The Institute for Biohealth Innovation

Doctoral student combines love of lab research with practical applications

When Marissa Howard first came to George Mason University as an Honors College student and a scholar in the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program, she was a biology major.

Biosciences PhD student Marissa Howard tests vaccine efficacy in healthy and immunocomprised patients by running a rapid COVID-19 antibody test in the Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research on the SciTech Campus. Howard also mentors many ASSIP students and serves as the Mason Invention Club advisor. photo by Evan Cantwell/Creative Services