Scholar News

Meet Ashley Rasys, ARCS Scholar and DVM/PhD candidate at the University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Cellular Biology. In early 2019, Ashley took part in a study that resulted in the creation of the world’s first-ever gene-edited lizards. Even more interesting, the first lizard to hatch...

The increase in everyday toxin exposure has gained national attention but how do these contaminants affect pregnancy? Christian Andersen, ARCS Atlanta Chapter Scholar, is determined to find out. Recently accepted into the prestigious 2019 Frontiers in Reproduction (FIR) Course, Andersen will use this experience to expand his research in reproductive...

Our membership was educated and impressed by ARCS Foundation Scholar Elizabeth Sajewski during the January Membership Meeting.  Elizabeth’s research work in Environmental Health Science at Emory University centers on the intersection of water infrastructure and infectious disease, with particular interest in using mathematical models to simulate enteric disease dynamics.  According to...