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MyLungCancerTeam Writing Staff | Emily Wagner, M.S.
Posted on December 18, 2020
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Emily earned a Bachelor of Science in biotechnology from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2018, and a Master of Science in biomedical sciences with a focus in pharmacology from University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2020. During her thesis work, she studied non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and how the immune system plays a role in response to different therapies. Emily is passionate about immunology, cancer biology, and molecular biology, and understanding how they relate to diseases.
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