Evelyn Cai

Undergraduate Student (Honours thesis 2025, Physiology & Pharmacology)
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ecai3obfuscate@uwo.ca

I am currently in my fourth year of Medical Sciences at Western University, interested in pursuing a career in healthcare consulting and medicine! Outside of school and research, you can find me running off to dragon boat practice or grabbing a drink at Starbucks! Feel free to reach out over email or LinkedIn :)

Education 🎓

  • Sept 2021-Present: Bachelor of Medical Sciences Student, Western University

Research 🔍

  • 2024-09 - Present: Western University Honnors Thesis, Dumeaux lab Project Title: Single-Cell Profiling of Candida albicans: Investigating Drug Tolerance

  • 2023-05 - 2023-09: Western University Research Volunteer, Dumeaux lab Project Title: Functional Interactions & Global Diversity in Gut Microbiome Publication: Publication in preparation My Role: Prepare & revise a research ethics application; conduct retrospective data collection of adult gut microbiome profiles for computational analysis

  • 2023-02 - 2023-05: Western University Research Volunteer, Dumeaux lab Project Title: Immune & Gut Microbial Markers for Measuring Breast Cancer Publication: N/A My Role: REDCap database development for clinical trial patient data; investigate intersection between breast cancer therapy, gut microbiota, & immune system

  • 2022-07 - 2022-09: Western University Research Volunteer, Dumeaux lab Project Title: Single Cell Profiling of Complex Microbial Communities Publication: Publication in preparation My Role: Conduct literature review for protocol development; explore single cell profiling techniques to better understand human gut microbiome interactions

Papers

Deep learning reveals functional archetypes in the adult human gut microbiome that underlie interindividual variability and confound disease signals