Helen Miller joined ARCS MWC in September and is sponsored by Michelle Francis. She greatly enjoyed her first SAR event last month and looks forward to getting to know the ARCS community!
Helen earned a BA in French Language and Literature from Davidson College in 1988. Following college, she gravitated...
Cynthia Howes was sponsored as an ARCS MWC member by BJ Cantus in 1982. We thank Cynthia for her ongoing commitment to our chapter over the past 42 years!
Cynthia says that she was aware of ARCS because her husband was employed by an aerospace company in Washington that desperately needed scientists and engineers like...
Hilary Sparrell joined ARCS MWC in September and is sponsored by her mother, Patty Sparrell. Hilary received her BS in Hotel and Restaurant Institutional Management (minor Business Admin) from the University of Delaware in 2008. She then worked at multiple hospitality venues, including the Mansion on O Street in DC.
Sabahat Rahman – Danaher Foundation Scholar Undergraduate Scholar, Senior, Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Research:
Two cancer research projects will be focusing on personalized care and treatments. The first project will develop a device that measures individual patient melanoma stiffness in situ, with the intent of diagnosing melanomas earlier. The second...
Emma Glass – Evelyn Soucek Memorial Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD candidate, Biomedical Engineering University of Virginia
Research:
The aim of Emma's research is to develop innovative ways of treating bacterial infection without the use of conventional antibiotics. Specifically, computational metabolic models of bacteria in conjunction with big-data and machine learning...
ARCS Light recipients are symbols of success within their chapters by promoting the ARCS mission of advancing science in America. ARCS Light recipients enthusiastically give their time and expertise to support their chapters and are the unsung heroes of the ARCS Foundation.
This year’s recipient of Metro Washington Chapter’s ARCS Light award is Anne...
ARCS Scholar Roche Alum Dr. Kunal Parikh will be an honored guest and keynote speaker at MWC's 2024 Scholar Awards Reception.
Kunal Parikh, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHU) in the divisions of Glaucoma and Nanomedicine at the Wilmer Eye Institute and in the...
Allison N. McCrady – Danaher Corporation Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
University of Virginia
Research:
Current assessments of muscle function for neuromuscular disease rely on a patient’s ability to complete tasks, excluding those with anxiety and cognitive challenges. Using ultrasound imaging and modeling to develop new ways to...
Mazda Moayeri – ARCS-MWC Endowment Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD Candidate, Computer Science
University of Maryland
Research:
I research the reliability of cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI), with an emphasis on making models more interpretable and robust to deployment settings. More specifically, I develop tools for understanding autonomous reasoning, discovering hidden biases...
Sheila S. Iyer – Danaher Corporation Scholar Undergraduate Scholar, Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Describe how an ARCS Award will benefit your Research:
Curiosity about how things work has always propelled my life. In middle school, I looked through a microscope at a cell and saw the nucleus, mitochondria, and other...
