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