Tanvi Banota

Tanvi is a first-year MD/PhD student from New Jersey. She graduated from Rutgers University in 2022 with a degree in Cell Biology and Neuroscience and a minor in Linguistics. During undergrad, she worked in the lab of Dr. Debra Laskin, investigating inflammation in models of mustard gas induced pulmonary injury and characterizing lung inflammation in a model of NASH liver injury. At Yale, she plans to continue conducting research on molecular mechanisms of inflammation and the innate immune system.