As a math undergrad, Natalie Gasca was intrigued with patterns and statistics. Her drive to help people led her to pursue a doctorate in biostatistics.
Through her research as a PhD student, Rui Zhuang hopes to help biomedical scientists better understand how human gut microbes interact with each other.
As an undergrad, Anna Plantinga enjoyed math and developed an interest in doing biological research. At UW, she's now working on a variety of methods for studying the human microbiome.
She sends good-luck notes to students before tests. Critiques resumes, helps brainstorm job searches, and advises some on what to wear to conferences. Hooks up others to support services such as tutoring and career advising.
When Brayan Ortiz was choosing a graduate school, he saw something special going on at UW that had as much to do with the people as it did with the state-of-the-art research.
