Medical Student, Class of 2025
Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Maria Bederson, MSc is a third year medical student at Carle Illinois College of Medicine, UIUC - the first engineering-based MD program - and a 2023 recipient of the NREF Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship. She obtained her B.S. in Molecular Engineering and B.A. in Chemistry from The University of Chicago in 2019, and subsequently obtained an M.Sc. in Biophysics and Physiology at Georgetown University. Ms. Bederson's research interests rely on her background in engineering and include: 7T MRI examination of perivascular space in TBI, applications of neuroscience in aerospace medicine and brain changes seen in long duration spaceflight, diversity, equity, and inclusion in medicine, surgery, and neurosurgery, medical education and simulation.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Prevalence of All-Cause and Breast Cancer in Female Neurosurgeons
Saturday, May 4, 2024
4:26 PM – 4:31 PM CT