Gateways 2015
MD-PhD student at Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program

“Gateways has continued to enable my professional and personal development. I am still working with my mentor Dr. Christopher Mason, and our colleagues, on two manuscripts on my work of metagenomic sequencing of Southern American waterways (such as the Amazon River). I also have pursued an opportunity to join the Extreme Microbiome Project with Dr. Mason, and I am in the processing of submitting two grants to National Geographic and Barrett, the Honors College at ASU, to allow me to travel, sample, and sequence sites of interest around the world. With the fantastic support system give to me through Gateways, I have been able to do this while pursuing my research interest in CRISPR technology at ASU, and this summer at MIT, and I also have been given opportunities to shadow previous Tri-I alumni at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. As I continue my interest in pursuing the MD-PhD, I could not have asked for better preparation and support than what was given to me during Gateways.”