Kaitlyn Wong
Kaitlyn is drawn to questions where the underlying mechanism remains unclear, a curiosity that has taken her from plant biology to neurodegeneration. At Indiana University, where she earned her degree in Molecular Life Sciences, she studied the mechanisms of nectar secretion in plants. Her prior research has also spanned Huntington’s disease, endometriosis, and Alzheimer’s disease, and clinical research. Now as an MPhil student in the Balmus Lab, she investigates whether expanded CAG repeats can directly drive cellular dysfunction in Huntington’s disease independently of mutant huntingtin protein. She plans to pursue an MD-PhD, with the goal of translating mechanistic discoveries into therapeutic advances.
Kaitlyn is drawn to questions where the underlying mechanism remains unclear, a curiosity that has taken her from plant biology to neurodegeneration. At Indiana University, where she earned her degree in Molecular Life Sciences, she studied the mechanisms of nectar secretion in plants. Her prior research has also spanned Huntington’s disease, endometriosis, and Alzheimer’s disease, and clinical research. Now as an MPhil student in the Balmus Lab, she investigates whether expanded CAG repeats can directly drive cellular dysfunction in Huntington’s disease independently of mutant huntingtin protein. She plans to pursue an MD-PhD, with the goal of translating mechanistic discoveries into therapeutic advances.
She aspires to pursue an MD-PhD, with the goal of translating fundamental discoveries into meaningful therapeutic advances.