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Zeda Zhang. Throughout the past year, the students successfully defended their dissertations, the final requirement in earning their doctorates. Their thesis research reflects GSK’s mission to train its students to tackle real-life clinical challenges through biomedical investigation. Learn more about their investigations below. Tyler Hitchman Tyler Hitchman
I completed my thesis in the laboratory of physician-scientist Yu Chen, who focuses on understanding the role of transcription factors and other proteins that drive oncogenesis in a variety of cancer types. My research centered on uveal melanoma (UVM), a rare eye cancer that lacks approved therapies for metastatic disease. My work investigated pathways essential for the development of the disease and shed light on how to effectively target it.