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Caroline Stone

First-Year Medical Student, University of Utah

Caroline Stone completed two summers of research at Boston Children's Hospital, affiliated with Harvard. She studied endometriosis and performed a number of gene editing tests to help better target the disease for treatment. She conducted cell culturing, PCR tests, CRISPR gene editing, and transfection. She worked alongside other post-docs who have recently gotten their PhDs and lab technicians. She worked on her own project and is helping the lab move towards publishing a paper regarding our research
She has presented a poster at a conference, published an abstract and has two papers in the works as of September 2020. She was recently accepted to the University of Utah School of Medicine.

“My summers in Boston have been the highlight of my BYU experience. My fellowship in Boston provided me with a very unique experience and was very beneficial to my BYU education and medical school application. It not only helped me develop my passion for medical research but also gave me the confidence to be able to pursue this dream.”