Author: Scott Behm

Sloan Scholar Gavin Gonzales thought he would go into physics. He had been inspired towards academic research by Dr. Richard Feynman, the Nobel laureate physicist, and physics was his undergraduate major. But his path was altered by an NIH-sponsored fellowship designed to diversify an entirely different field: biomedicine. As part of the Maximizing Access to Research Careers program, Gonzales did a summer internship at Duke University.

Read Gonzalez’ full feature in the July 2023 issue of Diverse Magazine!

Sloan Scholars Joshua Crittenden, Gavin Gonzales, Natalie Rozman, Aitor Bracho, and Grayson Rice are featured in “Sloan Scholar Spotlights,” a photo series created by Graduate School intern Mika Travis.

The five scholars share how being a Sloan Scholar has impacted their academic journey.

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As a master’s student at Duke, Paris Brown developed a love of the human brain. Now, she’s building one.

When she first came to Duke, Brown spent every free moment in Professor Shyni Varghese’s lab. Although she didn’t come from a biomedical engineering background, Brown was on the lookout for an interesting project. So, Varghese recommended a project that piqued her interest: use organ-on-a-chip technology, miniaturized model systems of a human organ, to investigate the blood-brain barrier and responses to inflammation. Through that project, Brown discovered her love of the human brain.

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