Katie Young (she/her)

Undergraduate • 3rd Year • Faculty of Science (Biochemistry and Chemistry)

Research Interests:
Disease Therapies, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry

About Katie:
I am a third year undergraduate student majoring in combined honors biochemistry and chemistry. I started working at the UBC Reid Lab the summer after my first year, and I currently lead a research project analyzing multi-step organic synthesis reactions. Previously, I completed a STEM Internship program at the University of Bristol in the Itasaki Lab investigating how cancer stem cells gain stemness based on their microenvironment. Separately, I completed two URO REX projects that I presented at MURC. My first project focused on building a machine learning model to predict hospital visits for chronic airway diseases. My second project focused on identifying the mechanisms for how a cancer drug, Enhertu, causes interstitial lung disease.

Contact:
gnuoyk8@gmail.com