Ling Shao is a second year MD/Ph.D. student at Mt.Sinai School of Medicine. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1998. In addition to doing basic science research he wants to be an eduactor. Ling is originally from New York City and a secondary interest of his is biology.

Maria Tricoche is the reasearch coordinator in Dr. Luz Claudio's lab at Mt.Sinai Medical Center. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame where she earned a Bachelor of Science. She majored in basic science and minored in chemistry. Maria is originally from Puerto Rico but she currently resides in the New York area. She worked at Albert Einstein Medical School for a number of years before she decided to come to Mt. Sinai. She is a very active in her community and she is often found giving her opinion on issues of importance. One of her secondary interests is archaeology.

Dr. Luz Claudio is a practicing neurotoxicologist in the Environmental Medicine Department at Mt. Sinai Medical Center. She is a graduate of Albert Einstein Medical School and is originally from Puerto Rico. Her position at Mt. Sinai allows her to travel extensively. Some places she's visited are Italy, Costa Rica, and Cuba. A significant amount of her time is spent writing grants for the research she does along with Maria Tricoche who is also featured here. No matter how busy she is, she always takes time with the many students she has in her labs. Along with one of these studens, Leon Tulton , Dr. Claudio published a paper in the Journal of Asthma that proved that the incidence of asthma was higher in lower income neighborhoods. This along with many other community studies is Dr. Claudio's way of giving back to the community.

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