This week I primarily worked on finishing up my lung cancer project. I prepared the lung cancer incidence and PLCO risk graphs for the population, and also started working on developing my own model. This is currently a work in progress and I will continue it after immersion.
Summer immersion has truly been an enriching experience and I learnt a significant amount about the clinical side of biomedical engineering. Shadowing surgeries, performing image segmentation, performing data analysis all led to me obtaining new skills. My favorite part of the experience was getting to operate a MRI machine. While it was interesting to use the machine without being a patient, I understood the challenges that are present in medical device development in terms of user accessibility. Considering that my PhD is on point of care device development, I believe there is a lot I can take from this experience. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to go through the summer immersion program and I am looking forward to using my newly gained clinical knowledge in the lab.
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