Personal Reflection On Human Physiology

Whether it was soccer, wrestling, or American football, sports and injury have come hand in hand throughout my sporting career. In high school, wanting to know what ligaments, bones, and muscles were being treated, I joined the student medical training program at my high school, and quickly got involved as an athletic trainer. As a student athletic trainer, I had the opportunity to assist in injury rehabilitation routines such as ice/heat contrast therapy and band exercises, conduct preventative taping for athletes, and act as a first-aider at sporting events.

Through my BSc in Biology at Royal Holloway, I learned more about the wide range of subjects within biology and gained in-depth knowledge about the human body and its microcellular interactions through subjects such as "Essential Human Physiology in Health and Disease" and "Molecular and Medical Microbiology". Outside of class, I contributed to the university bioscience newspaper by writing about topics such as the "Effect of Microgravity on Human Physiology" or the "Effect of

The dissertation evaluated how curcumin's effect on the BDNF-ERK signaling pathway, Beta-Amyloid plaques, tau proteins, and its range of secondary effects work to prevent the onset of AD. Unfortunately, however, the difficulties associated with curcumin's delivery method have prevented researchers from observing the full effect of the compound against AD in clinical trials so far. The dissertation's primary method of research involved analyzing scientific papers, collating the data from multiple sources, forming a comprehensive review, and making suggestions for further research. The dissertation allowed me to pursue a topic that I wanted to learn more about and allowed me to better understand the complicated ways in which supplements impact human