Genevieve Vega

Born in San Antonio, Texas, Genevieve Vega discovered her passion for biomedical engineering doing medical research in high school. She is now a sophomore studying BME at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

This summer, Genevieve worked on “Assessment of culture substrate functionalization in an inducible border zone culture platform” in the Tissue Microfabrication Lab under PI Christopher Chen. The project focused on understanding communications between border zone cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts; and improving upon the integration of cardiomyocytes engraftments. 

Genevieve is interested in pursuing an MS in Biomedical Forensics, and is considering the BUSM MS program in Biomedical Forensic Sciences.