Life As an Early Career Researcher: Interview With Kavita Beri

Abstract

Kavita Beri speaks to Francesca Lake, Managing Editor. Kavita Beri is a board certified Internal Medicine physician in the United States, and is an active member of the American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery. She is the medical director and owner of BE Skin & Laser Med Spa, an aesthetic medicine practice in NJ, USA. She holds a position as a Visiting Scientist at the Department of Biomaterials and Center for Dermal Research at Rutgers University (NJ, USA) and is an active staff member in the Department of Medicine at Jersey Shore University Medical Center (NJ, USA). She holds two research patents and has presented her research at international regenerative medicine conferences. She is a frequent contributor to biomedical literature, with particular research interests in tissue engineering with stem cells combined with lasers, including cancer stem cells, and medicinal properties of plant stem cells in wound healing and skin regeneration. She is an avid practitioner of Yoga and holds a strong interest in how Yogic and Vedic philosophy may guide scientific intuition and discovery.

Keywords::

• career
• interview
• Physician scientist
• regenerative medicine
• Researcher
• stem cells, research

Financial & competing interests disclosure

K Beri has no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties.

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.

Disclaimer

The opinions expressed in this interview are those of the interviewee and do not necessarily reflect the views of Future Science Ltd.

Note from the Editor

This interview is part of a series focusing on early career researchers and our Young Ambassador panel. You can read more at www.tandfonline.com/page/journal/fso/ambassadors.