EP10 - Dr. Sarina Isenberg on her career change from English Lit to Johns Hopkins Palliative Care

Welcome! This week we welcome Dr. Sarina Isenberg, a recent recipient of the New Investigator award for Research Excellence at the University of Toronto, and current Chair in Mixed Methods Palliative Care Research at Bruyere Research Institute in Ottawa. Dr. Isenberg holds a PhD from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and tells us how an interview with Oxford University was what prompted her to reevaluate her career interests after having done both an undergrad and Master’s degree in English Literature. She tells us about how her hobbies outside of school influenced her career interests, how her focus on HIV and marginalized populations slowly transformed into a passion for palliative care, and her main advice for all postgraduate students. Enjoy!