Research

Brian Cheng, COL & WH ’27, Rockledge, FL

After my tennis coach passed away from the rare Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, I was left with many questions about why patients with rare conditions often have limited treatment options and face so many …

Emily Monfort, COL ’26, Valley Stream, NY

The only exposure I had to research before this summer was in high school, when I took AP Research which, let’s be honest, barely counts in the world of clinical research, let alone …

John Kim, SEAS ’26, Maryland

This summer, I had the opportunity to conduct research in the Momin Lab, where I focused on cardiovascular immunotherapy with an emphasis on designing protein-based biologics. Many of today’s most promising therapeutics, such as antibodies …

Jiamin Chen, COL ’26, Orlando, FL

This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to intern at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai through the SURP4US program, where I joined Dr. Elvin Wagenblast’s lab in investigating novel strategies to …

Emily Chung, COL ’27, Bridgeport, PA

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in women worldwide. Mortality can be attributed mainly to tumor recurrences, which arise from residual tumor cells (RTCs) that manage to survive primary treatments. It …