Post by Kareena Sukhnanan

After graduating Duke University with a B.A. in Neuroscience and a B.S. in Biology, I'm excited to share l'll be joining the Center for Genomic Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital as a Clinical Research Coordinator. In this role, I'll run patient-facing clinical trials focused on stroke recovery, cerebrovascular disease, brain aging, and precision medicine through the Brain Care Labs at the MGB Center for Genomic Medicine. The team's work integrates clinical neuroimaging and genomic data to better understand why stroke risk and recovery differ across patients and to help identity pathways for more personalized therapeutics and prevention strategies. My experiences in translational cancer biology, neuroscience research, and clinical patient care at Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University Hospital, Duke Cancer Institute & Duke Institute for Brain Sciences have deeply shaped my passion for bridging scientific discovery with direct patient outcomes. I'm incredibly grateful to the mentors, physicians, researchers, patients, friends, and family who have supported me throughout this journey. Excited for this next chapter in Boston and to continue learning at the intersection of clinical research, genomics, neuroscience, and medicine.