After the game was over, Chudler gave a short talk encouraging the students to pursue careers in neuroscience, neural engineering and STEM fields, advising the group to let their own interests be their guide
when choosing a field of study and possible career.
Ford, an associate professor in the Department
of Anatomy and Neurobiology and an investigator at the Neuroscience Institute at the Morehouse School
of Medicine (MSM) in Atlanta, Georgia, says that
when he came to the historically black MSM four years ago he
chose stroke research as the area he wanted to concentrate on for two reasons: The medical school recognized the racial and regional disparities
of the disease and placed stroke high on its list
of illnesses to
study, and the
field combines the several prongs
of his varied academic training and interests.