SHS student Sahana Rao has had a busy start to her summer! The rising senior has been working in a lab at Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (ACPHS), conducting HIV research with Lead Researcher and Associate Professor of Microbiology at ACPHS Dr. Vir Singh. Sahana is also working in the lab alongside her high school peers, college students, and professors. The group is focused on studying a molecule capable of keeping HIV dormant, even after treatment stops. The work has allowed her and her peers to gain hands-on experience to a unique side of the medical field.

"Immersing students in that kind of research produces healthcare providers who not only understand the science, but trust it — because they helped build it," said Dr. Singh to Spectrum News.

Spectrum News recently visited the lab to learn more about their work. To view their story, visit their website here: http://specne.ws/kuyWjC.

Learn more about the research from ACPHS on their website here: https://www.acphs.edu/news/acphs-researcher-to-lead-exploration-of-the-blocking-and-locking-of-hiv/