Xoshill Saldana, COL ’26, Phoenix, AZ

This summer I had the enriching opportunity of furthering my knowledge and understanding at the Jurado lab in Perlman’s department of Microbiology. As a student who enjoys STEM- I wanted to immerse myself in …

Anthony Montes de Oca, COL ’25, Brick, NJ

Despite having conducted research at Penn before through wet labs, I was craving something to fulfill my curiosity in the realm of healthcare. That was until I participated in the Penn LDI …

Louise Wang, COL ’24, Williamsport, MD

The warm Philly sun shines bright as I bike along South Street. My destination is the Robert’s Center for Pediatric Research, where I have been continuing my clinical research. Thanks to Career Services, my …

Gabrielle Ryu, COL ’24, Newark, DE

This summer I had the great opportunity to continue working with Dr. Stephen Prouty who is the Senior Research Investigator at the Department of Dermatology at the Perelman School of Medicine. I originally applied …

David Kedeme, COL ’25, Philadelphia, PA

Starting the summer as a rising junior, I was not fully sure if I was suitable to perform research but by the end of the summer, walking into the Ma Lab in Johnson Pavilion, …

Vincent Ni, COL ’25, Brooklyn, NYC, NY

This summer I had the opportunity to partake in the inaugural Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Underrepresented Minority Summer Research (PLUMS) internship at Penn Medicine. The PLUMS internship consisted of conducting an original research …

Nina Gonzales, NUR ’24, Irvine, CA

If I could summarize the summer of 2023 in one word, it would be “cancer.” I had them incredible opportunity to be accepted into the Flynn Fellowship at the Hospital of the University of …

Darya Ameri, NUR ’24, Edgewater, NJ

This summer, I had the privilege of working at a hospital that has driven my career goals from a very young age, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. I not only learned a great deal …

Olivia Ong, COL ’24, Wellesley, MA

This summer, I had the opportunity to continue my work at the Titchenell Lab in the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at Penn Medicine. As a translational research lab, the Titchenell Lab aims …

Sienna Chen, NUR ’25, Los Angeles, CA

“Is nursing for me?” This is the question I asked myself again and again as I neared the end of my second year in nursing school. Unable to answer it, I carried the …