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Hayle Kim, COL ’25, Knoxville, TN
I began working in the Kayser Lab in November of my freshman year as a work-study student, hoping to explore my curiosity of sleep through research. As a full time research assistant this summer, …
Jesica Mena, COL ‘ 23, Philadelphia, PA
‘This summer, I had the privilege of working for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as a research assistant in the department of radiation oncology. As a member of the Hao Huang laboratory, I …
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 …
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 …
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 …
