Life post-student

So yet again the blog has been woefully neglected. In the aftermath of post-defense and job searching the blog was very very low on the interest and priority list. I spent three months of work search and was beginning to feel like that I was going to have to move in with the parents because I couldn't find a job. Thank goodness that I reached out to some contacts and was fortunate enough to get a job in these economic times (this seems like a common theme). I started a job with the BC Centre of Excellence in HIV/AIDs. I am completely outside of my comfort zone, not only because I have no background in HIV/AIDS but I don't have a clue about the clinical management of HIV. I have spent the better part of the last month learning as much as I can about Antiretroviral drugs, the mechanisms of how they work, the etiology of HIV and the clinical management of it. I keep thinking back to 2nd year undergraduate physiology to understand the microbiology and mechanisms of the immune response. Often at the end of the day, my brain is full and I am ready to head home and decompress. With any job there is always that initial learning curve, it feels extra steep right now but I am determined to conquer it. With that said, I am also eager to get moving and making this job my own.