Ready, Set, Grow!

Kamiya Bridges graduated from Winston-Salem State University in 2020 and is taking one-two gap years before applying to medical school. Kamiya’s goal is to become an Obstetrician-gynecologist. Her interest in outreach stems from her passion for science and her personal experiences growing up as a minority in STEM. Kamiya believes that she wouldn’t be this successful had someone not saw potential and told her that she could do it when she was younger. As a medical doctor, Kamiya hopes to not only be an advocate for minority women in health care but also as representation and a role model for children who look like her.

Today, Kamiya is a postbac in the Reproductive and Developmental Biology group. Her research looks at the gene RUNX1 and focuses on its association with ovarian pathologies and genetic alterations that may be involved in the development of ovarian cancer.