Hildana graduate from Smith in 2025 with B.A. in Biological Sciences and a B.S. in Engineering Science. She completed the VBIL’s first honors thesis, where she assessed the viability of miRNA markers for assessing ovarian cancer risk, with the goal of developing point of care diagnostic testing. After graduating from Smith, she went on to pursue a Ph.D. in Computational Biology and Biomedical Informatics at Yale University.
Mentioned: Hildana Shiferaw '25
Hildana Shiferaw gave an excellent presentation of her honors thesis on a urine-based screening approach for ovarian cancer.
Mentioned: Hildana Shiferaw '25
Hildana Shiferaw has been selected for the McKinley Honors Fellowship Program.
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