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This summer in Peru I have worked on a study led by Dr. Laura Fejerman of UCSF School of Medicine that aims to better understand the problem of breast cancer genetics in Latina women, specifically Latina women of high indigenous ancestry. My first contact with Dr. Fejerman was in October 2016, as I started investigating … Continue reading In Search of a Rare Allele: Breast Cancer Genomics in Peru
I came to Barranco on a Sunday morning to solve my ceviche problem. The problem had been that in Peru, ceviche is only eaten in the first half of the day, to minimize the hours between catch and consumption, and my workplace in Lima was not near enough any well-reviewed ceviche restaurant for me get … Continue reading Pescado, Pinturas, and Post-Colonial Decay in Distrito Barranco