{"id":5401,"date":"2021-07-01T09:19:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T08:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.st-andrews.ac.uk\/medicine\/?p=5401"},"modified":"2021-07-01T09:19:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T08:19:25","slug":"new-st-andrews-graduate-hopes-to-continue-learning-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/news\/new-st-andrews-graduate-hopes-to-continue-learning-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"New St. Andrews graduate hopes to continue learning journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another graduate from St. Andrews School of Medicine is set to virtually \u201ccross the stage\u201d this Friday. \u00a0Quenton Hurst, is the newest graduate with a master\u2019s in molecular medicine. Following a year navigating the dynamics of online learning in the time of COVID-19, he is ready to take the next steps post-graduation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Beginning his journey at St. Andrews in 2019, Quenton embarked on a master\u2019s in molecular medicine researching cardiomyocyte proarrhythmicity in acute hyperglycaemic conditions. Originally from Rockport, Massachusetts, his decision to come to Scotland was made after receiving the St. Andrews\u2019s Society of the State of New York Scholarship to study for a year at a Scottish university of his choice. Choosing St. Andrews was made easy due to the quality of teaching and access to cutting edge research in cardiac studies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Currently, you can find Quenton in what is termed the \u201cbat cave\u201d in the Pitt lab doing research on potential anti-viral inhibitors to fight COVID-19 \u2013 an 18-month project that is being funded through the UKRI BBSRC. Quenton hopes to first pursue a PhD here in St. Andrews and then bring his knowledge back to the U.S. where he hopes to pursue a medical degree to eventually become a practicing clinician in the area of cardiac electrophysiology.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When asked what he\u2019ll miss most about St. Andrews, Quenton noted the community feeling of St. Andrews and the collaborative nature he felt from fellow classmates, colleagues, and lecturers. Quenton also mused on the stunning backdrop of St. Andrews, poignantly reflecting on how he was working on cutting edge research amidst historic landscapes \u2013 giving him the best of both the new and old world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5402\" style=\"width: 146px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5402\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2021\/07\/Quenton-Hurst-146x300.jpg\" alt=\"Quenton Hurst\" width=\"146\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quenton Hurst<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another graduate from St. Andrews School of Medicine is set to virtually \u201ccross the stage\u201d this Friday. \u00a0Quenton Hurst, is the newest graduate with a master\u2019s in molecular medicine. Following a year navigating the dynamics of online learning in the time of COVID-19, he is ready to take the next steps post-graduation. &nbsp; Beginning his&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,1],"tags":[182,391,945],"class_list":["post-5401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cmed","category-news","category-uncategorised","tag-cardiomyocyte-proarrhythmicity","tag-dr-sam-pitt","tag-quenton-hurst"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-31 10:19:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}