January Blog

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Our first month back has been once again a busy one. Compared to last semester we have more presentations this semester. We still have our graduate medical pharmacology class this semester which is still my favorite class. We focused on reproductive pharmacology and will continue with endocrine pharmacology later this month. Due to our new classes and presentations, our exams are more spaced out this semester giving me a little more time to study. 

One of our new classes this semester is Neuropharmacology taught by Dr. Mostany which focuses on research manuscripts relating to nervous system disorders. The most interesting part of this class is how we read papers with proposed mechanism of actions of new drugs. I always enjoyed learning about how drugs can act through different mechanisms to activate receptors and reading about new ones is interesting. The challenging part of this semester is presenting the research papers we find. However, talking in front of others and clearly communicating complex science topics is a skill that I want to get better at. I have my first presentation for this class coming up and will do a lot of practice beforehand. 

Overall, I am excited about our new classes this semester and want to keep learning. Even though we just started, the semester is moving fast and I hope to better plan out this semester so that I can finish everything on time. As the next month starts, I hope to volunteer at some new places and learn more topics in pharmacology. 

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