Ashley Santaniello, COL ’23, Moscow, ID
This summer, I had the opportunity to work under Dr. Shih-Shan Lang Chen at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in the Neurosurgery department’s research division. Dr. Chen is an attending neurosurgeon in the Division …
Abetzi Vazquez Ochoa, COL ’25, Houston, Texas
This summer, I was lucky enough to work in the Marks Lab of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, where I explored the different variants of …
Jimmy Bianchi, COL ’24, Scranton, PA
Prior to attending Penn, I had always aspired to attend medical school. However, I was both intimidated and excited by the vast array of professions one could pursue. During my second year at Penn, …
Michelle Yoon, COL ’23, Daejeon, South Korea
This summer I was fortunate enough to receive funding to continue working in the Brodkin Lab, which I joined in the fall of 2020. I am part of the TUNE-In (Training to Understand and …
April Ng, COL ’24, San Francisco, CA
Before this summer, my only lab experience was from biology and organic chemistry courses. I found the hands-on nature of my lab courses to be quite engaging and unique compared to learning in …
Luisa Fernandez, COL ’23, Philadelphia, PA
This summer I spent eight weeks working as a Research Assistant at Magee Womens Research Institute (MWRI) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I was part of their Student Summer Internship Program and was one of 8 …
Brinn Gammer, COL ’24, Hazleton, PA
In my sophomore year, I switched from being prospectively pre-med to pre-law.
It sounds like quite the jump, but it wasn’t as unexpected as it may seem. I’ve always been interested in psychiatry and …
Cathryn Boga, COL ’23, Tampa, FL
This summer, I had the opportunity to work at the Center for Psychotherapy Research, a research department in Penn Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry. Having only preliminary psychology research experience, I was excited at the …
Aleena Alex, COL ’24, Philadelphia, PA
This summer I got the opportunity to conduct research with the Paralkar Lab. The Paralkar Lab studies how transcription factors and other related proteins affect normal hematopoiesis or blood cell development. The lab focuses …
Marcella Soewignjo, COL ’25, Bayside, NY
When I was eleven, I was obsessed with my pet goldfish: Sassy and Flippie. So, when they started to grow white freckles panic ensued. After a frantic google search, I found that my goldfish …
