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Student Snapshot: Rachel Lind '25 

While completing an impactful summer internship supported through Dickinson's summer internship grant program, Rachel Lind ’25 (neuroscience) studied mild traumatic brain injury, an issue affecting many veterans and active-duty members of the military. This led her to contribute to published work in several scientific journals and to present research at the National Neurotrauma Society Conference. After graduation, she intends to work as a scribe in the neuroscience field and apply to med schools. 

Hometown:

Los Angeles, California.

Major:

Neuroscience, with a minor in chemistry (pre-health, health studies track).

Clubs/organizations:

Dickinson Neuroscience Club (president).

Scholarships/honors/awards:

1783 Scholarship, summer internship grant and a grant through the Neuroscience Internship Fund.

Favorite books:

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

Best part of my Dickinson experience:

The professors and academic environment are definitely the best parts of my experience. Both the students and professors have a collaborative attitude, which isn’t always the case in STEM fields.

Best thing about my major:

The professors make my major the amazing program it is. Neuroscience is a program (which is rapidly growing) and not a full department, and the combination of different departments that make it up creates a unique experience. There are a variety of different professors to work with because of this.

Favorite on-campus food:

The chia-seed bowl from the Underground!

Post-Dickinson plans:

I'm planning to take a gap year to gain more experience as a medical scribe for a neuroscience-related specialty. I will also take the MCAT and apply to medical schools.

ºìÐÓÖ±²¥app my internship:

I was able to be a part of a Mount Sinai Psychiatry and Bronx Veteran's Affairs Research and Development internship for the summers of 2023 and 2024. Through this internship I studied mild traumatic brain injury caused by sub-concussive blasts in rats, for both a long and short time period. Many veterans and active-duty military experience repeated blasts from weapons, training, explosive devices and more.

The research that I worked with, including with my amazing primary investigators, Dr. Miguel Gama Sosa and Dr. Rita de Gasperi, included immunofluorescent imaging, and it contributed to figures for a published paper and for a paper that's in the process of being published.

Through this experience I was able to become a published co-author in reputable scientific journals, shadow the attending chief of neurology practice for a few hours every day, learn how to create figures and present my research at the National Neurotrauma Society conference.

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Published October 11, 2024