7 years

Summer of 2003, we took this picture after the summer research presentations. In the middle is our research mentor and friend... who has been amazing to us and who has definitely shaped me (and my career). She is a nationally-recognized expert in residency duty hours and sign-out communication. When I first met her, she was just finishing up her masters in public policy and we worked on one of her very first major studies, involving the effect of night float on intern sleep and fatigue.

I couldn't think of a better research mentor when it came to my current project on physician communication and sign-out effectiveness. So the picture below is one taken in front of my poster (my first!) at the 2nd Annual Pediatric Research Day. We've come a long way!