RESEARCH RESEARCH

Between her second and third years, biology major Reema Moussa began working in a chemistry/biochemistry lab through Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge. “The research took a commonly used Alzheimer’s drug and altered it slightly to target brain cancer cells. The best part was that the compounds we developed in the lab killed brain cancer cells at a significant rate. That was just such an amazing experience because this could lead to medicine that will target those brain cancer cells while not harming healthy human cells.”

Andrew Gray, math and history senior Andrew Gray examined the intersection of poverty and research and development across several countries. “Thanks to the TU Scholars program, I learned how to complete research and projects that combined my majors in applied mathematics and history as well as minors in economics and general engineering. I completed a research paper that had policy implications on how to help both the middle class and people in poverty. I was also able to tie it to my future law career.”