About Me
Sammy is a third year MD-PhD student at the University of Utah MSTP. Prior to starting graduate school, she studied chemistry as an undergraduate at Vassar College where she developed a passion for science and interest in translational research. After college, she joined a medicinal chemistry lab at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center where she synthesized novel chemical probes for antibiotics research and analyzed the structural properties of widely used small molecule medications. Her research interests lie at the intersection of pharmacology and immunology. In the Young lab, she is studying the interaction between mental health medications, such as SSRIs, and the efficacy and toxicity of checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapies for cancer.
Outside of lab, she enjoys hiking, skiing, and camping with her border collie rescues Chia and Finn. She used to be a collegiate swimmer and loves to swim at some of the beautiful alpine lakes in Utah.