The National Institutes of Health has selected Jacquelyn Willis, C’2021, as an
NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program scholar.
The scholarship provides up to $20,000 in educational and living expenses. Additionally, she will receive a paid summer research opportunity and will gain a year of post-graduate employment as an NIH research trainee.
A
RISE Scholar, Willis was one of fifteen students chosen this year from the nationwide applicant pool of 300.
My future goals include pursuing the M.D./Ph.D. dual doctoral degree and becoming a physician-scientist," said the biochemistry major. "I aim to research the pathogenesis of pulmonary diseases with the hopes of creating therapeutic treatments. I also aspire to practice translational medicine, with a focus on
underrepresented and low-income communities.