Lassiter High School senior Akahne Philpot participated in the Summer Scholars Research Program at the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University this summer. 

This program was established to provide students a unique opportunity for students to experience the interdisciplinary nature and process of biomedical research in a cancer research laboratory.

Students accepted in this prestigious program partner with a research scientist who is actively engaged in research at Emory University. Students are given reading assignments, attend lectures, and share their own findings at a formal symposium.

Pictured in Dr. Ahita H. Corbett’s lab is Lassiter student, Akahne Philpot, left, and Callie P. Wigington, a graduate student at Emory University.