This year, the Department of Immunology launched its inaugural mentorship program, which pairs senior graduate students with incoming students. The goal of the program is to have the assigned mentor act as the go-to person for first-year students, ultimately helping them navigate the new program, school, or even country. This initiative is a great start to fostering more mentorship opportunities within the Department, with room for future improvement and growth. As such, I conducted a…

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It is 7 o’clock in the evening. 45-year-old Jane Doe is rushed to the ER with a fever, rapid heart rate, shallow rapid breathing, low blood pressure and nausea. She receives saline to improve blood pressure, but improvements are minimal. Laboratory tests return negative for infection and liver and kidney injury. Jane is treated with multiple vasopressors to raise blood pressure and an antagonist for human interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor. She is diagnosed with severe Cytokine…

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