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Academic focus: Neuroscience and behavior major, minor in chemistry

Internship: Hepatitis B Foundation

Advanced degree: Pharm.D., University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

Both my major, neuroscience and behavior, and my minor, chemistry, have been useful to my personal and professional goals. After graduating from ³ÉÈËÊÓƵin 2014, I worked at Wesleyan University in an epilepsy lab as a research assistant and lab manager. I truly enjoyed the research but decided I would like more patient interaction than bench research, so I took a few more courses and applied to pharmacy school.

I am currently in my second year of pharmacy school at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and I love it. I thoroughly believe that the academic rigor of my classes at ³ÉÈËÊÓƵprepared me for graduate school, and my background in neuroscience and chemistry has given me a leg up in some of my pharmacy classes.

I currently hold two pharmacy jobs as a pharmacy intern, one of which is at a psychiatric hospital, which lines up well with my interest in neuroscience. I hope to continue on a clinical pathway in pharmacy, and I see myself working as a clinical pharmacist, potentially specializing in neurology and psychiatry — but, as I experience more facets of pharmacy, only time will tell!