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PharmD, PhD, ADHD 🤷♀️
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Month: April 2026
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As I mentioned in a previous post, AI is like my grad student. With all of the available options, I’ve gotten to know several different “grad students” and now have names for them. Gemini is Maya, a great grad student, especially from a research standpoint, but still relatively new to coding. Claude is Claude, my…
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If you lived in tornado alley for more than one storm season, you’ve been there. The meteorologist spends three days warning about a potentially historic tornado outbreak. Then that day comes and goes with nothing but clouds and a little rain. The comments section in your local meteorologist’s page fills up with all the name-calling…
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In the world of AI, there is so much potential to tap into if you know how to use it right. Not using AI in 2026 is like driving a Ferrari at 50 mph on the highway. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. I have no experience making an app and modest coding…
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I now understand why professors love having grad students. They can tackle so many tasks that faculty don’t want to do (or have time to do): literature deep-dives, formatting posters, the random “can you just look into this for me?” requests that pile up. I’m not in academia, so I assumed I wouldn’t get to…