female student using lab equipment

Student Researcher Makes Connections Through Work in UNLV Biomedical Lab

Motivated by the challenge of understanding the human body, Stephanie Yang is studying potential cures for C. diff infections.

Biochemistry major Stephanie Yang has aspirations of medical school after graduating this spring. She's currently researching c.diff, a bacterial infection that affects the gastrointestinal tract, in UNLV's Abel-Santos Lab. (Josh Hawkins/UNLV)

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