Anna Greka

And so, you know, we're encouraged by that and we hope that, you know, the program can continue.

And of course, as president, I'm going to be fundraising for that as well.

It's part of the role, but it is a really worthy cause because to your point, we have to somehow make sure that our younger colleagues stay the course, you know, that we can at least maintain, if not bolster our numbers within the work, the scientific workforce.

Yeah.

Not really.

I mean, I did rehearse once on stage before I actually delivered the talk live.

And I was very encouraged by the fact that, you know, the TED folks who are, of course, very well calibrated said, just like that.

You know, it's great.

Just like that.

So I just wanted to... Well, I think that it's interesting.

Actually, I would say, if I may, that I credit... Of course, you know, I actually think that it's important...

For us physician scientists, again, science and research is a public good.

And being able to communicate to the public what it is that we do, I think, is kind of an obligation for the fact that we are funded by the public to do this kind of work.

And so I think that's important.

And I always wanted to cultivate those communication skills for the benefit of communicating simply and clearly what it is that we do in our labs.

But also, I would say, as part of my story, I mentioned that I

I had the opportunity to attend a special school growing up in Greece, Anatolia, which was an American school.

One of the interesting things about that is that there was an oratory competition.

And I got very early exposure entering that competition.

And if you won the first prize, it was in the...