STEM Everyday: #114

Kasey graduated from Binghamton University in the spring of 2017 with a B.S. in Integrative Neuroscience.  She served as an undergraduate research assistant in a neurophysiology lab where she gained experience handling rats and performing stereotaxic surgery for the purposes of electrode implantation necessary for chronic studies of the taste system. She also served as a student lab assistant at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia over college breaks, for Dr. Beverly Davidson lab, that focuses on genetic therapeutics for neuromuscular diseases such as Huntington's disease.  She intends to pursue her PhD in biomedical research and further study neurodegenerative diseases.