Ashley Harkins, a PhD student in the neuroscience program at the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, has always felt compelled to help others. Harkins, who grew up in Bridgewater, set out to become a physician but fell in love with bench science at Drexel University, where she majored in biology and minored in neuroscience.
“I find translational science attractive because of its direct pathway to helping patients,” Harkins said. “In high school and college, I spent a lot of time volunteering in hospitals. Helping people gives meaning to my life and motivates me to work that much harder.”
