Affiliation: University of Virginia

Dr. Catherine Gorick received her BS in Biological Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2015. She earned her PhD from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia in 2021. She conducted her doctoral studies in the laboratory of Dr. Richard Price, specializing in developing focused ultrasound methods to target gene delivery to the cerebral endothelium. She continues her work in Dr. Price’s lab as a postdoctoral fellow. Her current research involves combining focused ultrasound with CRISPR genome editing technology to modulate the expression of efflux transporters in the blood-brain barrier and glioblastoma.