Compose a study report outlining the number of hours that scientists work.

Compose a study report outlining the number of hours that scientists work.Scientist Spotlight: Derek Braun

Dr. Derek Braun was born in Omaha, Nebraska before moving to Madison, Illinois where he was raised. Being a deaf child, Dr. Braun attended St. Mary’s private school for people with developmental disabilities in his early life. For high school however, he attended a school for the hearing that would provide him with sign language interpreters not really knowing how to sign himself until attending Gallaudet, a University for the deaf/hard of hearing. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in computer science, which he became highly interested in early on in his life due to the majority of television programming lacking closed captioning. Dr. Braun earned his Ph.D. in cell biology and molecular genetics from the University of Maryland and then moved on to a traineeship in cancer pharmacology at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. During his traineeship, he studied signal transduction pathways, which are crucial in cancer and pain research. Dr. Braun was also put in charge of Gallaudet’s first biological research laboratory, the Molecular Genetics Laboratory. As a mentor for graduate students, he enjoys providing young scientists with the opportunity to work in a rich environment that welcomes and promotes the normalization of deafness through rich social interactions with other deaf postdocs and faculty. Ultimately, Dr. Braun wishes to end the misconception that deaf people are less educable.

Assignment instructions:

Read the interview with Derek Braun to learn more about his personal background and path in science: https://www.rit.edu/ntid/healthcare/stories/dr-derek-braun ( You can download a PDF copy here: Derek Braun – RIT Success STories.pdf)
Watch his TED talk to learn more about his research: Tracing the roots of deafness to a gene that maybe prevented disease | Derek Braun | TEDxMidAtlantic
Read the research article about Dr. Braun’s work with deaf students in STEM courses: Derek Braun – Welcoming Deaf Students into STEM.pdf

After reviewing these resources answer the following questions. Please use those three resources.

Reflection questions and prompts:

How does Dr. Braun’s research relate to our discussions in the course so far? (I have attached the ppt files for course discussions) Be specific and link his work to at least one specific Learning Objective, and at least one general concept, that we have discussed so far, using in-text citations.
What was most interesting to you in reviewing these resources, and why?

What are three big takeaways that you got from reading Dr. Braun’s essay on deaf students in STEM fields?
What do these resources tell you about the people who do science and why they do it?
In what ways do you see yourself in Dr. Braun’s career pathway in science? If you don’t see yourself, what do you see as the major difference(s)?

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