"from illegal-immigrant California farmworker to Harvard Med."

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<p>This interview with Dr. Alfredo Qui</p>

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<p>I found his story inspiring, too, and I’d like to read his book. </p>

<p>I made the mistake of reading some of the comments below the article. Very depressing. Many comments to the effect that he took places in college and med school that should have gone to Americans, he only got to where he is because of affirmative action, etc. </p>

<p>He is operating at the very top of academic medicine. He is a physician-scientist with an active brain surgery practice and NIH funding to study glioblastoma. He has two grants, one an R01 - very difficult to get these days. The funding situation is extremely competitive. From the description of his research:</p>

<p>“Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and devastating primary malignant tumor. Our project aims to study the migration of GBM-derived Brain Tumor Stem Cells (BTSCs). BTSCs are thought to be responsible for maintaining the bulk of the tumor and to induce recurrence after surgical resection, nevertheless the molecular mechanisms that regulate their migration are not known. In this study, we propose to understand the role of pro-migratory signals in brain tumor invasion in order to increase the available targets to prevent brain tumor dispersal.”</p>

<p>Clearly, quite a success story, yet most of the newspaper commenters disparage him.</p>

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<p>^^^
Never underestimate the stupidity of some members of the American public.</p>

<p>I first saw this doctor on the tv documentary series Johns Hopkins. What an inspiring man.</p>

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<p>People who comment on newspaper articles on newspaper web sites appear to be have a high percentage of ■■■■■■ and just plain mean-spirited people and haters (of whatever).</p>

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<p>He was a legal resident before college, and an American citizen before med school.</p>

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<p>Yes, but a great many people would like to shut down the mechanisms by which that happened, and lots of them have been shut down. So a child in his circumstances today would have a much harder time following in his footsteps.</p>