First an employee, then a patient

In this episode of From Bench to Bedside and Beyond, John Scheleen describes the surreal feeling when his work at Fred Hutch overlaps with his treatment here
Video by Stefan Muehleis / Fred Hutch News Service

Fred Hutch turns 50!

Take a look back at half a century of leading-edge research and compassionate care.

John Scheleen joined Fred Hutch Cancer Center’s Office of Sponsored Research in 2006. Six years later, he found a “weird” mole that catapulted him beyond the world of grants and financial reports and into the world of patient care.

In this episode, Scheleen talks about what it’s like to live with melanoma and how his work closing out grants is even more meaningful when he occasionally recognizes the names of providers he’s encountered during treatment.  

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Tune in for more episodes of From Bench to Bedside and Beyond. And if you’re interested in being a guest, please reach out to brochman@fredhutch.org.

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Bonnie Rochman is a senior editor and writer at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. A former health and parenting writer for Time, she has written a popular science book about genetics, "The Gene Machine: How Genetic Technologies Are Changing the Way We Have Kids—and the Kids We Have." Reach her at brochman@fredhutch.org.

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