I have lots of things I do at NIH and everywhere else and I was always too busy to do anything substantial for endometriosis. I read this article and I then immediately e-mailed my lab and said, okay, so I do not watch TV. I said who is Padma Lakshmi and people wrote me back instantly. I said we have her up here to help launch this center and there is like oh my god! You are going to have Padma Lakshmi come to MIT. There was this amazing response from students and I was actually kind of nervous. I have never had a celebrity and Padma came and she was incredibly down to earth...
