Jehiel Smith, Neuroscience Student was Highlighted in UWM Report

A neuroscience major, Jehiel Smith works in the lab of Elizabeth Liedhegner, assistant professor of biomedical science, studying a cell model of diabetic retinopathy. One of their goals is to understand how high glucose alters protein expression involved in blood vessel growth and inflammation. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)

Jehiel has been highlighted for their research and work in a Dream Bigger profile at UWM Letters & Science as an amazing student!  You can read the full article here as he shared, “There’s no way I’m going to do well in research,”:  https://uwm.edu/news/undergraduate-research-gives-student-new-career-possibilities/. Smith now thinks medical school remains a possibility.  “But doing research has definitely opened my mind to all the ways I can contribute to science,” Smith says.