Mr. Murdoch hopes to make his mark in three main areas. The first is
mentorship. He attributes his own achievement to the mentors who have
guided him and hopes to give the same back.
“Science is a human endeavour,” he says. “Science needs people to motivate and get others really excited about it.”
Mr.
Murdoch’s second area of interest is in being a clinician, so he can
“take science and see it work at the bedside.” And thirdly, he hopes
that research will continue to be a major focus throughout his career.
“I
want to take a clinical question—one that comes from directly seeing a
patient—into the lab and find a pragmatic solution that I can use to
help the patient, be it better diagnosis, treatment, or overall patient
care.”And he hopes to do it in Alberta.
“I think Alberta is in
an amazing position right now. We’ve reached critical mass with a lot
of great people working here and strong funding,” he says. “I’m excited
about the potential of Alberta.”