Lauren Gerbereux wins PEAK Experiences Summit Award

Lauren recently received the PEAK Experiences Summit Research Award for her project entitled, “Development of a Gene Therapy Platform for Treatment of Normocytic Normochromic Anemia.” The Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships grants this award to individuals who have demonstrated a passion for research and a high level of sophistication and skill developed from previous academic endeavors.

Lauren will develop a gene therapy platform to treat normocytic normochromic anemia, a common complication of chronic kidney disease (CKD). This particular form of anemia is defined by a deficiency in erythropoietin (EPO), a hormone responsible for stimulating red blood cell production, as a result of failing kidneys. To tackle this problem, Lauren’s project seeks to generate a new treatment for this disease that is minimally invasive and more convenient for the patient with long-term expression of EPO.

Congrats Lauren! More information can be found here.