Erika Wheeler
Investigation and Characterization of Sex-Based differences in Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Irritable Bowel Disease are both medical conditions of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. IBS alone affects 60 to 70 million people in the United States and women are twice as likely to be diagnosed than men. Erika’s work focuses on investigating and characterizing sex-based differences in IBS and IBD patients.
Erika joined ABNEL as a bioengineering BS/MS student in January 2021. She began her master thesis in ABNEL in Fall 2021. Prior to this, she co-oped at Sanofi and Cygnal Therapeutics in their oncology department investigating and validating novel oncology targets.
Tess, Sanjin, Dan, Marissa, Minhal, Caroline, and Prof. Koppes Present at BMES
Congratulations to Tess, Sanjin, Dan, Marissa, Minhal, and Caroline who presented at BMES!
ABNEL welcomes new PhD students Jessica and Adam!!
ABNEL welcomes Jessica Thompson and Adam Bindas as new PhD students. Jessica comes from University of Iowa (M.S. Biomedical/Medical Engineering) and Adam from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (B.S. Chemical Engineering).