Alyssa Klee

Alyssa Klee is an MD-PhD student originally from Westchester, New York. She grew up in a small town called Somers before moving to Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend Harvard College as an undergraduate. At Harvard, she found a passion for immuno-oncology and completed a senior thesis in the Freeman Lab, developing novel antibodies for the treatment of cancer. After graduating with a concentration in Molecular and Cellular Biology with a citation in Spanish, she moved to Tel Aviv, Israel for her gap year. There, she worked at the Weizmann Institute of Science, using bioinformatics to study melanoma in the Samuels Lab. At Yale, Alyssa hopes to pursue a PhD in Immunology to parallel her interest in clinical oncology. She also has an interest in studying and practicing medical Spanish for use in a clinical setting. In her free time, she enjoys playing with her dog Brody, traveling, and playing volleyball. She also hopes to continue her study of both Hebrew and Spanish at Yale.