Hospital Functions & Beyond

Myles Bao, COL ’27, McLean, VA

This past summer I worked at Children’s National Hospital located in Washington, DC. One of the top pediatric hospitals in the nation I was fortunate enough to be exposed to a top level NICU, …

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Expanding Cancer Treatment Horizons at Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Aria Osborne, COL ’26, Fairfax, VA

When I initially received my job offer to work as a student researcher at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, I didn’t quite know what I was in for. I applied for the job seeing it …

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Healthcare Beyond the Horizon: Exploring Korea’s Healthcare System

Aaron Lee, COL ’27, Marlboro, NJ

I still remember anxiously checking my phone, waiting for my turn to receive care.

5:03 a.m.? How is that even possible?

What began as a health scare and ambulance trip to the Hospital of …

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Biochemistry Research in the Shorter Lab

Kenji Kaproth, SEAS ’25, Kensington, MD

In the summer of 2024, supported by a Penn Career Services Summer Funding Grant, I conducted on-campus research on ALS.

Before coming to Penn, I already knew that I wanted to contribute to research …

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No Place Like Home

Gavin Terrebonne, COL ’26, Galliano, LA

Going into the summer, I wanted to immerse myself in a medical setting without expectations to see if the field was truly for me. To accomplish this goal, I worked as a rehabilitation tech …

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My Summer in Advancing Public Health

Nathaniel Cronin, COL ’26, Akron, OH

This summer, I had the privilege of working at the Social Action Lab within the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania. The lab studies the impact of communication to understand …

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Summer with the International Childbirth Initiative: Supporting Global Maternal Care and Empowering the Japanese Team

Keisha Whitely, NUR ’27, Brooklyn, NY

Over the summer, I had the privilege of volunteering with the International Childbirth Initiative (ICI), where my primary focus was on implementing and supporting their 12-step framework for safe and respectful Mother-Baby-Family maternity care. …

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Adventures in Drug Discovery: A Cell Biology Summer

Kamara Holmes, COL ’25, Smyrna, GA

This summer, I was fortunate to continue the molecular biology phase of my independent research project under the guidance of Dr. Elizabeth Heller in the Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics here at …

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My Summer Experience in the Jurado Lab

Yennifer Barajas, COL ’27, Danbury, CT

Before my first year at Penn, I was not very familiar with what research truly was. I simply understood that researchers formed hypotheses and tested them. However, how they formed such complex hypotheses or …

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Exploring Genetic Influence in Alcoholism

Rokibat Bamidele, COL ’25, Philadelphia, PA

This summer, I had the privilege of continuing my research with the Kayser Lab on the genetics of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), building on the foundational work I began last year. The goal was …

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