title: Life as an early career researcher: interview with Kavita Beri.
abstract: Kavita Beri speaks to Francesca Lake, Managing Editor.Kavita Beri is a board certified Internal Medicine physician in the United States, and is an active member of the American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery. She is the medical director and owner of BE Skin & Laser Med Spa, an aesthetic medicine practice in NJ, USA. She holds a position as a Visiting Scientist at the Department of Biomaterials and Center for Dermal Research at Rutgers University (NJ, USA) and is an active staff member in the Department of Medicine at Jersey Shore University Medical Center (NJ, USA). She holds two research patents and has presented her research at international regenerative medicine conferences. She is a frequent contributor to biomedical literature, with particular research interests in tissue engineering with stem cells combined with lasers, including cancer stem cells, and medicinal properties of plant stem cells in wound healing and skin regeneration. She is an avid practitioner of Yoga and holds a strong interest in how Yogic and Vedic philosophy may guide scientific intuition and discovery.
authors.affiliation: BE Skin & Laser Medspa, Ocean, NJ 07712, USA; Center for Dermal Research; Department of Biomaterials, Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey, 795 Bevier Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Department of Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, 1945 art 33 Neptune, NJ 07753, USA; BE Skin & Laser Medspa, Ocean, NJ 07712, USA; Center for Dermal Research; Department of Biomaterials, Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey, 795 Bevier Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Department of Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, 1945 art 33 Neptune, NJ 07753, USA.
authors.forename: Kavita
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Beri
keywords: Physician scientist; Researcher; career; interview; regenerative medicine; stem cells, research