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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.

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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Xi Yu

Xi Yu: Using advanced technology to detect brain aging

My Ph.D. research explored how the brain changes with age and with chronic medical conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure.

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Caroline Grant

Caroline Grant: Artificial Intelligence strategies to study disease and drug response

My Ph.D. research focused on developing new artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning methodologies to analyze vast datasets of genes and their biological products alongside relevant clinical information.

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Abdul Karim Ghaith, M.D.

Abdul Karim Ghaith, M.D.: Developing new approaches to treat spinal cord injury

My Ph.D. research was driven by a vision to bring hope to patients who are paralyzed by spinal cord injuries by developing new approaches to treatment.

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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