Biography

Nicholoas Venturini (CLAS, 2019) graduated with a major in Biology and a minor in Biomedical Engineering. During his time at U.Va., Nicholas worked in a vivarium in the Cox lab. He also cultured cells and analyzed images in the Civelek lab and spent a summer in the Drake Lab at Columbia University Medical Center where he used both cell and mouse models to investigate the role of myeloid cells in the tumor microenvironment of castration-resistant prostate cancer. After graduation, Nicholas will continue working as a clinical research coordinator in Division of Liver Disease at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.