Essays on science, the path, and industry

Posts on islet biology, metabolic disease, and the way research questions evolve will land here.

Consumer Claude vs. API Claude: a contract isn't a privacy policy

A privacy policy isn't a contract. If you're sharing pre-IPO data with biotech consultants, here's what to know about where it actually goes — and what to ask any consultant you work with.

Prediabetes is already too late

By the time prediabetes shows up on a lab report, the pancreatic islet has been failing for years. Fifteen years of research across three labs, on the way to that view.

Why I left medical school

I withdrew from UT Southwestern's MD program after completing the preclinical curriculum and clerkships. The impact I wanted to make lived somewhere else.