Happy Halloween Y'all

It's Halloween! Kids are running around and screaming "Trick-orTreat"! It's a fun time for everybody. This year, I spent my Halloween with my family and my new nephew. We handed out candy to all of the kids in the neighborhood.


I spent a lot of my free time this month volunteering with a few different organization, including Bridge Hospice, bingo at the Southern Yacht Club, and the United Negro College Fund walk for education. During my high school career at Brother Martin I participated in Track and Cross Country so I felt the most connected with the walk for education. For this event in Audubon Park, I got there early in the morning to help set up the tents and stages. I also helped hand out water and glucose to runners that participated in the event. At the end, I got to the call out the names of the top 3 finishers for both men and women. Finally, we packed everything up and the walk for education was over before I knew it.

A big shout out to Dillard and Xavier University who by far had the most people participating in the event. I am looking forward to all the other opportunities I will receive while I am earning my masters degree from Tulane. This Saturday I will be in Baton Rouge cheering on the Tigers as they play the #1 ranked team, University of Alabama. Stay tuned and Geaux Tigers!

A Day In The Life Of A Student

Nobody said it was going to be easy. Since undergrad at LSU it has been a constant grind of studying, working, and volunteering. Now that September is coming to an end I get to reflect on my first month of graduate school at Tulane University. The program I am currently enrolled in is a Masters of Science in Pharmacology. Going into this program I only knew 1 out of the 33 people enrolled in the class. Over the past month, I have made 32 new friends, learned an exorbitant amount of new information relating to the medical field, and have listened to some of the brightest people speak on their current research they are doing in their lab in hopes to modify and progress the future of Pharmacology. Some of the interesting topics I have studied in this program include: pharmacokinetics, eicosanoids, corticosteroids, drug disposition, and my personal favorite, cytochrome P450. All of these amazing things have happened in the classroom setting at Tulane’s School of Medicine in downtown New Orleans. With the block 1 exam under my belt and still so much information to learn, I am looking forward to see what other incredible things I experience in this program.

Getting to know me:

-September 30, 2018 

My name is Michael Saacks and here is a little about me:

I was born and raised in Nola, the best city ever 

My almae matres  are Brother Martin High School and LSU 

Currently pursuing my MS in Pharmacology at Tulane 

Tegan (left) is my 4 year old Catahoula who truly lives up to the saying "Mans best friend" 

My goal in life is to provide medical care to the people of New Orleans 

I love rooting for the Saints and the LSU Tigers on game day