Dr. Hanna Erickson is PGY-1 internal medicine resident in the Stanbury Physician-Scientist Pathway of the Massachusetts General Hospital. She completed her bachelor’s degree in chemistry at the University of Minnesota, her MD-PhD at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the lab of Dr. Sayeepriyadarshini Anakk. During her time as a MD-PhD student, she held many roles including Vice President of the American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) and Chair of the National Council of Student Members of the American College of Physicians. She also shares her journey to dual degrees and beyond on her blog mdphdtobe.com. Our conversation spanned her journey to residency, involvement in research and advocacy, challenges with transitions along the way, and reflections on motivating and retaining physician-scientist trainees.

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Our thanks to Dr. Erickson for being on the podcast.

Follow Dr. Erickson on twitter @mdphdtobe and check out her blog at www.mdphdtobe.com

Executive
Producers:

-       Bejan Saeedi

-       Joe Behnke

-       Michael Sayegh

-       Carey Jansen

-       Nielsen Weng

Faculty Advisors 

-       Brian Robinson

-       Mary Horton

-       Talia Swartz

-       Chris Williams

-       David Schwartz

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