April
April Hours: 5.5, Total Hours: 12.5 This month was a very light month as we were pretty much done with our medical pharmacology class with the exception of the NBME shelf exam. Preparing for the NBME Shelf Exam, however took some time and the exam was fairly difficult. The final exam was eventually curved due to the class average. The only lectures we had remaining were for the Cell Control class in which we went over pharmacogenetics as well as the role of Oxygen in the cell. We also had our endocrine pharmacology presentation this month in which we went over how personality relates to stress responsivity. In the Cell Control class, we went over stroke treatments, risk factors, ischemic conditionings, etc,.. We also went over mitochondrial respiration as well as the importance of reactive oxygen species and mitochondrial ion channels. For volunteering this month I did a shift at the Second Harvest Food Bank, specifically at the Broadmoor Food Pantry, in which I sorted and packed foo