“This experience has opened my eyes to the scientific process that precedes the development of any treatment. If I’m ever in the position of prescribing a medication to a patient, I now have some understanding of the years of work leading up to it.”
During his internship at OMRF this past summer, aspiring medical school student Chase Tabor of Frankfort, Illinois, experienced his first onion burger – “It was wonderful!” – and performed experiments under the supervision of Dr. Courtney Griffin, OMRF’s vice president of research. Tabor, a midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy, was among four interns this summer in OMRF’s John H. Saxon Service Academy Summer Research Program. His career goal is to serve as a Navy physician.
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