#  Michelle Prew 

Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Loren Walensky Lab

 

 

 



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Michelle Prew grew up in Lynnfield, MA and graduated from Boston College, *summa cum laude*, in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in Honors Biology. After working as a research associate in a genetics laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital for two years, she entered the Biological and Biomedical Sciences PhD program at Harvard. Michelle is now focusing on understanding the mechanisms that keep tumor cells alive and aims to use what she discovers to develop new cancer therapies. Outside of lab, Michelle enjoys serving as a mentor for HPREP, a high school science enrichment program for students from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds.