Talk to her a few years ago, and Amy Baik might describe herself as rudderless. The then-Life Sciences student says she was “just going through the motions” — unsure of the path she was on and with little sense for where it might lead.
Today, that’s not at all the case. Baik has found her niche at McMaster University, emerging as an award-winning student researcher with a clear vision for what’s next. In the McArthur lab, Amy is validating a new computational method for identifying which bacteria carry antimicrobial resistance genes by surveying large metagenomic data samples collected from municipal wastewater and other sources.
Baik’s work is backed by a federally funded Strategic Master’s Award, which she received from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) earlier this year. The prestigious scholarship program, which grants $27,000 to high-potential students working in CIHR priority areas, gives her the financial support to pursue ambitious research while advancing her graduate studies.
See the full story here: How McMaster’s Amy Baik found confidence through research.
