We brought on some new folks in the past month. I’ll be introducing them individually here.
First up is our new post-doctoral fellow, Dr. Rachael Rush!
Rachael is a Pittsburgh native and attended Pitt majoring in microbiology. While at Pitt she worked in the laboratory of Dr. Graham Hatfull studying mycobacteriophages. She graduated in 2017 with her bachelors and started her PhD program at WVU that year. Rachael earned her doctorate in Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis in 2022 and joined our lab as a post-doc. She has two cats, Sam and Sadie, who she loves to spoil. In her free time, Rachael enjoys checking out new restaurants, coffee and tea shops, and stores around Pittsburgh with her fiancé. She also loves to cook, read, and attempt to bake various treats.
During the end of her PhD, she spent a week with us last fall as part of an “experiential learning” opportunity. She was able to test drive our lab to see if it would be a good fit for her future aspirations. We’re happy to have her on board! She’ll start out working on aspects of our Lrp1 project.