Six Diseases. Six Ways of Thinking in Networks.
Disease isn't one broken part — it's a disruption to an interconnected system. Every student chooses one of these six areas, takes a course built specifically for it, and spends the summer doing real, mentored research inside it.
Area A
Cancer Systems Medicine
Cancer isn't one broken gene — it's a signaling network that stopped regulating itself.
Precision & Genomic Medicine
Two patients, same diagnosis, different biology — find out which treatment actually fits which patient.
Drug Discovery & Repurposing
Somewhere on a pharmacy shelf might be a cure no one's looked for yet.
Autoimmune & Immune-Mediated Disease
When the body's own defense network turns against itself.
Rare & Undiagnosed Disease
Sometimes the whole world's patient population fits in one room — research has to work differently.
Infectious Disease & Host-Pathogen Networks
One pathogen, two networks — the cell it invades, and the people it spreads between.
Every Area Follows the Same Shape
Whichever area you choose, and whichever track you're in, the path to research looks the same.
Foundations
Fully async
Your Research Area
One of these six
Live Research
Mentored, online
Not sure which area fits? High school students can start with our Research Areas Sampler.