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Suzanne Hirst

Suzanne Hirst

MS Candidate, Biomedical Sciences
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Graduate Advisor: Dr. Christopher Reilly

e-mail: shirst@vt.edu


Education

2007 Biological Sciences, Horticulture-Landscape Design
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

Brief Bio

I majored in both Biology and Horticulture in my undergraduate career because I have a broad fascination of and appreciation for the sciences. I have enjoyed working in Dr. Reilly’s laboratory for the past 2 years as both an undergraduate and a graduate student, and I am looking forward to publish my first paper within the month. I am a driver and EMT-Enhanced for the Blacksburg Rescue Squad, which has whetted my interest in medicine as a career. When I get a chance to remember that I have a life, I like to run, bike, kayak, travel, speak Spanish, listen to WUVT and NPR, and cook ethnic foods.


Research Project Involvement

Cerium oxide nanoparticles and inflammation – I am looking at the ability of nanoceria to quench reactive oxygen species and other inflammatory mediators in macrophages and in lupus model mice.