Paulina Bargallo, SEAS ’25, Mexico City, Mexico
As someone who has asked many questions since very early in life, research has been a path I have been shown to follow. After joining UPENN, I decided to first adapt to the …
Jong-Eun Park, COL ’25, Johns Creek, GA
I interned under Dr. Yasmin Hurd at the Addiction Institute of Mount Sinai. She has a research team in both pre-clinical and clinical research of addiction, and I was assigned to the clinical …
Zoe Vaz, COL ’25, Hartford, Connecticut
This summer funding played a crucial role in helping me have an amazing experience at the Mullins Lab. It provided me with the essential support I needed to not only afford rent and food …
Zina Ahn, COL ’24, Gainesville, FL
This summer, I continued working with Dr. Tamara Cadet in the Penn School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2). Her work lies directly at the intersection between social justice and healthcare, mostly centered around …
Chaitanya Karimanasseri, SEAS ’24, Princeton, NJ
I’m extremely grateful to the 2023 Career Services Summer Funding Grant for having enabled me to continue doing research this Summer 2023 in the laboratory of Dr. Pavan Atluri, MD, a cardiac surgeon-scientist at …
Mahdi Bouchekouk, COL ’24, East Stroudsburg, PA
This summer in New York, I returned to the Stewart Lab at the Icahn School of Medicine where I worked last year. Although this was my second time working at the lab, my …
Shristi Mapchan, COL ’25, Lilburn, GA
This summer, I had the privilege of continuing my work in transplant nephrology research at The Reese Lab at Penn Medicine. I have been fortunate enough to be a part of this team for …
David Alvarez-Sanchez, NUR ’24, Lawrenceville, GA
This past summer, I had the opportunity to be a Student Nurse Extern (SNE) at New York University’s (NYU) Tisch Hospital in the Ronald O. Perelman Center for Emergency Services. The program lasted 8 …
Jaskeerat Gujral, COL ’25, Long Island, NY
Over the summer, I had the honor of working at the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (CNDR) under Dr. Virginia Lee. I gained valuable wet lab skills and techniques during my time. During …
Haley Tjon, NUR ’24, Dublin, CA
This summer I externed at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital as a student nurse extern. In a series of happy accidents, I found a home on my floor and a group of new friends among …
