adaptation of the metaphor of the iceberg illusion (first conceived by Sylvia Duckworth).
shadow CV
"Our CVs present a distorted view of our career trajectories. This (periodically updated) page is my attempt at normalizing failures, struggles, and mistakes in science and academia. There's probably a million caveats to this, but one important one I'd like to emphasize is that these are professional struggles and failures. They do not include the many societal injustices that academics of marginalized intersectional identities face while still having to do their job. "
------- ubadah sabbagh, phd
Undergraduate Summer Research Programs
Summer REU or SURF programs applied to. rejected by all programs (or never heard back). No interviews
Louisiana Biomedical Research Network (2017)
Summer Materials Research @ Tulane (2017)
Hopkins Diversity Pipeline Program Summer Internship (2017)
Louisiana Biomedical Research Network (2018)
University of Virginia Summer Research Internship Program (SRIP) (2018)
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) (2018)
St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital (2018)
Grants & other things
UAB Center for Clinical and Translation Science T32 ( 2025)
Research Amer!ca Civic Engagement Microgrant Program (2024)
SfN NSP Fellow (2023)
PhD Programs
Graduate schools I applied to. Rejected by (or never heard back). Only one invited me for interview / acceptance
Vanderbilt Univerisity
Duke University
Baylor University
Virginia Tech
Emory
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Johns Hopkins University
Oregon Health & Science University
University of Florida
Florida University