How rising stars in science and medicine think about mentorship and bouncing back from rejection
"When you have a lot of rejections, the first one is the hardest, and gradually you get OK with it."
At the age of 26, Lauren Ghazal was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma just months into her Ph.D. program in nursing theory at New York University. She experienced firsthand how the financial burden of undergoing cancer treatment, along with the emotional and physical toll of the disease itself, can lead to overwhelming distress in patients. Now, as an assistant professor at the University of Rochester in the School of Nursing, she researches health and quality of life outcomes among younger cancer survivors.
“If there’s anyone to be studying the unmet needs and economic needs of young cancer survivors, it’s someone that’s lived through it,” Ghazal, who is also a nurse practitioner, said at the 2023 STAT Summit in Boston on Wednesday.
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