

Jessica Yuan becomes Dr. Jessica Yuan
Jessica Yuan successfully defended her PhD today at the University of Virginia in the historical Dome Room of the Rotunda. Her thesis, entitled "Tissue-engineered models of the glioblastoma tumor microenvironment" encompassed her patient-based analysis to design a novel model of the glial-tumor microenvironment in glioblastoma. Jess finished her thesis in under 4 years and published 3 first author papers. Along with thanking her committee, labmates, family and friends, she al