
Niels Dawson, Undergraduate Student (2022-2024)
Undergraduate Student
Niels graduated from UCLA in 2023 with degrees in Political Science and Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics. He joined the Yang Lab in 2022 as an Undergraduate Research then continued as a Volunteer after college graduation while he was applying to MD/PhD programs across the country. Niels worked with Coin Kuangyi Zhou on developing MAIT cell-based “off-the-shelf” cancer immunotherapy.
Besides research, Niels enjoyed hiking, food, and hanging around large trees!
Eventually, Niels succeeded in receiving multiple MD/PhD program offers and ended up joining the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Illinois Chicago for MD/PhD training.