Eva Rest, MS

Eva Rest is an M.D.-Ph.D. student pursuing her Ph.D. in Dr. David Hafler's lab. Her research interests include multidisciplinary and computational approaches to heterogeneity in immune responses and regulation, autoimmune diseases, and long-term sequelae of viral infections. She hopes to use her M.D.-Ph.D. training to integrate clinical care for immunological conditions, chronic illnesses, and long-term infections with novel, data-driven interventions. Eva is passionate about public health, science communication, and patient-centered care for chronic illness.

Eva earned her M.S. in Global Infectious Disease at Georgetown University where she studied respiratory disease dynamics and vaccination heterogeneity in the lab of Dr. Shweta Bansal. Previously, she researched harm reduction strategies for substance use disorders at the University of Illinois Chicago's Institute for Health Research and Policy. She graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University studying global health and health policy.