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Jodi Forward ’15, a Sherborn, Mass.,  resident and major at 51�Թ���, is working as an intern at in Boston. Forward is an American Cancer Society Junior Research Fellow under the guidance of Elisabeth Battinelli.

“I ended up at Brigham and Women’s Hospital through the Fuller Fellowship of the American Cancer Society,” said Forward. “Once I was accepted as a fellow, the program placed me in a laboratory based on my interests. I am from a town outside of Boston, so I was placed in a location near home.”

This summer Forward is working in the lab focusing on platelets and their role in the metastasis of cancer (.)

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Platelets play an important role in metastasis because they are packed with angiogenesis proteins, which are involved in the transition of benign tumors to metastatic.

“I will be exploring the role of platelets in angiogenesis and how different drugs can affect that process.”

Forward is one of 12 individuals from across New England to be named a Fuller Fellow.