"My name is Milton Brown and I'm fortunate to be a lead research specialist here at Davis
Lab at Emory University.
I""m not really a scientist.
In this lab I serve as the lab manager in the cardiology department.
I play a major role in the experiments that are lined up for the students and the post
docs.
I'm originally from Jamaica, came here in 1982.
I lived in New York City for 20 years and recently moved here to Atlanta, GA.
In our lab there are almost everything you can imagine to do with science.
There are microscopes, there are biochemic.
In my job I don't really use, I don't apply math that much.
I place orders and watch the budget but that's where it stops.
We work with biomaterials here and if these particles prove to be working they could go
on to get into the clinical trials.
That will satisfy me.
It would make our lab be one of the pioneers.
That would be a good thing for us.
The people here are very friendly.
If it's someone's birthday, it's guaranteed that there's gonna be a cake.
Someone's bringing something in.
Come to think of it in the Christmas time we have our international potluck.
Our department has multinational people working in it.
Great camaraderie here in the lab.
I get great satisfaction in seeing our papers get published and knowing that I took a part
of making that possible.
And also take great pride in seeing these students graduate and move on with their PhD's.
And keep the seed alive and going.
I feel like I'm doing my part.
If anyone should be considering to become a part of the cardiology or science department,
take some time out like in the summer to spend some time in the lab, do volunteer work and
try to see how it fits for them.
This field could be challenging and it could be frustrating.
There's a joke within the industry that when somebody's frustrated and they're like ""oh,
I gotta do this again"".
It's like, ""listen, it's called research, okay?"" So we have to go back and research.
That's part of the everyday world that you will expect.
It's very challenging.
You gotta be determined and you have to stick it out.
Since I've been working in the lab my grandmother died of a heart attack.
She went to check on her investments and found out they weren't where she expected them to
be and she had a heart attack right on the spot.
So coming to the lab and doing this kind of work, I really feel like I'm helping society
out somehow."