Dr. Jacob Kagey sat down with Pre-Health Advisor, Carmen Gamlin to outline the importance of undergraduate research and the role of a Principal Investigator. In the interview, Dr. Kagey also discusses different Research Conferences, the research he conducts in his lab with his students and even provide tips to get rid of fruit flies! View the full interview below.
Dr. Kagey’s 3-Question Interview
1. We have numerous students who are pre-health and pre-graduate school in the Science disciplines. Please share how conference travel works for undergraduates.
2. As a PI, you work with numerous undergraduate students in your lab. What do you do there?
3. Please contrast your view of graduate school expectations of research for a pre-PHD versus pre-med school? I guess the career goal of a PhD Researcher in Cancer Biology versus career as an Oncologist with an MD or DO degree.