Sixth year MD-PhD student Alex Perez has been named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list for his work on using computational techniques to better understand cancer. He completed his PhD in Dr. christina Leslie and Andrea Ventura's labs at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
From the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on minority and economically disadvantaged communities to the racially motivated killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, 2020 has unfortunately provided us with even more evidence that systematic racism continues to plague us.
