About This Site and Me
Overview of this Tutorial:
In this tutorial, I give a concise overview on cancer and cancer prevention. More importantly, I compiled high-quality resources that focus on caregivers and patients, addressing the psychological and financial aspects of cancer.
Rationale for this Tutorial:
I want to make resources available in one place so that people don't have to spend days searching for reliable, insightful information and resources about cancer. When researching cancer on the web, I found that one jewel of high-quality, practical information is covered by a pile of low-quality, low-value information. For example, it took me 15 hours of web research for me to get to the AACR (American Association for Cancer Research) source. It took me another 15 hours to fully explore the aspects of the site relevant to this project and incorporate the pertinent information. It took another 24 hours to fully explore other relevant, reliable resources and incorporate the associated content. And, that's with my expertise in biology and the courses at U of M I took. I don't want other people to have to spend so much time to find the relevant, high-quality resources related to cancer. I want cancer caregivers and patients to be able to access the resources easily. So, I decided to put the effort upfront to compile these resources in this website and incorporate the relevant content.
In this tutorial, I give a concise overview on cancer and cancer prevention. More importantly, I compiled high-quality resources that focus on caregivers and patients, addressing the psychological and financial aspects of cancer.
Rationale for this Tutorial:
I want to make resources available in one place so that people don't have to spend days searching for reliable, insightful information and resources about cancer. When researching cancer on the web, I found that one jewel of high-quality, practical information is covered by a pile of low-quality, low-value information. For example, it took me 15 hours of web research for me to get to the AACR (American Association for Cancer Research) source. It took me another 15 hours to fully explore the aspects of the site relevant to this project and incorporate the pertinent information. It took another 24 hours to fully explore other relevant, reliable resources and incorporate the associated content. And, that's with my expertise in biology and the courses at U of M I took. I don't want other people to have to spend so much time to find the relevant, high-quality resources related to cancer. I want cancer caregivers and patients to be able to access the resources easily. So, I decided to put the effort upfront to compile these resources in this website and incorporate the relevant content.
About Me:
I'm Sai Chengalvala, a recent graduate of the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor with a Bachelor of Science in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) and Computer Science. I did an internship via 1cademy where I'm focusing on spreading awareness about cancer and other chronic diseases. Under the guidance of Professor Thomas Wang, I researched peptides for molecular imaging in gastric cancer. With Professor Hongwei Chen, I did research on tumor-derived exosomes (which are small vesicles that cancer cells secrete to manipulate their neighboring microenvironment) and the prevention of metastasis formation, leading to the publication of my first co-authored article, cited by 26 people so far: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsb.2021.04.012. |
Major Contributors:
University of Michigan Professor Jade Marks helped substantially with the revision process of this website. She provided the necessary structure for me to stay focused on finishing this site as well as insightful suggestions to improving the readability and clarity of this website. She is the Science Communications Manager of the Museum of Natural History at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.
Also, thanks to the University of Michigan Peer Writing Center. It helped me in the editing process.
University of Michigan Professor Jade Marks helped substantially with the revision process of this website. She provided the necessary structure for me to stay focused on finishing this site as well as insightful suggestions to improving the readability and clarity of this website. She is the Science Communications Manager of the Museum of Natural History at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.
Also, thanks to the University of Michigan Peer Writing Center. It helped me in the editing process.