Pharmacy Perspectives - Summer/Fall 2017 - 16
Graduation :
Ross Osgood
GA P Y EA R
PROV ES
IN VA LUA BL E
A
fter attaining his bachelor of biomedical sciences from Western Michigan,
Ross Osgood took some time off to
figure out what he really wanted to do.
"I was kind of on a pre-med track,"
says Osgood.
"I bounced around between med
school, dental and PA programs - not
really feeling like any of them were the
right fit." So, he shadowed dentists and
worked in a nursing home, but still was
unconvinced that any of those allied
health care careers were right for him.
"But when I started doing research, it
just clicked."
During the year between undergrad and grad school, he missed the
deadline to sign up for dental school,
so he joined Americorps instead.
Americorps is a national community
service organization that places
thousands of young adults into
intensive service positions where
they learn valuable work skills, earn
money for education, and develop
an appreciation for citizenship. "It
was one of the best decisions I ever
made. I met so many cool people
and it gave me the breather I needed
to evaluate where I saw myself in the
future," says Osgood.
"I travelled around the Southwestern
U.S. for 10 months, volunteering and
working at various service positions
including an after school program,"
recalls Osgood. That gap year helped
Osgood "get his bearings."
After his stint with Americorps,
he started looking at research jobs.
"I never really experienced what a
real lab would be like," says Osgood.
So, he contacted faculty member
Alison Bauer, PhD, to work in her
lab and pick up simple techniques.
"For the first time, I felt at home,"
remembers Osgood. He was in her
lab for about a year when he began
the PhD program in Toxicology in
2011. And, within five-and-a-half
years he completed it.
Osgood has discovered his calling
and started a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Stephanie Shore at
Harvard University studying obesity
induced asthma and the "gut-lung
connection." "Microbiome research
is a hot field right now and is completely new to me, which is what I
was looking for," says Osgood.
PHARMACEUTICAL
SCIENCES PhD
GRADUATES
16
CU Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
AUGUST 2016
Neha Pardeshi, Pharmaceutical Sciences
DECEMBER 2016
Xinhui Chen, Toxicology
Leah Jimmerson, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Claire Heit, Toxicology
For the first time,
I felt at home.
- ROSS OSGOOD
MAY 2017
Steffanie Leigh Furtek, Toxicology
Monica Marie Johnson, Toxicology
Ross Osgood, Toxicology
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