Health Sciences
Ask a Scientist – Episode 2: Taking the Pulse of Global Health
Eleanor Oden and Taanvi Gowdar
Apr 9, 2026
In our second episode of Ask a Scientist, we spoke with Dawn Carey, Senior Associate Director of Global Health and Development at Dickey Center for International Understanding, to expand our ideas about the broad scope of global health work, its ethical challenges, and how individuals can contribute to global efforts today.
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Kevin He '29
Apr 4, 2026
Universal Base-Edited CAR7 T-Cell Therapy to Treat Relapsed T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (T-ALL)
Base-edited CAR-T therapy offers new hope for relapsed T-ALL by inducing remission and bridging patients to stem cell transplant.
Keigo Fujita '29
Apr 3, 2026
Rejuvenating Senescent Dopaminergic Neurons: A Novel Therapeutic Approach to Parkinson's Disease
A novel therapeutic strategy for Parkinson's Disease may soon restore neuronal function without neuron elimination or replacement.
Nina Prakash
Mar 9, 2026
Nina Prakash's Senior Thesis Spotlight: Investigating the role of the serotonin 1B receptor in the neuroplastic effects of psilocybin in mice
Nina Prakash ’25 studies whether psilocybin’s neuroplastic effects depend on serotonin 1B rather than serotonin 2A.