Mickayla Elle Bacorn, B.A., B.S.

IRTA Trainee

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Education:

B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

B.A., Modern Language and Linguistics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Languages Spoken: Spanish
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Biography

During her time at UMBC, Mickayla Bacorn was an NIH U-RISE trainee researching nutrient specificity in bacteria. She also completed a bioinformatic analysis of the active site evolution in coronaviruses. Currently, she is investigating microbiome-host responses in children with COVID-19 and the predictors of long-term health outcomes. Bacorn plans to pursue an M.D./Ph.D. graduate program and further the research of the relationship between autoimmune diseases and the microbiome.