Meet Hawley
PhD - Chemical Engineering
Postdoctoral Fellow - Neonatology & Pediatrics
In 2018, I took the MCAT and prepared my applications for medical school. While waiting for my results, I found myself indifferent to my results. I wanted life to push me in a new direction.
Shortly after getting back my MCAT results (with a relatively good score), I attended a panel on nanotechnology research. I loved every minute. A month later , I took the GRE and applied for PhD (not MD) programs across the country.
I completed my Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington. I got the honor of joining the Nance Lab. Everyday in lab, I enthusiastically studied nanotherapeutics and visualized brain disease. I genuinely loved what I did.
I wanted to learn how to use my knowledge to help people so I pursued a postdoctoral fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine in collaboration with Neurosrgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the lab of Lauren Jantzie in collaboration with Shenandoah Robinson. We applied translational neroscience approaches to help improve the brain health for babies and children. I discovered the resilience to work hard to get treatments to patients as quickly as possible.
What I Specialize In
No matter how much I learn - I will always love being a student.
No matter how much I master - I hope I keep the heart of a beginner.
