University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Mentor: Ka Ip, Ph.D., Institute of Child Development
Sponsored by the Medical Discovery Team on Addiction
Elham Osman is a rising junior at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. She is pursuing a bachelors of science in Cellular and Organismal Physiology and a minor in Computational Biology. She is expected to graduate in 2025. She hopes to pursue a career in clinical research and to contribute in diversifying the field by ensuring that minorities are represented in research. She is most excited to gain experience working in a lab setting and collaborating with others while developing projects.
D.A.N.C.E (Development, Affective Neuroscience, Culture & Environment) lab led by Dr. Ka I Ip at the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota. His lab focuses on the development of emotion regulation in typical and at-risk populations, examining the ways that cultural contexts shape emotion regulation, and how early adversity and social determinants (e.g., discrimination and neighborhood inequalities) “get under the skin” to confer risk and resilience for developmental psychopathology and health disparities. Their goal is to use this knowledge to inform social policy that aims to reduce racial-ethnic inequalities and advance health equity, and to optimize timing of interventions.
