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Alumni Spotlight on Shane Killarney: Saying Yes to Science and Service
When Shane Killarney began medical school at Duke University, he spent a month conducting research in the lab of cancer biologist Kris Wood, PhD. The experience was so rewarding that he decided to say yes to the long road of pursuing an MD-PhD and becoming a clinician-scientist. He has set his sights on treating cancer patients while also developing better treatment options for them. Now an internal medicine resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, Killarney is well on his way.
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