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Bio

Biomedical Engineering PhD Student @UTKnoxville | Mechanical Engineer

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Interests: #WomenInSTEM, #PediatricResearch, #Biotech, national parks, hiking, and world travel

Research: Development and Evaluation of Injectable Hydrogel for Local Drug Delivery of Therapeutic Agents to Enhance Pediatric Brain Tumor Penetration
-Recently published review paper in Pediatric Blood and Cancer: Drug Penetration in Pediatric Brain Tumors: Challenges and Opportunities

STEM Outreach and Education Advocate for youth and minority communities:
-Founder of Early Career Mentoring Program for Graduate STEM Women @UTKnoxville
-Co-founder of Women in STEM Advancing Research, Readiness, and Retention (WiSTAR^3) @UTKnoxville
-Founder of SWEeties Undergraduate Mentoring Program and Past SWE President (Society of Women Engineers Section D070 @UTKnoxville)
-Biomedical Engineering Ambassador- sharing STEM education with over +1000 K-12 grade students working in the Syndaver Lab