Rae Kovatich

Research Assistant

Rae currently works full-time as a research assistant in the Radiation Oncology department. She received two bachelor's degrees in biochemistry and neurobiology from the University of Cincinnati in April 2024, and is an aspiring PhD student. Prior to becoming a research assistant, she was a student worker in the same lab where she studied the effects of cholesterogenic gene expression on HNSCC radioresistance. As a research assistant, she aims to expand that project by including pancreatic cancer cells and primary patient samples. Overall, her goal is to improve radiation treatment outcomes for HNSCC and pancreatic cancer patients.