Christian
Hecht
Medical Student
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Christian J. Hecht II is a second-year medical student at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. He is interested in pursuing a career in orthopedic surgery and has research interests in total hip and knee arthroplasty. He graduated from Loyola University Chicago in 2021 with a degree in biology.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background: Enhancing diverse participation in research and specimen collection, especially in historically underrepresented populations, is essential to attaining personalized medicine. The Cleveland Clinic BioRepository (CC-BioR) opened in October 2021 in Cleveland’s Fairfax neighborhood, where >90% of residents are Black. Leveraging this new opportunity to increase diverse engagement in research, 7 health professional students from Case Western Reserve University (Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Social Work, Speech-Language Pathology) collaborated with Cleveland Clinic’s Research Access…