Brandon Locke is a student at New York University with a major in Biology and a minor in Chemistry. He is pursuing a career in medicine. Brandon is involved in research relating to mucosal immune profiling in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and the treatment of ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, and Clostridium difficile infection at NYU Langone’s Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center. He has also published ophthalmologic research with the Inflammation Laboratory at NYU Langone Hospital – Long Island. His desire to support the development of effective treatments for those with health conditions has motivated his passion for medicine and research.