From An Interns Perspective

These are some important papers that Calvin and I read over to learn more about PING. They really taught me a lot about what it takes to do research on a human subject and how through you need to be in your consent forms and research plan.

This is a press release about the UCSD study PING that was just launched. My project is a part of PING and learning about it was a great way to learn more about the study and what it is all about.

This is a view from the outside of our office at the La Jolla Professional Center. Every day rain or shine, whenever I leave the office this is what I see. There are benches, plants and fountains all around the building.

Here is the suite sign outside of the office, its the first thing I see every morning coming in. A lot of the offices in this building are UCSD related and there are a few other brain labs.

When you open the door to the office, this is the first thing you see. There is a lot of paperwork here and in my office. Working in an academic research lab involves lots of papers and paper work.

Looking at brain images on the computer requires a lot of computer power and space. This is a huge computer tower that sits in the office, I think its a server.

One of my favorite desk accessories is this cool magnet thing! I thought that I would post a picture of it because it looks cool and its a fun trinket to play with on my desk.

Christian, myself and Calvin in front of out office door. Our office has several name plates on it, but now it is occupied by us.

An essential to any interns day, coffee in a UCSD coffee cup!

Sometimes I like to get on gmail chat and talk to my friends and see how their internship is going. Libby is always busy at her law firm internship!

In our building, there is a little deli where you can go get a drink, snacks, amazing cookies and a good lunch. Calvin, Christian and I go there sometimes to get a snack.

At the deli Christian and I read Cosmo and Glamor magazine, he likes to smell the perfume samples.