Five Questions
Doug Evans looks at the world through different lenses. As the Director of the BRIGHT Institute at the Milken Institute School of Public Health, he leads research on the influence of digital technology on public health behaviors. As a collector of old and inaccurate maps, he sees the world through…
Clinical research coordinator Bethel Sebsebie is a long way from her Ethiopian home: 7,236 miles to be exact. In the seven years since she came to the United States, she’s learned to adapt to a new culture and build a strong career in clinical research — and she’s done checking to-dos off her list…
Sunil Adige has a golden brain. As a medical oncologist, his analytical side has a deep understanding of the intricate science behind cancer. As a painter, he sees beauty that others might overlook. Both sides of his brain work in harmony to make a profound impact on his patients’ lives.
Trace Walker’s fascination for science was nurtured in a Florida orange grove. There, he gained an appreciation for the symbiosis between the land and the trees. Now, as a PhD candidate in the Chiappinelli Lab, he researches spatial transcriptomics, the way tumor cells interact and communicate with…
As an epidemiologist, Kim Robien is all about the data. Behind her science is the soul of someone whose
direct work with cancer patients motivated her to find the answers to questions that weren’t always
easily answered.
Figuring out how things work comes naturally to Greg Cresswell, who runs the GWCC Flow Cytometry
Core Facility. When he’s not helping scientists across campus with studies ranging from cancer biology
to frog immunology, he’s building and designing gadgets with his 3D printer. Getting to the nuts…
For Anelia Horvath, the big picture comprises tiny particles. She studies genetic variants from single-cell RNA-sequencing data, and these little pieces of the puzzle are leading to important discoveries and answering huge questions.
Maria Vicera is a follower of dreams. Though she didn’t pursue the career she initially thought she would, she’s
found fulfillment and purpose as a remote clinical oncology nurse at the GW Cancer Center.
The paths that led Rowan Schmincke to the GW Cancer Center felt, to her, very varied and circuitous. At times, she wondered where she was going. Ultimately, those paths converged at Foggy Bottom, where her work as an oncology clinical research nurse is helping to discover cutting-edge solutions in…
James Rao's toolbox is filled with some of the most technical devices medicine has to offer. As one of the GW Cancer Center's radiation oncologists, Dr. Rao may perform stereotactic radiosurgery on one patient and brachytherapy on the next. His goal is to be as minimally invasive as possible and to…