My HSRF Experience – Parth Sutariya

With the Health Sciences Research Fellowship coming to an end, I am proud looking back on the work I have accomplished in lab this summer. The experience has broadened my perspective on research and provided me the opportunity of devoting more of my time to being in the lab. Given the constraints of the school…

Communicating my Research – HSRF

The first time I tried to explain my lab work to my parents, it was not the smoothest conversation. Due to their limited scientific background, the concepts I was already familiar with seemed like incomprehensible gibberish to them. Eventually, I was able to get the main point across, but I knew there was still some…

HSRF: My Cohort

After a few weeks into the Health Sciences Research Fellowship, I am interested in the diverse projects undertaken by my peers. While my own research primarily focuses on studying signaling in CD4+ T cells, I was unfamiliar with the projects others were engaged in, particularly in neuroscience and other health-related fields. It has been fascinating…

HSRF Introduction: Parth Sutariya

Hello, my name is Parth Sutariya, and I am a rising senior majoring in Biochemistry. I am also minoring in Chemistry, Economics, Sociology, and Certificate in the Conceptual Foundations of Medicine. I grew up here in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and in my free time, I enjoy playing basketball, running, and have picked up playing chess as…