Weilin Chan

Research Interests

I’m a premed undergraduate student at Johns Hopkins University majoring in Behavioral Biology. I’m originally from Ardsley, New York and went to high school at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. In the summer after my freshman year of college, I worked with Dr. Michaelides in Dr. Yasmin Hurd’s Molecular Neurospychopharmacology laboratory at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai helping with a study on exposure of adolescent rats to tetrahydrocannabinol and their subsequent heroin self administration analyzed using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). In the summer of 2016, I was a summer intern at NIDA working in the BIMN lab. That summer I continued working on the MRS study and helped conduct several behavioral experiments. During the school year, I come to the lab regularly to help conduct experiments and continue learning about the research conducted here. In February of 2017, I studied ethnic minority cultures and local medicine practices in Kunming, China. After graduating, I hope to attend medical school, and am considering specializing in neurology, pediatrics, and emergency medicine. In my free time, enjoy playing volleyball, camping, trying new food, and listening to NPR podcasts.

Weilin is currently an M.D. Student at the University of Buffalo.