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Student Research

As graduate students near the end of their Ph.D. training at Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, they reflect on their research journeys, lessons they learned along the way, and their hopes for the future.

Michael Jensen

Michael Jensen: Providing a new map of the human brain

My Ph.D. research aimed to map the motor network across regions of the human brain.

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Grace Yu

Grace Yu: Analyzing senescence in skin

The aim of my Ph.D. research was to determine the role of cellular senescence in human skin aging and chronic wounds. 

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Jay Jenkins

Jay Jenkins: Harnessing the immune system to fight cancer

The goal of my Ph.D. research was to provide new information about how the immune system can be harnessed to improve the treatment of cancer.

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Emily Koons

Emily Koons: Improving CT imaging with Artificial Intelligence

My Ph.D. research focused on measuring the improvement of a photon-counting-detector CT scanner in its ability to image previously hard-to-see materials.

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Student research by track

Read past profiles of our students and their research organized by research track in the Ph.D. program.

Biochemistry and molecular biology track

Biomedical engineering and physiology track

Clinical and translational science track

Immunology track

Molecular pharmacology and experimental therapeutics track

Neuroscience track

Regenerative sciences track

Virology and gene therapy track