Bri is an aspiring pediatrician-scientist interested in bringing advocacy to
the lab bench & hospital bedside.
Pronoun: She | Pronunciation
Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program: Entering Class of 2018
Weill Cornell Graduate School: PhD Class of 2024
Weill Cornell Medical College: MD Class of 2026
Developmental Biology Research:
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Doctoral Thesis in Baylies Lab:
Weill Cornell/Sloan Kettering Institute (2020 - 2024)
“Muscle cofilin alters neuromuscular junction postsynaptic development to strengthen functional neurotransmission” (Development, 2024)
Research Assistant in Heuckeroth Lab:
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (2017 - 2018)
“GDNF Induces Enteric Neurogenesis and Improves Colon Structure and Function in Mouse Models of Hirschsprung Disease” (Gastroenterology, 2020)
Undergraduate researcher in Burdine Lab:
Princeton University (2015 - 2017)
“Synergistic and independent roles for Nodal and FGF in zebrafish cardiac progenitor cell migration and asymmetric heart morphogenesis” (Development, 2025)
Leadership:
Tri-I’s Association of Diverse Physician-Scientists in Training (ADePT)
#LatinasInMedicine Twitter
American Physician Scientists Association’s Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) committee