Blake Smith has done extraordinary cancer research: 1 of the 26 Most Impressive Students At Yale Right Now

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Blake Smith has done extraordinary cancer research: 1 of the 26 Most Impressive Students At Yale Right Now

Blake Smith has done extraordinary cancer research.

Class of 2016

Blake Smith has worked in cell biology labs since he was 16, first at Mount Sinai  School of Medicine and now at Yale Medical School.

As a high school junior, he won first place in the category of Cellular and  Molecular Biology at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for  his research on a type of molecule that could help in the fight against  pancreatic cancer.

Over the course of two summers and almost 2,000 hours, Smith worked with  another high school student on a project that inhibited two highly-activated  pathways in the most common form of lung cancer. They created drugs that showed  a response to a resistant form of lung cancer in mice, with minimal side  effects.

He later published an article on his research, which was the first literature  published on the topic in a scientific journal. This  research earned 4th place at the Siemens Competition.

Smith is a writer for the Yale Scientific Magazine and is heavily involved in  the various Model United Nations organizations on campus.

He hopes to pursue a MD/PhD joint degree, work as a medical oncologist, and  continue his research on lung cancer throughout the way.

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