I worked with [Drs. Cole and Wambach] during PSRP, and continued working in their lab throughout undergrad. I published my work from PSRP in 2022: Biologic characterization of ABCA3 variants in lung tissue from infants and children with ABCA3 deficiency, and just started medical school this year at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota.
Katherine Xu
2019 Wambach-Cole Lab
I published The use of low-titer group O whole blood is independently associated with improved survival compared to component therapy in adults with severe traumatic hemorrhage in Transfusion, directly from my work during the PSRP program. […] using research skills that I built in the program, includes a 1st author work in Nature Chem Bio and another publication in Nature Communications, and won the WashU Bio Department Quatrano prize for my thesis. I currently am a second-year medical student at Harvard Medical School.
I really valued the program, it taught me a lot of research skills and helped to build exceptional connections. It helped build foundations for really understanding investigation and gave great mentorship. Thank you so much for your work to support me in PSRP.
Ethan Lowder
2019 Spinella Lab
I loved my time in the PSRP, which inspired me to really go for medicine and clinical research. I graduated from Yale in 2022, after which I was a Fulbright Scholar at University College London, and got my MA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics of Health in 2023. I’ll be heading to Harvard Medical School this fall! Couldn’t have done it without the motivation to kickstart a medical career as a first-year in college.
Sarah Pitafi
2019 Arbelaez Lab
After my freshman year of college, I was eager to learn more about the field of medicine and whether or not I saw it as my future. This drew me to the PSRP, and I had an amazing experience working on a pilot study in the Children’s Hospital ED with Dr. Kennedy. The PSRP confirmed my ambitions of attending medical school, and I will be starting at WashU School of Medicine in just a few months! You were instrumental in the organization and implementation of the PSRP, and I wanted to thank you for providing me with the incredible opportunities that stick with me years later.
Jake Goldfarb
2019 Kennedy Lab