2023 3MT Finalist
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Yan Xu
Yan Xu is a PhD candidate in Clinical Pharmaceutical Science. He spent three years at the China Pharmaceutical University (China) and one year at the
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Samuel Taylor
Samuel Taylor is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences. Samuel is passionate about using various forms of
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Austin Tang
Austin Tang grew up in a family where both his parents work in the health industry, but he never thought he would have any affiliation with the health
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David Ramotowski
David Ramotowski is originally from Alexandria, Virginia. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Environmental Science from Virginia Tech, where he
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Winter Philibert
Winter Philibert is a Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. student in the Department of Internal Medicine under the mentorship of Dr. Mahmoud Abou Alaiwa. Her
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Maaz Musa
Maaz Bin Musa is an emerging researcher specializing in the development of frameworks aimed at measuring transparency and accountability in the
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Sarina Murray
Sarina is a fourth-year Cancer Biology PhD candidate under the mentorship of Drs. Adam Dupuy and Christopher Stipp. Sarina’s thesis work focuses on
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Maddi Lensing
Maddi grew up just down the road in the town of Solon, IA. She is currently a fourth-year Immunology PhD candidate under the mentorship of Dr. Ali
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Karthika Kelat
Karthika Kelat is a third-year Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering, working in the Department of Radiology under the guidance of Dr. Claudia Mello
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Akansha Jain
After Akansha’s undergraduate research experiences and postbaccalaureate research training at the National Institutes of Health, she was convinced
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Amanda Heiderscheit
Amanda is a third-year PhD candidate in Immunology under the mentorship of Dr. Richard Smith. Her academic journey began with a B.S. in genetics and a
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Yazeed Alabbad
Yazeed grew up and completed his undergraduate studies there in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, later he earned his master's degree in water resources from