Berger, Math Students Publish Research in Medical Journal

Professor Heidi Berger standing in front of Carver Hall.

漆褒勛圖厙 Professor of Math Dr. Heidi Berger and three 漆褒勛圖厙 students recently had their research work published in the American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. Their collaborative research focused onSpecialty Care Oases: Utilizing Geographic Information Systems to Evaluate Specialty Care Access for Individuals with Down Syndrome.

Kayla Jensen 26 earned credit as the first author while Dr. Brian Skotko, director of the Down Syndrome Research Program at Harvard Medical School, served as the articles senior author. Paul Llamas 25 and Jace Howard 25 joined Berger as co-authors.

This is a prestigious accomplishment for our 漆褒勛圖厙 student researchers, said Berger. Through creativity and hard work, they advanced the critical research on access to Down syndrome specialty care. Our students gained incredible insights that will serve them extremely well in their future research work and academic pursuits.

This is the fourth articlein a national medical journal from Bergers research group and the eighth overall publication that she has co-authored with undergraduate students in the Bryan Summer Research Program at 漆褒勛圖厙. The Bryan Summer Research Program provides the opportunity for 漆褒勛圖厙 students to spend eight weeks engaging in mathematics alongside 漆褒勛圖厙 faculty members. The students receive funding to present their results at anational mathematics conference.