Bailey Bergman is a senior studying Biology on the integrative track and receiving a writing certificate. She has worked in the Neiman Lab for two and a half years taking care of tiny snails. Outside of classes and the lab, Bailey is part of the Iowa Quidditch Club where she is both a player and the social media manager of the team. She also enjoys volunteering at the Iowa City Animal Shelter when she can. For fun Bailey enjoys reading, writing, watching Netflix, and cuddling with her 18 lbs ragdoll cat Braven.
Chelsea Higgins is in her fourth year, earning degrees in Genetics, Biotechnologies, and Music, and a certificate in Clinical and Translational Science. When coming to college, she thought she wanted to be a physician, but when she joined a research lab her first year, she knew her life had changed forever. She’s actively researching with several groups, including The Iowa Division of the AIDS Quilt Touch Project, The Neiman Lab in Biology, and The Colgan Lab in Internal Medicine. Though the scope of these labs differ greatly, Chelsea’s key interests, genetics and disease, are always met. Some day, she would like to combine these interests as an MD/PhD and run a research project dedicated to stopping mass viral outbreaks based on the virus’s genome. In the mean time, she’ll content herself with making science more enjoyable and accessible for people outside the field.
Maram is a senior majoring in Interdepartmental Studies, health science track. She works in the Benson lab in Department of Internal Medicine. Maram joined this lab at a summer program as a high-schooler and has continued since the beginning of college. She is also webmaster of the Minority Association of Pre-Health students, academic director of UIBIO, and president of the Black and Gold Figure Skating Club. She hopes to become a physician specialist.
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