began my journey to funding. I had to remember that criticism was my opportunity to improve.