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“It’s like the greatest high ever. So, if you have that resilience and you can get through those low patches, it really is worth it in the end,” she said.
With help from Michael Kareta, an associate professor and Sanford Research scientist, Wollenzien was recently awarded a graduate fellowship from the National Cancer Institute part of the National Institutes of Health.
She’s using next-generation genomic research to help target a certain type of lung cancer that has a poor survival rate and few treatment options.
Securing such a competitive training and research grant took persistence.