Janay Franklin Hunt is a North Carolina native who received her B.S. in Biology from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in 2017. After undergrad, she transitioned into the NIH Post-baccalaureate Research Program at UNC-Chapel Hill, where she developed … Read more
How/Why Research? When I came to Carolina, I wanted to get involved in research to engage with my major and the material I was learning in class in a more active and meaningful way. I also wanted to explore potential … Read more
How/Why Research? I first was introduced to the idea of research through an IDST198 class I was in last year. We had many guest speakers talk about research and about how to get involved. I started really thinking about my … Read more
How/Why Research? Coming into my first year at Carolina, I knew I wanted to get involved in clinical research because I was excited by the idea of a project that would directly affect patients. After lots of searching and several … Read more
How/Why Research? My explorative personality made research my priority in my undergraduate education. I received my research position by taking the class IDST 184 with Dr. Pleasants. Thanks to our unit on constructing a cold email, I carefully created and … Read more
How/Why Research? My goal with research is to apply my computer science skills in various fields to foster innovation. I got involved in research by finding suitable labs and then cold-emailing professors. Research Experience: I have limited research experience in … Read more
How/Why Research? I was interested in working with genetics after participating in a high school summer research program and taking a genetics course during my senior year of HS. I explored my combined interest in plants and genetics by working … Read more
How/Why Research? Research was something that I always found interesting but never knew how to get into until I got into college. In order to get involved, I applied to various Research Assistant work-study positions for labs that had interesting … Read more
How/Why Research? I decided to pursue research because I am excited about learning and applying skills related to solving real problems. I began to be involved in high school by reaching out to professors studying what I was interested in. … Read more