INBRE Scholars – Meet Gloria Larson

Gloria Larson

Twenty-eight students from nine different undergraduate and community college programs have joined the Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) program this summer.

The program was created to:

• Expose students to serious biomedical research;
  
• Build a statewide biomedical research infrastructure between undergraduate and graduate institutions; and
  
• Strengthen each undergraduate institution’s infrastructure and increase its capacity to conduct cutting-edge biomedical and behavioral research.

Below, we get to know more about INBRE scholar Gloria Larson.

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• Name: Gloria Larson
  
• Hometown: Rose Valley, Pa.
  
• School: Creighton University

I don’t think I can pinpoint an exact event that caused my interest in science. AP biology in high school probably sealed the deal for me though. The things I did in that class made science interactive and more meaningful than simple facts that needed to be remembered.

I have always been interested in infectious diseases and look to pursue that as a career path after completion of my graduate or professional schooling.

I hope the INBRE Program helps provide a comprehensive understanding of what research is and what it means to be heavily involved in that aspect of science.