Rochelle Walensky, MD, is an infectious disease physician at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and a research specialist on AIDS and HIV infection here and in SOuth Africa. She also is raising three boys (12, 14 and 16) with her husband. She talks with us about

- What helped her take a higher risk choice despite a lot of uncertainty;

- How to create the conditions where you are putting your children first but without sacrificing your colleagues or your career; and

- Why her mentees come before some of her own demands.