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The blog is my personal opinion, it does not represent VCU. Information here also does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your medical provider before making any changes to your diet or prescribed medicine.

Music to My Ears

Yesterday, I took my kids to their piano lesson at Melody Magic Studios . The teachers there are not just educators—they’re musicians in...

Gamze Bulut

Apr 11, 20252 min read

What Part of a Veggie Pizza Should You Actually Eat?

Pizza is everywhere in the U.S.—and not just on dinner tables. It’s in school cafeterias, office parties, airport terminals, and birthday...

Gamze Bulut

Apr 10, 20252 min read

Step Back to Step Forward

It is pouring today in RVA. My son was asking "Mommy, why does it rain?" I told him the clouds have so much to carry and they have to...

Gamze Bulut

Apr 7, 20252 min read

🧪 Bias, Confounders, and Clinical Trial Design: A Hidden Side of Evidence

Clinical trials are often called the gold standard in medical research — and for good reason. They’re designed to test whether a...

Gamze Bulut

Apr 5, 20253 min read

Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis - Study Notes

Have you ever wondered how survival probabilities are calculated? Well, even if you haven’t, here are my study notes to spark your...

Gamze Bulut

Apr 1, 20252 min read

Clinical Trials 101: Understanding Phases 1, 2, and 3

Every treatment we use today—from common painkillers to cancer therapies—has gone through a rigorous process called clinical trials....

Gamze Bulut

Mar 31, 20252 min read

Understanding Poisson Distribution and Modeling in R

This week in my 602 course I learned about the Poisson distribution. The Poisson distribution is a fundamental tool in statistics for...

Gamze Bulut

Mar 27, 20252 min read

Pregnancy & Healthy Eating

👶🥗 Pregnancy & Healthy Eating — We’ve Got Work To Do A new NIH study reveals a surprising truth: most people in the U.S. don’t follow...

Gamze Bulut

Mar 25, 20251 min read

Healthy Aging

🧠🥦 Want to age well? Your midlife diet really matters -- big time. A new long-term study in Nature Medicine followed 100,000+ people...

Gamze Bulut

Mar 25, 20252 min read

Crusty Bread and Joint Pain: Is There a Connection?

Do you suffer from joint pain? Do you love crusty, crispy breads, toasted breads, and chips? These could be linked! In Turkey, bread is a...

Gamze Bulut

Mar 20, 20252 min read

Navigating Change: A Personal Reflection

What Does It Mean to Change? I was born naked, like all of you. I went to school as normal. 🙂 When I started college, I began wearing a...

Gamze Bulut

Mar 19, 20253 min read

Experiments and Sanity

Sometimes our experiments get very complicated and there are some tricks that can help prepare better. Today I want to share with you...

Gamze Bulut

Mar 18, 20251 min read

Can We Prevent Cancer? 🛡️🧬

In my last post, we talked about what happens when a cell becomes a cancer cell. Today, let’s talk about environmental and preventable...

Gamze Bulut

Mar 18, 20252 min read

🍖 The Hidden Danger of AGEs in Food

We often talk about ultra-processed foods, but how they’re cooked matters too! 🍗🔥 When foods undergo high heat processing—like frying,...

Gamze Bulut

Mar 18, 20251 min read

🥐 Ultra-Processed Foods – How Much Are We Really Eating?

Did you know? A recent NIH study found that ultra-processed foods (UPFs) make up 70% of the American diet! 🍔🥤 🔬 This study, led by Dr....

Gamze Bulut

Mar 18, 20251 min read

What Happens When a Cell Becomes a Cancer Cell? 🧬🔬

You may recall my recent post where I talked about “What a Cell Does in a Day?” 🕰️Today, let’s talk about cancer cells. At their core,...

Gamze Bulut

Mar 18, 20252 min read

🧬 What Do Your Cells Do in a Day?

Ever wonder what your cells are up to? 🤔 The first lecture in Molecular Cell Biology always starts with just how small cells are. A...

Gamze Bulut

Mar 18, 20252 min read

Hitch hiking Through the Subconscious: A Journey with t-SNE and Logistic Regression

Yesterday in My Dream… I told the driver of a car that I hitchhiked that I was doing a PhD in Computer Science. (What kind of...

Gamze Bulut

Mar 18, 20252 min read

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Music to My Ears

What Part of a Veggie Pizza Should You Actually Eat?

Step Back to Step Forward

🧪 Bias, Confounders, and Clinical Trial Design: A Hidden Side of Evidence

Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis - Study Notes

Clinical Trials 101: Understanding Phases 1, 2, and 3

Understanding Poisson Distribution and Modeling in R

Pregnancy & Healthy Eating

Healthy Aging

Crusty Bread and Joint Pain: Is There a Connection?

Navigating Change: A Personal Reflection

Experiments and Sanity

Can We Prevent Cancer? 🛡️🧬

🍖 The Hidden Danger of AGEs in Food

🥐 Ultra-Processed Foods – How Much Are We Really Eating?

What Happens When a Cell Becomes a Cancer Cell? 🧬🔬

🧬 What Do Your Cells Do in a Day?

Hitch hiking Through the Subconscious: A Journey with t-SNE and Logistic Regression