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SIX QUESTIONS FOR FIRST-YEAR RESEARCH ASSISTANTS: DARYA LEE

Darya started working at OrACORe in June 2023 after graduating from Bates College with a BA in Biology and Psychology. In the spring of her sophomore year, Darya co-founded the club Fem STEM at Bates, whose mission is the empowerment of female-identifying students pursuing careers in STEM. She rowed throughout her 4 years in undergrad on the Bates Women’s Rowing…

SIX QUESTIONS FOR FIRST-YEAR RESEARCH ASSISTANTS: DAN BETENSKY

Dan started working at OrACORe in July 2023 after graduating from Brown University with a BA in Biology and Economics. Starting the fall of his freshman year, Dan’s passion for history and writing led to a position as a senior editor with the Brown Journal of History. Dan sharpened his editorial skills when he served as an editor on the…

SIX QUESTIONS FOR FIRST-YEAR RESEARCH ASSISTANTS: SAMANTHA CHIN

Following her graduation from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) in computer science, Samantha Chin joined OrACORe in July 2023. During the summer of 2022, Samantha pursued her interest in computational science and healthcare with a position in the computational oncology department of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, researching racial disparities in colorectal cancer. Samantha also acted…

SIX QUESTIONS FOR FIRST-YEAR RESEARCH ASSISTANTS: CATY BROWN

Caty joined OrACORe in July 2023, shortly following her graduation from Dartmouth College with a BA in Cell Biology and a minor in Global Health. While at Dartmouth, Caty worked at The Granite State Organizing Project, a community organization whose mission is to provide equitable housing, immigrant rights, and environmental justice to those in need. Caty and several Dartmouth friends…

SIX QUESTIONS FOR FIRST-YEAR RESEARCH ASSISTANTS: JON DHANI

Following his graduation from Boston College with a BS in Neuroscience, Jon Dhani joined OrACORe in July of 2023. Jon pursued cultural and medical extra-curricular interests while in college by becoming a member of the South Asian Student Association in 2019 and training to become an EMT through the Boston College EMS program in the spring of 2020. In addition…

SIX QUESTIONS FOR FIRST-YEAR RESEARCH ASSISTANTS: KATIE FOX

Katie started working at OrACORe in July 2023 after graduating from the University of Chicago with a BA in Biological Sciences with a specialization in Immunology. Martial arts are one of Katie’s passions and she joined her college Judo Club in the fall of her first year and became the co-president in her junior year.  While in college, Katie investigated…

SIX QUESTIONS FOR FIRST-YEAR RESEARCH ASSISTANTS: KELLY FRIER

Kelly Frier started working at OrACORe in June of 2023 shortly after graduating from Quinnipiac University with a BS in Health Science. Kelly gained hands-on medical experience by working as an Urgent Care medical assistant from 2019-2023. She also led weekly review sessions for Anatomy and Physiology students starting the fall semester of her third year. Kelly traveled abroad in…

SIX QUESTIONS FOR FIRST-YEAR RESEARCH ASSISTANTS: ANNIE HOLLEMAN

Annie Holleman started working at OrACORe in July of 2023 shortly after graduating from Middlebury College with a BA in Anthropology and Molecular Biology & Biochemistry. During the fall of her first year (2019) at Middlebury, Annie joined the women’s crew team, which she would go on to captain her senior year. In the winter of 2020 Annie became an…

SIX QUESTIONS FOR FIRST-YEAR RESEARCH ASSISTANTS: RACHEL LOVEJOY

Rachel Lovejoy joined OrACORe in August 2023 following her graduation from Amherst College with a BA in Neuroscience. In the fall of 2019, Rachel took part in research on black bear population density in Massachusetts. During the summer of 2020, she worked on a pregnancy planning blog to provide accessible content for expecting parents. That fall Rachel was a teaching…

A CAREER IN BIOSTATISTICS: HEIDI YANG ON THE BEAUTY OF NUMBERS

Heidi Yang joined OrACORe in the winter of 2015. As a senior statistician at OrACORe Heidi has performed data analyses for an array of OrACORe studies from AVika, STARs, OAPol, to B-Well, TeMPO, MeTeOR, as well as specialty Pride Projects of department Orthopaedic Surgeons. From studying economics in Shanghai to pursuing her master’s degree in biostatistics at Boston University, she…

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