Qiyu is an internal medicine resident at Brigham and Women's Hospital from Guangzhou, China. He received his BS degree in Biology from Brandeis University, PhD degree in Neurobiology from Harvard University, and MD degree from Harvard Medical School. His research focused on cortical development in college, genetically encoded electron microscopy reporters in graduate school, and antisense oligonucleotide treatment for rare neurological diseases in medical school. Outside of research, Qiyu was also involved as a teaching fellow for several medial school courses, the treasurer and clerk for a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the scientific literacy of middle and high school students, and social chair for a student governance organization in medical school.

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