Cynthia Tang
(MD Year 3)

Undergrad
Major: Chemistry
School: College of Idaho

Research Interests
Bioinformatics

Unique Perspective
Gap years: 1 year post-baccalaureate research fellowship in basic science, 2 years of work as a clinical research coordinator.

Kelly Carey-Ewend
(PhD Year 3)

Undergrad
Major: Biology
School: Brown University

Research Interests
Infectious disease, epidemiology, genomics

Unique Perspective
Being LGBTQ+ in medicine

Anna Kim
(PhD Year 3)

Undergrad
Major: Biology
School: Boston College

Research Interests
Cell biology, neuroscience, stem cell biology, genetics

Unique Perspective
First gen immigrant; first gen college, med, grad school; 3 gap years; decided medicine post-grad

Monica Lyons
(PhD Year 2)

Undergrad
Major: Biology,
Cognitive & Brain Sciences
School: Tufts University

Research Interests
Neuroscience and brain imaging

Unique Perspective
Non-traditional PhD program (Psychology)

Matthew Sutcliffe
(PhD Year 2)

Undergrad
Major: Biomedical Engineering
School: University of Virginia

Research Interests
Cancer, bioinformatics, statistics

Unique Perspective
Decided late on a career in medicine, took 4 gap years

Paige Takasugi
(PhD Year 2)

Undergrad
Major: Biology with a Cell and Molecular Emphasis
School: University of Utah

Research Interests
Cell fate decisions, Stem Cell Bio/Developmental Bio, Cardiovascular Biology

Rachelle Ambroise
(PhD Year 1)

Undergrad
Major: Chemical & Physical Biology
School: Harvard College

Research Interests
Cell Reprogramming, Multi-omics, Bioinformatics

Victor Madormo
(PhD Year 1)

Undergrad
Major: Biomedical Engineering
School: University of South Carolina

Research Interests
Neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation

Unique Perspective
Did a gap year teaching and doing research; working during undergrad

YJ Choi
(MS 2)

Undergrad
Major: Chemistry
School: Princeton University

Research Interests
Biochemistry, structural biology, pathology

Unique Perspective
First gen immigrant, contemplating PhD-only path, low-income background / navigating FAP

Jimmy Tabet
(MS 2)

Undergrad
Major: Civil engineering, Economics
School: North Carolina State University

Research Interests
Health AI/computational approaches in medicine

Unique Perspective
Multiple gap years, engineering background, Arab American

Tiger Zhang
(MS 2)

Undergrad
Major: Chemistry and Math
School: Yale University

Research Interests
Immunology, structural biology, drug discovery

Unique Perspective
LGBTQ+ in medicine, working in industry

Brian Khov
(MS 1)

Undergrad
Major: Molecular and Cell Biology
School:University of California San Diego

Research Interests
Diabetes, obesity, nutrition, cancer biology

Unique Perspective
First generation college student, low income, URM

Adrian Othon
(MS 1)

Undergrad
School: Florida State University (FSU)

Research Interests
Nutrition and its effects of gene expression in autoimmunity

Unique Perspective
Hispanic (Cuban), 2 gap years