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Emily Atkinson: Making an IMPACT
Indiana INTERNnet celebrated internship excellence on Feb. 3, 2016, at the 10th Annual IMPACT Awards luncheon. Though the event is over and the winners have been announced, we are continuing to celebrate the nomineesā successes.
These are their stories.
Emily Atkinson is a senior at IUPUI, graduating this May. She plans to continue her education and earn a Ph.D. in Anatomy and Cell Biology.
Indiana INTERNnet: In what fields of science are you specializing? What made you interested in pursuing those?
Emily Atkinson: Iām currently majoring in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. I love learning about how the human body works and different rehabilitation exercises that help make the body healthy after injury. Specifically, I am interested in the skeletal system andĀ aging-induced bone fragility. I currently work at Indiana University School of Medicine in the Anatomy andĀ Cell Biology Department in a research lab that studies osteoporosis and factors contributing to …