It’s all part of the adventure. Emma earned her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins in December 2022. There, she found her love for research in Dr. Warren Grayson’s Lab. Her work focused on the craniofacial osteo-immune environment in native, diseased, and tissue-engineered conditions. Now a PhD student in the Segura Lab, Emma has moved her focus inside the skull – to study immune- and tissue-engineering applications for the brain. Specifically, she’s studying #systemsinconversation in post-stroke immunity and developing complex treatments to synergize with stroke’s nuanced response.  When she’s not in lab, Emma can be found outdoors: probably distance running but possibly backpacking (there was that time she accidentally hiked 840 miles…). To connect with nature and the local community during her PhD, Emma has become a Trail Caretaker on the North Carolina Mountains to Sea Trail; if you see her out there maintaining the trail, be sure to say hello!