Cori Booker, Ph.D.
Doctoral Thesis: Gene Networks Governing In Vivo and Ex Vivo Function of Adult Skeletogenic Stem/Progenitor Cells
Undergraduate Institution: University of Texas at Austin
Honors and Awards: Scripps Research Dean’s Fellowship (2014); Research Fest 2020: First Place Oral Presentation
Favorite Aspects of Graduate Studies: "In addition to all of the great people I've met and the great work I was given the opportunity to do, one of my favorite aspects of being at Scripps was being given the chance to share my work on an international stage. I think Scripps gives us an opportunity to participate in the scientific community and it's just really rewarding to be able to share your data and your ideas with the rest of the world."
Next Steps: "I will be starting a postdoc position in Dr. Benjamin Levi’s lab in the Center for Organogenesis and Trauma at UTSW in Dallas. My future research will focus on the niche-level drivers of heterotopic ossification, an aberrant form of wound healing that results in painful boney growths, in the hopes of understanding how to more effectively prevent and treat these lesions."
Be sure to join us at 10 a.m. PDT on Friday, May 21 for our Virtual Commencement Ceremony! Booker's advisor and mentor, Prof. Donald Phinney, will deliver a few words about her graduate experience (as will Booker), and viewers can learn about our 41 other 2021 graduates, who are now setting out to build careers that will impact the future of biomedical research.
