Katie Norris: “Everything I learned at UP … helped me find a path in life.”
After graduating from UP with a degree in biology and a double minor in neuroscience and chemistry, Katie was offered a job to work at OHSU as a clinical research assistant in the neurology department. The opportunity for this job was initially presented to her when she was working on her Honors thesis, with Dr. Van Hoomissen, about the neurological disease ALS.
When she was a first-year student at UP, Katie never would have dreamed of working in the medical field because she entered college as a mechanical engineering major. However, by having an open mind and taking every opportunity that came her way, she ended up in biology on the pre-med track.
She states that the support and opportunities she received from her professors in the College of Arts and Science helped her tremendously to achieve her goals throughout college. She is currently studying for the MCAT and states, “I strongly feel that all of the classes I have taken at UP have more than prepared me for this exam. I am planning on applying to medical school in May. I am so grateful for everything I learned at UP because it has helped me find a path in life that I am truly excited about.”
