Benjamin G. Brown Scholarship Winner: Alyssa Blaise

Benjamin Graves Brown Scholarship honors seniors who have shown promise in scientific research. 

Alyssa Blaise (A21), a Biopsychology major and Latin minor, has been conducting research toward her senior thesis on understanding how cells become resistant to insulin signaling. Alyssa has been studying this question at the Whitehead Institute, and she has already developed a method to model insulin resistance using liver cells in vitro. Alyssa has demonstrated impressive scientific thinking and a passion for experimentation.