I’m a DVM-PhD student currently completing my PhD in the Comparative Biomedical Sciences program under UGA’s College of Veterinary Medicine. For my undergraduate studies I obtained my Bachelor of Science in Applied Biotechnology as well as a minor in Biology and an Undergraduate Certificate in One Health from UGA. I’m an aspiring veterinary pathologist with a strong interest in comparative pathology and the reverse translational paradigm. During my undergraduate years, I volunteered at several research labs and have studied in vivo murine models of osteoarthritis and hypophosphatasia, pathological lesions in Virginia opossums, parasite ecology of marsh periwinkles, and vector ecology of ticks and mosquitoes. In addition, I worked as a necropsy student trimmer, volunteered as an ELS Peer Leader, and served as the vice president of the UGA Pre-Veterinary Club.

I joined the SMART Pharmacology Lab because I wanted to study organoid technology and their applications in personalized medicine and One Health. I’m interested in researching organoids derived from spontaneous animal models of diseases present in both humans and animals and utilizing a One Health approach to reduce the need for laboratory animal models in drug development and disease modeling.