Ivan Pham

Ivan Pham

Ivan is a senior undergraduate biomedical engineering major at Georgia Tech. Outside of schoolwork he has interests in cars, eating, kayaking, and traveling. He is also passionate about economics, international affairs, and public health. His short term plan is to attend graduate school and work in medical device R&D.

Bizzare Medical Treatments: Bayer Heroin

Bayer AG, a multibillion dollar, German pharmaceutical company is regarded as one of the leaders in its sector, producing mild painkillers such as Bayer Aspirin and Aleve, the vitamin C supplements Redoxon and Berocca, and many other well known drugs.…

Body snatchers: grave robbing for medicine

NOTE: This post is not related in any way to the 1956 sci-fi film that depicts an extraterrestrial invasion where the invaders “steal” human bodies. This is NOT a review of the Invasion of the Body Snatchers (though I do…