My Field Of Study

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   My field is pre-Physiology (essentially pre-med).
   
   
   
   
   1.What do students in your program learn how to do?
   Students in my field are learning the fundamentals of how to become medical professionals. Whether in molecular cellular engineering, at medical school, in science based research labs, or across the globe working in third world countries, the Physiology department strives to prepare us for our future medical careers as best as possible. We learn the anatomy and physiology of a human body, the functions and purposes of systems within the body, and potentially new studies utilized to cure diseases, or provide healthcare to those in need.
2. What do people who get degrees in this field usually go on to do for work?
   Most people go to medical school and become a type of doctor. Personally, I want to go into international medicine and bring medical attention to third world countries that lack the funds or abilities to obtain quality health services.
3. What drew you to this field?
   I have traveled abroad and seen the attention that small villages, and countries plagued with poverty need. I want to be able to offer my support in the best way possible and ultimately increase the villagers' quality of life.
4. Who are the leaders/most exciting people involved in your field right now? Why? These could be individual people or specific companies, organizations, businesses or non-profits.
   Dr. Kiki Sanford, Story Musgrave, and medical schools like Johns-Hopkins, Washington University (in MO), and Stanford Medical school are striving to create cutting-edge, innovative technologies and studies in the filed of physiology.
5. What are the leading academic/scholarly journals in your field? Where are they published? Give us the names and locations of at least 3. (HINT: If you have no idea what the answer to this question is, try Googling “What are the top journals in [insert field of study]?” and peruse the results). Make the titles of each journal into a working hyperlink to the website for that publication. (NOTE: if your links aren’t included or don’t work or if the page it directs us to is blocked from public view, I will not be able to assign you full credit for this exercise).
   Physiological Review (, Annual Review of Plant Biology, and Cell Metabolism. All of these journals are published in the United States.
   http://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php?category=1314