Medical Student Research Opportunities
Student Spotlight: Sabrina Mellinghoff
Sabrina Mellinghoff, M3 and 2025 MSSRP Scholar presented a poster titled “Neighborhood Concetrated Disadvantage and Risk Recurence in a Nationwide Student of US Black Women” at American Association of Cancer Research in San Diego in April.
Under the mentorship of Dr. Mollie Barnard and Dr. Julie Palmer, her research investigates breast cancer recurrence in the Black Women's Health Study and so far has studied the association between neighborhood disadvantage and risk of recurrence. The first stage of this work involved conducting a comprehensive review to identify which of the 3,000+ study participants who developed primary breast cancer experienced a subsequent recurrence. Now, Sabrina and her team are able to pose questions and apply exposures such as an index of neighborhood disadvantage to the cohort and study their associations with risk of recurrence.
