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A Chinese-American expat in London and a PhD holder in epidemiology, Hsien Lei spends most of her time playing slave to her four-year-old son and husband. But that's not it. Hsien Lei is a writer of four blogs and today's H.O.W. feature brings you the story of a health expert turned professional blogger... enjoy! Although Doris's feature is called Home Office Women, I can't really say I have a proper office contained within a room complete with office furniture and ergonomic chairs. Most of the time, I work at my dining table and other times, I lug my laptop over to the living room, the guest room, the bedroom, or even the bathroom when my son is taking his bath. Everywhere and anywhere is legitimate workspace. It is a true reflection of how flexible my work life has become. Years ago, I had a proper cubicle at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health where I earned my PhD in epidemiology, the study of the distribution and causes of diseases in the population. I also had a very nice desk in a spanking new lab at the University of Maryland where I conducted lab work for my doctoral dissertation. It was a very stimulating environment complete with wonderful coworkers and mentors. Once I graduated, I joined my husband in Asia where his company had stationed him. Every few years, we've moved to a different country - Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, and now the UK. Having a migratory lifestyle is fun to an extent since I do get bored after too many years in one spot. But, it's absolutely no good for a career in science. So, around the time we decided to start a family, I left academia for a life of independent consulting. At first, I continued to provide consulting in epidemiology but I also found a job editing for a science publishing company. I'd always been interested in writing but now I could see that I had the skills to help people clarify their thoughts on paper. A little while after I made the decision to leave research, I had a baby and a mother who I met online encouraged me to start a blog. In November 2003, I started my personal blog at LiveJournal, which is now at Cottontimer.com. I think many people begin blogs because they want to chronicle significant life events, such as marriage, a new baby, etc. I was no different. At the start, I was simply chronicling our days, but I soon found blogging to be a great outlet for organizing my thoughts and cementing my opinions (and I am no lacking in opinions!). My personal blog is now less about daily events than about ideas. It's sort of like the difference between a memoir and a biography; the first is selective memory and the latter is more based on chronological facts. In April 2005, Shai Coggins asked me to join About Weblogs and I started my first professional blogs there - GeneticsAndHealth.com and PlayLibrary.com. It was a great opportunity for me to practice my writing and thinking skills. It had been a while since I'd kept on top of the latest developments in science and I missed the interaction with people who were interested in the same things. Blogging is a great way to network and learn from others. After About Weblogs merged with b5media, I became editor of the Science and Health Channel as well as the Family and Relationships Channel. I also started a cardiovascular disease blog, AHeartyLife.com, under the b5media umbrella in March 2006. I can't believe how lucky I am to have found a job doing something so entertaining and with so many great people! And, it's easy to fit my responsibilities around the needs of my four-year-old who is now in full-time school from 8:50 to 3:15 each day. The biggest challenge with working online is probably the lack of face-to-face contact. Emails and IM's cannot replace voice calls or in-person meetings. I've started to learn that if anything serious is to get done, it's better to get on the phone (or Skype) because nuances are completely lost via email and miscommunication abounds. I'm sorry, but emoticons can't replace subtle facial and body cues! It can be difficult explaining to people what it is I do on a daily basis. They see that I'm busy but busy goofing around online! From the start, I have believed that I am doing something important and helping to make the world a better and more enjoyable place. For anyone looking to make a drastic, unconventional career change, it's vitally important to believe in yourself and your vision. Don't let outside expectations deter you or wear you down. Of course, I've also been lucky to have a very supportive spouse. Without him, I wouldn't have been able to try working for a small start-up. I can't say what it would have been like had I stayed in the U.S., lived near my family, never moved at all, and so on and so forth. Life is unpredictable and you just gotta go with the flow and have no regrets. My journey to working at home hasn't been without some angst. I spent so many years training to do one thing and now I'm doing something almost entirely different. But for me, I have an even better outlet to share my love of science. No one could have predicted that the Internet would play such a major role in so many of our lives and I'm grateful to be a part of it.

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