How did you get interested in your area of research?

Gary Grunewald, professor of medicinal chemistry

“When I was a sophomore, I was asked by my faculty adviser to work in his laboratory for a summer. I accepted and fell in love with the chemistry related to how drugs work in the body, particularly drugs that work in the brain, and have continued doing that research ever since. It is still just as much fun as it was a few decades ago.”

Carolyn Roy, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development coordinator

“I like learning languages myself, and I became interested in how children learn language in the first place. From there I wanted to begin a broader study of child development. I wanted to consider it in a broader sense.”

Steven Warren, Bureau of Child Research director

“I became interested in young children with communication and learning problems when, at age 19, I spent a summer living and working at a summer camp for them. I connected with them like all kids. But I also saw what a profound role communication and language problems played in their lives.”

Gunda Georg, distinguished professor of medicinal chemistry

“I really like the natural sciences: chemistry, physics, biology. And when you think about all these different topics, pharmacy would be a good field because it combines all these various disciplines in the sciences. I was also interested in medicine, but I didn’t want to be a medical doctor because I was more interested in research. Pharmacy seemed to be more suited to my talents and interests.”