My first blog ever... for someone who doesn't like sharing, this is huge. Welcome!
Many of you have had to listen to me gripe about how much work this Japanese encephalitis (JEV) project has been in terms of writing the whole proposal, getting all of the approvals from every regulatory board known to mankind, working with collaborators that are 10-12 hours ahead, getting shot up with a bunch of vaccines and the tiny details that are so important to international travel and fieldwork. That being said... I AM SO LUCKY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. Words cannot explain how ecstatic I am to finally be doing international fieldwork, which has been my goal from day 1 of my science career. My semester of Ebola research, fieldwork preparation and tough classes with cumulative finals (eek!) wraps up in two weeks! First year of my PhD down... kind of surreal and FLEW by. The day after my last final I get to fly and see: my grandparents in Seattle for 2 days, parents in Pullman for a week and a half, and my sister & bro-in-law in Phoenix for a long weekend. It will be so nice to see my family before my big adventure of a summer. I know my family has been asking for a little blurb about what I will be studying so here it is! Yes, that is cheating posting a link to my research summary... sorry. I leave around May 25/26 for Bangladesh and won't return until Aug 16/17. Most of my time will be spent in Rangpur Division (divisions are kind of like counties) though I will travel to Dhaka regularly as this is where the lab we are collaborating with is (see map below). I will be traveling to various villages and interacting with local people a lot (including entering their homes and likely eating supper so I hear) in order to collect the data necessary for my study. A lot of my friends' first question has been "but what about CrossFit?". Valid concern... I will take some cues from the incredible Lisa & Mike Ray from their travels and also plan to make my own "resource-poor guide to CrossFit". Have no fear, I will be SO GOOD at body weight movements when I get back and hope to get some goat squats in too. That is all... hope the first one wasn't too boring and there will be some exciting moments coming up!
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Steph CinkThis is my way to share both my personal and research experiences with my family, friends and those that are interested.
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