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Cynthia Tang
(MD Year 3)
Undergrad
Major: Chemistry
School: College of Idaho
Research Interests
Bioinformatics
Unique Perspective
Gap years: 1 year post-baccalaureate research fellowship in basic science, 2 years of work as a clinical research coordinator. |
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Kelly Carey-Ewend
(PhD Year 3)
Undergrad
Major: Biology
School: Brown University
Research Interests
Infectious disease, epidemiology, genomics
Unique Perspective
Being LGBTQ+ in medicine |
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Anna Kim
(PhD Year 3)
Undergrad
Major: Biology
School: Boston College
Research Interests
Cell biology, neuroscience, stem cell biology, genetics
Unique Perspective
First gen immigrant; first gen college, med, grad school; 3 gap years; decided medicine post-grad
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Monica Lyons
(PhD Year 2)
Undergrad
Major: Biology,
Cognitive & Brain Sciences
School: Tufts University
Research Interests
Neuroscience and brain imaging
Unique Perspective
Non-traditional PhD program (Psychology)
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Matthew Sutcliffe
(PhD Year 2)
Undergrad
Major: Biomedical Engineering
School: University of Virginia
Research Interests
Cancer, bioinformatics, statistics
Unique Perspective
Decided late on a career in medicine, took 4 gap years |
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Paige Takasugi
(PhD Year 2)
Undergrad
Major: Biology with a Cell and Molecular Emphasis
School: University of Utah
Research Interests
Cell fate decisions, Stem Cell Bio/Developmental Bio, Cardiovascular Biology
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Rachelle Ambroise
(PhD Year 1)
Undergrad
Major: Chemical & Physical Biology
School: Harvard College
Research Interests
Cell Reprogramming, Multi-omics, Bioinformatics |
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Victor Madormo
(PhD Year 1)
Undergrad
Major: Biomedical Engineering
School: University of South Carolina
Research Interests
Neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation
Unique Perspective
Did a gap year teaching and doing research; working during undergrad
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YJ Choi
(MS 2)
Undergrad
Major: Chemistry
School: Princeton University
Research Interests
Biochemistry, structural biology, pathology
Unique Perspective
First gen immigrant, contemplating PhD-only path, low-income background / navigating FAP |
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Jimmy Tabet
(MS 2)
Undergrad
Major: Civil engineering, Economics
School: North Carolina State University
Research Interests
Health AI/computational approaches in medicine
Unique Perspective
Multiple gap years, engineering background, Arab American
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Tiger Zhang
(MS 2)
Undergrad
Major: Chemistry and Math
School: Yale University
Research Interests
Immunology, structural biology, drug discovery
Unique Perspective
LGBTQ+ in medicine, working in industry
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Brian Khov
(MS 1)
Undergrad
Major: Molecular and Cell Biology
School:University of California San Diego
Research Interests
Diabetes, obesity, nutrition, cancer biology
Unique Perspective
First generation college student, low income, URM |
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Adrian Othon
(MS 1)
Undergrad
School: Florida State University (FSU)
Research Interests
Nutrition and its effects of gene expression in autoimmunity
Unique Perspective
Hispanic (Cuban), 2 gap years
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Updated 03/10/2024
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