Resilience is often celebrated in science. Credit: Matjaz Corel/Alamy In a career in which rejection is commonplace, it is easy to see how resilience is an asset and often celebrated. But after I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease as a third-year graduate student, I developed a more nuanced understanding of the concept. In secondary school, I experienced many academic setbacks because of frequent hospitalizations for seemingly disparate health issues. In 2008, when ...