My journey to the medical profession but after an upcoming graduation By Natalie Hearn UA’25 and Jim Stellar Natalie was a student in my Fall Psychopharmacology class. In that class we got talking about what she was going to do … Continued
The Role of the Prefrontal Cortex and Emotional Maturity Development in the Profession By Christina Testa and James Stellar Now that Christina has experienced the professional setting and has seen how her strengths as a student have helped her to … Continued
Reaching for the Ivy Leagues in one’s mind and in a gap year job By Kriti Kalary UA’25 and Jim Stellar KK and JS just talked about gap year job opportunities and some of them are at Ivy League institutions. … Continued
Two key college questions: What do I want to do with my life? Where does inspiration come from? Lauren Dodds UA’26 and Jim Stellar We two connected in psychopharmacology when the course content discussion spilled over into talking about college, … Continued
A gap year on the way to clinical mental health counseling by Madi Jachim ‘UA 25 and Jim Stellar MJ is currently in JS’ senior undergraduate seminar. We began to talk there and it extended to this writing. One reason … Continued
My progression toward medical school – trials and tribulations By Salina Sahawneh UA’26 and Jim Stellar I met Salina in my office after she wrote me an email looking for volunteer work in a research laboratory. We decided to write … Continued
Work life balance even in graduate school and the role of Emotional Intelligence Christina Testa UA’ 23 ‘25 and Jim Stellar As CT continues to grow in her master’s in public health degree graduate training program in epidemiology as we … Continued
The vagus nerve has 80% of its nerve fibers reporting to the brain. What is up with that? Catherine Lienemann ‘UA 27 and James Stellar In a previous blog, we wrote about Takotsubo syndrome where stress can actually alter the … Continued
I always wanted to be a school psychologist By Clare Hart UA’25 and Jim Stellar Clare tells me that she cannot remember when she did not want to be a school psychologist. Maybe it was her parents who were both … Continued
From Crisis to Compassion: Transforming Inpatient Psychiatric Care By Imaan Siddiqui UA‘23 and Jim Stellar First, some author background: This blog post was primarily written by IS with input from JS. It belongs in this blog series, which started in … Continued