{"id":12220,"date":"2016-10-10T17:06:11","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T17:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sparkvisionnow.com\/\/?p=12220"},"modified":"2016-10-10T17:06:11","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T17:06:11","slug":"lab-rats-to-millennials-neuroscientist-joins-the-sparkvision-tribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunneez.com\/sparkvision\/lab-rats-to-millennials-neuroscientist-joins-the-sparkvision-tribe\/","title":{"rendered":"Mice to Millennials \u2013 Neuroscientist Joins SparkVision!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cameron Pollock <\/a>is the first full-time SparkVision employee and is joining us as the Director of Research. <\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n

He came to us through the Baltimore Corps fellowship program and will be leading our “High Achieving Millennial Research Project” which is looking at the conditions in which young professionals thrive. We look forward to transforming the research into a robust blog and podcast series that will be coming shortly!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Tell me about yourself. How did you come to sitting across the table from me today?<\/b><\/p>\n

I\u2019m from Pennsylvania and lived a pretty standard suburban life. As a college student, I went to Temple University and studied Neuroscience. I wanted to get into the hard science aspect of psychology and understand how the brain connected with the mind. <\/span><\/p>\n

I moved to Baltimore in 2013 and was a research assistant in a lab at University of Maryland, Baltimore. It was a only a one year job because my boss had accepted another position. I spent that whole year knowing I had a deadline to have to make my next decision. <\/span><\/p>\n

I originally wanted to go <\/span>WWOOF<\/span><\/a>ing<\/span> all around the world. It\u2019s the \u201cWorldwide Organization of Organic Farmers\u201d. It\u2019s kind of like CouchSurfing but on farms. The farmers give you housing and food in exchange for work. <\/span><\/p>\n

So did you do it?<\/b><\/p>\n

No, I didn\u2019t actually do it. The flight to New Zealand was too expensive and I chose to take the safe route – I got another research assistant job. I still had a lot of exploration of the research field to do.<\/span><\/p>\n

I worked at the <\/span>Lieber Institute for Brain Development<\/span><\/a>. There\u2019s \u201cindustry\u201d and \u201cacademic\u201d science. The Lieber Institute bridges the gap between the two. In science there\u2019s a lot of pressure to get a PhD. I loved a lot about working in a lab, but didn\u2019t love at lot of other things. Like how it takes control of your life. <\/span><\/p>\n

When you say it totally took over your life, what do you mean?<\/b><\/p>\n

It\u2019s just the nature of the work. In a lab, in research, there is never meaningless work. You have to create meaningful work to answer the questions you\u2019re asking. There\u2019s always something more you can be doing to get there. <\/span><\/p>\n

What were you working on?<\/b><\/p>\n

Both labs were related to schizophrenia. We were studying one pathway in the brain. We would disrupt this pathway in the beginning of an animal\u2019s life and then see the effects, and how to reverse them. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the second lab we were taking a look at the developmental aspects of schizophrenia. We studied one specific chemical that\u2019s involved in the growth of your brain cells, and the maintenance of their health. It\u2019s also involved in memory formation. We were studying this chemical as it relates to schizophrenia and other diseases.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s so intense! Such different work than what we\u2019re going to be doing. <\/b><\/p>\n

Yeah, I was doing intense stuff but wasn\u2019t fulfilled. I\u2019d be doing a procedure with a mouse in a dark back room thinking, \u201cI don\u2019t think I want to do this forever…there\u2019s so much more out there.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

I wanted to explore medical school and clinical sciences because I felt like working with patients would be fulfilling. I got interested in public health more seriously. I really care about social issues with behavior and people. In the meantime, I worked with kids in an elementary school.<\/span><\/p>\n

I applied for a <\/span>Baltimore Corps fellowship<\/span><\/a>. I\u2019m lucky to be here at SparkVision because I\u2019m going to be working on social research, professional development and understanding millennials more deeply. I\u2019m looking forward to understanding myself better from the research and to be a part of the great mission you\u2019ve created here. <\/span><\/p>\n

How do you feel your past experience is going to serve you in our work?<\/b><\/p>\n

I bring a sense of critical feedback and evaluation. One of the most transferable skills is critical inquiry – getting to the bottom of issues, problems, and questions. I\u2019m really interested in interviewing people. <\/span>So much of science is about asking the right questions. <\/b><\/p>\n

What\u2019s going to be the best growth opportunity for you here? What will be different in a year?<\/b><\/p>\n

Relating my scientific skills to human beings. Getting the feel for different types of people. I\u2019m going to be meeting hundreds of people and that\u2019s pretty new for me. I\u2019m looking forward to developing my emotional intelligence skills. \u00a0I\u2019m hoping to become a more positive person. I want to leave a conversation and have people feel good afterwards. <\/span><\/p>\n

I think this work will affect a lot of people and become a model for others to use. I hope it\u2019ll change how people do business in their daily lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

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